Less than 5 weeks to go until Ironman Coeur d’Alene! Actually, if you are reading this post it is probably less than 3 weeks to go. With all the heavy training volume lately, I cannot find the time to get this post out and I didn’t want to just throw it out there. Anyway…I digress. This was …
Tag: camp
Jun 30
IMLP 2014 Training Update-Week 20-Lake Placid Mini-Training Camp Week
The Week The week started off on a high note with some really good workouts early on. The effects of my prior recovery week have started show up. I banged out a nice 32 mile ride on Monday night in less than two hours,averaging about 17.7 MPH while still staying in a zone 2 heart …
Jul 30
Ironman Lake Placid 2012 Trip Report-Registration Day
Another night of tossing and turning. I lay in bed waiting for the alarm to go off as I ponder the thought of the commitment I was about to make that morning. The morning after Ironman Lake Placid, registration for the next years event opens for all the current year volunteers. It seems to be …
Jun 29
Lake Placid Training Camp Day 4-The Final Push
The sore blasted in the room at around 5:30AM and I immediately took inventory of the damage done from the long ride the day before. To my surprise, my ability to walk to the bathroom was not hampered in any way. “Could I really not be sore at all from a 7 hour bike ride?” …
Jun 27
Lake Placid Training Camp Day 3-Cycling, Storms and Bears
The sun began shining in the door around 5:30AM waking me up a half hour before the alarm would go off. I tried as hard as I could to get back to sleep for another few minutes but the anxiety in my gut would not allow me to do so. Today was the day that …
Jun 22
Lake Placid Training Camp Day 2-Makin’ Good Time
The alarm clock went off at 6am this morning. I cobbled together some different items for breakfast before meeting up with the group at 7:15am for our morning swim. I had planned on having some granola with hemp milk, but was lacking utensils and a bowl…doh! Instead I funneled the granola down my gullet and …
Jun 21
Lake Placid Triathlon Camp Day 1-Can’t Spare A Square
This morning I packed up the Honda Fit and made my way to Lake Placid for Troy Jacobson’s Triathlon Camp. I made it all the way to the Plattekill rest stop on I-87 before I needed a bathroom break. The rest stop was more empty than it usually is on treks up to LP, …