Chris Tremonte

I intended these posts to be a bit more frequent and to have more commentary, but at least I've managed to post at least summary info from every workout... so if I end up going from Xxx speed to Yyy speed we'll have a really vague instruction manual.  Yay! 25-Aug-2008 5200yds 80 min.  solo swim at Lk Samm.  2100 ...

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; much of this was long-course 16 bike rides; 704 miles; two rides of 100+ miles and two ...

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 30 mostly-uphill miles to Ward.  I started at 5430 feet of elevation but spent more ...

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 but I'm still not a "full-time athlete.") When I planned out this three week ...

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 'em. So far I've done a few runs on the South Boulder Creek trail -- dirt surface, not too ...

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 their day jobs and/or other commitments.  There are a bunch of good tips in there.  ...

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 since last Tuesday.  My first thought is IT band but we'll see what my ...

I've been shying away from listing my training details on this blog after reading Greg's comments about how boring these posts tend to be.  But I *am* one of those people who is "obsessed with how other triathletes are training" and I know that I'm not alone in that obsession, so here is a little guilty pleasure for both ...

Wed 2 Apr: at Samena w/ Dave, 1:25, 6100 yards warm-up: 1000 10x50 @ :45 targeting :32-34 100 ez main set: 10x200 @ 2:20 (2:13 fo rthe first, then 2:15-2:16 the rest of the way) 300 ez pull: 5x400 @ 4:50 cool down 200 Dave emailed the main set to me last night so I had plenty of time to get psyched.  I wasn't 100% sure that I'd ...

Thu AM: solo swim at Pro club, 3650 yards, one hour warm-up: 400 free, 200 back, 200 kick, 300 pull 2x4x50 descend @ :45 (34, 33, 32, 31; 32, 31, 30, 30) main set: 5x150 @ 4:00 HARD -- 1:36, 1:36, 1:35, 1:36, 1:37 250 ez 8x50 drill/swim by 25 150 cool down I was happy with my effort level this morning but the speed wasn't quite as good as ...