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 [...]
Heavy weekend of training for Olympic Triathlon
August 4th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
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. [...]