So. I started a 20-week Oly training plan, for some early season tris I want to do in 2010. I'm on week 3 of the program and as I push my volume up I'm noticing I am SO. TIRED. Both after my workouts, and when I get up in the morning, even if I've had plenty of sleep the night before ( Read more... )

Hey. So today was my first triathlon of the season (its spring here). It was a sprint distance (600m swim, 18.5km ride, 6km run) ( I did a short duathlon last weekend, it had rained heaps so they changed it to a duathlon due to water contamination.) I had had a few swims in my wetsuit in the pool earlier in the week, but hadn't done any ocean ( Read more... )

I want to focus on staying in shape this winter so that it's not painful getting started with my training come next spring. I have an exercise bike in my living room, which I hate to use. I'd much rather be out on the road. Does anyone here use a bike trainer? I was thinking of buying a used one, but wanted to hear your thoughts first ( Read more... )

So it's been a while since I've posted here; a lotta changes have happened in my life and the short version is I stopped, and after 2 years, have finally managed to get my life in order and start training again. Right now, I'm only running (although I'm not sure what pedalling my tank of a bike 5 miles to and from work counts as) and I've got an ( Read more... )

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Hi trigeeks!

I did my first triathlon yesterday, the Golden State Triathlon. It's a sprint-distance tri in Sacramento. The weather was perfect, if a little cold.

The full race report is here in my blog: Race ReportI entered as an Athena and took 4th place - good enough for an award. :) Not bad for a first-timer ( Read more... )

This past Sunday I was in LA for the 10th annual Los Angeles Triathlon. I had only decided to do the race a month beforehand, and having never competed in an Olympic-distance tri before, I opted for the Sprint-distance race instead.  I also figured that I should cater to my size (6'5", 205 lbs) and register in the Clydesdale group.

( Race rundown )

Hi, all!

So, I'm gearing up for my first Olympic length triathlon, and I have a couple of training questions:

1. Swimming fitness: As I've been doing longer swimming workouts, I've noticed that I am getting fitter (my time trials over set distances are faster at the same heart rate and I feel I can go longer).  However, it feels now like it takes me ( Read more... )

I am an ironman! Well, kind of--Saturday I raced the Chesapeakeman Ultra Triathlon in Cambridge, MD. Not an official 'Ironman,' but an ironman distance race.

( Race report? )