Monthly Archives: January 2012

It was an exceptionally difficult weekend of training.  We are just over a month away from IMNZ, and soon will begin our tapering so our weekend training has been quite challenging. On Saturday we faced the “Great Western Loop” twice! … Continue reading →

After the 85 mile hilly bike ride followed by an hour run, on schedule today was the long run for the week – 2.5 hours. I expected to be very sore and uncomfortable on the run, but surprisingly, I felt … Continue reading →

Thanks to the generosity and support of my mother, I purchased a new Cervelo P2 on Friday.  I don’t have much time left until IMNZ, so I decided to break it in on the hilly 85 mile ride from Solana … Continue reading →

I had the best swim session of the training season thus far.  3400 yards (136 laps, just under 2 miles) in 90 minutes.  The race distance is 4225 yards or 169 laps in the pool.  While I still have a … Continue reading →

During the 2011 Christmas holiday, I came down with a fairly nasty sinus infection.  It caused coughing that wouldn’t clear up and my last hard ride was on December 23.  As we were heading into a recovery week after Christmas, … Continue reading →