Because I rarely do research before races anymore, I figured I was going to have a warm ocean swim, flat coastal ride, and whatever kind of run at the Big Kahuna half-ironman in Santa Cruz Sunday. Luckily, we arrived in time to do a little recon. The end of the run was in the sand…
Running
Triathlon with Imaginary Training, or “Let’s Make a Deal”
The way I laid my summer out, it looked like I’d have decent triathlon training, even with, what, eight or nine weeks of travel, mostly right before the Jordanelle Olympic Tri near Park City. I actually got great bike training on the Road to Discovery trip from Austin to Baltimore. I rode 40 or more…
Running is “Easy”
Running is easy. Not easy as in “This is a piece of cake,” but easy, as in lace up your shoes, go out the door. The rest of running isn’t as easy for me as it used to be. I used to be decently fast. Then came Ironman, which brings the sloggy endurance running that…