tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113465542009-03-16T15:58:15.618-07:00Follow my training log and other random notes-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-19460031094969912182007-06-02T16:08:00.000-07:002007-06-02T16:10:27.635-07:00

I'm not training. I'm not sure I'll be keeping this blog up for long. My other blog has been seeing more action, so keep up with that one.

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-21075872912021654512007-02-16T14:45:00.000-08:002007-02-16T14:48:31.938-08:00

And another chapter of American exploitive history closes with little fanfare. Now let's get some whores! I mean, let us frequent the tittie bars! Er, eh... never mind.

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I think the smartest thing I did at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort was to take a lesson. I felt I was ready to move on to the next level and knew there were some things that I was consistently doing wrong. For my sake and anyone who'll find this useful, I'm going to share the main points of my lesson. Relax! The shoulders and upper body should be relaxed and not tense. This will make everything

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-34133045662605605592007-02-11T14:46:00.000-08:002007-02-11T14:17:51.090-08:00

It's not that far to LA from Jackson Hole but there is no direct flight. That's a bummer. I spent roughly 14 hours traveling because of delays and cancelations. I was so tired and sore, but I realy didn't care. That's 14 hours of traveling, with 2.5 hours in the air. The rest of that is spent sitting around the airport reading, eating, drinking, listening to music, charging my laptop, and

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Holy cripes! I've had a couple of amazing days here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. All this rock is incredibly intimidating. It's steep and massive. The past few days (Mon & Tue) have been warm(er) and sunny. I've gotten a crazy goggle tan. The prime time for snow conditions were been between 10 AM and 2 PM. After that the lower slopes were thawing a bit and I was worried the next day

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-20579610617712346072007-02-05T20:20:00.000-08:002007-02-11T14:14:41.759-08:00

 I took a lesson today here at Jackson Hole. I learned a ton. I'm so wiped out. Love this place.

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-88537880462222820872007-02-03T18:47:00.000-08:002007-02-11T14:15:38.754-08:00

Words will not really do this justice. I'm finally seeing the Teetons for myself and I must say, damn. I'm going to be taking a ton of pics this week. I'm so psyched to be boarding here. It's just AMAZING. I'm so happy to be spending time with all my boys from Chi. It's going to be a great week and this place is just unreal. Wish you were here.I've never de-planed onto a tarmac before.

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Utah.Yeah. Don't know much about it. Kind of scared of it from just spending a few hours in Salt Lake City airport. Mainly because of the inbred looking white folks and this fine selection of books in the SLC airport book store. (click for detail)That is a section of LDS reading for your traveling pleasure. Holy cripes of Ladder Day Saints.But Utah... damn your natural beauty. Even from an

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-1362246128992235342007-02-01T15:42:00.000-08:002007-02-01T17:42:57.604-08:00

Totally dawsome. Found this in the engadget.com photo contest.

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-47117147172742403392007-01-30T22:59:00.000-08:002007-01-30T23:00:44.140-08:00

Here's a nice photo stitch from last week at Heavenly. Click for detail.

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Here's a nice pic of a deep bruise I earned on my last vacation. (Like my hairy legs? You can tell it's not Triathlon season, although I've never been a big fan of manscaping.) I had a few nice days to snowboard at Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe as a warm up for my trip next week to Jackson, WY.I'm really glad that I got a nice warm up for Jackson Hole. It had been a while since I had a few days

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-42788925854299518682006-12-29T13:24:00.000-08:002006-12-29T13:42:33.920-08:00

My training has taken a hit. The month of December has not been kind. My birthday, company holiday party, Christmas, New Years.... There are many reasons to be too busy, too stressed or too distracted from training goals. I let missed workouts get to me. I feel deflated and derailed. My eating gets worse while my running shoes sit unused and my pool visits become less frequent. I feel the

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I'm trying something new this year and following an on-line training program. No coach, just me and a training program designed by Joe Friel served up to me via TrainingPeaks.com. It has been working out well, but I've been a bit derailed by holidays and various personal stresses and obligations. You can view my progress by clicking the link. I'm digging the user interface, although it can be

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-1155681658831573782006-08-15T15:27:00.000-07:002006-08-15T15:40:58.846-07:00

i have a habit of getting into musical sounds, eras, etc, after they're defunct or passe. my current target is the punk-pop band, blink-182, which i first heard two years ago when my friend stv laid the mp3s of Enema of the State on me. i found myself listening to that album more and more, so i finally decided to do a little research and found the band to be a good target for my obsessive style

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-1148578867874092882006-05-25T10:16:00.000-07:002006-06-22T08:00:32.026-07:00

it's been a long time, i shouldn't have left youwithout a strong rhyme to step tothink of how many weak shows you slept throughtime's up, i'm sorry i kept youthinking of this, you keep repeating you missthe rhyme from the microphone soloistso you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon as you hear it, PUMP UP THE VOLUME-i know you got soul; eric b & rakimI know it's been forever. And a lot has

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-1133219293792487232005-11-28T15:04:00.000-08:002006-05-25T10:51:33.786-07:00

Here's the list of races I'm planning on doing. This list will grow.-03/18/06 Ironman 70.3 California-06/25/06 Ironman Couer d'Alene (My First Full Ironman)Still working on the rest... I'll update later

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Sorry for the long delay in posting. Not much has been going on workout wise, and then I had a death in the family which required me to go to Puerto Rico for a week. I realize that the diminished daylight hours leave me with little motivation. The cold also does a number on my desire to workout. While I was in Puerto Rico I ran 3 times and went body surfing once with a little bit of swimming

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-1130727649655341142005-10-30T18:35:00.000-08:002006-09-21T15:33:16.013-07:00

I'm finally starting to workout again after my marathon and triathlon season. This week had a few good workouts. Tuesday was a 45 minute tread mill session that I needed badly. I felt really great afterward and realized that I'd been using food (chocolate and sugar) to get my highs. Since then my diet has gotten under control. I Halloween candy is deadly. I have no control over my desire

-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412115013901540747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11346554.post-1129845458075038372005-10-20T14:55:00.000-07:002005-10-20T14:59:16.273-07:00

Here's a great Cliff Bar commercial explaining the brutal reality of triathlon swim starts. You can check out more about Wes Hobson on his site.

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I've been eating like shit for the past week. Taking a week off of training to recover from the marathon has been compounded by the arrival of Halloween candy in the house. I've done some damage in a short amount of time and my sweet tooth is in high gear. I have absolutely no control over my cravings and binging. I know it's my fault. I knew it was a bad idea. All the "fun size" bags of

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Even experienced athletes have the bad days. Great race report from a person who should know better.

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It’s been five days so I should start to go over my marathon performance to see what lessons can be distilled.Lesson 1: Don’t have ambitious time goals for your first long distance event if you’ve only trained to finish.Lesson 2: Never push in a marathon.Lesson 3: Ease into your pace.Things I did right:Carried my own nutrition and ate as I needed to.I hydrated well.I had enough electrolytes to

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I've decided to keep this log, "Road to Ironman", more focused on training and triathlon. For all the other quirky and weird web finds or my rants and raves I'm starting a true blog. I've named it "Foaming at the Mouth" because that's what tends to happen when I get passionate about something. We'll see how it goes.So enjoy my FATMouth. And if you have any interesting links send them and I'll

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I bought an mp3 player a few weeks ago. I'm firmly against biking outdoors with headphones on. I used to run outside to music but stopped when I started doing triathlons. I feel like working out to music makes the workout easier and doesn't prepare you for the mental challenges required to hold your focus during a race. Also, headphones are outlawed by USAT, so you'll never be able to use one in

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I survived my first marathon and learned a lot in the process. I think it's funny that I read so much about endurance sports and all things triathlon related, yet I make the same mistakes that I'm most commonly alerted to. For anyone considering their first marathon, check my results and lessons learned so you can avoid some of the pain I faced. If you're like me and you need to fail before

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