Monthly Archives: August 2011

Ironman swim simulation

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Dad

Iron Anne sends us this recent video of her swim training venue for the Ironman swim…as I’ve been focused on the rough water conditions and current, she’s decided to focus on dealing with the thrashing of 1,000’s of bodies in … Continue reading →

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A shout-out to one of the latest Ironmen to join the ‘family’ – Patrick Okens!

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Daughter

A huge congratulations to my friend Patrick Okens, who just completed his first Ironman at the grueling Ironman Canada in an extraordinary 11:08:14 – with – a NEGATIVE SPLIT on his marathon! Totally inspiring!  Patrick had a fun idea of … Continue reading →

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Biking in the wind…a few lessons learned

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Dad

Fun day on the bike yesterday, off the back end of Hurricane Irene…no rain left, but still windy…18MPH (29KPH) gusting to 26MPH (42KPH)…and hot…going out the door at 76F (24C), and finishing at 88F (31C)., with dripping humidity. So with a planned 4 hour ride in … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Irene…reminds me about Ironman racing

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Dad

I have a post about my running program that I was going to finish up, but find myself spending my extra time allocation watching the developments of Hurricane Irene. I flew my own plane for many years…and so weather was … Continue reading →

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Rip currents…can be nasty…or just another current

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Dad

I’ll preface todays post by saying, that I’m not talking about casual swimmers, or folks that are just wading out to splash in the water a bit and get knocked over, and caught in a rip current…they, my friends have a … Continue reading →

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How to swim in rough water

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Dad

After my first outing in the ocean on Monday, I realized that I needed to dust off, not so much my open water swimming technique, as my rough water swimming technique. Here’s good video that I found that had some great … Continue reading →

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Meeting the lifeguards via air horn

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dad

Well, there I was in the ocean for the first time in years…other than races…in moderately rough conditions, getting tossed around, but enjoying the freedom of no lane lines, and just ‘swimming’ to the beep of my TempoTrainer, setting my … Continue reading →

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Updates from the other end of the training spectrum…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Daughter

Somehow I think I missed out on the analytical gene that my father so clearly embodies… can’t have too much of a good thing in one family I suppose! I am amazed at the progress my father is reporting from … Continue reading →

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Sighting in open water

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Dad

Having been following lane lines for months now, we’re at the beach for a few days, and getting in some open water swimming. Looking for some ideas on ‘sighting’ in open water, I thought that this video clip of Terry … Continue reading →

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and yes, I’m also biking…fast…and long

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Dad

A lot of recent focus on kicking my swimming up a notch…and yes, I’m also biking and running 🙂 Yesterday’s bike ride is a good example of my long ride with HIT (High Intensity Training) for almost half of it…typically every Saturday…I … Continue reading →

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Swimming…getting faster…cool

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Dad

Taking an almost painfully methodical approach to improving my swimming appears to be producing some results…nice Over the past month, Coach Dinah Mistilis and I set out a plan to find my particular combination of stroke rate and stroke length that … Continue reading →

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squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 190 in 6 weeks

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dad

I have to tell you, it’s a little weird. I don’t know if it’s because I came up with this plan for myself to drop a few pounds and it’s actually working or that I find myself in such uncharted … Continue reading →

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Can you change your flat bike tire in under 2 minutes?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Dad

Apparently you should be able to…when I had a flat tire yesterday, it occurred to me that I should be practising changing that tire to be a lot faster than the 10 minutes or so that it took me…I use clincher tires…the ones … Continue reading →

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How many calories do you burn on your swim?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Dad

Very interesting…this new Swimsense watch is giving me swimming information that I’d never really considered before…like I’m not burning ‘swimming’ calories when stopped between Intervals…or those ‘bonus’ 2 minute stops between Interval sets …whaaaaat?…I said first time that I saw it. … Continue reading →

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Rubber side down…

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dad

I remembered this video on my long bike ride on Saturday when a driver in an SUV stopped at a stop sign, then suddenly pulled out right in front of me just as I was about to go by…luckily I had my … Continue reading →

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