My Trek to an Iron Man

Part 1 of 2:  Good Race Vibe: I did it !!! My first 1/2 marathon. 13.1 miles in 2 hours 45 minutes.  Wasn’t first and wasn’t last, but I finished.  It eas the OUC 1/2 marathon and 5k.  Track Shack was putting it on and the event was great.  I love the vibe.  Regardless of [...]

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Found a couple good articles on training an ab work outs.  Worth the read How to train for a Sprint Triathlon Good ab work outs

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The next triathlon on the schedule is the OUC in Downtown Orlando: 1/4 mile swim in Lake Underhill; 11.5 mile bike ride, 3.7 mile run. The bike and run are a little more than I am used to, but I should be good. I was looking at the race map and its a little messed [...]

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Work has been keeping me busy this week.  Keeping up with training but not the blog.  Here is the week summary:  Up to 7 mile runs and 35 mile bike rides.  2 of each this week.   I am developing a new training.  Muscle and leg training too.  I did 3 miles on the treadmill at [...]

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The new insoles I got suck.  I ran 7 miles tonight and my back and feet were hurting like never before.  I bought the same pair of shoes, but all I changed was the insoles.   The new “Airr Sofsole” insoles are too thick for the new Asics GT-2140 and have no support.  So it pushed [...]

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It HURTS !!!!!!  Couple weeks ago I had a friend tell me is nips where hurting after a run.  After I stopped laughing with the idea of nipple chaffing, I had no clue on how to solve this for him or what the cause was.  Well I figured it out tonight.  I ran 7 miles [...]

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Registered for the OUC Tri on September 12th.  Looks to be fun and it will be a new venue in down town Orlando.  Longer than I have done in the past:  1/4 miles swim; 11.7 mile bike ride; 3.7 mile run.  Gonna train like hell to do well on this one. Did a quick 5 [...]

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Completed in 1:15.  3 Minutes slower than last time.  8 minutes for the swim; got kicked in the face and I elbowed someone.  On the bike I averaged 19-20 mph. So doing very well.  But the run.  The run killed me.  It may have been the week that I was sick, but the run was [...]

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