The 2013 Ironman Lake Placid Athlete’s Guide
Category: Triathlon
Jun 17
Ironman Lake Placid Week 20 Mini Camp-Day 3
Sunday morning I woke up a bit groggy. I reached over to my nightstand, fumbling around until I felt the elastic band of my heart rate monitor strap. I squirmed around wrapping the HRM around me without actually sitting up in bed, a task I have become quite proficient at over the last several months. …
Jun 17
Ironman Lake Placid Week 20 Mini Camp-Day 2
Saturday I awoke to my Jawbone Up vibrating away at around 7:15am. A quick Heart Rate variability check revealed a 74 and to “continue training as usual”. Gitty-up! Next was to fuel up with a banana, raspberry, spinach, and beet smoothie. A much more normal, at least to me, alternative than pancakes. Beets are supposed …
Jun 16
Ironman Lake Placid Week 20 – Mini Camp-Travel & Day 1
Thursday In order to get an early start on my work day, I decided to work from home on Thursday so we could get on the road to Lake Placid by 4pm. Due to some bad storms that day, Denise got out of work early, so we decided to get on the road earlier. It …
Jun 14
One Year Plant-Based…And Why I Am Not Changing…
It is hard to believe that one year ago I was first posting my experiment with a whole foods, plant-based diet. Now here I sit one year later and I am still doing it with the same, if not more, fervor that I did back then. Many things have changed during that time which I …
Jun 13
2013 Rev3 Quassy HalfRev Race Review
Race Name: Rev3 Quassy HalfRev Race Location & Country: Quassy Amusement Park, Middlebury, CT, USA Date: June 2 2013 Race Category: Male 45-49 Why did I do this race? Within driving distance(3.5hrs). Supposed to be a good prep race for Ironman Lake Placid, which I am doing 2 months later. Heard Rev3 races are very …
Jun 09
Ironman Lake Placid Training Week 19 Update
48 Days Until Ironman Lake Placid Week Totals Type Distance Duration Rest Bike 124.5 mi 07:53 Run 23.4 mi 03:44 Swim 5522.7 yd 02:05 Total Duration: 13:42 I managed to survive another post-race build training week. Coming off a race and getting right back to training is always a bit brutal, but coming off a …
Jun 01
Rev3 Quassy Live Athlete Tracking
I am bib # 2935 in the HalfRev on Sunday Rev3 Quassy Live Athlete Tracking Results.. Rev3 Quassy Live
Jun 01
Rev3 Quassy Olympic Men’s Swim Start
More Rev3 Quassy Live Updates here… Men’s Swim Start Video. FFwd to the last 30 secs of video.
May 31
Revving Up for Rev3 Quassy
This past week has been a scorcher. Temperatures were up in the high 80’s and low 90’s with brutal humidity. Thankfully, it is a race week and my training volume was a bit less. Although it may have been the fact that it was a race week that it was so tough. I always feel …