One of the challenges of living in the Northeast is that we have seasons. With these seasons comes shorter days colder nights, and inevitably freezing fricken pools. Yeah yeah, you can go to the Y or some other club to swim indoors, but that takes time and isn’t as cool when you have your ownContinue reading “Late and Early Season Swimming (yeah it’s cold)”
Category Archives: Triathlon
On The Road Again
With triathlon season over, and Le Tour on TV, it is time to drag the old road bike back out. The weather this long weekend was picture perfect, and Saturday was a great day to put in a brick ride on Knight Rider (I call my road bike Knight Rider, yeah I grew up inContinue reading “On The Road Again”
My Favorite Exercises To Hate
A favorite part of my week is doing personal training sessions with my nine year old son. Since March when the schools went remote he has joined me once or twice a week. It is great to spend the time together and I think it has been really good for him since most of hisContinue reading “My Favorite Exercises To Hate”
3 Big Goals Before Turkey Day
In the last few weeks since my training camp I have been looking for some interesting goals to push me outside of my comfort zone. Last year at this time I was still racing and getting ready for USAT Nat’s in Miami. Of course that is off for this year but that is no reasonContinue reading “3 Big Goals Before Turkey Day”
What Type of Racer Are You?
People are funny and racing brings out the best of different people. The bigger the race, the more personalities you will see, but even in the smaller ones, if you look close enough, you just might see some of the elusive racers types out there. Racer type #1: The Sprinter. This fellow racer will takeContinue reading “What Type of Racer Are You?”
Push Harder on Workouts: Micro-deals
Although I am still in a recovery phase, I am already thinking about the next build cycle. This was supposed to be my big KQ ITU double WC year. Of course that is pushed out 12 months, but now is the time to be smart, work on the weaknesses and get out in front ofContinue reading “Push Harder on Workouts: Micro-deals”
Training and Race Recovery…
One thing I think many hobbyist athletes get wrong is recovery. We think that if it doesn’t hurt, it isn’t working. If we aren’t putting in an all out effort, we aren’t making progress. There are a number of reasons that is not true, and in fact why it is often counter productive to skipContinue reading “Training and Race Recovery…”
Swim Buoy’s Aren’t A Drag
Until my recent trip to Lake Placid, I had never used a swim buoy. Honestly, I never really thought I needed one. Most of my open water swimming is actually in Mirror Lake, and every year but this one there is a swim line underwater that you can stand on, and buoys along it toContinue reading “Swim Buoy’s Aren’t A Drag”
Diet.
Each year, often after New Years, I embark on the unraveling of damages done by bad holiday eating. Mind you, my bad holiday eating isn’t terrible, but the volume alongside the dip in off season training equals weight gain. Lately I have heard many people refer to the ‘Covid 19’ like the ‘Freshman 15’, andContinue reading “Diet.”
Camp Is Ending
All good things must come to an end unfortunately. After two weeks in Lake Placid, we are heading out. The triathlon camp ended this morning, but not after a few last epic days. Two days ago was a great reverse loop of the IMLP course. This is almost a spin from the village down toContinue reading “Camp Is Ending”
Float. Spin. Walk. 