Author Archives: Al

Coach Call

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Al

Coach and I scheduled a call for the end of July; here’s what I told him in preparation for that discussion: Update in prep for next week’s call: Looking back, this will only be the third time(2006/12) I’ve actually done … Continue reading →

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Homework

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Al

The Coach asked me to review my recent race performances, and made further suggestions for building a personal training plan: Very excited to hear that you’ve gotten a second opinion and that we have some new modalities to try. New … Continue reading →

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Designing The Plan

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Al

Well, Coach Patrick got back to me, and here’s how our dialogue went. First, his comments: Thanks for giving me some time to answer this stuff. I think that you have USAT stuff all dialed in, so I am focusing … Continue reading →

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Starting The Last Kona Journey

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Al

This is my second trainingre-boot in two months and that has me thinking prudence for the current two weeks. I tried following the coach’s suggestion of “14 activities in the first 14 days” after the Boulder IM.I did nothing the … Continue reading →

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Coach Patrick Responds

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Al

@Al Truscott here Is my initial attempt at putting in some structure…please add in your points and we’ll turn it over! Notes:  Need to recover from the first half of the year. Need to address L/R leg imbalance / functional strength. … Continue reading →

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Boulder Ironman Race Report

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Al

Background: Ironman # 34. In this, my age-up year, I’m trying to re-create the success I had 2005-2015 (7 AG wins, 3 course records, 9 KQs). That plan has always been risky, given the physical and mental ravages of so many … Continue reading →

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Ironman Boulder 2019

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Al

Background: Ironman # 34. In this, my age-up year, I’m trying to re-create the success I had 2005-2015 (7 AG wins, 3 course records, 9 KQs). That plan has always been risky, given the physical and mental ravages of so many … Continue reading →

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Seeking Help

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Al

I’ve decided to enhance my Endurance Nation experience for the next 4-5 months through a more in-depth interaction with coach Patrick McCrann. I’ll document that on-going dialogue here. @Coach Patrick OK, I guess I thought I could race in Spain, then … Continue reading →

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Race In A World Championship!

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Al

I’ve now participated in 4 International Triathlon Union (ITU, the Olympic Organizing Cmte for our sport) World Championships. Not only is it kinda cool to say I’ve done this or that World Championship, the races themselves are very well run, … Continue reading →

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2019 ITU LC WC Race Report

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Al

“90 seconds!” It was easy to pick Cody out of the crowd as I rounded the corner coming out of the stadium midway through my third of four laps. He’s 6’2”, and had the cacophonous goat bell I’d picked up … Continue reading →

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