Chris Tremonte

I know that intensity matters a bit more than duration in my training, but it is a lot easier to measure duration.  So here is a quick look at how 2008 compared to past years ... and how it went from month to month. Here are my total training hours for each of the last four years, broken down by sport.  "Other" includes ...

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 ...

Since I have 3+ years of training logged in a spreadsheet, I figured it would be cool to add up some numbers and see how much I really train in an average week.  I was also curious about how this has changed over the years as I've focused more on the swim and run for draft-legal racing.  Here are my totals over the last ...