Amilcar Herrera

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Today’s workout - 6 days before Olympic triathlon - easy

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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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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Today’s workout - 7 days before Olympic triathlon

July 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Here is my workout for today, a quick taper for an Olympic triathlon coming up on July 12, 2009 in Interlochen, Michigan (7 days from today). I’ve had a Cold for the past 2 weeks and I’m still recovering so I’m not at my best of training for this triathlon but my goal is to [...]

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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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