Guess what arrived in the mail today… There is a story behind this jersey. An incredible story that most wouldn’t believe or at least would shake there heads at. A story of going after what you want in the face of failure, others’ disbelief, and most of all your own doubts. And with that story comes …
Monthly Archive: February 2008
Feb
29
Feb
25
Looking Forward
The week ahead 13 total hours of training Monday PM easy swim, easy bike, easy run Tuesday AM aerobic Power swim and school Sun Run clinic Tuesday PM easy bike and strength Wednesday AM track run Wednesday PM combo workout at Speed Theory Thursday AM swim Thursday PM anaerobic power and aerobic capacity run at …
Feb
25
Looking Back
Some highlights (and lowlights) from the past week of training. Monday Actually got outside to do some biking with the day off work. Reaquanted myself with the Camosun hill (it had been a while) for a little aerobic power workout by myself. Wednesday AM track workout Hit the track with the regular morning crew (Alan, …
Feb
24
The Way I See It #3
“The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.” -Georg Lichtenberg
Feb
12
The Way I See It #2
“Never at any stage, until we actually got up the rock step, was I confident we were going to be successful. In fact, I believe that if someone starts out on a challenging activity, completely confident that they are going to succeed, why bother starting? It’s not much of a “challenge”.” -Sir Edmund Hillary (on …
Feb
09
Maui Camp – Day #8
Haleakala climb day. There were some whisperings of not going from sea level but we decided if we were going to down in flames, we may as well make them as big as possible. It was a surprisingly subdued and quiet breakfast mostly due to everyone being a little nervous about what we were about …
Feb
08
Maui Camp – Day #7
Today was a recovery day to get ready for the big Haleakala climb tomorrow. That means an easy bike ride and an easy swim. Our bike ride took us from the aquarium in Maalaea south into Kihea for half an hour and then back. It was nice to finally find a nice flat stretch of …
Feb
06
Maui Camp – Day #5
Our morning workout today was the first combo workout of the year. It was an eight minute climb up Polipoli Road on bike and then a one minute sprint run repeated three times. Took the first one easy, but then surprised Kris by picking it up on the second and then leaving Martina in the …
Feb
05
Maui Camp – Day #4
Haleakala test ride day. We rode from our place (3500 ft elevation) to just over 6000 ft (roughly two thirds to the top). It was cloudy and rainy and it got a little too windy to go much further so we turned back. The plan is go from sea level to the top (10,000 ft) …
Feb
04
Maui Camp – Day #3
5:30 am swim. Felt like four days away from the pool helped. Felt good and smooth and even managed to get through a kick set without a huge struggle (very good considering a couple of months ago, 25 m of kicking would have done me in and we rode 100 km yesterday). Had a small …