Reports and information about endurance sports training for swimming, biking, running and triathlon.
Having made good progress on my swim and run in recent weeks, I decided to get started on addressing my biggest weakness the bike leg. So I packed up my two thousand something aluminum frame, Masi Vincere, triple chainring, road bike that I purchased used last summer and headed for West Bicycles in Knoxville for …
I have a love/hate relationship with swimming. OK I lied. Swimming and I have had a troubled relationship from the beginning. Partially because I am an adult onset swimmer. I learned to swim in college and then went back for lessons in the mid 1990s when I decided to try my luck at triathlons. As …
We have reached that time of year where we look back on last year’s training, races and results to evaluate how it went and decide on ways to improve for the coming running, triathlon or trail running season. The process can be daunting and at the same time magical. Like you, I am looking to …
My training for the last two weeks could be best be described as Adventures in DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). The half marathon laid a serious hurt on me. Sunday I tried to do as little as possible. Monday, 48 hours post event, was the worst day, after that it got better. This has always …
