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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Sanford and Sun Triathlon results - 2008

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

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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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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