I have mixed emotions about tapering. I think I always have this little ideal situation planned out in my head where I’m going to cut back on my training, feel great about every session I do (because it’s short), and then spend the rest of my day being an energetic bumble-bee flittering around and doing [...]
A few weeks ago, I was scheduled to do a 4 hour ride. I had been riding a lot, and was really sick of all my 4 hour routes. I wasn’t feeling excited about riding at all, and I couldn’t find anyone to go with me. I was pretty bummed. I finally got up and [...]
A dang-it day, is a day when you just keep saying dang-it, or worse. Dang-it I should have done this. Dang-it I wish I would have done that. Dang-it….I need some food now. You get the picture. Today was supposed to be a long ride day with some hilly’s. Sounds like my cup-o-tea. Anything long [...]
The Solvang Century landed this year smack dab in the middle of mine and Katie’s birthdays. We thought this sounded like the perfect way to celebrate! Who doesn’t want to ride 100 miles for their birthday? I’ve never done an organized century and I’ve heard great things about Solvang. Katie and I stayed with my [...]
A couple weeks ago my riding buddy Katie and I rode up to Pine Flat Lake. We started at Shaw and Academy. I had a three hour ride with a one hour tempo on the schedule. So we hammered out Belmont Ave. to the climb up to the lake. Once at the lake, we just [...]
The Surf City Half Marathon was a blast! It was a very busy weekend too. Just because you are in Southern California for the weekend doesn’t mean Ironman Training stops. Brett and I drove down to San Pedro Friday night after I got of work. We arrived at the harbor (we were staying on his [...]
I don’t know if I’m actually calling them resolutions or goals but I have some things in mind for 2010 that I’d like to work on. First on the list, and the overall focus for 2010 (as most of you know) is to break 12 hours at Ironman Coeur d’Alene. As you can see that’s [...]
