Category: 2013

2013

Feeling “blah?” Find your Toughness

Post author By Cecily
Post date June 1, 2013
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I pride myself on being a pretty positive person. I make a point to see the good in people, the silver lining, the excitement rather than the fear. I’m also a real person…and a girl. I’m emotional and passionate. A dangerous combination. On most days, I wake up excited and with a plan to live. Maybe that sounds like an exaggeration, but if you know me, you know that as much as I love spontaneity, I also thrive on making some sort of game plan. So, what happens on those days when I wake up feeling like this?

Well, I’m still trying to figure that out.

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2013

How to botch the swim on race day

Post author By Adam
Post date May 19, 2013
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Want to suck at open-water swimming? Here are five tips.

What if I told you, you could dramatically increase your heart rate, stress levels, muscle strain and overall race time?

Unbelievable, right? Wait, there’s more! At the same time, you also can decrease the amount of enjoyment you derive from swimming, competition and the sport of triathlon.

I know. Your mind = blown.

Well, everyone knows the swim is the easiest leg of the triathlon. But what this article presupposes is, maybe it isn’t.

Keep reading to learn five ways to help screw up the open-water swim at your next triathlon.

Tags IMAZ2013, swimming

2013

Road map to Ironman AZ: Part 2 – Training Program

Post author By Adam
Post date April 28, 2013
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I don’t care who you are, what you do, or how you like to spend your free time: smart planning, working hard to follow through and turning setbacks into opportunities will make you successful.

And if you’re dreaming of dominating an Ironman triathlon like I am, sticking to a smart training regimen is crucial.

But the funny thing about plans is that they almost always change. As much as we try to cover every angle, account for all hours of the day and avoid surprises, Life will inevitably distract us with a few curve balls to jumble up our schedules: an urgent project at work, a spontaneous trip to Vegas, a family emergency, an injury or my upcoming binge on the next season of Arrested Development (I’m fine with that).

So what’s the point of planning if the times always be a changin’?

Because the value of planning lies as much in the process as it does in the product.

Tags CFE, IMAZ2013, Ironman, training plans

2013

Foot Fight: A minimalist runner’s road to recovery

Post author By Adam
Post date April 7, 2013
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How my posterior tibial tendon dysfunction could have been avoided, and why it don’t always gotta be the shoes.

My feet used to be awesome.

After nearly two years of strong, minimalist running, they developed nice high arches, flexible toes and could happily handle all the bludgeoning that endurance and strength training threw their way.

Running used to be my strongest sport, and when I registered for Ironman AZ 2013, I was so jacked up to go out and dominate that I could barely sleep in the days that followed.

Excited, I kept training hard, set the course for the coming year and started to design my training plan.

But now, only a few months later, everything has changed.

Tags foot fight, IMAZ2013, running

2013

Dating Ironman

If you talk to anyone who has completed an Ironman, they’ll tell you three things:

1. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
2. It’s addicting.
3. It will take over your life.

Since I have yet to complete my first Ironman, I’ll refrain from speaking to the first two statements. All I will say is that simply committing to train for an Ironman is by far one of the best things I’ve ever done, and I can only imagine how I will feel once I cross that finish line. I can, however, speak to the third point. Training for an Ironman will take over your life.

For the past seven weeks, I’ve been eating, sleeping and breathing my training plan. I consult my training schedule and goals when deciding whether or not to go out drinking with friends, go on a trip, eat that candy bar, or stay up an extra couple of hours to watch The Bachelor. I get down when a training session doesn’t go well and I obsess about how I can make things better.

Basically, I’m dating the Ironman – and he is the neediest boyfriend I’ve ever had.

Tags IMAZ2013, inspired