Category Archives: Achieving Goals

I’ve got a cape. I think I can make it.

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Dad

One of my all-time favorite cartoons …reminds me _so_ much of _so_ many elements of my life along the way…including Ironman …cracks me up every time I see it 🙂 I just must make this into a t-shirt for training. Click … Continue reading →

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I’m _really_ liking these bike workouts

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Dad

I’m on a Short and Fast workout protocol in the ‘Off Season” (OS) so far, following the Endurance Nation workout schedule. I have to tell you…I’m _really_ liking the bike workouts…tweaked my hamstring on the run workouts…so it’ll be a few … Continue reading →

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Calories burned on the bike…nobody knows

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Dad

In a chat the other day with one of my Iron Buddies determined to lose quite a few pounds before racing starts this spring…and a cycling fanatic…I told her that I was working on this post…so here it is 🙂 Seems … Continue reading →

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Testing completed…Ironman goals updated

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Dad

Interesting week, with the first bike and run tests of the new season completed…and very happy with how I executed them both…particularly considering that I haven’t done a maximal speed test in quite some time…so time to re-evaluate my training … Continue reading →

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5K run test nailed: 37 vDOT

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Dad

I did my run test yesterday, and it was about as good as it gets…well, not so much for the speed, which still needs work, but for the actual test itself 🙂 I felt smooth all the way through, and although … 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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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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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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What’s it take for a 4:35:00 Ironman Marathon

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Dad

Ah, the marathon at the end of the Ironman…a 26.2 mile run, after a 2.4 mile swim and 112 mile bike ride…what a whacked idea that is to start off with…who can forget Julie Moss…nobody that watched her:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbWsQMabczM Ooouch.  … Continue reading →

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What’s it take to bike 20MPH for 112 miles

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Dad

Looking at my Nov. 27, 2010 Post, to get under 12 hours in an Ironman I will likely need to average at or close to 20MPH on the bike split…5:36:00…(19.5MPH = 5:44:36)…in ‘normal’ conditions…so what will that take I wondered…here’s … Continue reading →

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