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  • Is it worth $40,000 to abuse my body in Kona?

    Is it worth $40,000 to abuse my body in Kona?

    Seen in the latest Ironman email newsletter: For a sixth consecutive year, Ironman will conduct its annual auction with eBay, designed to benefit a variety of charitable organizations worldwide. The Ironman Foundation has raised more than $2,000,000 through the auction since its inception in 2003. This year’s auction will include six slots to the 2008…

  • 2007 Race Schedule and Goals

    2007 Race Schedule and Goals

    So far it looks like: Ironman Brazil May 27 Vineman Half Ironman July 22 Pacific Grove Sept 8-9 NYC Marathon (maybe) Nov 4 Ironman Western Australia Dec 2 I signed up for Ironman Florida Nov 3, but think I will defer that to next year. My goals: 1. To do better on hills with the…

  • Shaking Off the Cobwebs

    Shaking Off the Cobwebs

    Today marked the second week of shaking off the cobwebs on my body from off-season. I ran Rancho San Antonio and started looping on my favorite hill run to build up my leg strength. I did two loops of the Coyote Trail whose path looks like this: From Parking Lot to bridge where hill begins:…

  • Hack Hack Cough Cough

    Hack Hack Cough Cough

    I’m sitting here in NYC trying to get over this damn cough thing which I’ve had for almost 1.5 weeks now. Nice gurgling phlegm coming up out of my lungs – I tried running last Thursday and it was tough. I had good run times for a distance tempo run, but afterwards I felt as…

  • Kona Report 6-1-06

    Kona Report 6-1-06

    Kona is having beautiful weather, which is totally not what Yahoo! Weather predicted. I hope for cloud cover on the day of the race to keep the blazing sun off our backs. Previous racers have said that the run is super hot in and around the golf course of the Mauna Lani Resort. I put…

  • Off to Kona this week: Honu Half Ironman

    Off to Kona this week: Honu Half Ironman

    This Wednesday I’m off to Kona to race the Honu Half Ironman. The weather in Kona looks like showers, which either means it’s going to suck or it’s going to be godsend. I am a fair weather training/racing person, but you can’t ignore the fact that the humidity and heat of Kona and the lava…

  • Experimenting with Changing the Order of Workouts

    Experimenting with Changing the Order of Workouts

    My coach is fond of saying that he doesn’t really care what days you do his workouts in his schedule, as long as you do them. He has also experimented greatly with varying the order of workouts to see if there is any difference in the results, and he has seen that there isn’t much…

  • Energy Depletion, Winter Training Sucks

    Energy Depletion, Winter Training Sucks

    Training is back in full force as I ramp for the Honu Half Ironman on June 3 and Ironman Austria on July 16. But base building in the Bay Area winter can really suck. Today, I first went to swim at Foothill College and cranked out 4600 meters. It is now the beginning of my…

  • Training has BEGUN!

    Training has BEGUN!

    The season has begun and I am getting my bod out of cobwebs and back into shape. The first few workouts are a bit of a fine tuning – some of them I should be doing better at, but as the training season moves on, I should be getting better. Given that I actually had…

  • Reflections on 2005, Goals for 2006

    Reflections on 2005, Goals for 2006

    2005 comes to an exciting but mixed year for me in triathlon. First I look upon my 2005 goals: CYCLING: To see how close I can get my fitness/strength/abilities to Lance Armstrong. Well my cycling got better, but I’m still pretty far away from Lance. ETA to Goal: Never (probably). More Realistic: Do the 112…

  • Training Costs for 2005

    Training Costs for 2005

    As I near the end of 2005, I calculate the cost of my training over this last year: M2 Coaching: $200/month x 12 months = $2400 Team Clinic/ART/Chiropractic: $4817.50 Dr. Rikke/Healthlogic/Graston/Chiropractic: $730 This doesn’t count all the clothes, powdered sports drinks, energy bars, bike equipment, sneakers, etc. I bought this year. So coaching+medical = $7947.50…

  • Half Vineman!

    Half Vineman!

    Off to Half Vineman today! Driving up with my buddy Dan who is a triathlon stud. Follow our exploits at Official Half Vineman site. This the last year we can qualify for a Ironman Championships slot at a half ironman. They launched a new race series called the Ironman 70.3 series, which ends in its…

  • Reflections: Goals for 2005 and Beyond

    Reflections: Goals for 2005 and Beyond

    As I come to my first Ironman, I reflect on the experience and think about triathlon goals I have for this coming year and beyond. Here they are: CYCLING: To see how close I can get my fitness/strength/abilities to Lance Armstrong. My coach laughed when I told him this, because it was exactly his goal…

  • Workout burnout

    Workout burnout

    Man these last two weeks have been tough. The long biking and running sessions over the many weeks has left me a bit burned out for training. My coach has reassured me that my fitness is more than adequate to cross the finish line, but I can’t help but wonder if I left anything out,…

  • Gonna Fly Now

    Gonna Fly Now

    “Gonna Fly Now…Gonna Fly Now….” Yesterday, I ran a triple brick as part of my Ironman training. Basically, I ran almost a half ironman yesterday! Just thinking about that is amazing in the fact that I struggled to finish Vineman Half Ironman last year in a tad less than 6 hours. And now I run…

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