Amilcar Herrera

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8 days before Olympic triathlon

July 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Here is part of my taper training for an Olympic triathlon on July 12, 2009 in Interlochen, Michigan.
Yesterday (Saturday) I rode my bike, here are my stats:
- 35.5 miles in 1 hour and 50 minutes. Speed: 19.36mph average. (not bad - but it was not windy so that helps). My usual time was 1 hour [...]

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Sanford and Sun Olympic tri tomorrow

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Tomorrow morning I’ll be doing my first Olympic distance triathlon in Sanford, MI. I’m pretty excited and I feel comfortable with finishing well. (I mean feeling well and not to exhausted)
My goal is to finish within 3 hours.

500 meter swim
40Km bike
10km run

My problem is trying to go too fast on the swim and to burn [...]

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Heavy weekend of training for Olympic Triathlon

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I trained pretty hard this past weekend to prepare for an Olympic triathlon coming up on August 16, 2008 in Sanford, Michigan. Here is the breakdown by day, starting on Friday - my “light training day”. (I trained consecutive days before that but this is worth mentioning becuase of the intensity…)
Friday (8/1/08 - morning):
- 30 [...]

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In preparation for Olympic distance triathlon

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been working on my endurance for the past couple of weeks since I am planning on doing the Sanford and Sun Olympic Distance triathlon in August. I did not do too badly on the Interlochen Music Fest Triathlon but I did the sprint version only. My endurance needs some work for the Olympic Distance [...]

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Today’s brick workout - 9 days before sprint triathlon

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

This morning, July 4th I went out to do a brick workout. Yesterday I rested. It had been 2 weeks since I took a day off from training or exercising so my body needed some rest.
Here is the workout:
- 16 mile bike. I completed the route in 51 minutes, 1 minute slower than last time. [...]

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