Posted by David Hanenburg on 13 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: weekly review
After the legs died last weekend during my long run, I wanted to take this week pretty easy and actually took it even easier than I would have liked. My body still feels a bit out of sorts and then the whole family caught a cold starting on Friday. This is not even remotely [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 11 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: misc ramblings
The Ironman 70.3 Championships is being aired on NBC Saturday at 5:00pm EST. The event took place last November in Florida. In case you don’t know, the distances for the event are 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run. This is a fun distance because it requires both solid endurance and speed.
The [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, marathon, road running, running, training
Ryan Hall provided the world another glimpse into what he is made off. This video from GodTube follows along with one of his key workouts in preparation for the London marathon, a nice little 24 mile run with some impressive tempo work.
Ryan’s physical abilities are quite inspiring but what impresses me the most is his [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: nutrition
Hammer Nutrition recently announced in a newsletter some new flavors for some of their top products.
The carb/electrolyte drink HEED will be available in two new flavors - Subtle Berry and Mild Melon.
The recovery drink Recoverite will be available in a new Strawberry flavor.
The whey protein product Hammer Whey will be also be available in two [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 07 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: weekly review
The final two key workouts from last week occurred over the weekend and included a 5 mile race and 20 mile long run with some tempo work on the back half.
The 5 mile race went pretty well. I ran it will my son, Griffin, in the jogger and was able to knock out some 6:40-6:55 [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 03 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, marathon, road running, running
Here are a couple Boston Marathon videos put together by Adidas.
“Reasons to run the Boston marathon”
What are your reasons?
Enjoy!
2007
2006
Posted by David Hanenburg on 02 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: nutrition
Hammer Nutrition (sponsor) has recently come out with a super-size me container of their electrolyte sports drink HEED. The new size contains 80 servings versus 32.(100 calories per serving) You also get the bulk cost savings as compared to their standard sized container which is always nice.
If you are concerned about it expiring, fear not. [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 02 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: training
I am feeling a bit tired this week after last weeks challenging workouts. I still had enough juice in me to knock out my first key workout of the week this morning and it seemed to go pretty well.
This workout was to simulate the Boston hill grade and see how I respond around projected race [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 01 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: running
My Boston race wheels have finally arrived! I was a bit nervous that the new Brooks Racer ST 3 would not be available by race day but fortunately I have a couple weeks to spare.
I ran with this same model last year for races and really enjoyed how responsive and light they felt as compared [...]
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