Recon Ride POV video of the Steelman Triathlon Olympic Bike Course at Lake Nockamixon near Quakertown, PA. Also including ride workout files for TrainerRO
Tag: workout
Jun 30
Ironman Lake Placid Training-Week 22 Update
Less than 27 days left until Ironman Lake Placid. Week 22 was another tough one. In addition to 18 hours of training this week, the heat and humidity have been brutal. It is a constant sweat-fest! Some of the tougher aspects of the week featured 4x60sec run pickups on Monday and some 2x300m building speed …
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.
Jan 22
The Flyers Game Brick Workout
Today I did a new workout called the Flyers Game Brick Workout. With temps in teens today, I was remanded to either the treadmill or the trainer. I struggle to not die of boredom on either of them for more than 45 minutes. The Flyers were playing the Devils today at 1PM so I thought …
Jan 21
The Longer I Swim, The Better I Feel…
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://brianschwind.net/wpblog/?p=190 Today was my Friday off, so I planned on getting in a good swim. We had gotten around 5 inches of snow last night, so running or cycling were out. I started out with my typical 500yds of warm-up and 500yds of drills. For my main set I did a 100-200-300-200-100 pyramid set. Somewhere …
Dec 08
Back In The Pool…
Finally after not swimming for the 3 months, I got back to the pool again. Felt good too. It’s time to start building endurance again. Below is my first swim workout… Warm-up: 1×250 Free Drills: 4×25(side,catch,fist, side), 1×50 side, 1×50 catch, 1×50 fist, 1×50 side, 1×100 kick(fins) Main: 15 mins Freestyle(~700-750 yds) C/d: 1×50 free …