2 Ironman Triathlons in 1 Week

Ironman Training

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:43:00 +0000

I have fielded many questions on how I trained for 2 Ironmans Triathlons in a week. Let me preface my answer by saying that I am not new to endurance sports and did my first triathlon in 1996. My...

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:04:00 +0000

2 Ironmans in a week has officially been written in the book. On Sunday, September 7, 2008 I accomplished what I secretly thought was a VERY lofty goal that had a pretty big chance of not being...

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Ironman Wisconsin

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:24:00 +0000

Well yesterday was the final leg of my mission. I had no idea what would happen but suspected the wheels would fall off in the marathon portion of the race and I would walk most of it. What...

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Ironman Recovery Week

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:41:00 +0000

Well, this week is all about recovery. I've received so many questions about how I plan to attempt to recover a bit from Ironman Louisville so that I have the ability to complete Ironman Wisconsin. ...

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Ironman Louisville 2008 Race Report

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:53:00 +0000

Mission #1 Accomplished. The goal was to take this first Ironman this week at 50% race effort so the wheels don't fall off at Ironman Wisconsin next weekend. SWIM: TT start, kinda strange for an...

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Interview

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:09:00 +0000

Kevin at Enduranceplanet.com was nice enough to interview me and talk about what it is I'm doing, why I'm doing it, and what the disease of Aplastic Anemia is all about. Take a moment to listen if...

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Too much it too little

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:36:00 +0000

Well, today is 8 days out from Ironman Louisville and 15 days out from Ironman Wisconsin and I can't believe I'm still "burned out" from all the training. I know I'm doing less and less workouts...

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Taper Time & Michael Phelps

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:34:00 +0000

Ok, so taper time is here. Some people asked me what "taper" means...so I guess it makes sense to explain. When you are training for an Ironman race (or any race for that matter) you build fitness...

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Almost Home

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:23:00 +0000

Ok, so here we are...in the home stretch for the unbelievably crazy training schedule. I'm sick and tired of having to miss social events, professional after work events, not being with my wife and...

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I hate this part.

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:05:00 +0000

This is the time when I am tired, on edge, and can't wait for the taper and race day. And this is the time when I HATE Ironman training because i'm sick and tired of being tired and not having enough...

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Getting through it

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Well, another few weeks closer to the races. I had a great ride yesterday with a fe folks from Team Magellan. We ended up riding in perfect temperature but pretty hefty winds. Good thing was that...

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A Rookie Mistake

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:31:00 +0000

View Larger Map After 11 years in this sport of triathlon you'd think I wouldn't be making any rookie mistakes right??? Well, yesterday on my 100 mile bike ride I made a rookie mistake and can't...

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Now the fun begins

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:05:00 +0000

Well, now we're finally getting into the part of Ironman training that is really tough. Anyone whose done Ironman training knows that the final build period before the peak weeks of training all...

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The Training Volume Begins

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:20:00 +0000

Well, the training volume is starting to ramp up. In about 2-3 weeks I will write a blog entry that says something like "I hate doing the Ironman, why did I sign up for this crap, the world sucks,...

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Run workout

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:27:00 +0000

10' @ 8:46/mile pace + 10' @ 7:29/mile pace+ 6 X (30'' stride + 1' walk) + 10' @ 8:46/mile pace this run felt good but my right gastroc and left mid-gastroc were so tight the entire workout they felt...

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40k Time Trial

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:54:00 +0000

I did a 40km time trial today so my coach could use the data to hone in on my bike training zones. I was pretty excited because my time ended up being 1 hour 2 minutes, a 24 mph average. It hurt but...

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What am I doing?

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:32:00 +0000

Wow, it's been almost 3 weeks since I've last blogged. I didn't realize how much time and effort it takes to keep a blog...but I know that I need to because folks email me asking me "if everything's...

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Gearing up for a 4 hour bike ride

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:25:00 +0000

This Sunday will be the longest ride of the season so far. 4 hours. I'm excited about the long rides because I really love riding my bike (at least I'm not sick of it yet...that comes later in the...

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noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:23:00 +0000

Swim workout (2,300 meters):200 easy free + 50 breaststroke + 100 backstroke + 300 closed fist and pullbuoy + 150 (50 one arm stroke + 50 2 strokes RA/ 2 strokes LA + 50 catchup) + 6 X 100 IM,...

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3 Hour bike ride

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:16:00 +0000

We tried a new route today. The first 5 miles kinda sucked due to traffic so on the way back we took the bike path back for the last 5 miles. The route we took is here:...

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noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:36:00 +0000

Bike Workout (15 miles): 10' zone 1 + 4 X 1' one leg pedal + 30' zone 2 + 10' zone 1 ok. did the one leg pedal drill correctly (1 set for each leg....total of 4 sets).Weights: Did 45 min of weights....

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Double Day

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:23:00 +0000

Swim workout (2,300 meters):200 easy free + 100 backstroke + 50 breaststroke + 200 closed fist and pullbuoy + 50 OK + 50 Index + 50 Pinky + 4 X 100 stroke (no free) RI=15'' + 4 X 250 light pace free,...

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Quick Bike Today

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:46:00 +0000

Short, easy bike today. Bike Workout (13.4 mi): 10' zone 1 + 5 X 1' one leg pedal + 20' zone 2 + 10' zone 1 nice easy ride...but I think I screwed up the leg pedal drills as I did a total of 5 and...

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Bike ride today.

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:07:00 +0000

Bike Workout (44 mi):15' zone 1 + 125' zone 2 + 15' zone 1 Ended up going a little longer than planned since I rode outside and the course was 44 mi long. Tried to stay around 125bpm-135bpm for...

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Track Workout

noreply@blogger.com (2 Ironmans in 1 Week) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:32:00 +0000

My coach had me do a track workout today to better hone in on my current running heart rate zones. This workout HURT! Also, my left ankle I twisted about 4 weeks ago still hurts after I do hard...

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