Winter Running

So just a quick followup on my last post about how treadmills are (potentially) bad... I decided to give running outside a chance after much criticism from my team and coach about all my treadmill running. Apparently triathletes aren't afraid of a little inclement weather, and it was suggested that I just put on some layers and head out the door. The...

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Are treadmills bad?

Ever since I started running at all, I had a pretty simple seasonal running plan; If it was spring/summer/fall and not too bad weather, I would train outside. Otherwise, the treadmill was my best friend. I’ve never been shy about this. I don’t enjoy being uncomfortable, and running while wet/cold just never appealed to me. Now theoretically, running...

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Ironman Hawaii 2011

Hey I just wanted to add the full version of the Hawaii Ironman 2011 World Championship NBC coverage video. Enjoy and be inspired...

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My first Triathlon

Most people ending up having some sort of story for their first Triathlon, and I thought I would share mine (at the time of writing, also my only Tri). At the beginning of this past summer, I ran the Ottawa Half-Marathon, which made it my second Half. I had been casually running for a few years and had done a handful of 10Ks as well. After doing...

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5/12/2011

So this post is coming in a little late, I would have posted yesterday but I decided to reserve Monday nights my long-run training sessions.  The rest of the week was actually pretty decent as well. On Sunday I really pushed myself in the pool, and a the end I finally found a pace that I think I can hold for a decent amount of time. Its not...

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NBC Ironman 2011

Oh man quick post...I've been looking all over the web trying to find coverage from this years' Kona Ironman World Championship, and it is apparently gonna be released this Saturday! Now I just gotta find a PVR. Here the apparent previe...

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28/11/2011

Last week...last week...what happened last week... Actually last week was a fairly decent week in terms of workouts. Last Sunday I did some spinning with TNT, and WOULD have span again on Thursday night, but I kinda got my location mixed up and ended up at the wrong Gold's Gym. I ended up doing some spinning on my own, but I was...

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21/11/2011

Weekly Recap: So this week was fairly good, and I’m managing to start to ramp up my training sessions. I began the week with an hour-long bike ride with TNT. Oh, and that was outside... In November... In Canada. Ok fine it was a fairly warm day, but still at 9AM its not exactly sizzling regardless. This ride focused on some basic drills ,...

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14/11/2011

Ok so just a quick weekly post since I just made one a few days though. Yesterday was my second group ride with my Team in Training group (I'll be posting the stats on the Training page soon). We did a nice 27K though, and it was good to get back into exercise after a week on the road. This week is going to be the start of swim training for me with the coach and next week we will probably start indoor spinning due to it being so damn cold outside....

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09/11/2011

Weekly update Ok so I think the format that will work best is a weekly update on the past weeks training overall, and maybe a look at the upcoming week. Of course, my detailed training results will be posted on the “Training” page of this blog. Going forward, I will do my best to post these weekly updates on either Sunday afternoon or Monday at the...

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First!

Hi Everyone, this is really more of a test run. This blog will be all about the great sport of Triathlon! You might be thinking, isn't triathlon really three sports (swimming, biking, and running)? Technically you're right, but the combination of all three really creates an entirely unique sport. So...why am I writing this bl...

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