Tag: triathlon training

  • Desert’s Edge Make-up Sprint Tri 2018

    Desert’s Edge Make-up Sprint Tri 2018

    I had a DNS (did not start) earlier this season for a sprint triathlon. This was already a downgrade from the half ironman for which I was training. There were a lot of things out of my control that required that I pull out of the event, and the race director was nice enough to…

  • Week 2 Desert’s Edge Tri Training Recap: Making Time For Your Goals

    Week 2 Desert’s Edge Tri Training Recap: Making Time For Your Goals

    I’m into my second week of this modified training plan and I have to say…I’m liking it so much more. The hours are so much more manageable compared to my last plan. I find that my motivation still waxes and wanes during the week, but I am able to rearrange them without much struggle. This…

  • Revising my plans

    Revising my plans

    I’ve started and edited and trashed this blog article a few times over the last few weeks, mostly because I thought that I could course-correct. After about 6 weeks of trying to get my 70.3 training in, it looks as though I will have to forgo the race after all. The training plan is 13…

  • Back in the Saddle, Back in the Water

    This was definitely a week of firsts!   I got on my bike three days this week — and if you count the two roundtrip courses I had to do, it was five! Even though I am still relearning a lot of the basics I thought that I’d manipulate myself into riding it a bit…