Tips For Dating Endurance Athletes

Posted on: August 6, 2010

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sexy – or just hungry? Too funny not to share – from Coach Sedonia. :-) A dating guide to understanding your triathlete (or runner or cyclist…)  “I am an outdoors type of person.” Really means: I train in any type of weather. If it’s raining, snowing …

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Your First Ironman: A How-To Guide

Posted on: August 5, 2010

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My race buddy Maria “M-Dot” and I are tinkering with “race strategy” back and forth (I hope that we worry this subject to death so that we’re all set when the Event rolls around). Thought I should share with ya’ll, too. Your First Ironman: A How-To Gui …

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One of my favorite pictures ever…

Posted on: August 4, 2010

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…this is from TN-teammate Missy. We had a bike workout last week that involved keeping track of your RPMs, going up and down (“hill simulations”), varying the speed, varying the timing, etc. She was having trouble keeping track – so she discovered th …

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Louisville Weather For Race Day

Posted on: August 4, 2010

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(courtesy of Missy)  Here is the historical weather for Louisville on Aug 29th from weather underground: Daily Precipitation: The Average Daily Precipitation is 0.06  with a historical range of 0.00  to 0.38  There is a 43% chance of a Precipitation Da …

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The 99 Steps of a Typical Ironman Trip

Posted on: August 4, 2010

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(courtesy of Head Coach Dave) The 99 steps of a typical IM trip Arrive in town. Find over-priced accommodations you are staying a minimum of four nights at Unpack bicycle, spread gear around room randomly. Attempt to reassemble bicycle, realize you for …

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GO VinePeeps, GO!

Posted on: July 30, 2010

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Today’s been crazy. VERY chilly swim at Aquatic Park (mid-50s I would say, and overcast with a breeze, plus a very strong and cold tide coming in). Jane and I got out after 45 minutes – we felt energetic, we were just super chilled, enough that we coul …

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Triple Brick…SOC Lifestyles…Wow, I’m Tired…

Posted on: July 29, 2010

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I’m tired. Mentor Margaret says that’s what happens about now. You’re just so tired of  training, tired of getting up at 5 a.m., tired of the pool, tired of your run courses, and perhaps particularly tired of your bicycle seat. About 3/4 of my Teammate …

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Mental Attitude for Ironman – particularly for my Vineman peeps!

Posted on: July 28, 2010

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Mental Attitude for Ironman from Triathlon Training In the final days before you race an Ironman it is essential that you keep a few things in mind. Ironman essence – Gratitude The Ironman hype in the final week before race day often makes you forget t …

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If It’s Saturday It Must Be…the East Bay Century…

Posted on: July 13, 2010

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OK, first of all, let’s just get this out of the way – look at this: OK, I know that you can’t really read this. But you can “kinda sorta see” the hills. Suffice it to say that the highest percentage was FOURTEEN percent. Yes, a 14% grade. Yo. Mama. He …

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Double Brick: Coach Dave’s Email

Posted on: June 30, 2010

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Team, This week we say goodbye to the June calendar page and move onto the July page. That’s right folks, some of you are ON YOUR LAST PAGE.  And we have finally added our Canada and Louisville athletes to the “single digit weeks to race day” club. To …

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