Ramblings of an amatuer endurance athlete...
Coach Nicole has all sorts of interesting exercises that she throws on my schedule. From the “looks so easy but hurts so bad” YAYOG workouts to the pre-run strength workouts they are always changing keeping me interested and getting me fit at the same time. I love these workouts because I can do them anywhere and they [...]
While I have a few more weeks to go before my race week I thought I’d share a few videos from the folks at TrainingPeaks on race week strategy and race execution. I’ve seen them both before but I always watch or listen to them in the weeks leading up to race week as a [...]
I’ve often blamed mentioned my friend Rob. In 2008 he had an accident that change not only his life but the life of many of his friends, their friends and so on. It was this accident that led to mountain biking which led to Ironman. He recently gave a talk at TEDxYouth in Mississauga. Watch [...]
I run barefoot and it works for me. But what works isn’t the fact that I am barefoot but the fact that is changed the way I run. I no longer over stride, I have a better running posture, and better running economy. I can run further, faster, longer with less overall strain on my [...]
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 :)
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 [...]
HTFU, or Harden The Fuck Up, is a common triathlon/endurance sport term that can be defined as get tough! At some point during your training or a race you will want to stop and that is when you have to tell yourself to HTFU. I found five examples of people HTFU and I thought I’d [...]
I saw this video floating around the other day. No matter your sport this message is for you!
My 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Finish – Hear those famous words for yourself! 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Swim Start – Looking at this video I can’t believe it. Honestly it looks a lot worse than it was but damn that was madness! 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Incredible Finisher – This guy was cramped and puking [...]
7 Weeks 6 days! Time is flying by. But not before 5 big weeks of training get out of the way first. This would have been the biggest but the Sunday ride was cut a little short. I took part in a charity ride and we held a higher pace than expected so I finished [...]
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