Prescott

Well the week started off with my first ever 5000 meter swim at LTF.  A week with days off follwed by two days at Mingus mountain.  Prescott valley-Mingus-Jerome- Prescott Valley was 6.5 hours on the bike with 5000 feet of climbing.  We went to 7G.  I went with my ONE group on saturday but fell behind quickly but I did drag myself up the mountain again.

Numbers

what a great two weeks  over 400 miles riding and 10,000 meters swimming ..both my best so far...ever!  Im interested to see how this works by letting the run take a back seat for a while...we will know soon enough...

July 14

this has the makings of a nother good week.  have had 8500 meters swim time this week..my bikes have dropped a bit but that will pick up this weekend.  temps have been crazy hot and humid and the heat just sucks the life out of you...all the ONE folks are at vineman or mountainman this week....im Prescott or flag bound this weekend.

Tour de France week

July 10. 2011--End of a long week of training.  22 plus hours = 246 miles of work..add the last saturday and sunday rides and I have 346 miles in the bank.  wow It is interesting that following the pattern of staying in zone 2 i have been able to add up the miles without injury.  today i through in a one hour TT and came in at 20.7 on the IMAZ course.  the time off work really helped as i was able to train when the heat was down.  HEAT is the big equalizer for sure.  Yesterdays climb up 9 mile hill was over 10 mph...hmmm i might be improving again..nutrition and hydration have been spot on...next week i will hit the pool hard and hopefully a brick session of swim and ride. I still have work to do on the run and i will focus on that after the tour. 

Tour de France week

saturday today was a good day.  I stayed in Zone 2 and except for the steep climbs....went up 9 mile hill at 10.5 and low Zone 3....after 300 plus miles this week I am still feeling stronger each day...

Recovery week-tour de france adventure

All swims this week till the weekend.. a 2000-3000-4000 yard swim...July has arrived and I'm taking a side adventure of riding the Tour de France on map my ride.  Day 1- 50, 9mile hill, day 2- 47, IMAZ course, day 3 48 on TDS course, day 4- 41 McDowell rio, Day 5, Skull Valley 70 with transition run.  Skull Valley partner Chad Miller suggested this area to get out of the heat...yep what a great day.  Base 3 wiil be on hold for another week while I continue on the bike adventure with some swimming.  I got my garmin rolling and all my stats and nutrition look good.  At this rate 7 hour rides will be happening a little ahead of schedule but thats ok...health and nutrition are key...STAY IN BASE

Base 2 week 3

All is well and I am getting stronger...the medicine changes are starting to take hold..Issue with BP and Tyroid...im literally a pharmacy now...I did do a 3600 yard swim...followed by my first 4000 yard swim in many many years...My long ride came in at 75 miles and I rode with Chad Miller, who is getting ready for IMCA..It ios nice to have a training partner on the same schedule..many many thanks to Chad

base 2 week 2

so this week brought the first 100 mile weekend in riding...swimming is moving along and running is tasking more of a back seat..Health IS THE TICKET.

Base 2 week 1

ride time moved up to 68 miles around Rio Verde and Carefree...rode with the ONE boys today...they were in HR training, me 2.

recovery week

this was a great week in Sedona with MyBella and Stormie..we had fun hiking and just being in the cooler climes..

Base 1 week 3

this was a solid week with another 50 mile ride...transition runs included. 

base 1 week 2

My 50 mile rides have begun...im staying in base no matter what..riding with the group has to be sacrificed in order to prepare for Ironman.  STAY IN BASE

Base 1 week 1

this turns out to begin on a race week.  while not ideal i wanted to give my self plenty of time for down time an side adventures.  the tempe tri turned in to a training day...n worries..there are plenty of races to do..

May 2011- My first Post

Its mid May and I have just begun the training schedule for IMAZ. I am now a member of ONE Multisport triathlon club centered out of Scottsdale Arizona.  I have competed three 70.3 events and ready to embark on this adventure.  My training will be similar to the the Triathlon Bible by Joe Freil.  Being self taught has always been my style but I have learned to ask the young guns a lot of questions since the sport is ever evolving.  I have met many new friends this past four months and with this thing called social media i am hooked up. so now me and my buddy Garmin we are ready to roll.  thge plan will be 12 weeks of base training, 6 weeks of build and 3 weeks of taper.  I have some extra weeks for the Tour de France rides in July,  swim week in June, and a run special in September. An of course injury. Nutrition is what i'm studying most let the fun begin