Weekly Training Log: Week of June 17th

I had a great week this past one that included some good training and time with my son.  Training-wise, I have had some very tired legs for my runs but have gotten them done anyway,  my bike feels great, and my swim still has a ways to go before Louisville.  I am enjoying it all none the less and am happy to have another 200+ mile bike week.  I am aiming to keep that up with the exception of 1 or 2 weeks where I will refocus on higher run milage.

We had some very big and awesome news happen this week too... Boulder will get its own Ironman race.  This has been something that has been talked about for the past few months but has happened so fast that it's kind of unbelievable.  There is no doubt, given I am healthy, that I will be at the start line come August, 3rd 2014.  My father wrote an article for the Daily Camera (Boulders local paper) and it can be found here.

I love summer and am so thankful for this season...  Cheers and happy training.  The Boise RR will be up this week - it'll be nothing special though.

Run: 31.2 miles 
Bike: 204.6 miles
Swim: 3200 yards


The week in pictures

This was our destination when I had my first real date with my wife little over 6 years ago.

My sons swim lesson.  Beth and I both got to watch this one.

Mom (Beth) did Stroke and Stride on Thursday.  It's a 6pm aquathon that happens every week.  If you are not from Boulder check them out.  This is what got me into the sport.  I was so happy to see Beth out there again!

Bogeys - our local bar/restaurant for happy hour and guitar with Aiden, Lyla, Erin and Beth

Pearl Street Saturday pm.

Pearl Street.  We live in paradise.

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.