Category Archives: Recovery

Post Ironman: getting fat and rusty

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dad

So here we are, coming up to 6 weeks after Ironman Florida, heading into the Christmas season with over 2 weeks of travel beginning this Friday, with commensurate eating, drinking, and partying…fun 🙂 …not sure what I weigh these days…but … Continue reading →

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Happy 1st Anniversary for irondaughterirondad.com :)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Dad

On November 10, 2010, I added our first post to this blog: https://irondaughterirondad.com/hello-world/ …and with my 5th Ironman completed, I find myself circling back to those posts last November, as I adjusted my focus away from training, and onto the relentless … Continue reading →

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Training and recovery after Ironman

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dad

Soooo…what to do now 🙂 The Endurance Nation folks have a good summary that represents much of what I’ve read http://www.trifuel.com/training/triathlon-training/your-ironman-is-over-what-about-life-as-you-know-it I’ll be shifting to a BIG focus on nutrition and calories, since my exercise calorie burn will be gone for … Continue reading →

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not very calm for a taper week

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dad

Yesterday was 2 weeks out from Ironman Florida…cool! …and for me, last week was the beginning of my ‘taper’  where I begin to trim back some of the training, to be rested and ready for the BIG day. As it turns … Continue reading →

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Fitting Life In

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Daughter

Ahhhhhhhh – Rest Week. Like the 1 minute walk at the end of each 10 minutes of my run… Like the calories I get to consume and the end of a weekend training day… Like the bottle (I mean glass) of … Continue reading →

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another day off from exercise…what’s with that!!!

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Dad

Yeah…Monday…took another day off 2nd day off from exercise in the same month…last day off was 3 weeks ago…too much fun that time 🙂 https://irondaughterirondad.com/1-day-off-from-exercise-too-funny-that-its-noteworthy/ This time, in deference to recovery…in the few days before my killer Saturday workout, I was … Continue reading →

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1 day off from exercise…too funny that it’s noteworthy

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dad

We took a little trip out-of-town this past Labor Day weekend, so in the spirit of ‘recovery’ and ‘vacation’, I actually took 1 day off from exercise …only noteworthy, since it was my first day off from exercise in 6 weeks 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Reduce swelling…’drug’ it or ‘feed’ it

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dad

With my knee acting up, my wife recovering from knee surgery last week and a good friend of ours also one week into recovering from a hip replacement, I thought that it might be a good time to circle back around … Continue reading →

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As we get older body parts complain more often

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Dad

Yesterday morning (Tuesday) I woke up with my right knee feeling a little ‘thicker’ than it should be…I’ve had a lingering issue with that knee for the past 3 years…torn medial meniscus…although generally it just gets a bit sore and a … Continue reading →

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Iron Dad’s ‘taper weekend’ 1 week before the race

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Dad

I’m in Calgary this weekend, 1 week before the Half Iron in Vancouver on July 3, and the last weekend to get in some ‘quality’ workouts, before a heavy taper next week in advance of the race. Visiting my son, … Continue reading →

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What a week…

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dad

In looking at my training log yesterday, early morning before heading out on the bike, I realized that I had not logged one workout all week long…I did the workouts…over 11 hours worth, I think…I’ll get everything up to date … Continue reading →

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still ticking

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Dad

Well, as I predicted a couple of weeks ago, my training schedule has indeed been shredded with travel My originally planned 13’ish hours a week has become 9-10.5 hours a week…still not horrible..like not ‘2-3’ hours a week…so that’s good 🙂 My … Continue reading →

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We’re gonna need more ice packs

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Dad

On my long run today (1:45:00, 11 miles), my left calf started feeling a bit stiff after some faster intervals…about an hour and a bit into the run…after I had stopped to top up my water bottles…so I kept the last 4 miles on … Continue reading →

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How much Intensity and Volume in a training program

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Dad

So how can we figure out how much Intensity and Volume are appropriate in our training programs? …to a large degree, you have to try stuff out and see how your body responds…and if you’re not getting the results that you want, … Continue reading →

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How much Intensity in training?

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Dad

Well…it all depends 🙂 …ok…let’s get into it…how ‘ambitious’ you need to get with Intensity depends on two things: your goals who you ask …alright I noticed the picture too…okay let’s pause for a moment and click on it for … Continue reading →

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