Yesterday we had the press conference for the Vancouver Half Ironman in July. It was an incredible day and the venue for this race is unreal! It is located in the Endowment lands in Vancouver on the most spectacular beach. The best part of the day was meeting some Olympic dudes from rowing and speed…
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…
The Victoria MS walk took place this weekend and despite an obvious lull in the economy, it still managed to pull in $175,000 which is brilliant! I continue to be amazed by the number of people whose lives are somehow connected to MS. Here is a note from one of the dedicated individuals who works…
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…
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…
Recovery week done and now we start the real threshold work……12 weeks of it to be precise and that will roll us into the race season hopefully fit and fast. Our weekly hours in this stage typically drop to between 20-25 for most weeks compared with 25-40 in the base and Ironman specific phases. As…
Another interesting way to use your your Garmin
In Saudi you have to adapt. We take a great deal for granted in North America. Riding on the roads over here doesn’t seem to be a common theme. So we head out of town and into the desert. It’s not unlike being in Arizona really. Yesterday we hit up an amazing network of dirt…
Landed in Saudi last night. As this rant on Conan tells us, we should be in constant awe of the fact that one minute you can be in Victoria Canada and the next you can be in Saudi. The contrast between the countries couldn’t be more extreme on so many levels. I am treated incredibly…
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…