MS: 5 x 20-second sprints in a high gear with enough recovery to reach total workout time of 50 minutes (including warm-up and cool-down) CD: 10 minutes @ moderate aerobic intensity Wednesday Swim Base: 1300 Yards WU: 300 @ low aerobic intensity 8 x 25 drills, RI=0:10 MS: 3 ...
Not just one aid station, but all of them, from the support kayaks in the water (shout out to the guy who talked my nerves down while I clung to his kayak within the first 100 yards of the swim) to the teenagers with pom poms dancing around on the bike section to the fully stocked...
After finishing the 2.4-mile swim, Chris Legh was six minutes behind the leaders. Despite not keeping fluids down, he rode his way to the lead pack and headed out on the run. Around mile 16 of the marathon, Legh could tell something was seriously wrong, but he didn’t realize just h...
I’ve never been nervous before an Ironman swim, but I spent most of Friday worrying about how my body would react to swimming in Jellyfish for close to 2 hours, given that I felt so awful after 15 minutes. Finally, after giving myself a bit of a pep talk, I came around to the ...
The 1983 IRONMAN World Championship produced the closest one-two finish in the history of the race. How close? 33 seconds were all that separated Dave Scott from the rapidly approaching Scott Tinley. After losing his six-minute lead out of the swim to Tinley on the bike, Scott regained the...
One was hanging on a kayak in my path and I had to adjust my route around them, but otherwise I got to the first turn buoy without incident and feeling strong. Hanging that right I was momentarily disappointed to find the distance to the next turn buoy – which would be the turn back...
run for the next 4 months…relatively short workouts, most about an hour, one bike a little longer each week…hard to very hard intensity…and then flip the switch into the 12 week Ironman ramp-up…adding the ‘far’ onto ‘fast’…maybe some transitional ramp-up in distance there...
SWIM TWINS –I had two things on my mind before getting in the water. 1) Pull my wetsuit up as high as possible and be very liberal with the body glide. Anxiety is always a possibility with me and the looser the wetsuit on top, the better. 2) Once in the water, think about one...
The training plan is designed for athletes who are preparing to for long distance triathlon race. The training program is designed for 12 weeks. The
Not just one aid station, but all of them, from the support kayaks in the water (shout out to the guy who talked my nerves down while I clung to his kayak within the first 100 yards of the swim) to the teenagers with pom poms dancing around on the bike section to the fully ...