Transition Times in Triathlons
Transition for Triathlons; Making transition times faster can really make a difference when it comes to your overall placement in a Triathlon. Here are some of my secrets; I like to get to transition set up with plenty of time. I actually go through transition from coming in from the swim to exiting on the run. I walk through it, visualize it and look for all the cues of where my transition spot is. I go through it several times before heading to the swim. don't dry off don't wear gloves or socks; train
Sugar, Forks and Bricks
Time keeps on slipping into the future. Yesterday was my first brick workout of the season. Had a little rendezvous with the purple couch. My ride was slow. It was off road on my SS, with my fork was bottoming out. Will touch on more of this later. The trail was wet in places, I had to walk quite a bit; between mechanicals, mud, and SS. After 45 minutes I did some drills worked on some wheelies, lifting the front end up, figure 8's and how low can I go. Grabbed
Skills/Skills/Skills
What a weekend. All skills. Mike Heitz of the USA National Junior Team came down to Texas all the way from Colorado to inspire 11 of us from all over the country. He taught us skills, he taught us how to lead skill clinics. It was awesome. And, of course, I asked him about coming down for a mountain biking skills clinic. He said he would love to, but his last helper knew all the in's and out's of mountain biking but wasn't much of a teacher. This guy is
Great Track Workout
I can't give away any of my secrets; I did an awesome track workout of my own design. All on Interval Pace: 4 x 200 2 x 400 1 x 1000 2 x 400 4 x 200 w/u and cool down lap with rest intervals of 200, or 400 for a grand total of 6.75 miles. Fun, Fun.
PR by 6 AM
It was a long weekend of sitting on my butt. My least favorite workout of them all. Sitting on my butt leads me to "sitting on my butt syndrome"a . The old man is gone, I have no back up and we had a weekend of swim meets. The good news is he feels guilty, which means I have diligently earned some more kitchen passes. Arriving home around dinner time I came home to a story of what a great bike ride the old man had, that the re-known Chris
I’m a good girl
I'm a good girl and it took all of 41 years to figure it out. That doesn't seem quite right does it. I have been feeling bad about myself for so long, I have finally recognized that the things that I have done in m life, the choices I have made are all good. Everything I have ever done has made me who I am today. I haven't always made good decisions, nor do I say that I will ever make a mistake in the future. The truth of the
Transition
This transition is finally over. I have finally gotten to where I need my body to be to resume training at it's regular level in time and intensity. It was a week longer than I expected. I am certain this is partly because of the snake bite I received in the Franklin Mountains. I feel pretty good, I did my first track workout. It was fun, I enjoyed the old school running surface I was on. It was so gently compared to the fake stuff. It worked the muscles of my
Shifting Metabolic Curve to the Right
Nutrition is a key element in every athletes' program and is the basis for their success. Our bodies, similar to our automobiles, require clean fuels, energy that is going to enable our bodies to perform at the highest levels possible. Improving our bodies ability to utilize fat at higher exercise intensities is referred to as 'shifting our metabolic curve' to the right. A great way of shifting our metabolic curve to the right is by training with low levels of carbohydrates for fuel. Don't take this over board by completely abstaining
The wrath of Don Julio
I thought Don Julio was a friend of mine. As always, tying a good one on, leaves me with the reminder of why I only tie one on a couple of times per year. I had a beer and two Don Julios last night. They were tasty then, not so much now. Right now I want bacon and hash browns! Get me bacon and hash browns. So we did manage to go through a full bottle of Don Julio. I really appreciate everyone who came over to partake in the
Finally my racing age!
Finally tomorrow, I am my racing age. I have been telling everyone I am 41 since January. Hell that's what it says on my I.D., from USA Cycling. I started my antibiotic for my snake bite yesterday. I pretty much knew last Thursday I had some sort of infection going on in my leg. I didn't want to start the antibiotic before Comfort. Probably a good thing with all the conditions. Although, as good as I feel 12 hours into it, I probably would have had a better race, had I.