Healthy Body

With all the negative news, let me share a good story about some kind people. First, the agenda: swim 1.5 miles, ride 45 miles and run 5 miles. A map of the bike route is below. Outcome: no swimming (right… Read More »A good story of kind people who kept me running

As I build new muscle memory to repair my right shoulder I came across this YouTube video of Dave Scott offering tips to help improve swimming. If you too are trying to improve your freestyle stroke, you might want to… Read More »Swimming drills by Dave Scott, 6x Ironman Champion

Last night I ran for 30 minutes and then swam for an hour. Still babying my right shoulder from straining the bicep tendon. So swimming consists of kicking, seeing how the arm feels with the breast stroke. Basically taking it… Read More »You won’t win the race by kicking

This past week I traveled to Texas for a conference, and to keep Ironman training on schedule I researched lap pools and local gyms. Great intentions, little discipline. Sure I strength trained in the hotel gym, but little else. With… Read More »Bonking on my first brick

Reached one goal today, and it was done a month sooner than anticipated. I swam 2 miles within 90 minutes. Throughout the practice I kept thinking about Steve, a cyclist I met last week who finished three AZ Ironman races,… Read More »One stroke at a time

Day two of training. Yesterday weight training. Today swam and ran. Today’s plan was to get in the pool at 6 a.m., yet @ 5:30 I was convinced it’d be better to swim at night. Then I realized tonight’s American… Read More »Wear sunblock