Joe Friel’s book The Triathlon Training Bible stresses the fact that a successful training plan is a combination of science & art. The science is the easy part, it includes numbers, times, facts, schedules & such. The tricky part is the art, this is knowing when to make changes to the plan to suit cretin [...]
Archive for March, 2008
#53 You Count on Change…
Posted in Training on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
#52 One Year Anniversary
Posted in Recovery/Training on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s the day…The one year anniversary of my accident… (link to accident report)
I’m happy to report I’m 100% & most likely in better physical condition than I was in prior to the accident. In someways this past year has been the slowest one I can remember, five months on crutches can do that. In other [...]
#51 Another Week Down
Posted in Recovery/Training on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Its a wet Easter Sunday afternoond here in Seattle & I’ve finished training for the week. In the end my volume was just a bit lower than I was aiming for but I was happy with the intensity I put out. Overall here’s what the week looked like. (Click on the graphic for a more [...]
#50 Lake Stevens 70.3
Posted in Race on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well I’m committed now…Last night I registered for the Lake Stevens 70.3 triathlon…
This is the race I was training for last year when I got injured. It was a struggle to decide if it was going to make it on the race schedule this year or not but I want another go at it, see [...]
#49 Portland Shamrock Run Weekend
Posted in Race on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend Harmony & I headed to Portland. Chelsie was having her baby shower there, hanging out with the crew From PDX was overdue & Sunday was the Shamrock Run. Friday evening was pretty uneventful, we met with a group for happy hour then spent some time Downtown Portland. Later that evening we met up [...]