Every time you do a new workout you should build into and get to know how your body is going to react. Today I didn’t do that. We started a set of 22x 30†at 5k+ pace 30†tempo (coach said easy, but it was only relative). I tried to stay with Simon and Kyle, […]
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A little bit of Canada in the Pacific
I arrived today to Maui. It was a short flight over, but still tiring. I arrived hungry and without food, then went grocery shopping at a health food market nearby. I spent a lot of money, filled a camping backpack with food, then rode back up the hill to the house I’m staying in with […]
Leaving Honolulu
I’m leaving Honolulu tomorrow for the island of Maui. The Canadian National Team is over there training until the end of the month and I’m going to go join them (thanks to Andrew Russell, who put in a good word for me.). I don’t know yet if I’m coming back to Oahu afterward or if […]
Sick of the Cold? – A Plug for the Austin Endurance Ranch
After a month in Hawaii, I’m certain that everyone needs a little sunshine to start off training for the new year. Hawaii may be a long way away, but I bet you can find a cheap ticket to Austin. Check out the Austin Endurance Ranch put on by Chris Tremonte – a professional triathlete from […]
“Stuck” in Hawaii
“When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.†~Stanislaw Lec (Post WW2 Polish poet). I was jumping for joy that I would get to go to Brazil with Chris Foster and Matt Chrabot to race the 11th annual Fast Triathlon, but I forgot to look down to […]
(Belated) Christmas Biathlon!
Sunday I raced in a local “biathlon†put on by the Waikiki Swim Club which consisted of a 5k run followed by a 1k swim. This “Christmas Biathlon†was supposed to be held last month, but lucky for me they had to postpone it until I was here on the island and ready to race. […]
The Punch Line Came Too Early
After checking out of the vacation rental on the North Shore last week, Courtenay and I rode down to Honolulu while everyone else drove. It was raining, the roads were muddy, the drivers were in a bad mood, and the route sucked. The first ten miles took us part way up a portion of the […]
My Garmin says There’s a Road Here!
Courtenay and I went into a bike shop in Waialua last week (Sugar Mill Bikes) to fix a sliced tire. The proprietor of the shop told us about a private road he likes to ride through the cane fields of Oahu’s North Shore. So the next day we rode to a locked gate with the […]
Searching for Tolerable Training
We headed to the North Shore of Oahu just before Christmas. I was hoping for a week in the “country†with some nice cycling and running through the woods, but by December 26th I was nearly in tears with frustration over poor training opportunities. It seemed to me that, contrary to what one would expect, […]
Christmas Karma
For Christmas this year I agreed (with myself) not to do gifts (the video below shows my one exception). I may have muttered this to a few people around me, but was secretly hoping that someone wouldn’t get the memo and would send me something awesome. Karma, however, was quick to bite me for that […]