Category Archives: Training Diary

Mid Term Report: Outseason 2012

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Al

…it’s time for me to do a status check on my training and fitness. Last year at this time, I was scrambling to find enough energy, strength, time and fuel to get geared up for an Ironman at the end of June Continue reading →

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Boston 2006: The Brain and Exercise

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Al

“I’m a big believer in training the brain,” I respond. “I don’t mean doing psychological preparation or visualization, or positive talk, or associative or dissociative thinking during exercise. I’m not talking about thinking at all. Let me give you an example…” Continue reading →

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Boston 2006: Orientation Dinner

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Al

Pat chowed down on some spicy salmon thing, while I made do with a crepe-like Dada and a mango yogurt lassi. Continue reading →

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Learning to Ski

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Al

Learning any physical activity involved three key elements. First, what feelings, kinesthetic feedback, are you trying to get from your body. Second, what specific actions of your body are you trying to focus on. And third, what should your conscious mind be doing to help the situation. Continue reading →

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Runs

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Al

Today, I finally realised what it is about both skiing and triathlon racing that attracts me so. People who know me probably already figured this out, but I’d always treated the two activities as quite separate, having nothing really in … Continue reading →

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It Just Sorta Happened

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Al

It just kind of happened; we didn’t mean to ride all the lifts at Snowmass today. But once we’d done Coney Glade, and realised we already had been up Sam’s Knob and Campground, then, it seemed a waste not to hit them all. Continue reading →

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2012 Goals and Plan

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Al

“Finish healing, then have fun on Hawaii” Continue reading →

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Injured Reserve

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Al

Well, it’s not really that bad. I’m just taking a sabbatical from running for … a while. Continue reading →

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Portents for the Future?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Al

Herman Cain won’t go away. He’s enjoying himself and the media attention so much, and getting seen by the far right as “their guy”, enough so he just might stick around all the way to next November. And that would be the best thing that could happen for Democrats. Continue reading →

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It Took a Year, But … I Did It

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Al

I have regained the inner feeling, at least when I’m in the saddle, or running on the road, I had when I thought I was on the top of my game, in September in Colorado a year ago, doing those same roads by myself. Sometimes, it takes a little village. Continue reading →

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