3 Things My First Triathlon Taught Me

Well, I did it.  Finished my first triathlon – a sprint-distance tri: 500yd swim, 14.2mi bike, 3.1mi (5K) run.  Felt pretty good throughout.  My results (i.e., my Personal Best):

8th (of 9) in age group Overall 48th (of 63) Swim: 4th in age group Time – 10:07 Transition 1 – 3:37 [...]

March 6th, 2012 | Category: Cycling, Running, Swimming, Triathlon | 5 comments

3 Ways You’re Wasting Your Workouts (And What To Do About It)

I’ve been training for a triathlon for several weeks.  My mantra has been “faster, longer, harder” (that’s what she said) – I’ve kept pushing to cover more distance, ride/swim/run for a longer amount of time, and work to get more power out of myself to incrementally improve.  And it’s worked pretty well so far, I [...]

February 17th, 2012 | Category: Cycling, Running, Swimming, Triathlon | 2 comments

4 Things That Will Enhance Your Running Experience

… or at least they enhance my running experience and I think they’d be good for you, too!

I’m still a novice runner; I actually don’t even truly “run”, I am still doing jogging/walking intervals.  Today I ran a 5K route with a jog 6 minutes/walk 1 minute interval.  And I have to say, I [...]

January 29th, 2012 | Category: Cycling, Jacksonville, Running, Triathlon | 4 comments

Ok, now I see that cycling cadence is important

So, yesterday on my bike ride I tried something different.  I’d been reading about cycling cadence – sort of equivalent to the amount of “spin” at which you are pedaling – and how maintaining a higher cadence is ideal because you burn fat (rather than muscle energy), fatigue slower and recover quickly.

Resistance Builds Strength, [...]

January 20th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Cycling, Triathlon | 3 comments