bradculberson.com http://www.bradculberson.com/blog the life of a techie triathlete Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:26:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Stroke and Stride 2009 – Year in Review http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/LjpPvFlvsTc/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/08/06/stroke-and-stride-2009-year-in-review/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:24:43 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/?p=221 Every year athletes in the Boulder area all converge on the Boulder Reservoir every Thursday night to race. The Boulder Stroke and Stride series is a great way to do race simulations of the open water swims I “enjoy” in triathlon. Today was the last day of the Stroke and Stride season, Race #10. I raced 6 time this year and have some great experiences…. if you take out the rain and thunderstorms which we are always evading. Here are my results for the year:

Stroke
& Stride #		 PLACE SWIM LAP1 SWIM LAP2 TRANS RUN PACE TIME
2 25 12:52 1:39 24:58 8:04 39:27
4 57 12:47 13:43 1:32 24:32 7:55 52:32
6 84 14:40 15:48 1:28 25:33 8:15 57:28
7 48 13:19 13:57 1:27 24:20 7:51 53:01
8 57 13:36 14:56 2:06 24:22 7:52 54:58
10 53 12:38 1:57 23:23 7:33 37:57
]]> http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/08/06/stroke-and-stride-2009-year-in-review/feed/ 0 http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/08/06/stroke-and-stride-2009-year-in-review/ 5430 Sprint 6/21/2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/hw4S1K6XRio/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/22/5430-sprint-6212009/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:29:34 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/?p=217 It was a great day to race, but I was on a too much training load to have a great time…  My A race this year is in late August.  Everything went ok, but felt pretty slow and hard.  The 750 meter swim took me 14:05, the 17.2 mile bike took 48:38 (21.2mph), and the 5k run was 26:24 (8:31/mi).

Check out the bike (no gps @ beginning):

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/JGT4ZDUVYXJCBZWS4RLUVEE3AY

Check out the run:

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/NX7JX2TKMC6FB6JPGVUFRWUF4M

]]> http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/22/5430-sprint-6212009/feed/ 0 http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/22/5430-sprint-6212009/ Stroke and Stride 6/11/2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/ezIrzMv46UQ/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/12/stroke-and-stride-20090612/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:09:42 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/12/stroke-and-stride-20090612/ Last night was my first stroke and stride event in Boulder, CO. I had not done the “races” beforce because I always thought it was a little expensive for training days… After having quite a few friends doing them, I finally signed up for the 6 pack. It was my first day this year in my wetsuit. After setting up my transition, I went into the reservoir to test the water. It felt a little cold at first, but I got warmed up fast. The swim was pretty non eventful, I never found anyone to draft off of… but had a few foot taps to let me know someone got lucky. My swim time was ok at 12:52 (750 meters), my run was a little slower due to some tired legs from tuesdays track workout with D3, but it was still ok 24:58 (5k). I ended up 25th overall with a total time of 39:27.

Check out my run: http://su.pr/289rbl

]]> http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/12/stroke-and-stride-20090612/feed/ 0 http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/06/12/stroke-and-stride-20090612/ Bolder Boulder 10k 5/25/2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/avNaAJgZv1Y/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/05/25/bolder-boulder-10k-5252009/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 18:00:49 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/?p=211 It is always fun to run with 45000 of your friends… I had a great day and the temperature was perfect. My total time was 53:10.61, which was a little slower than last year, but I haven’t been doing any speed work… Guess its time to get to the track.

Here is my run: http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/DIJDRRTPVNFP6JQGPEKEEILXO4

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Check out my run: http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/XMV2SADAE37CLHX2CV2LEEY53A

]]> http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/01/18/p-f-changs-rock-n-roll-arizona-1182009/feed/ 0 http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/01/18/p-f-changs-rock-n-roll-arizona-1182009/ Event Schedule for 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/D_vwXLxndWE/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/01/01/event-schedule-for-2009/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:33:31 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/?p=203 I have spent the last few weeks trying to figure what events I wanted to do in 09. I had already signed up for Ironman Canada, so I just worked back from there to get in some good fitness test events before that. I love to train and race, but with scheduling and races filling up, I have to be diligent and signup early for the events I want to do. My only A-race is Ironman Canada, but I hope to have good results all year. Here are the races you will find me at:

Jan 18, 2009 – Rock and Roll Marathon in Arizona
May 25, 2009 – Bolder Boulder 10k
Jun 21, 2009 – 5430 Sprint Triathlon
Jul 11, 2009 – Triple Bypass
Aug 1, 2009 – Copper Triangle
Aug 9, 2009 – 5430 Long Course Triathlon
Aug 30, 2009 – Ironman Canada
Sep 10, 2009 – Skirt Chaser 5k (tentative)
Sep 11-12, 2009 – Colorado Relay (tentative – looking for sponsor)

I hope to see you out there racing with me and/or cheering me on!!!

]]> http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/01/01/event-schedule-for-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2009/01/01/event-schedule-for-2009/ I’m worth it… maybe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/AwFn9bfdg98/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2008/10/02/im-worth-it-maybe/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:06:41 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/?p=191
Those who know me well know I like to say “I’m worth it”… when shopping. Today could very well be the first day that I am not sure. I just received my new Cervelo P3. So I have been training hard the last couple months, but I am not in the same shape as the average P3 owner. I guess its a great reason to keep the training going hard all winter. I have to send out a special thanks to Cervelo, Excel Sports, and Retul to get me on this sweet ride.

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]]> http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2008/09/06/skirt-chaser-5k/feed/ 0 http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2008/09/06/skirt-chaser-5k/ 5430 Long Course http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bradculberson/~3/ULOqAmmqQII/ http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/2008/08/10/5430-long-course/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:00:54 +0000 Administrator http://www.bradculberson.com/blog/?p=137 The 5430 Long Course was the last triathlon I signed up for 2008 and promised to be quite a challenge. My biking is back on track, but the run proved to be quite a challenge… My training has had a primary focus on the bike, at least I felt great on my road bike passing P3s with discs :)

I finished the 1.2 mile swim in 37:59, the 56 mile bike in 2:42:01 (20.7 mph), and the 13.1 mile run in 2:08:42 (9:50). My total time was 5:31:58… about 15 minutes off my fastest 1/2, but I was happy with the results. I placed 365/933.

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