October 2011
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At 73, triathlete honours her body →
Gerda brault-meyer didn’t take up her sport until she was 64; last year she became a world champion in her class
Training pacing calculator →
Sweet! I can play with this all day
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Training for hills →
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Even though I got my goggles from the lost and found three years ago and they are super tight from the strap snapping and being retied, I still feel guilty for spending a whopping $25 on a new pair.
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“If you trained for Ironman as much as you talk about it, you’d be able to...”
– My husband
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Long term training plan
I have about 10 months to prepare, so I thought I’d divide up that time into macro-training blocks and set some goals.
I’ve been looking at some training plans you can buy online, and they mostly are 20 - 23 weeks in length. So if I back-up from the race that puts me in March to be ready for an official training plan.
Now - December 31: 1) Heal my achilles tendon 2) Focus on...
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The Fastest Mom in the World →
Last year, in 39-year-old Susanne Martineau Davis’ second Ironman, she broke the existing 35-39 age group world record and placed second overall in the amateur field. She turns 40 this year and has only six minutes to knock off her time to make the overall age group record hers
my beginning
So I’ve decided to do a half ironman triathlon, also called HIM or 70.3 (for the # of miles covered). I’m not in good shape, so I have quite a road ahead of me.
I did a few sprint tri’s in 2010 but nothing this year. We moved out-of-state and away from my family which completely discombobulated me and threw off my routine. I’ve only been on my bike and in the pool a few...
“It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop”
– Confusious 