Tag Archives: Ironman

Ironman Cozumel – The Details

Up at 4am. The resort opened breakfast early for us so I took advantage. I trained all summer on hard boiled eggs for breakfast, and they had no eggs. I asked the manager and he went back and made me up some asap! What service! Amazingly calm for the morning of a race. Packed up [...]

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Quality vs. Quantity

People often talk about ‘junk miles’ in endurance sports, referring to the volume you put in swimming, cycling or running that is done at a low to moderate effort and seemingly has no particular adaptation or point to it. Many coaches out there market themselves as coaches that cut out the junk work, and focus on [...]

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Discussion about Ironman Texas

  If you haven’t heard, The Woodlands, TX and the World Triathlon Corporation are in discussions about putting a full Ironman in Texas.  Most of the issues have been worked through and it seems that all that’s left is the vote. Click below to listen to the township discussion. The vote comes June 23rd. I will post [...]

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The Other Activity of Endurance Training…Home Life

The other day I was discussing with a friend of mine all the various aspects of Ironman training. He is prepping for his first and I was telling him about some of the challenges that I run into. Of course the obvious aspects were discussed like long rides, nutrition, getting all the hours of training [...]

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