I have an interesting training dilemma. Upon a little course investigation I’ve learned that the Ironman Wales run is hilly. I mean, really, duh…its Wales jackass. But that’s not the dilemma. The dilemma part comes when I take into consideration that where I live now is totally flat, like, pancake flat. No longer is it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hills’
Life’s a Drag
Posted: May 16, 2012 in Equipment, RunTags: Equipment, Hills, Photos du Jour, Strength, Video
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Around the Bay 2012
Posted: March 26, 2012 in RacesTags: Event Series, Hills, Long, The Stink Factor, Video
Around the Bay 30k (click to see stats & route) Chip Time = 2:34:13 (click to see race stats) Category Place = 198/454 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 1617/7000 Overall Place (by gender) = 1243/2967 Avg. Heart Rate = 160 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 168 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:06 /km Max. Pace = [...]
Misery Loves Company
Posted: January 23, 2012 in Motivation, Run, TrainingTags: Hills, Schedule, Team, Thanks
Hill Run (click to see stats) 7.49k (1:56:00) Avg. Heart Rate = 144bpm Max. Heart Rate = 166 bpm Avg. Pace = 6:05/km Best Pace = 3:54 /km Calories = 698 Temp = 1º So I was having a bit of a hard time motivating myself getting out the door this past Wednesday, when fate [...]
Goderich Olympic Triathlon
Posted: August 16, 2011 in RacesTags: (dis)Comfort, Event Series, Hills, Mental Toughness, Photos du Jour, Strength
1k swim, 42.5k bike, 10k run Chip Time = 2:25:30 Category Place = 3/25 (M 30-39) Fuel: 1 oatmeal date square (pre-race), 2 btls. Perpetuem (bike), 1 pkg Chomps (bike) “On a flat roof, there’s a boy leaning against the wall of rain Aerial held high, calling “come on thunder, come on thunder” I know [...]
Climbing the Niagara Escarpment on your bike (never mind on foot) is a total bitch but, fortunately, what goes up must also eventually come down and in this case, down also means fast…very fast. Believe me, lugging this chubby frame up those long steep inclines on a bike is no party and I’m no Alberto [...]
The ‘Did Well’ Assessment (Part 1.0)
Posted: April 1, 2011 in In Transition, MotivationTags: Hills, Mental Toughness, Strength
The first quarter of 2011 has already passed and with two events securely stashed in my race belt, I feel it’s time again to assess the whole situation in detail. Hey, I’m a stoner after all…’obsess’ is what I do. So the first phase of my overall training plan or, what I have also come [...]
Around the Bay 30k (click to see stats & route) Chip Time = 2:39:04 (click to see race stats) Category Place = 201/412 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 1672/7000 Overall Place (by gender) = 1238/2963 Avg. Heart Rate = 164 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 176 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:16 /km Max. Pace = [...]
The Sound of Awesome
Posted: March 5, 2011 in Motivation, Run, TrainingTags: Bitch, Bitch, Bitch, Hills, Long, Mental Toughness, Photos du Jour, Tips, Tunage
Long Run (click to see stats & route) 22.59k (2:08:56) Avg. Heart Rate = 171 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 160 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:42 /km Max. Pace = 4:21 /km Calories = 2158 Temp = 6º (wet and windy) Running uphill into the cold wind and rain is about as shitty as it [...]
Pansy Pandemic
Posted: February 12, 2011 in In Transition, Run, TrainingTags: Bitch, Bitch, Bitch, Hills, Long, Oh snap!, Photos du Jour
Long Run (click to see stats & route) 24.93k (2:21:43) Avg. Heart Rate = 156 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 175 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:41 /km Max. Pace = 4:34 /km Calories = 2375 Temp = -3º (-11º wind chill) While out having my ass kicked today (thanks, Coach!), I was contemplating again on [...]
Long Run(click to see stats) 21.5k (2:05:38) Avg. Heart Rate = 150 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 164 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:50 /km Max. Pace = 4:08 /km Calories = 2183 Temp = -4º(-8º w/ wind chill) SOTD: ‘Money, Love & Change’ (05/22/02) by the Trey Anastasio Band. I had lots of time to [...]
