Wow! So many though she was unstoppable and wondered how to break her, now (quite the surprise to me for sure) she’s just stepping away from Ironman.
Wonder if she’ll be back and if so if she’ll still be ripping it up.
Nothing like going out on a high note in any regard.
Chrissie Wellington – CHRISSIE WELLINGTON TO TAKE BREAK FROM IRONMAN.
If this doesn’t motivate you to keep active as you get older, I don’t know what will. 🙂
Much as I expected and contrary to what the mainstream press would have you believe, these events are very rare. Perhaps noteworthy because of the endeavour being undertaken and all the training leading up to it, but hardly the huge issue it’s been made out to be.
Ok, kinda off topic, but I can’t resist.
Annoyed by the cellphone during dinner. I know I’m guilty of being distracted by mine rather than having a conversation. Here’s a cool piece of social engineering that, I bet, works:
I recently picked up a TRX Force Trainer Kit.
I have to say, I’m pretty impressed. The build quality of this unit is extremely high. It’s clear that TRX spent a good amount of thought to ensure they were building a strong, durable and safe piece of training equipment. The system also comes with a workout book that contains exercises and workout/conditioning programs.
I’ve only done the 1st 4 workouts in the series, but I can tell you for a 30-45 minute workout, you really feel it. Many of the exercises force the use of small stabilizing muscles and a lot of core strength. Strengthen the core and you get stronger everywhere.
Yes it’s a bit spendy, but it’s portable, well thought out and durable. I think it’s good value for the money and definitely a nice cross training aide for triathletes who spend a lot of time swimming, biking and running, but little time strengthening other muscles to avoid injury or become just generally stronger. Compared to so many other tools that triathletes spend money on, it’s pretty cheap. Compared to a gym membership, it’s very inexpensive.
🙂
Joel Filliol: The Top 20 Rules for Faster Triathlon Swimming.
Interesting read. Though personally, I found joining a good masters swim team made a huge difference for me.
Some folks were asking for this. It’s not 100% accurate and it’s the old bike course (not the new one that was posted late in 2011, early 2012) that is apparently less hilly, but it’ll give you a feel for the ride. I’ll post the updated .3dc file once I get the new .gpx data for the route. (Hopefully soon.).
The file has 3 .3dc files in it – they’re all similar, but slightly different. None is perfect 🙂 [Just want to set appropriate expectations]. One thing you’ll note is that they’re all a bit long (120k rather than 90), just jump 15k in and stop 15k before the end if you care 🙂
Enjoy. Rick…
2011 was an amazing year for me. Racing, training, swimming, biking, running: so much fun. Loving the intensity and focus that comes with the training.
Some totals:
Training:
Kim and I just made raw thai coconut cacao pudding in the blendtec. So good and so easy.
Ingredients:
Such a wonderful, tasty, healthy and low cal treat! Yum! This will be made again for sure!
This is a great video analysis showing the benefits of engaging the hamstrings as part of running technique. Turn-over drills make more sense to me now. Definitely something I’m going to start keeping in the forefront of my mind as I run.
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