Amilcar Herrera

Here is my current weight: 142 lbs (I have gained 5 lbs since last Sept’09). My excuse - I got shingles 2 weeks before a half ironman race I was going to do. I had to stop exercising for several months and I was eating the same as when I was exercising a lot - [...]

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So I finished my first Olympic triathlon last weekend…and I am pretty happy with the results…
The results are below for the Sanford and Son triathlon held in Sanford, MI on August 16, 2008. I finished with lots of energy left over! You can see my pictures here.

My primary goal was to finish within 3 hours. [...]

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I completed last weekend my First Olympic Distance Triathlon. This event was held in Sanford, MI and it’s called Sanford and Son.
Below are some of my pictures during the race. Enjoy! I had lots of fun

Amilcar

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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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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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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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