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Ughhh
Back home and heading into third week of first round of real speed/LT work. Body is tired for sure and last week we ended up right on the bubble of being real smashed. I will admit I feel quite wrecked today. Some good work though and we are cranking pretty good. A wise man once…
Running with the Gryphons
Ten years ago I had the great privilege of running with one of Canada’s top University running squads. I was pretty green back then and figured the best course of action was to jump full in with a bunch of runners for the year. I happened to land at a University and coach that has…
Training Camp
People often wonder how we get so tough for Ironman. I always say it’s no great secret, come and train with me for a week and you will see…..we bleed toughness from our eyeballs. This is some footage from a recent training camp here in Victoria. Some people think this type of training is irrelevant…
Jasper of Arabia
Back from the far east and again an amazing experience. It was a great camp and Team Altayeb and Nazer did a fantastic job and got through some big mileage. They both got through 5-7 hours of running including a 3.5 hour run day on Thursday. I think they are both ready for a great…
Big Weeks Done
Yesterday marked the conclusion of 2 rather huge weeks and 12 rather big ones. Base phase done and now we roll into a speed and balanced phase and get ready for the racing season. This past week we rode and rode and rode and rode culminating with a rather wet ride to Jordan River on…
6 weeks- Still motivated
Surprisingly I find myself quite motivated after Ironman Canada. But what do you do with only 6 weeks between ironman events. In my estimation not much. It’s a tricky time frame, barely enough time to recover, not really enough time to settle back into training. In my estimation, i think it is a perfect amount…