Author Archives: Dad

What happens if a planned workout isn’t ‘happening’

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dad

We’ve all been faced with it…a planned workout just isn’t going as planned. One idea is just to press through, and push the workout according to the original plan…generally a bad idea though from my experience…unhappy and fried body parts … Continue reading →

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Never too soon to get started

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Dad

Well, the gym is packed again for the New Year…_truly_ all ages, shapes and sizes out in their new exercise togs…and treadmills and steppers and ellipticals that only a few weeks ago, were dusty, and forlorn, bravely standing at attention, … Continue reading →

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Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 249 Watts

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dad

My official FTP number is 249 Watts…pretty darn good…at least higher than I was expecting 🙂 Here’s how it looks on the PowerTap download graph…the actual 42 minute test is the highlighted section after warm-up…the scale on the left that has 189 as … Continue reading →

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Bike Functional Threshold test today

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Dad

So here it is…the beginning of the New Year…and as good a time as any to set the benchmarks to track improvement over the year…never a good time to get started…so it’s a ‘just do it’ day 🙂 Since most … Continue reading →

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Life happens

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dad

Thinking about the week coming up, it’s going to be a challenge…and going to continue throughout the month…lots of plates to keep in the air…you can click on the picture to watch Erich Brenn “Plate Spinning” on The Ed Sullivan Show while … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dad

Well, here we are…January 1st…and the start of another New Year…and for me, time to put away the party hats It’s now been a couple of months since Ironman Florida…and I’ve arrived 2-3 pounds lighter than I was…so a good result … Continue reading →

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Better not wait until January

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Dad

New Year’s resolutions are only a couple of days away, but I don’t think that I can wait, so go ahead and join in 🙂 Just back from 10 days of travelling and heavy eating, drinking and general holiday cheer…with … Continue reading →

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Vacation workout adjustments

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Dad

From our friends at Endurance Natioin, some good stuff to keep in mind during vacations: Vacations are a part of your real life. Don’t be a total tool and potentially ruin it for you, your spouse and family by being … Continue reading →

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Do or do not. There is no try.

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dad

Do or do not. There is no try. ~ Yoda Click here for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3hn6fFTxeo I was reminded of this as I’m contemplating the ramp up to a training schedule that will feature, all intensity, all the time in … Continue reading →

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Daughter Lisa’s secret off season primary workout

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dad

Well…I can’t tell you how I got this, but while I’ve been heavily focused on detailed planning for next year, and diet, and things like: improving my Functional Threshold Power (FTP) on the bike, my vDOT on the run, and improving … Continue reading →

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2011 Season Outline

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dad

Okay…here’s how my season will generally layout….at least at this point 🙂 Beginning on Jan. 3: 14 weeks of Base/OutSeason 12 weeks, Race prep for Vancouver Half Iron, with 1 or 2 prep races 4-6 weeks, transition and general prep … Continue reading →

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Off-season: Long and slow, or Short and fast?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Dad

For the off-season Long and Slow seems to be fading out…Short and Fast seems to be fading in.  Used to be that all you read about was that the off season was for recovery and building a base with long and slow … Continue reading →

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New reason to swim faster

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Dad

I just found a new and compelling reason to swim faster. I was listening to an Endurance Nation webinar the other day while spinning off a few calories on the trainer…it was dealing with the pacing and power strategy on the bike … Continue reading →

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How to swim faster

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Dad

Alright.  I think that I’m done with ‘analysing’ the swim goal thing for the moment.  Coach Dinah and I spent an hour and change with the stopwatch to satisfy my ‘number craving’…I think that she bought a stopwatch specifically to … Continue reading →

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Running speed: picking it up a bit

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dad

As part of a 40 minute run, I included a hilly 5K route that I have measured out by GPS from our local bar to home…okay, don’t ask, don’t tell…in 27 minutes…not all out, average 143HR, so mid Z3, and ‘steady’…HR higher going up … Continue reading →

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