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Archive for February, 2008

Ironman World Championships Appetizer

Here is a bit of a glamorous taste of triathlon’s 2007 Ironman World Championships NBC replay coverage on tomorrow from the event last October. Not quite all glamor though, there was a nice puke shot of Normann Stadler.

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Ironman World Championships Replay

For those that missed it the first time (including me), the Ironman World Triathlon Championship will replay at 2pm EST (NBC) on Saturday. This event takes place in Kona Hawaii where qualifying pros and age-groupers from around the world take on a course that includes a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run, [...]

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5 Miler Treadmill Workout #2

Here is my 5 mile treadmill workout from this morning. This session is a bit more intense than workout #1 from last week as I increased the incline and extended the duration of “work” time. The workout is split between hill and flatland intervals once again. I really like doing the hill work first because [...]

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Increasing the Mileage

Last week was a solid week of training as I ramped up the mileage. I increased two of my weekday runs as well as both days on the weekend. I tried to keep intensity down as I was mainly trying to get the body used to a fair amount of weekly miles. Today, my quads [...]

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Back on the Trail

Saturday was my first trail run of the year and couldn’t have picked a better day. Sunny – low wind – 50′s – air felt fresh and clean – low humidity! It was one of those wow days. I was looking forward to see how the body would respond to the subtleties of the trail [...]

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Friday Food for Thought

Here is a little something to mentally nibble on as you start your weekend and train for your first 5k, marathon, 100 mile, triathlon, or any other type of event. “The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth – that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, [...]

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5 Miler Treadmill Workout #1

If you are looking for some variety to your treadmill workouts, here is one of my 5 mile workouts from last week. This workout basically consists of alternating 1/4 mile hill and flat-land intervals every mile. I felt this was a good workout for me to start adapting to hill and speed work again, without [...]

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