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18 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

First time back in the pool

Now that I got my new membership at TriFit LA, I was able to make use of their awesome indoor pool. It’s only three lanes wide, but there was nobody there today. Plus, it was actually raining like crazy in LA so swimming outdoors would have been no fun.
Regardless, I haven’t been in the pool [...]

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17 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Signing up for TriFit LA

I am contemplating between a 20 week or 24 week training plan for this Ironman. Looks like Marc will be going with a Joel Friel plan which he got at TrainingPeaks. I read a couple of books from that guy, and he seems to be the man when it comes to triathlon training. Either way, [...]

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16 January 2010 ~ 7 Comments

Zuma to Camarillo Ride

Marc and I are both back in Los Angeles and kicked off our Ironman season today. What was supposed to be an easy 30 miler, turned into a pretty grueling 51.2 miles from Zuma Beach to Camarillo. The new bike felt good, even though, I do get pretty sore in my neck from all that [...]

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14 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Things are about to begin

It is January 14th and we are exactly 192 days away from Ironman Switzerland.  I just got back from Europe where I did a bunch of fitness testing which I’ll write about this weekend. You’ll get all data and recommendations about my current state of fitness. Let’s just say that the doctor (German Olympic team [...]

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