Monthly Archives: April 2012

Personal Best on Long Run Day!

Wooo Hooo.  I set a personal best on my 90 minute long run day.  It looks like all my training is paying off. This post will be fairly short.  I just wanted to share my excitement with all of you.  I was on Cloud 9 last night when I finished my run. When I took [...]

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Swim day as a rest day.

I am not sure that every triathlete, or every wannabe triathlete will agree with me on this point.  Most likely, many will not because swimming tends to be the least favorite sport for a lot of triathletes.  I however, grew up as a competitive swimmer and therefore love the swim training. Through my training, I [...]

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Many thanks to David Tollefson.

I wanted to take a minute to thank David Tollefson.  He is a fellow Ironman triathlete, and cycling enthusiast that I met online through the forums at beginnertriathlete.com I posted in one of the forums seeking people to help with content for the blog.  One of the areas I wanted help with (since I am [...]

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Felt the burn today, love the lesson.

Today is my third consecutive day of bike then run.  I think I may have found my limit.  :) Keep in mind that this was not scheduled.  I just felt like running after my bike sessions.  So on Sunday – which is supposed to be long bike day, I did a combo of biking, and [...]

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I am still in shock

Today was my first 2 hour day on the bike.  Longest to date.  I really did not want to sit on my bike for 2 hours, so I decided that I would ride my bike to LA Fitness, do a spin class, then ride for the remaining 2 hours. 3.5 miles to the L.A. Fitness [...]

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