It’s been a tough week of training. I ran more miles at higher intensity than I ever have, I continued my streak of high volume swim training, and I still managed to spend half my training hours on the bike. I have been looking forward to taking tomorrow off since last Tuesday. I am sore […]
Author Archives: Ben
Recovery
I’m sitting in my room watching last night’s episode of Lost with my legs up. This is the best part of morning workouts. What makes today particularly nice is that I am sipping on Clif Shot Recovery Hot Chocolate. It’s awesome for cold weather training. I get to rehydrate with hot cocoa! Yesterday I went […]
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
After learning the drum part of this song, I find myself actually asking the question. I don’t play drums, but Loren just got this great video game called Rock Band. It comes with a fake guitar and fake drums, and is pretty much Dance Dance Revolution for people that don’t actually want to stand up […]
House of Pain
Today was my first group ride like this. I met the group in Walnut Creak, and was immediately amazed at the number of people along for the ride. It was easily fifty riders out for the House Of Pain Saturday ride. The first 35 minutes were an easy warm-up pace. I got to chat with […]
Berkeley Hills
I had class in Berkeley yesterday, so I decided to make a day of it. I went over in the morning and was able to get a tour of the Clif Bar office. It was awesome. They have a barber shop, a performance theater (plays, speakers, etc.) and a fitness center where they have everything […]
Big Orange Swimming
A couple months ago I urged my readers to send their concerns to the athletic department of Syracuse University. There were planning to cut their swim program, which follows a trend in which the smaller sports have suffered from the unintentional side effects of Title IX. The program is not saved yet, but the Syracuse […]
Brazil – Fast Triathlon 2008, aka Triatlo Rapido
If I wait to have a Pulitzer worthy post for Brazil I’m going to lose all my readers, so here’s the short of it (don’t let that phase fool you, the post is actually really long): I left Seattle on Wednesday, which was great luck since my visa had just been approved on Tuesday. […]
Back from Brazil
I’m back from Brazil. We (team USA) came in 3rd to Brazil and Canada. The trip was really fun, and I’ll write the details out soon. Right now I’m going back to my bed because some bad water on the ride home has me quite ill.
Sao Palo
I’m in Sao Palo, Brazil. We have a 12 hour layover here because the race director didn’t purchase our tickets to Florianopolis until about an hour before I left for the airport. Luckily he also got us a hotel in Sao Palo for the day so we can run, eat and sleep. I haven’t been […]
How to Read a Swim Workout
I’m sitting in the kitchen with my mom talking about how she did my swim workout in her rowing shell the other morning. Unfortunately my mother, having spent thousands of hours in the stands watching swim meets, has never learned to read a swim workout. This made me realize that the typical traithlete may also […]