Saturday, July 23rd 2011
Bike: 2:30
Swim: 4,100 meters (broken up between various sets)
Core: 50 minutes … of hell
Comments: Again, slept poorly last night. Mario rode with me on the bike and kicked my ass. After riding about 2 hours, Mario said …
Friday, July 22nd 2011
Run: 2:00
Swim: 3,600 meters, various sets with a hypoxia focus
Core strength: 90 minute workout with Mario
Comments: Again, I didnt sleep well. I think its the bed, but also my body is tired and sore. Morning 2 hour …
deciding how our story ends…
Adam Fletcher and I were discussing my training – and I reminded him that my challenge, like many things in life comes down to this simple thought: finish or failure.
Adam replied:
“This is your story. You get to decide …
Thursday, July 21st 2011
BIKE: 6:13
RUN: 60 minutes – connecting run, less than 2 minutes finishing the bike, I started my run.
Comments: A good 6 hour ride — Its not pain in my legs or neck which hurt me on this ride, …
“commitment”
Its 5am and I am drinking my morning coffee getting ready to go out for a 6 hour bike ride which I will follow with a 1 hour run.
7 hours of training to be completed before end of lunch …
Wednesday, July 20th 2011
Swim: 3,100 meter (mostly pull)
Bike: 2:30 — it was raining and cold, so I went to Mario’s studio and rode on his turbo.
Core: 30 minutes
Comments: I had a conference call with Dubai office this morning, and it …
Tuesday, July 19th 2011
Slept terribly – not sure why, maybe because I am too tired??
6:30 – 8:30: Run — the first hour of the run went by very quickly, and I was surprised when my 60 minute timer started beeping.
I was …
Sunday, July 17th 2011
6:00 – 11:00: 5 hour bike
11:05 – 12:05: one hour connecting run
Comments: I had a long long climb…. the climb took me nearly 2 hours! and about 15 minutes down. The rest of the ride was on long, …
Saturday, July 16th 2011
8:00 – 9:00: core – I trained with Peter (17 year old athlete of Mario’s) Normally, I do this workout at the end of the day, but Peter has a race in Germany so we had to train before he …
Friday, July 15th 2011
10:00 – noon: run
I had a good 2 hour run, first 60 minutes was smooth and the last 60 minutes was broken up with 10 x 30 second sprints interwoven into the run. I was only scheduled to run …