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USA Triathlon 2019 National Championship
Race: USA Triathlon Age Group Short Course (“Standard” aka “Olympic”) National Championship Venue: Cleveland along Lake Erie Weather: Air 68F @ start, water 76; 78 F @ finish; 10 mph north (cross, except for the start of the swim) wind … Continue reading
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Eleven Weeks To Go
Coach responds: Ok, recapping your great notes above… IM Run Race Lessons – Early miles matter for HR – This is 2x in Kona along Ali’i drive. IM Run Training Lessons – Target is 25 to 28 mpw, which translates … Continue reading
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Twelve Weeks to Kona
Weekly Update: Overview – This past week I have felt much better than the previous two weeks, despite a new high TSS. •Less sense of overall fatigue, • improved strength in my weaker leg, • improving sense of capability in … Continue reading
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More Homework!
I responded to the Coach’s request for data: While you were writing your note, I was taking a deep-ish dive into the lead up and race data from 4 of my last 5 IMs: Kona 2014, Kona 2015, MD 2016 … Continue reading
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Coach Call
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
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
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
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
@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
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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