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Training for a triathlon in Tokyo

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Two Oceans - Cape Town South Africa

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I traveled to Cape Town South Africa for the Two Oceans Marathon. The marathon was meant to be my "A Race" for the first half of 2...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Its all about the bike

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I had been in a stalemate over buying a new bike for a ridiculously long time. This really should not be so difficult - most of the cyclist...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Run/walk marathon

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I ran Tokyo Marathon this past Sunday.  I executed pretty well on my plan.  I did my weird run/walk tactic which seemed to help me make it t...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Run for the Cure

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Run for the Cure is an excellent cause. But I am just in it for the prizes. I calculate that there is a sufficient probability of generat...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Lack of long training runs

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When I look at this chart of my daily run mileage and types from Running Ahead, I am struck by how much longer my races have been versus any...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Fruits Marathon

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I manage 8th place in the 23-kilometer Fruits Marathon on October 17th. This was intended as a social outing to the wine country west of To...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

5k time trial - 17:05

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My recent 35:20 time for 10k implies that I can run a 16:57  for 5-kilometers. So last night I attempted to break 17 minutes in the monthly ...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Northwest 10k Road Run Championship

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I entered the Snoqualmie 10k near Seattle on the morning of the race this past weekend.  I had been concerned about fatigue from my journey ...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Sprint Triathlon in 36C/98F heat

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The most difficult part of yesterday's Watarase Triathlon was waiting for the swim to start and absolutely baking on the concrete rim of...
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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Kamakura Rough Water Swim

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I spent almost two hours struggling through 5-kilometers of ocean waves yesterday in the Kamakura Rough Water Swim. 1 hour 55 minutes and 3...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Shore Run 2010

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I run Seattle's Shore Run 10k this morning and redeem myself for the embarrassing struggles at this event two years ago when I faded bad...
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Ocean Swim School

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I did open water swim training yesterday. In 90 minutes yesterday we got more practical triathlon swim experience than in my first 6 years ...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Niijima Triathlon 2010

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Bicycle training is apparently not necessary in order to achieve a respectable Olympic Distance triathlon time.  I finished the Niijima tria...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Fuji Susono 2010

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Every May I run the Fuji Susono Half-marathon.  For some reason, that is not entirely clear to me, I am the organizer of this event and in c...
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Sunday, April 04, 2010

Jeju Ultramarathon

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I was irrationally distressed about letting 18,000 JAL award miles expire on March 31. When I learned that the organizers of the Jeju Ultr...
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