Have you ever seen a triathlon swim start? Wearing your wetsuit and waiting in line for your age group to be called is the worst part. It’s like going skydiving and waiting until it reaches elevation knowing it’s a matter of time before you take the plunge. It’s nerve racking and your heart rate is [...]
Who wants it more? At the end of any race, especially in an elite short-distance event, athletes are at their absolute max. To be able to push it further on the last stretch of road crossing the finish line separates the extraordinary from the ordinary. I thought this video was about Kris Gemmel who had [...]
Title: Warrior Dash Northeast Location: Windham, NY Link out: Click here Description: Overview Northeast Welcome to America’s most insane race. Warrior Dash lands in the Northeast for the first time in 2010 where 13 obstacles from hell await this 3.23 mile course. Date: 2010-09-18 Warrior Dash is a 5k with obstacles thrown in for a [...]
Not to turn my blog into a relationship site but thought it would be fitting to give my thoughts on how triathlon training has impacted my relationship with KT as today marks our 3-year anniversary. Besides, it is relevant to triathlons as I believe in order to have success with triathlon training implies other aspects [...]
Title: Du Nationals Location: Richmond, VA Link out: Click here Description: 5k run / 38k bike / 5k run Date: 2010-04-25 I got in touch with a representative from Achilles International through my friend DR, next thing you know I’m heading to Virginia on the week of 4/23-25 to guide a blind athlete in the [...]
I got to the race area about an hour early and would’ve been there earlier had I not gotten lost because I was DWA (Driving While Asian). It was a chilly morning – about 42 degrees, and fellow runners have already started to warm up. The field was small and found out later that 85 [...]
Title: XTERRA Bethpage Trail Run 5K Location: Bethpage, Long Island Link out: Click here Date: 2010-04-10 Just signed up to a 5K for this Saturday. I was going to throw in a hard 5k effort anyways to see where I am fitness wise so might as well make this official. As is the case with [...]
Rode about 30 miles followed by a 2 mile run. Rolling hills made the ride challenging and practiced more on staying aero. It’s still not comfortable enough for me to sustain the position for more than 5 miles and results in me getting out of aero and stretching my neck. I’m thinking I need to [...]
I began swimming in December 09 and have yet to log laps in my logbook. Why? Because I wanted to focus on proper technique and not worry about distance covered. Quality over quantity. I did however, in mid-January try to swim as many laps possible within 1 hour to get a subjective snapshot of my [...]
Last week’s training consisted of only two swims and one run. When training starts to become an arduous undertaking is when I’ve promised myself to stop and re-charge my batteries. I don’t know if it was due to a lack of sleep, some sort of chemical imbalance, being down due to crappy weather, or a [...]
