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 ‘Strength’
Life’s a Drag
Posted: May 16, 2012 in Equipment, RunTags: Equipment, Hills, Photos du Jour, Strength, Video
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Country Roads, Take Me Home
Posted: May 9, 2012 in Motivation, TrainingTags: Photos du Jour, Strength, Thanks
Easy Ride (click to see stats) 30.21k (1:11:14) Avg. Heart Rate = 114 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 152 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 25.4 /kph Best Speed/Pace = 36.0 /kph Calories = 1204 Temp = 17° It has been nearly two months since I packed up and moved to the remote township of Ridgeway, approximately [...]
Approximately one month ago – I know, I’ve been a busy boy – I was invited to participate in a special Masters Swim Clinic hosted by the good folks at the new TrySport Niagara store. ‘TrySport Niagara’ is run by local professional triathlete Wolfgang Guembel and his equally athletic better half, Barb Szybka. I’m sure [...]
As I am still in what can be considered as my “off season” training period, I am primarily focused on muscle development rather than endurance. There will be lots of time to clock in the endless hours come the new year, but right now it’s all about the weights and getting huge (metaphorically speaking, of [...]
A few years ago when I started this whole healthy living business, I acquainted myself pretty proficiently at the whole strength training-slash-weights ‘thang’, and then this year I upped that ante and became more proficient with the core ‘thang’. Now, that’s not to say that I’ve mastered them 100% or anything, but I did significantly [...]
Wattage? WTF?
Posted: October 14, 2011 in Bike, EquipmentTags: Equipment, Mental Toughness, Strength
Two years ago it was, “Hey Terry, you need to get a cadence reader on your bike”…so I did. In cycling, cadence refers to the number of revolutions of the crank per minute; roughly speaking, this is the rate at which a cyclist is pedaling/turning the pedals over. I know, ‘big whoop’, right? However, once [...]
Hot Confession
Posted: October 9, 2011 in YogaTags: "Holy Heatwave Batman!", Bendy-twisty, Mental Toughness, Strength
I have a real hot confession to make; and not the explicit Penthouse Letters kind of confessional although it may tend to be a bit “juicy” (right, Andrea?). Okay, here it is: I actually missed hot yoga. Yeah. I know, right? After the Cancun 70.3 event, I thought to myself, “Thank Christ, that’s over! No [...]
So, I’ve been experiencing this problem over the last few weeks since the Cancun 70.3 in that I’ve been finding it hard to get back into anything resembling a training schedule. I realize that I’m entitled to take a wee break before kicking it back into overdrive for full Ironman training but, nothing, really? God, [...]
Confidence Tempura
Posted: August 28, 2011 in MotivationTags: Mental Toughness, Photos du Jour, Strength, Thanks
When I raced the Welland Half Iron event back in June, I was ready; in fact, I was more than ready. I was ready to rip into the course like a hungry lion and devour everything (and everyone) in my path. I was eager to go, excited and determined. I wanted to do well and [...]
All Hans On Deck!
Posted: August 21, 2011 in Motivation, TrainingTags: Brick, Long, No shit?, Strength, Thanks
(Long) Bike (click to see stats) (Long) Brick Run (click to see stats) 75.04k (2:33:08) – 13.65k (1:12:42) Avg. Heart Rate = 142 bpm – 160 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 172 bpm – 167 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 29.5/kph – 05:19 min/km Best Speed/Pace = 72.6/kph – 04:15 min/km Calories = 4942 Temp = [...]
