Next Seasons Goals

December 12, 2010

I just finalized my goals for next season. I’ve decided to focus on shorter races which I typically do better at. This last year I tried to focus on longer races and my rankings were worse than they were the year before.

I’ve also written up my personal training plan. I’m not building a huge base this year because I’m focusing on sprint distance races. I’ve been working pretty consistently on my swim and strength training. Once January hits I’ll be starting my strength maintenance phase, lifting once a week. I’ve been lifting twice a week since August. It’ll be nice to get back to the swim bike and run.

Another thing I’ve learned about training during school is that my rest weeks need to be my test weeks. I haven’t included rest weeks in my training plan because rest weeks will be thrust upon me at random times according to my professors whims. I’ll plan on training consistently whenever school isn’t too busy, once school gets crazy I’ll take the rest week.

My number one goal is to get the course record at the IceBreaker and get as close to two hours at the 5150 Provo or Echo.

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Killer 5k

November 13, 2010

I ran my second 5k race ever today. It wasn’t a PR or even close. Actually I wasn’t planning on racing it until about 4.3 minutes before the race was to begin. Read the rest of this entry »

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Closing thoughts and epilogue

July 20, 2010

Well now that my racing season is over its time to spend some good time reflecting on what I did or didn’t accomplish. As far as racing is concerned I got faster at running cycling and swimming just not at the same time. I’m a little disappointed that my swim is at its best in July when my run was at it’s best in March and my bike at its best in June. On the other hand I am excited that I’ve seen my swim improve big minutes from last year to this year. I know I ran a 17:40 5k after a 30 mile ride training in February and I can get back to that level. My best race this year: Lake Havasu Triathlon, 2:09 for a pretty difficult Olympic distance race. 22:15 swim, 1:06 bike, 38:15 run plus transitions.

The positives of this season are many. I made a few choices that sacrificed training and racing for other more important things. Besides preparing for my upcoming wedding I was able to keep my full tuition scholarship and do lots of other important things. No regrets.

The next athletic step is the 10k open water marathon swim in august. If you know me you should know I can’t sit around and do nothing. I’m hoping to do the swim under three hours averaging a little faster than 30 minutes per mile. Last night I saw 4 miles. 550 warm up 100o kick no breaks no fins under 20 minutes then 3 miles straight, the last mile in 26:40. I think I should be able to go under 3 hours for the 6.2 miles if I sight well and have a wetsuit.

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Finding a Balance

May 25, 2010

Triathlon can be as demanding as you want it to be. Sadly you don’t have any guarantees it will be as rewarding as you want it to be. The thing that makes triathlon training and racing difficult for me is the realization that my success is almost completely up to me, the amount of time I spend carefully training largely determines I success. The reason this becomes a dilemma for myself and many athletes that I train and race with is that we want to become great triathletes. Most triathletes are overachievers to some degree, many of us are chronic perfectionist, and some of us put extraordinary pressure on ourselves to succeed. This is why it can be hard to find a balance that allows the rewards from racing to match the demands it puts on you. Read the rest of this entry »

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