I have tried a couple Bike Computers on my Evo and the best one is: CardioTrainer. It tracks avg speed and my rides, all the normal stuff you need with some great charts. The pauseing feature is works well. 6 Miles of my 50 mile ride is on city streets, so there is alot of [...]
Category Archive for 'Training'
30 Seconds before an up hill ride or sprint; start breathing like you are sprinting. I actually have to breathe to go faster on my bike. Imagine that. While reading “The Lance Armstrong Performance Program“ the book mentions that it takes about 30 seconds to get the oxygen from your lungs to your muscles. So [...]
Part 1 of 2: Good Race Vibe: I did it !!! My first 1/2 marathon. 13.1 miles in 2 hours 45 minutes. Wasn’t first and wasn’t last, but I finished. It eas the OUC 1/2 marathon and 5k. Track Shack was putting it on and the event was great. I love the vibe. Regardless of [...]
Friendly People on West Orange Trail
Posted in Orlando Trails, Training on Aug 31st, 2009
I have been riding the West Orange Trail for the past few weeks and the other runners and riders are really friendly. On Saturday there was probably 50-60 runners out there from a running club and they were great. Lots of smiles and good people out there. I don’t usually ride with other people, but [...]
Found a couple good articles on training an ab work outs. Worth the read How to train for a Sprint Triathlon Good ab work outs
New Training Calendar
Posted in Ab Training, Iron Man, Leg Strength Training, Training on Aug 30th, 2009
I needed to change up the training calendar to make sure I am staying on target for the Disney Marathon. I like the long distances on the bike early in the morning. I can ride to the end of the trail then do the run. The great thing is that there are clear mile markers [...]
It HURTS !!!!!! Couple weeks ago I had a friend tell me is nips where hurting after a run. After I stopped laughing with the idea of nipple chaffing, I had no clue on how to solve this for him or what the cause was. Well I figured it out tonight. I ran 7 miles [...]
Registered for the OUC Tri on September 12th. Looks to be fun and it will be a new venue in down town Orlando. Longer than I have done in the past: 1/4 miles swim; 11.7 mile bike ride; 3.7 mile run. Gonna train like hell to do well on this one. Did a quick 5 [...]
