Fair and balanced article:

“It’s crucial that anyone who signs up to an event gets a health check first and builds a slow and steady training program, rather than jumping straight into a marathon, for example, with only a month’s training.”

Just makes sense to me, but I know people tend to underestimate the demands of endurance sport.

Scientists from Monash University says that bacteria can leak from the gut to the bloodstream.

Source: Ironman Triathlon events can cause intestinal leaks and blood poisoning: Monash University research

Provided you’re not in my age-group, check this out 😉

Source: Best Kept Secret in Sports Science: How to Lower Creatine Kinase (CK Levels) and Dramatically Improve Athletic Performance

Hector writes a nice piece about some of the powers of TrainingPeaks.

The following is a true story about a triathlete that might have been me or not. I’ve been using Training Peaks for almost 4 years now. Swimming Data Analysis is something new to me though since I only got my Garmin 910xt just recently (a couple of months back). So here’s a story that you […]

Source: Training Peaks Swimming Data Analysis – Hector Rodriguez

almost have everything together for 10 days of training camp

Big thanks to FirstEndurance, Extreme Endurance, PureProtein, TrainingPeaks, GU Energy and Redbull Canada.

Gonna be epic!

Spring training camp at Mont Tremblant is nearly here!!!

This time tomorrow I’ll hopefully be starting the drive to Tremblant for 10 days of focused training.

Hopefully the weather and the black-flies play nice 🙂

Poor gear combination + carelessness = disaster.  Ouch.

Trek issues massive quick-release skewer recall – BikeRadar.

.. but that’s about to change. I’ve been training and pondering, but not writing..

Have some articles in the pipe and our Mont Tremblant training camp coming up soon.

Stay tuned… The dust is being blown off the keyboard 😉

Coeur d’Alene keeping IRONMAN through 2017 – Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com.

Excellent news.  This race is on my bucket list… maybe I’d better aim for 2016 to be safe 😉

This came across my email this morning.  I love my Kickr.  Its great to see Wahoo continuing to get love from the pro peloton.

Team Sky Renews Wahoo Fitness as Official Indoor Trainer Supplier for the 2015 Season

Team Sky continues to train exclusively with Wahoo’s award winning KICKR Power Trainer

Atlanta, GA – December 16, 2014 – Wahoo Fitness, the leader in workout apps and smartphone connected fitness devices, is pleased to announce continuation as official supplier of cycling trainers to Team Sky, winners of the 2012 and 2013 Tour de France. Through this exclusive collaboration, Team Sky will be provided with KICKRs for use during the racing season, for pre-race warm up and post-race cool down, and each rider will be provided with an individual KICKR for “at home” training sessions. The KICKR provides the cutting edge technology and performance metrics that Team Sky relies on to monitor the condition of their athletes.

“We’re very pleased to have Wahoo on board for 2015,” said Carsten Jeppesen, Head of Technical Operations for Team Sky. “We feel the KICKR provides the best and most realistic feeling ride of any trainer on the market, and the customized power based workouts offer the perfect training sessions for our riders. The KICKR is a excellent piece of kit for us to use throughout the season, and before and after each race.”

“We are excited to continue our partnership with Team Sky,” said Chip Hawkins, CEO of Wahoo Fitness. “This collaboration further validates not only the KICKR but the entire Wahoo Fitness product line. Having athletes of this caliber on our products enables us access to valuable feedback as we continue to add additional features to our existing products and expand our entire product offering.”

Using Bluetooth 4.0 and ANT+ technology, the KICKR Power Trainer connects to a wide range of smartphones, tablets, and PCs, allowing full resistance control during your training session. While pedaling, users can increase or decrease resistance, structure interval workouts or even simulate real world bike courses all from their connected device. The KICKR’s built-in power meter delivers personalized power-based training. The wheel-off design and super flywheel have been engineered to produce an ultra-realistic road feel, equivalent to the inertia of an actual rider on the road. The KICKR retails for $1099.99 and is available in 10-speed and 11-speed (online only) configurations.

Coeur d’Alene considers canceling Ironman competition – Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com.

It’d be a real shame if this race ceased to exist.  It’s definitely high on my bucket list (was actually considering it for 2015 but it didn’t fit my schedule).