This past Sunday, I raced in the New York City Triathlon. It was thrilling and grueling at the same time, and I came away from the race with a renewed excitement about triathlons, and even more awe for everyone that can compete in half and full ironmans. Of course, I ended the day on a [...]
New York City Triathlon
Great job by Brightroom
July 27, 2009 – Posted in: New York City TriathlonWow, Brightroom did an awesome job getting pictures at the New York City Triathlon. Check out my pictures here: http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=47511&PWD=&BIB=3777. Yeah, there are a lot of dorky looking ones, but some cool ones too, especially on the bike. Gonna be hard trying to decide which one(s) to buy. They actually have one of me coming [...]
New York Triathlon in the books!
July 27, 2009 – Posted in: injury New York City TriathlonRaced in the New York City Triathlon yestderday. Had a blast. It was a rough race and totally beat me down, but I felt such a great sense of accomplishment afterwards. Then, the roof caved in, I pulled a muscle in my lower back changing my clothes in the port-o-san, and will be in bed [...]
Suspiciously too consistent
July 23, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Triathlon running triathlonI've noticed something very troubling - too much consistency. I know consistency is good, and you often want your individual runs to be consistent. But each and every run should not be done at the exact same pace. Lately, my runs have been ridiculously consistent: 7/2 - 42:19 / 4.6 = 9:12 pace 7/5 - [...]
5 days to go!
July 21, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Triathlon triathlon5 short days left till the New York City Triathlon! I just love the lead up and anticipation for a big race. I usually don't get to experience this in the summertime since I don't do a whole lot of racing in the summer. I truly hate the heat and humidity that goes along with [...]
NYC Triathlon Staging
July 20, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Triathlon triathlonLess than 6 days to the New York City Triathlon. Yikes! Yay! Help! I finally figured out what was bothering me about the way the race is staged. Bear with me, as I don't get to the point for a few paragraphs. Last week, race officials released the Athlete Guide, which has the start times [...]
Starting to taper for New York City Triathlon
July 18, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Triathlon running swimHave started scaling back the bike rides and runs, in preparation for the New York City Triathlon, in 8 days! I will still be swiming hard over the next week, since my swimming is so bad. Swam twice this past week, but prior to that, it had been a month since I last swam. Yesterday [...]
Great long bike ride yesterday
July 13, 2009 – Posted in: bike New York City Triathlon running triathlon weatherOnly 13 days till the New York City Triathlon! Nervous about it in generally, and most specifically, nervous about the swim. Since the pool I go to has been under renovation for the last 2 weeks, its been 4 weeks since I have last gone swimming. Pool supposed to be open again as of today, so [...]
Hill Repeats in Central Park
July 7, 2009 – Posted in: bike injury New York City Triathlon running swim triathlonThe twist... on my bike, not on my feet! First time I've done hill repeats on my bike. I only have 19 days till the New York City Triathlon, and think I need a little more hill work on my bike. So, last night, biked out to Central Park, did 3 hard repeats of Harlem [...]
Some day, I WILL do a half ironman
June 25, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Triathlon running triathlonT minus 31 days till the New York City Triathlon. Need to get a good bike ride in this weekend. I'm really high on triathlons after having a great time at Harriman State Park 2 weeks ago. I WILL do a half ironman some day - they seem so cool. I've getting notices from the Toughman [...]
