triathlon

Couple of things: 1) With today's 7 mile run (http://www.dailymile.com/people/cenizals/entries/2733198), I crossed over 600 miles for the year.  Up until 2008, 600 miles was my high water mark FOR THE YEAR, only reached (barely) 3 times from 1994-2007.  In those days, 600 miles was a successful year for me.  I had turned up my training [...]

I raced in the olympic distance New Jersey State Triathlon on Sunday, which is held in Mercer County Park, in the south central part of the state, not too far from Princeton.  It is the largest triathlon in New Jersey, and is very well run.  They have a sprint on Sat and the olympic on [...]

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 [...]

I'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 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 [...]

Less 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 [...]

Only 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 [...]

The 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 [...]

T 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 [...]