Category Archives: Achieving Goals

New brain fry…figuring out the Swimsense data

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dad

Well, I may have met my match in over-the-top detail with my new Swimsense…and I thought that the PowerTap on the bike had endless data. My first swim with the Swimsense worked out very well…very easy to use: click swim … Continue reading →

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Stroke thought focus/count strokes/laps/remember…brain fry!

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dad

So I got some help…Swimsense by Finis 🙂 With my increased focus on stroke rate and stroke length and the minutia of all the numbers, one is faced with the practical matter of how to keep track of everything…when the _real_ focus … Continue reading →

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Dianah Nyad still ticking while the world comes apart…comes up a bit short

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dad

Depressing news day that’s for sure on Monday…dominating the headlines all day were the US and world stock markets totally tanking, and poised to do it again today… Deep down the news links if you could find it, Dianah Nyad, was still … Continue reading →

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Diana Nyad…61 years old…103 miles / 60 hours of swimming

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Dad

And speaking about swimming, when we’re snug in our beds tonight (Sunday night), Diana Nyad will begin her swim from Cuba to Florida at 7:00pm Eastern…a distance of 103 miles…in what will be a 60 hour swim….+/- http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/06/diana-nyad-says-big-swim-is-sunday/ The short notes are this: … Continue reading →

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Swimming: time to get serious

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Dad

A funny moment at the pool on Friday when Coach Dinah Mistilis told me that the folks at Total Immersion (TI) had noticed a recent mention in one of my posts: https://irondaughterirondad.com/swimming-efficiency-finding-my-stroke-rate/ …and had pointed it out to the TI instructor staff …like everywhere…so … Continue reading →

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Iron Dad Diet Plan: How to lose 10 pounds in 4 weeks

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dad

Entitled to at least a little smile from my post yesterday 🙂 https://irondaughterirondad.com/squeezing-off-a-few-pounds-1-month-weigh-in-205-to-194/ You know…I have to say…I’m a bit surprised that 10 pounds came off that quickly…even though I felt that I had a good plan, I find myself in … Continue reading →

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Squeezing off a few pounds: 1 month weigh-in: 205 to 194

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dad

Now that’s cool 🙂 Based on my weigh-in this morning, I was able to achieve my 10 pound weight loss goal in 4 weeks, instead of my initial goal of 4 months…very nice…my 4 week chart on the right …down below, … Continue reading →

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Ironman swim start video

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dad

Here’s what all that swim training leads to…the Ironman race start with over 2,500 athlete’s getting into the water at the same time, and heading off for a 2.4 mile swim in open water…it’s a bit cramped as you can … Continue reading →

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Swimming efficiency: finding my stroke rate

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dad

My work in the pool continues with trying to find the correct balance between stroke rate and stroke length, to move me through the water as efficiently as possible at a sustainable effort …the chart summarizes the Total Immersion goals for the … Continue reading →

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Give yourself a break…

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dad

There was an interesting article that I read a few months ago in the New York Times, that dealt with something that us age group athletes certainly relate to, and something that impacts all high performers, in any field…and something that I’ve … Continue reading →

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Squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 196

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Dad

Yesterday was 3 weeks since I began the quest to ‘squeeze off a few pounds’ https://irondaughterirondad.com/squeezing-off-a-few-pounds/ My ‘official’ first period weigh-in will be next Friday, so it’s still a bit early to draw my first period conclusions, although I’ve liked … Continue reading →

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Body composition…the 4th sport in triathlon

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Dad

My ‘official’ 1 month weigh-in is next Friday on August 5th, to see how I’ve done in my quest to squeeze off a few pounds during my 1 month transition between getting back home after the Vancouver Half Iron, and going … Continue reading →

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Squeezing off a few pounds…2 good behavioral changes

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dad

Aside from some adjustments to _what_ I’m eating, I’m finding that I have two things in particular that are coming into play on a daily basis…as it turns out, both attributable to ideas by Matt Fitzgerald that I wrote about … Continue reading →

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Ironman training…PR or ‘just another Ironman’

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Dad

So with 15 weeks out…2 weeks before the ‘official’ beginning of my final Ironman training push, Coach Gale Bernhardt and I begin to lay out my training program for the final 13 weeks, to build the best-that-I-can-be Ironman body. …the only wild-card right now … Continue reading →

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Why I ‘do’ Ironman

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Dad

Last week Iron Daughter added a post that in part talked about why she ‘does’ triathlon. I’ve struggled with that as well from time to time, and from one year to the next …aside from all the foo-foo stuff, there’s … Continue reading →

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