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Year: 2008
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IM FL 2008: Sorry Accelerade, Switching to First Endurance EFS
Well these last weeks have been a bit tortuous. Not because of pain in my muscles due to training though. It’s been through my sports drink. On my long runs, I’ve always used Accelerade lemon-lime. But this year, I’ve been having major stomach problems. Two things, one definite, and one hypothetical. First, Accelerade tends to…
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IM FL 2008: The Build to Peak
Here I sit, thinking about my buddies going to the Ironman Championships this coming weekend in Kona. As I think of them and their upcoming race, I reflect back on my peak for Ironman Florida. It’s been a long training season. I haven’t raced at all and have been focusing on building for IM FL.…
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The Total Care Practice in Palo Alto
Remember when you were a kid and you got hurt or sick, and you just went to your family doctor and that guy seemed to be able to see you whenever you were hurt or sick, and just about knew exactly what to do no matter what happened to you? I do. I thought all…
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Training HOT Update
Since I began this heat acclimatization training back in June, I’ve finally begun to see some nice results. The Bay area has experienced some truly unbelievably hot weather this summer. I’ve never seen it reach 90+ or even 100 degrees in Palo Alto until this year. However, it’s perfect for preparing my body for hard…
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Overtrained Week 3
I went to the doctor this last Wednesday. He thinks it may be some kind of mild constriction of the lung’s airways, most likely due to some allergy or some other trigger. I got an inhaler and have been using it the last few days. Amazingly, it has started to clear up almost immediately. Now…
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Overtrained Week 2
I’m into week 2 of my overtrained state. I did nothing for 4 days, and then yesterday I went for a test swim as I was going stir crazy. Besides, I am big on active recovery and not just sitting around. I took it very easy, and then tested some very short sprints (25m). HR…
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Overtrained Arg!
Well, I did it. I managed to put myself into an overtrained state. Good thing to have caught it early and not have it drag deeper into an overtrained state or else it would probably take longer to get myself out of. In some ways, it really sucked because I didn’t know how much my…
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More Free Speed
Some more speed that is “free”. Stuff I haven’t tried though. Seems like it’s all about golf ball dimples: Zipp Tangente Clincher Tires Clincher tires developed in a wind tunnel, featuring golf ball dimples! Rocket Science Sports Dimpled Water Bottles Dimples on your water bottles reduce drag! Nike Swift Spin Time Trial Suit Nike’s Project…
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Free Speed
A buddy of mine once remarked that you should get free speed whenever you can get it. What’s free speed? Well, it’s not really free. It’s just speed you gain from means other than physically improving for it. That means paying cash for it mostly. But at least you don’t have to sweat for it!…
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I Hate Wild Animals
I hate wild animals. Ever since I got molested by a monk seal off the Big Island of Hawaii, I just hate wild animals. Can’t stand encountering them in the wild. Don’t want them near me. This last Friday, I was running in Rancho San Antonio. I was about 1:30 down in my 2:30 run…
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Importance of the Negative Split
If there is one training principle I have come to both love and hate, it’s the negative split. It’s also one of the most important. In short, it means that you increase effort and, thus (hopefully) speed, on the second half of your workout or race. Workouts can also be gradual in increasing effort, resulting…
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Notes on Recovery and (Old) Age
I just read an article in the NYTimes about Dara Torres, the swimmer who made the Olympic swim team at 41 years of age. The first amazing thing is her age, which challenges the notion that as we grow older we must slow down. In fact, the NYTimes article cites many studies that refute that…
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Yield to Life
Whoo hoo! Got my Yield to Life bike jersey today, signed by Dave Zabrieskie himself. I’m proud to be a donor and a part of Yield to Life, whose mission is to promote safe cycling everywhere. The popularity of cycling and triathlon has put an enormous amount of people on the roads on bicycles. Add…
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Training HOT
Global warming is in full force this year. These last few weeks in Palo Alto have been in the 90s, which is really unusual as Palo Alto tends to be much cooler than San Jose. This morning, I got to Rancho San Antonio by 830a and it was already 82 degrees by my car’s thermometer.…
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Compression Works Part II
This last week, after my long ride, I decided to try a pair of compression tights which cover my entire legs instead of just my calves. I was curious to see if they would work on my entire legs, versus just in my calves. I had a pair of 2XU Tights which I hadn’t tried…
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