My eyes pried themselves open around 5:30AM for the first time after a good nights sleep. Something about being in the mountains that enables me to sleep so well. It must be the fresh air and the fact that I don’t have work on my mind. We headed into Lake Placid early for breakfast at …
Tag: Triathlon
Jul 19
Heading to Lake Placid to Chase a Dream…
The bike rack is on and my gear is partially packed. Tomorrow we head up to Lake Placid for the weekend to volunteer for Ironman Lake Placid 2012. On Sunday, I will get to feel the vibe of Ironman in Lake Placid and see the determination of this years triathletes as they make their way …
Jul 10
How To Race Ironman Lake Placid from BeyondTransition
Here is a BeyondTransition post on how to race IMLP. It is always good to have multiple perspectives from others on a course. This post also touches on the initial climb from the ski jumps to Van Hoevenberg, which tends to be glossed over many times and can have an effect on your outcome. http://beyondtransition.com/how-to-race-ironman-lake-placid/
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 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, …
May 24
Portman Nutrition Calculator
Portman Nutrition Calculator for helping to estimate your race nutrition needs…. http://www.portmancalculator.com
Nov 08
Ironman Miami 70.3 – Race Day–Bike
The Bike(56 miles) I shuffled my bike through the large white inflatable archway with “Bike Out” printed across the top. I headed over to the left side of the mounting area to get on my bike out of the way of others coming out. There were crowds of fans cheering on each side of the …
Oct 19
Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3…My First Half Ironman?
From October 2010 until May 2011, I focused on building a solid base of endurance which ultimately ended totaling 2x the distance of each discipline in the half-iron distance per week : Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112, and run 26. … There would be a time trial start for the bike and they would just run down the rows in T1 telling each athlete to go every couple seconds.