It's been 1 week since I last had caffeine. I'm going caffeine-free in an effort to gain all the benefits possible from caffeine during portions of the Ironman. Hopefully it will give me the extra boost I need to get through some of the low points during my 13 hour event. Not the smartest thing to do before the biggest race of my career but noone has ever accused me of being smart. This … [Read more...]
Dog Days
September 7, 2010 By
Now that the dog-days of Summer are behind us, it's hard to imagine that stifling heat of Summer on the track. Last Tuesday's workout showed that Summer is not over just yet. It was a brutally hot day to be on the track at Noon. The guys fearlessly showed up and had 5 miles of pace work on the agenda (though one was cut due to the heat). 2 miles, mile & a mile were the flavors and the … [Read more...]
Less than one week
September 7, 2010 By
It is amazing how quickly one year has passed since I registered for Ironman Wisconsin. Now the hours are trickling away and there is nothing else to do but wait for the gun to go off. I am very nervous even though I know I am ready. I have had a year of stellar training, and working with Eric Bean on a late season training plan has really reassured my readiness. This week I will be … [Read more...]
Hamburger Toes
September 1, 2010 By
My feet will be happy when this Ironman training is over. Every long run ends with black and red toes. In all seriousness my feet are starting to hurt on long runs and I just hope that it won't affect me for IMWI. My weekend was full of continuing education. I took Saturday off so decided to go for a long run on Sunday. It was hotter than I anticipated. By mile 7 my socks were wet. … [Read more...]
volume
August 31, 2010 By
With my absence on the track of late, the boys have been steppin' it up with the workouts. Last week, in preparations for Fall marathons, they did: 2 miles, 1 mile, 800, 400 at a little faster than 6:00 pace. In fact, I heard results of 11:48, 5:47, 2:43, :81. That's a tough workout. Great job guys. The plan today is take this trend even further and run: 2 miles, 1 mile, 1 mile, & 1 … [Read more...]
Rocky Weekend
August 24, 2010 By
All the other rabbits doing Ironman Wisconsin seem to have some kind of training regimen. I, on the other hand, am going into my training and racing completely ad lib. So I thought this Saturday I should just put in a long brick. I woke up at 04:45 to fuel up for today's ride. My plan was to leave the house by 05:15 but it was still pretty dark so I waited until 05:30. It was still … [Read more...]
Miles and heart burn
August 24, 2010 By
Last tuesday at lunch, instead of nearly throwing up on the track, I did what every red-blooded Springfieldian does in August... I ate my way through the fair (and back). Both "lunches" will make you nearly throw up, one is just a little better for you than the other. I'll spare you the details of what I ate (trust me, you wouldn't want to know). The guys, however, didn't follow me to lunch … [Read more...]
meltdown
August 17, 2010 By
Last week our running group broke up into two groups for two different workouts. Bill Owens took a group to the boulevard to run quarters on the grass and in the shade. Essentially to get a little break from the heat. I stayed at the track with a group to run a lot slower and a lot longer. Did I mention it was 96 degrees with a 109 heat index? Boy, did I choose the wrong workout. … [Read more...]
Hills, the way
August 10, 2010 By
Last week was again the first Tuesday of the month (boy they come around quickly) so we found ourselves marching down 1st street towrad the cemetery. There were 12 of us, which seemed huge considering the heat index was 111 deg. (thanks, Buzz). It was really an impressive group for the conditions as well as the fact that there were at least a couple no-shows due post half-Ironman recoveries. … [Read more...]
My Steelhead 70.3 Race Report
August 3, 2010 By
I signed up for Steelhead 70.3 in Benton Harbor, MI as a training race for Ironman Wisconsin. But hundreds of dollars later, it was kind of hard to take it as just a training race. This was the real thing with a start line, finish line and results posted online. The weekend started off early Friday morning meeting up a Starbucks. Jason, Eric, John, Patty, Travis and I caravan-ed up to the … [Read more...]
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