Hey,
I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I took off the eating challenge, because I have slipped up more then a few times. I was good till about the 23rd and had only had a piece of chocolate cake at that point. However with Christmas around me and no shortage of chocolate, pop, and other things I bailed a little early. I'm still happy though I got further then last year(last year I didn't even make it a month). I still want to eat healthy so the moment new years hits I want to get back to eating semi healthy again. I won't cut myself off completely but try to minimalize the bad intake. Training is still going well even during the holidays. I'm going to Manitoba to visit family and plan to work out there at a gym and the local pool.
As Jan 1st comes closer it's time to think about a new challenge for the new year. I've thought about doing the consec. days running challenge again, but I'm not sure. Oh fyi it was MEEEEEEEEEE who started that running challenge thing, not Cam. He just made it famous by going the longest, however maybe by now Trevor and Susan have got the record. I thought of possibly starting a work out challenge. I wonder if it's possible to go the whole year not missing a a day's work out. Hmmmm oh well I have a couple days to decide yet.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
update
Hey,
My motivation has been a little low for the last couple of weeks. I guess I've been over tired too, motivation is hard to keep up when you're over tired. I know I'm not getting enough sleep which is bad, but I've gotten more sleep then normal and yet I'm still tired. Thinking back, it may have been the flu shot I got last week which attributed to the increased tiredness. Yesterday I had a good workout, doing 1 hour on the bike, increasing the effort right towards the end, then topping it off with a snappy 5k run. On the exercise bike at the gym I started at 11, then up to 12(resistance level) after 30 min. then 13 for the last 15 min. The machine figured I did 21 miles in one hour. Then 8.5 mph for the 5k. Not super fast, but what I call a feel good fast.
Chad at the gym was asking about the diet thing and I had to admit I did have a piece of chocolate cake, and numerous other deserts lately. Although I have kept completely off the fast food. I have started drinking more red bulls, and other sport drinks. They're almost as bad as pop maybe even worse, although I've had wayyyyyy less then what I used to drink of soft drinks so I'm not a complete failure. Chad figured I should put it on the blog, so here it is confessional time. :P
I've also thought about coaching. It's sooo pricey, but I'd really like to bring my triathlon to another level and take the guess work out of the training. I know I've said many times that I like to do my own thing, I have my own ideas. I'm quite stubborn that way, I like to lead my own path, not always doing the best work out for the day. Somtimes I just do a specific work out cause it makes me feel good. In my opinion I don't just train to feel good on race day, but training should be rewarding on the day too. If I can hop onto the treadmill and run 9.2 mph for 10km I feel good about myself so why not do work outs like that once in awhile. However I've heard so many good things about people who are coached. Two coaches I'm considering are Sara Gross and Angie Anderson. Sara's definatly the most qualified and has the resume especially her race at IMC, however Angie is an up an comer and sounds like a real motivater, not to mention a bit cheaper. She has some spin classes I may check out starting Jan. Maybe if she seems ok then I could possibly purchase her coaching for the months leading up to IMC, maybe 4-6 months would be fine.
We'll see, everything costs money and I'd still like to buy a bike also this year. I don't have enough to go around...
My motivation has been a little low for the last couple of weeks. I guess I've been over tired too, motivation is hard to keep up when you're over tired. I know I'm not getting enough sleep which is bad, but I've gotten more sleep then normal and yet I'm still tired. Thinking back, it may have been the flu shot I got last week which attributed to the increased tiredness. Yesterday I had a good workout, doing 1 hour on the bike, increasing the effort right towards the end, then topping it off with a snappy 5k run. On the exercise bike at the gym I started at 11, then up to 12(resistance level) after 30 min. then 13 for the last 15 min. The machine figured I did 21 miles in one hour. Then 8.5 mph for the 5k. Not super fast, but what I call a feel good fast.
Chad at the gym was asking about the diet thing and I had to admit I did have a piece of chocolate cake, and numerous other deserts lately. Although I have kept completely off the fast food. I have started drinking more red bulls, and other sport drinks. They're almost as bad as pop maybe even worse, although I've had wayyyyyy less then what I used to drink of soft drinks so I'm not a complete failure. Chad figured I should put it on the blog, so here it is confessional time. :P
I've also thought about coaching. It's sooo pricey, but I'd really like to bring my triathlon to another level and take the guess work out of the training. I know I've said many times that I like to do my own thing, I have my own ideas. I'm quite stubborn that way, I like to lead my own path, not always doing the best work out for the day. Somtimes I just do a specific work out cause it makes me feel good. In my opinion I don't just train to feel good on race day, but training should be rewarding on the day too. If I can hop onto the treadmill and run 9.2 mph for 10km I feel good about myself so why not do work outs like that once in awhile. However I've heard so many good things about people who are coached. Two coaches I'm considering are Sara Gross and Angie Anderson. Sara's definatly the most qualified and has the resume especially her race at IMC, however Angie is an up an comer and sounds like a real motivater, not to mention a bit cheaper. She has some spin classes I may check out starting Jan. Maybe if she seems ok then I could possibly purchase her coaching for the months leading up to IMC, maybe 4-6 months would be fine.
We'll see, everything costs money and I'd still like to buy a bike also this year. I don't have enough to go around...
Monday, December 10, 2007
FoilMan Anyone?
Hey,
I also have a question for those of you that are doing Ironman Canada. I've been reading about a foilman that they do in the Ironman Lake Placid venue. I've always wanted to do it, it seems like such a good training "race". It's put on by some guy on slowtwitch and there's really no entry fee, just a bunch of people getting together to do a Ironman dry run so to speak. It's self supported and meant to be a day of training among friends. You basically go out and swim 3.8k or an hour which ever comes first. We'd def. swim an hour, I'm not measuring water distance. Then ride the full distance 180km. Then top it off with a half marathon. The idea is to get some running with tired legs, plus running takes the longest to recover from that's why you don't do the full distance. Anyways I was gonna ask if people were interested in doing this? There's a bunch of us that are about the same pace cycling wise, I few people I thought of were Cam, Curtis, Trevor?, Susan?, any other friends you think of?. The run it wouldn't really matter if we break up, or we could plan to stick together the whole way. I'd be happy to kinda plan it, find a location, route, etc. Maybe let me know if you're interested? It would be lots of fun, the more the merrier, and I'd suggestwe def. stick together on the bike. It's meant to be a fun day of training, not a competition. So reply to this if you think you're interested. I'll ask you folks personally if I don't get answers. :P Cam that means you have to come out for it, or heck maybe we all wanna go out there. If we find out there there is a need for two paces on the bike we could do that even. As long as there are at least two together, maybe they could plan to start the run at the same time as the faster grp, just maybe biking a little less. w/e this is just an Idea, I'm open to suggestions. Later,
Darryl
I also have a question for those of you that are doing Ironman Canada. I've been reading about a foilman that they do in the Ironman Lake Placid venue. I've always wanted to do it, it seems like such a good training "race". It's put on by some guy on slowtwitch and there's really no entry fee, just a bunch of people getting together to do a Ironman dry run so to speak. It's self supported and meant to be a day of training among friends. You basically go out and swim 3.8k or an hour which ever comes first. We'd def. swim an hour, I'm not measuring water distance. Then ride the full distance 180km. Then top it off with a half marathon. The idea is to get some running with tired legs, plus running takes the longest to recover from that's why you don't do the full distance. Anyways I was gonna ask if people were interested in doing this? There's a bunch of us that are about the same pace cycling wise, I few people I thought of were Cam, Curtis, Trevor?, Susan?, any other friends you think of?. The run it wouldn't really matter if we break up, or we could plan to stick together the whole way. I'd be happy to kinda plan it, find a location, route, etc. Maybe let me know if you're interested? It would be lots of fun, the more the merrier, and I'd suggestwe def. stick together on the bike. It's meant to be a fun day of training, not a competition. So reply to this if you think you're interested. I'll ask you folks personally if I don't get answers. :P Cam that means you have to come out for it, or heck maybe we all wanna go out there. If we find out there there is a need for two paces on the bike we could do that even. As long as there are at least two together, maybe they could plan to start the run at the same time as the faster grp, just maybe biking a little less. w/e this is just an Idea, I'm open to suggestions. Later,
Darryl
proposed racing schedule
Sun - Apr 27 Calgary Police Half Marathon Calgary, AB 5 km / 21.1 km
Sun - Jun 15 Arbour Lake Triathlon and Duathlon Calgary, AB sprint / olympic / other
June 21, 2008 Chinook Half Ironman Triathlon Calgary 1/2 Ironman
July 6, 2008 The Great White North Stony Plain 1/2 Ironman
July 27, 2008 Ironman Foil Man?? Swim 1 hour / Bike 180km / Run 21.1km
August 24th Ironman Canada
Heya,
I think I figured out a proposed race schedule for next year. There's a lot of time between the police half and the first tri so I may add in a 10k road race if I feel up to it. This is kinda exciting as I've never really had a race schedule or any desire to race more then once or twice a year.I planned to do two half ironmans, they're only 2 weeks apart we'll see how that works out. Maybe I'll deside to take it easier in the first one(if thats possible in a race).
Sun - Jun 15 Arbour Lake Triathlon and Duathlon Calgary, AB sprint / olympic / other
June 21, 2008 Chinook Half Ironman Triathlon Calgary 1/2 Ironman
July 6, 2008 The Great White North Stony Plain 1/2 Ironman
July 27, 2008 Ironman Foil Man?? Swim 1 hour / Bike 180km / Run 21.1km
August 24th Ironman Canada
Heya,
I think I figured out a proposed race schedule for next year. There's a lot of time between the police half and the first tri so I may add in a 10k road race if I feel up to it. This is kinda exciting as I've never really had a race schedule or any desire to race more then once or twice a year.I planned to do two half ironmans, they're only 2 weeks apart we'll see how that works out. Maybe I'll deside to take it easier in the first one(if thats possible in a race).
Monday, December 3, 2007
Guess who stole my blog format grrrrrrrr
http://peterreid.blogspot.com
Check it out, you'd hardly know that he used to be a pro triathlete and a world champion at that. Good to see the guy has found a new pashion. I've heard of plenty of pros retiring and not knowing what to do with their lives. Especially when you've been the very best, it must be tough to let it go, pass on the torch so to speak. Triathlon is sooo competitive you rarely see one guy on top for too long. I'd almost venture to say that Peter might have been the last really consistent pros. If you look at his last 10-15 years of racing I think he had the most top finishes. He had a couple rough years in there, but he bounced back and won it again shortly after. If I remember correctly he had 2 fourths, 1 3rd, 3 2nds, 3 wins. I went and checked here is a list of his accomplishments. Yayyyy Canada, hopefully someone canadian will pick up the torch, maybe Samantha? maybe Jasper?
IRONMAN TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPION 1998, 2000, 2003
2ND PLACE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999, 2002, 2004
3RD PLACE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005
2-TIME IRONMAN CANADA CHAMPION 2000, 2001
3-TIME IRONMAN AUSTRALIA CHAMPION 1997, 1998, 1999
IRONMAN AUSTRIA 1999
3RD FASTEST IRONMAN EVER 7:51:56
FASTEST IRONMAN RUN EVER 2:35:21
TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR 1998, 1999, 1000, 2003
1998 CANADIAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Check it out, you'd hardly know that he used to be a pro triathlete and a world champion at that. Good to see the guy has found a new pashion. I've heard of plenty of pros retiring and not knowing what to do with their lives. Especially when you've been the very best, it must be tough to let it go, pass on the torch so to speak. Triathlon is sooo competitive you rarely see one guy on top for too long. I'd almost venture to say that Peter might have been the last really consistent pros. If you look at his last 10-15 years of racing I think he had the most top finishes. He had a couple rough years in there, but he bounced back and won it again shortly after. If I remember correctly he had 2 fourths, 1 3rd, 3 2nds, 3 wins. I went and checked here is a list of his accomplishments. Yayyyy Canada, hopefully someone canadian will pick up the torch, maybe Samantha? maybe Jasper?
IRONMAN TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPION 1998, 2000, 2003
2ND PLACE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999, 2002, 2004
3RD PLACE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005
2-TIME IRONMAN CANADA CHAMPION 2000, 2001
3-TIME IRONMAN AUSTRALIA CHAMPION 1997, 1998, 1999
IRONMAN AUSTRIA 1999
3RD FASTEST IRONMAN EVER 7:51:56
FASTEST IRONMAN RUN EVER 2:35:21
TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR 1998, 1999, 1000, 2003
1998 CANADIAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
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