This week I decided to stay in LA for a few days before heading to Dallas for the Toyota Cup Lifetime Fitness Triathlon this weekend. It was either that, or head back to Seattle right after the race, train at home for a few days, then fly to Dallas. The extra travel time would probably […]
Category Archives: Training
Kaiser Permanente Presents
Tomorrow I’m racing in my first premier triathlon since May. I’m surprisingly not nervous, despite a world class field of athletes, like Javier Gomez, Greg Bennett, and a dozen other elites from overseas. Perhaps my lack of nerves is because I’ve been training hard leading into this race, and I’m not rested at all. My […]
Hollywood Training
Today I learned a new oxymoron. “Hollywood Trainingâ€. It doesn’t exist for me here. I went to 24 hour fitness and signed up for a 7 day trial, which gives me access to a 3 lane 25 yard (I sure hope it’s a little long, ‘cause I was swimming quite slowly) pool. After that I […]
Triathlon Swim Warmup
This video shows a routine I learned in college when we swam dual meets at schools without a warm-up pool. A lot of guys would jog back and forth on the pool deck and do jumping jacks, but I found these swimming specific motions to be quite a bit more effective in preparing for […]
Springing Back to Seattle
All the other triathletes came back to Colorado Springs this week after competing in Australia at the ITU World Championship Series Finale. They didn’t bring back any medals, but worse yet, they didn’t bring back the kangaroo I asked for ( something about customs and baggage fees). So I’m giving up on these Team USA […]
Colorado Springs Ain’t Bad
It’s not so bad being at the Olympic Training Center. This week I’ve been chowing down on some great food here on campus. The cafeteria is the social hub for all the athletes on campus because with the exception of swim practice, we all pretty much train alone. That, and most of the athletes here […]
Week One in Colorado
Tuesday I flew into Denver and hopped on a 90 minute shuttle to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. I was approved to stay at the center starting on 8/30, but I bought a plane ticket for the 25th. I found a spare bedroom to rent out by posting a housing wanted ad on […]
Workout Nutrition
The Darker Side
The upbeat, happy-go-lucky tone I have tried to force myself into with my sporadic and sometimes uninspired blog posts has finally run out. I don’t know if my current state of mind is typical of an athlete on my chosen path, but these past few months have been quite trying. In May, the last time […]
To Everything (turn turn turn)
The wind turned northward this week, and fired up some cold weather. My mood turned southerly this week and fired up some cranky attitude. I also am back to the training hours I was used to prior to my last racing block, and the energy expenditure is taking it’s toll. Here’s my week so far […]