consequences of a lack of consistent focus
Its day 3 since my crash…
I still walk with severe pain in my growing (inner thigh pain), and I feel like crap… like I am sick or something.
I hope to swim this evening – Mario also wants me …
the consequence of overconfidence
Yesterday, the 4th day of my 3rd and final naseba7 training test … in the middle of the best training week of my life, I got too comfortable and lost focus just for a split second and crashed on my …
don’t be a victim.
Two days ago, I thought about doing this entry while on a 195km bike ride, and then during my nearly 2 hour run immediately after the bike, I wrote this entry in my head.
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Back at the end of …
Sunday, October 30th 2011
Swim: 4,000 meters
transition: less than 10 minutes
Bike: 160km
transition: less than 5 minutes
Run: 30km
Comments:
I am icing my knees as I type.
A good day.
I am swimming fast pace, but giving no effort, using the …
Saturday, October 29th 2011
naseba7 test #3
day 2
Swim: 4,000 meters
transition: about 10 minutes
Bike: 160km
transition: less than 5 minutes
Run: half marathon
Comments:
I slept well, but I went to sleep too late (11pm) so I was very tired when …
Friday, October 28th 2011
3rd test week
day 1
4,000 meter swim
transition: 10 minutes
Bike: 160km
transition: 5 minutes
Run: 20km
Comments:
I swam in the Arabian sea for the first time. The water was warm and very salty, and the swim was …
3rd and final naseba7 test week
Today begins my 3rd and final naseba7 test week.
Starting today, for the next 7 days I will be in the emirate of Fujairah doing a practice run of my naseba7 challenge.
The first test was at the end of …
ode to the man bigger than Zeus
Wasted talent … a theme which drives many of these entries.
So many stories of people who could and should, but don’t or didn’t.
My freshman year at the University of California at Berkeley, I fell 47 feet from a …
Sunday, October 23rd 2011
Bike: 8:06
(I stopped for less than 3 minutes to get water and chocolate at the 4 hour mark)
I did the Nice Ironman bike course for time — 6:16 (this is 1 hour and 20 minutes faster than I …
Wednesday, October 19th 2011
Swim: 2,500 meters
Run: 3:30
core: missed workout
Comments:
As good as my training was yesterday, thats how bad it was today.
I didnt sleep well …or I should say, I slept very poorly which had a major impact on …