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I shall apologize to the three of you who check in each day, that my posts are about to slow down a bit to bi weekly or weekly. The big focus has begun and part of that is writing less, storing it in my head more, and finding that quiet time to reflect on the [...]
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It came through on the Train-This Yahoo Group titled with my favorite expression, and it was form Sarah…… “WOO HOO!” The message read “5 months from today.” Any we all knew what she meant. 5 months until Ironman Lake Placid. My heart fluttered like a child on Christmas Eve. Yes, 5 months. The deposits in [...]
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Our masters swimming team is called the RAMS, and I have been swimming with them for 6 years now. I used to swim in the boomers lane, which was the middle of the pool. Here, 100′s were done on 1:15-1:20. This season I swallowed my pride as leader of the Boomers and stepped to the [...]
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Yes, I create the training plans, analyze the data, help analyze nutrition, heart rate zones, etc, etc…. but my athletes do the work. They do the training. When they thank me, I have to remind them that it honestly has very little to do with me, I am just the drill sergeant. It is the [...]
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I am reading a terrific book called The Road map to the Zone. It breaks down the mental side of athletic goal setting, training, and performing to your highest potential. This is my favorite part of training, and I really believe it to be the most important part. We spend money on bikes, coaching, heart [...]
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We’ve come to the end of a terrific 3 week build. Mileage and volume is right on target. I even have been successful at taking a complete day of rest each week. Strangely I have come out of this build feeling incredibly fresh. But that’s how this training stuff can work. You come to the [...]
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It must be the number one question an endurance athlete is asked. “What motivates you?”You have to be a motivated individual to achieve anything in life, be it in sport, career, family, education. You have to find your one thing, coach Rich Straus truly articulates it best, these are his words below………. How do you [...]
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Today very well may have been the most embarrassing day of my life. To understand the end, you must understand the beginning. I have put 7 hours of training in within 2 days, trying to front load my week and stay ahead of the snow storm. With that said this morning’s 2 hour run in [...]
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Rumor has it, that if you wear your pajamas inside out to bed, the next day a snow day will be granted. Children throughout Western New York reportedly did just that, and we awoke to one of the greatest days of childhood……. The Snow Day! A free day off of school, feet upon feet of [...]
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