With training complete it is always nice to look back at what you have done over the past weeks. It is nice to see the progress and a confidence booster heading into the race. The data in TrainingPeaks takes it a bit further and allows you to dive deeper into what those numbers mean. First [...]
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June 2009 - Ride For Rob 
July 2010 - Muskoka Long Course 
September 2010 - Muskoka 70.3 Ironman 
July 2011 - Ironman Lake Placid |
It is taper time which usually means going bat shit crazy. Phantom pains, waking up thinking you are getting sick, are you eating enough, drinking enough? Too much? It doesn’t take long for the madness to set in. I have two theories as to the cause. The first one seems credible, endorphin withdrawal. Over [...] I have a bucket list and it includes some endurance events. Last year I was able to cross Ironman off that list and this year I had planned on crossing ultra marathon off that list by running the Sulphur Springs 50 Mile Trail Race. Also on that list is to qualify for the 70.3 World [...] Who needs enemies? Haha, I kid but I had some fun on Twitter and Facebook yesterday. It all started with a faster than expected long run to which I tweeted…. Now my Garmin works perfectly well. Perhaps I needed a smiley face at the end, or a wink or something to highlight my sarcasm. [...] I love the marketing department at Vibram as they produce some great ads. There is a whole slew of S%$! <insert persona here> videos floating around lately and some of them are awesome. Here are a few of my favourites! Watch them all, it is 10 minutes well wasted :)
[...] January – Polar Bear Dip February – Mountain Biking in Seattle March – Chilly 1/2 Marathon April – Bye bye trainer May – Rev3 Knoxville HalfRev June – Ride to Niagara Falls July – Ironman Lake Placid August – HOP Beer Run September – Ride with Rob [...] Ironman – CHECK! With my new training year starting a little early my 2011 season comes to an end. It has been a great year with some more goals knocked off the bucket list. The year started like normal with the Chilly 1/2 marathon and a PR for me albeit still a slow run at [...] It is my birthday today! I am now 39 years old or in triathlon speak M40-44 as I move into a new category for the 2012 race year. What does that mean? Not much! The M35-39, M40-44 age groups are the two most competitive groups out there. So even though I’ll be racing “older guys” [...] If you look up you might see a small change. I changed the name of the blog to The Barefoot Triathlete and even have a fancy new URL barefoottriathlete.ca Ooooohhhh! I’ve been wondering about this the last few weeks as I’ve had more time to think and reflect now that I am on a training [...] |
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