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Year: 2009

  • Total Immersion Perpetual Motion Presentation

    Total Immersion Perpetual Motion Presentation

    I’m a big fan of Total Immersion, an outfit based on the east coast that teaches swimming. You might think that there are many people who teach swimming, from coaches to the YMCA to your high school swim team. But after experiencing some of them, I’ve found that Total Immersion has done a better job…

  • Total Immersion Swimming with Shinji Takeuchi

    Total Immersion Swimming with Shinji Takeuchi

    Today I went to my first lesson with Coach Shinji Takeuchi, who runs Total Swimming West (TI Swim West). I was getting kind of frustrated with my swimming in that I was improving, but I did not have consistent improvement nor did I have a good sense of what I should be improving. Shinji was…

  • IM CDA: Recovery +11 Days

    IM CDA: Recovery +11 Days

    It’s been 11 days after IM CDA. Recovery seems to be coming along. +7 days: Biked for the first time on computrainer, fast one leg spinning. Spinning fast was tough at first and then loosened up. Definitely a bit more effort required than normal to maintain speed. +8 days: First swim, only 1000 yards. Swam…

  • IM CDA: Recovery Log

    IM CDA: Recovery Log

    Race + 1 day: Stiff legs, up and down stairs very difficult. Lots of nutritional recovery aids, protein powder, Glutamine, BCAAs, Emergen-C. Stretching, TP Massage rollering, foam rollering, lacrosse ball massage. Wore compression leggings. Heart/lungs feel less affected than in previous races. Race + 2 days: Legs much better today. Wore compression calf sleeves. Lots…

  • IM CDA: More Photos

    IM CDA: More Photos

    The swim start: Cycling away: Running, looking OK and then not looking so OK with the rain evident on the ground: Finally hitting the finish line in 12:42:01!:

  • IM CDA: The Way Home: Bright Sunny Skies

    IM CDA: The Way Home: Bright Sunny Skies

    Here we are, driving back to Spokane International Airport 2 days after Ironman: It was sunny and in the 70s, a beautiful day. Such a contrast to the week before – if only the race had been just a week after!

  • IM CDA: Thoughts on the Race Itself

    IM CDA: Thoughts on the Race Itself

    Some thoughts on the race itself, CDA, and my preparation: Race comments: 1. Overall I thought CDA was a well run race. Logistics were very good and everything moved pretty smoothly. 2. They told us they required reflectors to be stuck on our clothing. I never saw anyone check and it stays light pretty late,…

  • IM CDA: Fellow Racers’ Pictures

    IM CDA: Fellow Racers’ Pictures

    Some of my comrades in arms, racing yesterday also: Dan with the regional head of Pita Pit: Dan on the bike in stop action glory: Dan leading the pack: Dan running nicely and then having a tough moment on the course: Lawrence running, smiling and feeling good at his first Ironman: Keish running along at…

  • IM CDA: The Day After

    IM CDA: The Day After

    The day after is usually one that is filled with stiff muscles and a wasted body. I felt more stressed than usual, crediting that to the extra cold temps and battling the hills. So I spent the day drinking protein powder laden drinks, taking BCAAs and Glutamine pills, and lots of Emergen-C to try to…

  • IM CDA: Race Day!

    IM CDA: Race Day!

    After my usual preparation of equipment and also eating, we gathered up our stuff and went out to the transition area. It was already pretty crowded by 530a when we got there. Guess lots of people were antsy about preparation! The skies were partly cloudy but it was very windy and a bit chilly. I…

  • IM CDA: Race Morning 4am

    IM CDA: Race Morning 4am

    I’m up and prepared all my bottles and stuff to bring to the race in the morning. As the sun rose (skies were light at 430a, sunrise at 445a), they showed clear blue skies with a bit of breeze. Weather report looks for possibility of rain around 3pm now. Should be a nice cool race…

  • IM CDA: Relaxing Before the Big Day

    IM CDA: Relaxing Before the Big Day

    All my bags are checked in, my bike racked for the big day tomorrow. I’m just hanging out at my place, kicking back and conserving energy:

  • IM CDA: There Ain’t No Potatoes in Idaho

    IM CDA: There Ain’t No Potatoes in Idaho

    At the Museum of North Idaho I bought a post card which had a humongous potato in it. At that moment, I remembered that Idaho was famous for Idaho potatoes! But also, I realized that I hadn’t eaten a single potato. In fact, at Safeway, I didn’t really see any potatoes even being sold. I…

  • IM CDA: Making T-shirts, Dropping Off Our Bike and Bags, Mooses (Meese?)

    IM CDA: Making T-shirts, Dropping Off Our Bike and Bags, Mooses (Meese?)

    This morning the crew got up and made some t-shirts to cheer us racers on: Then we took our bikes and bags over to transition and left them there for the race tomorrow: We then walked back to our car and saw some mooses (meese? what’s the plural of moose?) – apparently there is some…

  • IM CDA: Saturday Morning Bike and Equipment Preparation

    IM CDA: Saturday Morning Bike and Equipment Preparation

    The sun came out blazing this morning and Dan and I got up to prep our bikes for racing: Here is Dan talking about his rocket Look bike: I laid out all my bags and equipment. Looks like somehow I didn’t fit in a 4th water bottle for my run. I think that’s OK; I…

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