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Year: 2006
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Waikiki Rough Water Swim 9-4-06
Waking to a beautiful aloha morning in Honolulu and swimming 2.4 miles is the best thing. The Waikiki Rough Water Swim was the original swim after which the swim leg of the first Ironman was modelled after. It makes this swim extra special to do. This year, they let us out, after heavy winds prevented…
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Running Injury Free
A buddy of mine just started a new site called dailystrength.org. It is a place where you can get support and advice for various problems or issues you may have in a multitude of areas of your life. There was a post about running and knee problems, and how people were down on running and…
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Back in Action!
This week, which is now into the fifth week post Ironman Austria, I feel finally back and fully recovered. I can definitely feel my endurance lacking somewhat, but generally I feel pretty good. I am glad to see the adaptation occuring from last year. I would be really bummed if my body didn’t recover faster…
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Ironman Austria Recovery: +2 weeks
Today I went swimming for the long 2 hour swim at Foothill College. I was a little hesitant due to the length of the workout, but I went anyway thinking that I would not sprint at all and only stay aerobic. My Master’s coach of course would not oblige (ha!). He gave us some fast…
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From the MIT Center for Sports Innovation and Technology
An interesting article from Bicycling magazine, September 2006, p. 32. Great insights into bicycling aerodynamics and the science of cycling. 1. Time trialing is about efficiency, not power. It’s much easier to increase efficiency rather than increasing power. 2. Your bike accounts for only 15-20% of overall drag. 3. 75% of drag is determined by…
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Ironman Austria Race Pics: More Uploaded
Check them out, some courtesy of Dan, Kelly, and Mike. A fun day for all!
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Ironman Austria Recovery: 6 Days After
This last week I was in London and resisted actively romping around the city too much. I found that after the race, I still had that feeling in my chest of overexertion for quite a while. I did walk around a bit, but felt drained by mid-afternoon and returned to my hotel room for a…
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Ironman Austria Race Pictures: 7-16-06
Uploaded here. More to come…
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Ironman Austria: Race Day Report!
The day has come! Sunday morning I get up after a night of fitful sleep. I didn’t want to take some melatonin as I didn’t want to risk some additional drowsiness due to drug induced slumber. And I don’t put in my earplugs for fear of not hearing my wake up call. But that means…
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Ironman Austria Eve: Saturday 7-15-06, Who is Otter?
It is now the eve of Ironman Austria. There is always a bit of apprehension on the day before. Have I trained enough? Am I ready? What’s my strategy? Did I pack the right things in my transition bags? WIll I make it to the finish line? And more. Even after having done one Ironman,…
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Ironman Austria Eve: 7-15-06 Logistics and Racing Ironman By Yourself
Why are race logistics always a nightmare? You’d think that the race directors would be able to cover all the details in the race booklet. Travel to and from the race area, retrieving your race equipment post-race, when/where do you turn in your race bags, picking up your bike, etc. etc. So many details and…
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Ironman Austria: Pasta Party
Last night’s pasta party was pretty good. Had two big plates of pasta until I could eat no more! Pros Fernanda Keller and Lori Bowden are racing also on Sunday. Should be interesting to see if one of them can take first place. Man, it was hot in there. No ventilation in the tent at…
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Friday before Ironman Austria 7-14-06
I woke up today wondering if I should go swimming with the tour group. I was kind of tired, still a little bit not over jet lag, but I dragged myself up to at least go get free breakfast. I chatted with pro Andrea Fisher over coffee and eggs, and then proceeded to get all…
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Thursday 7-13-06 Before Ironman Austria
Last night, I tried to sleep early but it took me a while to assemble my bike. Somehow the gorillas at the airport have nearly destroyed my bike case again. They tossed it so hard that they bent my rear drop out (slightly) and totally broke the inner lining of my suitcase. Unbelievable. I took…
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5 days until Ironman
Last nite my IT band is acting up. I roll it out with my TPMassage roller, a cloth bound roller which you lay on and massages your muscles as you move back and forth. It seems to take out my soreness and knots which is really good. I need to be loose for the race.…
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