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With the Olympic Triathlon days away, I figured now would be a good time to write up my thoughts on these two races and what to watch for. When 2004 rolled around I was in my second season of racing age-group triathlons and knew very little about...
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Now that I am on my way back to Seattle, let's do a quick roll-up of what I did in Boulder. The last three days were a bit light as I had to head out of town on business, so focusing on the first 3 weeks of the trip: 18 swim sessions; 68k yards;...
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I went on a fun 100-mile ride three days ago -- Boulder to Lyons to Estes Park, past Raymond and Ward to Nederland and then back down to Boulder. The 20 miles from Lyons to Estes Park included a 15-mile climb and a 4-mile descent, then it was another...
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Ever wonder how much you'd be able to train if you didn't have to go to work every day? I now know my own answer to that question. (Well, sort of ... I worked remotely from Boulder for about 25 hours last week -- so more flexibility than usual...
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I've been living the high life for three days now and I have to say that it's gorgeous out here. Lots of mountain views, bike lanes and sunshine. They do seem to get a few more afternoon T-storms than I'm accustomed to but you can plan around...
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Yesterday I finally won the BRI Triathlon at Seafair after five years of trying. 4th in 2004, 3rd in 2005, 2nd in 2006 and 2007... like I said in my Lake Stevens write-up, racing locally is lots of fun b/c you see a lot more friends and family out...
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I am proud to announce that I have joined the new US Pro Tri team. Our roster for 2008 includes team director Ryan Bates, Daniel Bretscher, John Kenny, Dave Kuendig, Kevin Lisska and me. So far this year we have three top-tens in 70.3 races,...
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Yesterday I raced in the Lake Stevens 70.3 Triathlon and while it wasn't the first sprint finish in the short history of half-Ironman I had a lot of my own "firsts:" Deciding to do a pro race the day before -- I'd been hurt a bit and...
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may have missed a few in here, but hopefully this is most of 'em... Sat 21 June - Cascades Edge Tri Sun 22 June - no swim (I think) Mon 23 June - 6k easy w/ lots of drills Tue 24 June - masters workout... 3500 yards... one hour Wed 25 June - no swim...
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I learned this morning that today will likely be our last Wednesday morning outdoor workout for quite awhile -- the youth team at Samena uses the pool during the summer during our normal swim hours. I'll miss workouts like today's... Last night....
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Mon 9 June & Tue 10 June: HealthVault Solutions Conference no workouts of any type Thu 12 June: AM solo swim warm-up main set: 10x50 @ :50 averaging :30 drills & cool-down Thu 12 June: PM masters swim warm-up 4x25 fly @ :25 200 free @ 2:40 6x25...
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As I mentioned in my other blog, it's been a busy couple of weeks with the HealthVault conference and Alcatraz and getting over my cold and my IT band issue... but I did get in a few good swims before I left for Alcatraz. Sun June 1: solo swim at...
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I apologize for the gap between posts -- I've been unusually busy lately as we went through our final preparations for the HealthVault Solutions Conference . Oh yeah, I also had the Escape from Alcatraz the day before the conference. Needless to say,...
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my lack of posts for the last 10 days hasn't been blogging laziness - it's been swimming laziness. I've been trying to fight off this sinusitis that I picked up in Seoul so I've been out of the pool a bit. But here are the days in Korea...
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I just found a link to the article that Jennifer Donohue recently wrote for Outdoors NW magazine. She interviewed a mix of elite endurance athletes in the Pacific Northwest (including yours truly) and got their ideas on how to mix training with...
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Now that I've filed my Race Report like a good boy, on to the fun stuff. There were four Americans on the start list in Seoul and as luck would have it they're all guys I'm pretty friendly with -- Ben Collins, Dave Messenheimer and Steve Sexton. ...
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I just got back from a memorable trip to Seoul for yesterday's ITU Asian Cup race. At least I *think* it was yesterday -- we flew over the International Date Line about 16 hours ago so I'm not really sure what day of the week it is anymore. Let's...
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Wed 21 May 08: at Samena with Dave. 2 hours. 8100 yards. warm-up: 1000 10x200 @ 2:40 light descend 1-->5 and 6-->10. (~2:25-->2:18) ez 300 3x1000 Pull @ 12:00 steady (about 11:40, 11:38, 11:35. Dave descends everything.) ez 300 8x100 as 75 free...
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Here is a topic that is much more upbeat than injuries, at least depending on your perspective. My friend Kim took this fun video of the swim start at Mazatlan. I like that you can hear a bunch of spectators laughing in the background each time a wave...
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Endurance athletes often talk about riding that edge between the most high-quality training that you can handle and getting hurt. I may have pushed it a touch too far last week -- something in the neighborhood of my left knee has been hurting intermittently...
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I was a bit fatigued for this one as it came right after a tough bike ride. But here goes... Tue 20 May: masters workout at pro club. 3100 yards. 60 minutes. warm-up: 400 swim, 300 kick, 300 pull 500 for time (I went 5:35, Dave went 5:20) ez 300 back...
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I had a good chat with Justin on Thursday evening about setting up for this September's "A" races. One piece of the plan is a test set every other weekend. I'll be in Seoul next weekend so I figured I shoudl try and get the first test...
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Wed 14 May: swim w Dave at Samena. 8000 yards. 1:55 warm-up: 1000 one hour steady swim -- doesn't have to be super-fast. 4950 yards ez 250 10x150 pull as free/back/free by 50 300 cool down I split the 60-minute swim as 2485/2465.... very happy with...
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Sun 11 May: 3200 yards after a hard ride and Mother's Day dinner. I actually declined to drink a beer at Red Hook in order to get my late-night swim in. (Yes, my parents and I had our Mother's Day dinner at a brewery. I love being a Tremonte!)...
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Fri 9 May: solo swim at pro club. 4300 yards. 60 minutes warm-up: 400 swim, 200 kick, 200 pull 4x50 descend @ :45 100 ez 6x500 @ 6:30 descend 1-->3, 4-->6 (6:00, 5:50, 5:45; 5:52, 5:50, 5:42) cool down Sat 10 May: solo shakeout swim after the run...
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