Category Archives: Training Diary

Tour of California, Part IV

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Al

Stage 6: Santa Clarita Time Trial – The weather was turning foul, at least for South California. We had dodged clouds and rain during stage 5; the actual racers finished in a series of deluges into Santa Clarita. An unseasonal storm … Continue reading →

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Tour of California Part III

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Al

OK, where was I … Stage 3, heading out towards Monterrey (Do you know the way from San Jose?) It’s either over the spine of the peninsula, or down south through Steinbeck country – Gilroy, Watsonville, hints of lettuce and … Continue reading →

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ToC 2015: Stage 3 – Mt. Hamilton (San Jose)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Al

Stage 3: San Jose (Mt Hamilton) – Our first real climbing day. The west coast of California is only tenuously attached to the main continental tectonic plate. Basically, San Francisco is sliding very slowly towards Los Angeles (or is it … Continue reading →

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Tour of California, Day 0-2

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Al

The Tour of California is a one week stage race – pro cycling’s equivalent to baseball’s minor leagues AAA (if the Tour de France and the Italian and Spanish grand tours were MLB.) The race includes 7 “stages”, each an … Continue reading →

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“Getting Old Sucks”

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Al

Another exchange on the EN forum; this one started by a 61 y/o who had great success after starting up serious triathlon training about 5 years ago. The original post has been lightly edited for acronyms and jargon. …Back in … Continue reading →

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Lessons From A Violent Arena

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Al

In college, on the East coast, I was surrounded by New Yorkers. Sundays, we would watch pro football on communal TV in the dorm lounges.  Most games were local, meaning the Jets and Giants were the teams folks followed. Since … Continue reading →

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Self-Healing

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Al

I pride myself on “never getting injured”. By that I mean, I’ve never had to stand down from training for any prolonged time due to over use or acute strain injuries. (Of course, there was that one time when I … Continue reading →

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A New Year, A New Me?

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Al

I started my “Out Season” – as distinct from “Off Season” (when we become slothful couch inhabitants)  and “In Season” (when we are training for specific races) – in mid December. Usually, my Off Season lasts about 10-14 days, then I start … Continue reading →

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2014 Training Macro View

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Al

With the New Year, I trolled thru my training diary to summarize my workload for the past 8 years, to see if I could learn anything from a ten-thousand foot view: Yr   Swim#/hrs/dist Bike#/hrs/dist Run#/hrs/dist Wts#/hrs Ski#/hrs Totals 2007 … Continue reading →

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The Essence of Swimming

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Al

An ENer posted some thoughts about swimming which neatly summarized its essence: …The only thing I consistently see [when looking at videos of top-flight swimmers] is streamlined body and forearm perpendicular to the floor/fingertips down (which I think is also … Continue reading →

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