Category Archives: Training

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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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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Eating before early morning exercise

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Dad

As the days have become hotter, I’ve looked at getting out earlier in the day to knock off the exercise…mainly to be able to keep High Intensity in the workouts without redlining my Heart Rate as it tries to keep my body … Continue reading →

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Cycling in the heat…go inside and pull out the trainer

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dad

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the challenge of maintaining running pace and doing High Intensity Training (HIT) in the heat, with Heart Rate and RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) running higher than normal because of the body’s … 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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Acclimating to Heat and Humidity: Coach Gale’s notes

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dad

Continuing on our theme of Heat and Humidity, I looked up a 2 part article that Coach Gale Bernhardt had written on acclimating to the hot and humid environment…a worthy read. Our picture today on what to do if it doesn’t work… Part … 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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Daughter’s Lifestyle Plate…

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Daughter

Look DadI A blog post! Dad’s latest blog post about the ‘food plate’ guidelines inspired me to consider my ‘lifestyle plate’ in the last few weeks leading up to the Vancouver 1/2 Ironman.. and to evaluate how much real estate on that plate my … Continue reading →

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Training back on track: 15 hours this week

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Dad

With travel over for the moment, and my wife taking a few days away to visit friends, I had a productive work week, and got my training back to where it should be: 15 hours in total this week. Swimming … Continue reading →

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New CP90 at 251W…last record…last week…237W

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Dad

With my shrunken, time compressed schedule over last week and this, I’ve reverted to shortening the bike workouts and moving up the Intensity. Last week when the New York trip jumped into the schedule, I did a 2 hour ride, … Continue reading →

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Training schedule shredded with travel

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Dad

A last-minute impromptu trip to New York this past weekend…American Airlines and their last-minute non-stop fare sale of $69.00…dang…just daring me not to …so with the flight reservation window open on the computer, waiting for the final ‘Submit’, I checked Hotwire and then Priceline, and…dang…hooked … Continue reading →

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How much weekly training Intensity? 20%

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Dad

Coach Gale Bernhardt and I have been in a detailed discussion recently about the right amount of training Intensity to include each week to steadily improve fitness and performance, without getting injured, over-trained or sick High Intensity Training (HIT) means Zone … Continue reading →

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First open water swim of the year today

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Dad

The local YMCA has a supported open water swim from time to time, so I decided to do it this morning before my planned, high Intensity 3 hour bike ride….get warmed up and burn a few extra calories With the … Continue reading →

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