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Training for a triathlon in Tokyo

Friday, November 18, 2016

Cross Country 2016

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I dreaded the prospect of joining the CNW team for last weekend’s Pacific Northwest Cross Country championship -- the frantic high-speed...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Off-Season 2016 - No rest for the weary, just more fun and bizarre endurance events

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It is that time of year again; the leaves are turning color, the grapes are ripening on the vine, school is back in session, the weath...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

World Half-Ironman Championships on the Sunshine Coast of Australia

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The atmosphere on the morning of the half-ironman world championship feels absolutely electric.  The long-awaited event proves to be a sur...
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In Training - World Half-Ironman Championships!

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Ever since last October I have milked the fact that I qualified for the Half-Ironman World Championship. For eleven months now I have coas...
Saturday, August 06, 2016

Toyama "race report" (or Lost Horizons 2)

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So we travel to northern coast of Japan for the Toyama Triathlon last weekend.  Sunday’s race sees us swim in 29C. degree water, cycle up...
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Monday, July 18, 2016

Just Swim Faster

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When I was a kid we would go to a nearby lake on hot summer days and , as boys would do, race each other.  R acing for me then simply...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Surely the swim will be canceled?

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Dark, angry, waves crash on the pier in front of us.   Surely the race officials will spare us swimming in these perilous seas?  I st...
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Friday, May 20, 2016

2016 Training - The Zen of Swimming

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  In 2015 I was so diligent about swim training.  So diligent, and yet my whole swim experience was of near-drowning, oxygen-depri...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Spring 2016: Short, frequent workouts vs. fewer, longer sessions

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Here is a snapshot of my early triathlon season training from Strava:  Notice all these little tiny bubbles - each bubble...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

2016 Fuji-Susono 10k

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I return to Fuji-Susono after a six year absence , this time running the 10k race rather than the half-marathon.   Before the ra...
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