Sometime in the middle of the 36,000m swim week, I decided to go for a bit of an endurance challenge and top my previous largest volume week of around 38,000m. I was starting to feel a bit tired towards the end of the week, but last week I managed to put in 41,000m in 8 [...]
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I’ve taken it easy on my foot since getting the cortisone injection. I haven’t run the past week since getting the injection, and for the first few days, I was a little concerned, as I was still feeling some pain. It seems to be a lot better now, though. I really can’t [...]
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A lot has happened since Elite Nationals a couple weeks ago. That race ended up taking a lot out of me physically…at least as much as the Wildflower Half Ironman, which is a pretty tough race and twice as long. Knowing that I’d need some time to recover afterwards, I had dental surgery planned for [...]
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I forgot how much a four hour harder bike ride could take out of me! On Sunday, the day after that ride, I managed a short swim and a run. On Monday, I did a 1500m tempo in the swim, but postponed the run and strength training because my legs were pretty shot. [...]
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After swimming around 102,000m total the previous four weeks, I felt like I needed a little reprieve, so I dropped down to 15,000m last week. I was going to keep running and biking as planned, but with all the late night Olympic watching, I felt fairly tired overall. So, midweek I decided to [...]
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