I’m at the starting line. 22 weeks to the Chicago Marathon. Time to toe the line and start training. Now, I’m not training hard just yet. I’ve met with my coach, met with my Team in Training peeps, and I’ve finished two weeks off. I know this summer’s training will be demanding, so I need to get [...]
March is here! And hey there, endurance athletes, daylight savings time is only 10 days away. Daylight savings time is like a NASCAR green flag for cycling season. It’s cute in January and February, but game on when it’s still light at 7:30 p.m. March is the start of spring, and even though we’re expecting snow tomorrow, it just [...]
Week 1. There’s something fun about starting a new training plan. Even if it is a plan I’ve followed before. I’m running the Furman FIRST plan again for this half marathon – as a way to build fitness and get more miles on my legs before I hopefully hand things over to a coach this summer and [...]
We’re entering crunch time in the training. This was supposed to be a step-back rest week, but since I’d taken 5 days off in the previous two weeks, I repeated week 11 of the plan for week 12, then on to 13 and 14, which are my true “peak” weeks. This week was the longest I’ve done [...]
It’s Week 9 of the 16-week Ironman 70.3 training. I’m following a training plan published by Triathlete Magazine called “Busy Professional’s 70.3 Training Plan.” It worked really well for me last year. But I made tweaks for this year. I spent the first 8 weeks adding more cycling to the mix to make me a stronger rider. [...]
