Today is an easy day to help recover from yesterday’s workout and avoid burnout. Only 6 days left for the Olympic triathlon in Interlochen, Michigan on July 12, 2009!
Here it is: this is part of my taper training on this Olympic tri.
6:40am (I slept in) - 2 mile run @ 7.2 mph. That’s it [...]
Today’s workout - 6 days before Olympic triathlon - easy
July 6th, 2009 · No Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]