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IMLP 2014-Week 22 Training Update-Taper Time!

Well it’s taper time! All the hard training is behind me now and I will gradually decrease my training volume over the three weeks before Ironman Lake Placid . It works out quite nicely with the start of the Tour de FranceĀ  too. One of my biggest fears during the pre-race taper period is getting …

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FTP Test Gone Bad!

  20 Minute Test – TrainerRoad.com For some strange reason I got the bright idea to attempt doing an FTP test on Trainer Road last night. It was my second ride of this week, which is also the 2nd build week in my training cycle. Ya know when your body really starts feeling some fatigue …

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Training Log-Prep Week 2-One Extreme To The Other

My second Prep week of 2014 has seen almost every possible type of weather has seen snow, rain, thunder, lightning, heavy winds and temperatures from -3 to 50 deg F. It has been one of the strangest weeks of weather I have seen. But rest assured, Donald Trump says that there is no Global Warming… …

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IMLP Training Week 9-Cruisin’ Into Spring…Finally

I am a little late with my weekly post this week due to a busy Easter Sunday and my April Fools pranks. Easter Sunday started out with a rapid pace. I finished my 2 hour run in in the morning, then back home to cook up a couple plant-based dishes for the family Easter dinner, …

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