This morning was much more leisurely than most race mornings. With transition closing at 7:20 and me having a a start time of 8:15, I didn’t roll out of bed until 6 (which has been the recent START time). Nice. I didn’t need to eat until 6:15 (exactly 2 hours before my swim), so I [...]
tris & tribulations
swim, bike, run, eat… repeat. My triathlon training blog
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Weekend Recap
Great weekend of training.
Saturday
For once, I didn’t have any obligations or plans that dictated my training schedule, but I still didn’t want to miss out on my day (not to mention avoid the heat), so I still woke up early to get the day started. My saturday bricks are the closest race simulation days, so [...]
Nautica New York Triathlon Race Report
It wasn’t a stellar race, but it wasn’t a terrible race, either. Nothing really eventful today. I was a bit disappointed in myself on the bike, but I’m happy with my run. I wasn’t really expecting an awesome race, so i really can’t complain.
I woke up at 3:50, made my oatmeal (with 1/2 banana [...]
Ironman Amica Rhode Island 70.3 Race Report
Alarms went off at 3:45, though I had been awake since 3 and I used that time to stretch and roll out my IT band and calf a little more. I got up and opened the curtains to see a dreary, wet dark morning. It had rained during the night and did not look like [...]
Spring Forward? No thanks.
Seriously, who thought up this dumb daylight savings thing, anyway? To make my short Florida visit even shorter, I had to deal w/ losing an hour on the clock. Flying out at 6 a.m. meant taking off at 5… which meant getting to the airport at 4… which meant leaving at 3:20… which ultimately meant [...]
