Weekly Training Log: Week of June 10th

I got back from Boise (I'm still planning on writing a report) on Sunday with my wife and felt pretty crappy.  That continued on Monday so I ended up taking two full days off after that tough 70.3.  My running for the week was fairly inconsistent and tired so I kept the milage very low.  I finally had a fairly strong week on the bike which is great.  I am aiming to keep the weekly milage at 200+ for the remainder of IMKY training.
I was able to go to a baseball game with my parents and son on Thursday and he loved it!  It was the highlight of my week!
Fathers day was awesome as well with a nice sprint triathlon in the morning and a BBQ at our house that afternoon.  The Boulder Sprint Tri has quickly become an awesome event that I look forward to every fathers day.  I have been lucky to do it with my Dad the past few years - not this year, but he was still there to watch.

Run: 25 miles 
Bike: 202.8 miles
Swim: 4600 yards

The week in pictures

With a power meter, I will use climbing much more from here on out.

Before the Rockies/Nationals game, we went to go meet a few pigs and piglets.

And a mule...

Pap and Aiden walking to Coors Field

Mommy and Aiden eating at packet pickup for the sprint.

My mother, Mary Beth, at our Fathers Day BBQ

Boulder Sprint Tri (thanks to Jim Heuck)

Saving water.

Weekly Training Log: Week of June 3rd

This past weekend I traveled to Boise Idaho to race my first longer one of the season.  I am going to do a separate post on that one, but wanted to log my milage here.

Training for the week went pretty well and was laid back and easy.  I wasn't intending on fully tapering for this race so I did a week of fairly big rest instead.  I will be back up in milage for the following week.  Ironman Louisville training has begun.

Happy Summer!!!!



Run: 23 miles 
Bike: 121.5 miles
Swim: 5500 yards

50 Cent icecream cones are at BK.  Eat up Aiden!  I enjoy consuming sticky sugary foods out of the house.  Plastic seats are much easier to clean.

Pre ride in Boise.  There wasn't much to this course, but it served to make a good one.

Weekly Training Log: Week of May 27th

BolderBoulder 10k was on Monday.  For those of you that don't know me, this is the biggest day of the year for me - It's Christmas.  Seriously.  The Bolder Boulder is the reason that I do endurance sports.  Growing up in this town, it was an event that inspired me to do this stuff.  I remember my dream of breaking an hour in the Bolder Boulder, I remember my dream of breaking 50 minutes in the Bolder Boulder, and I remember that dream of breaking the 40 minute mark.  It's awesome having all of those goals as memories throughout my life as an endurance athlete.  I have been able to experience so many different parts of this race that it really is special for me.  I think this year may have been my 24th time running it.

That being said, I was a bit disappointed with my performance.  At a 1:16 half marathon (in March), I was expecting to run around a 35:30 or so, but ran 36:05 instead.  I simply just didn't have the speed that I thought I would. My splits were a bit more consistent than last year when I ran 3 seconds slower, so I guess that's a positive.  All in all, this is not the easiest 10k and is at altitude so hey - I'll take it - pr by 3 seconds is still a pr.
We had our annual post BB bbq that day and had a great time.  Weather was great and summer has successfully kicked off in Boulder!

Time has started to really train.  It went well this week and missed a few days on the bike that I was planning on.  Wind was a factor for Thurs/Fri.  Run milage was good and productive, bike - not so much.  Boise 70.3 is this weekend and Im excited to kick this year off!

Run: 44.3 miles 
Bike: 109 miles
Swim: 3500yds

And my favorite part of doing this blog:  The week in pictures :)  Aloha and happy training!

End of the Bolder Boulder: 10k is a tough tough distance.

Happiest place on earth.

These were cute... they made shirts for all of the people who broke 40 minutes.

The memorial day in the back yard.

My wifes birthday was thursday :)  Great dinner at the Cork to celebrate.

My son finished his first year of montessori and we had a picnic.  

A nice baby shower and BBQ on Saturday

Erin and Nathan and Lyla live very close now... We went to check out their place on Sunday.

Weekly Training Log: Week of May 13th

I had finals for college classes last week and was glad to get in a few good miles (well under optimal though).  I had 3!? total days off last week and am marking it as a recovery week. The days I was out training, things felt good and I was productive.
Boise 70.3 is now 2.5 weeks away and I am interested to see where I am at.  I think that IMKY (and Kona) will be my true "A" race this season, and I have a nice 3 months till then.  I absolutely can't wait to race the 140.6 distance!
The week ended up with my college graduation on Sunday.  I was blessed to have my family from MN - Erin, Kyle, River, and Autumn out to help me celebrate...  It's only taken 12 years, and may not have been the most traditional way to earn a degree, but I am happy with personal accomplishments from my time since high school.

Also, spring/summer is here in Boulder and I am absolutely loving every minute of it.  This spot on earth is an absolute paradise from May through October.  I really do love where I am from.


Run: 28 miles 
Bike: 137 miles

Stepping up my game.  First time I have used latex tubes.

My cousin Brian was in town for a very short time.  We had lunch at Zolo's in Boulder on Thursday

My sisters family was in town, we all had dinner at Jax on Saturday night.

This is my sister Erin and myself.  She will be graduating with her Doctorate in ED next Saturday.

I never dreamed of having a wife and child by the time I graduated.  I wouldn't have it any other way.

My nephew River and niece Autumn