Total Immersion Seminar , Day 1

Finding the Bryan Brent Center in Coronado, CA was pretty easy. Found the facility to be very accommodating. They have the classroom next to the pool, so coming from class to the swim portion was convenient. And the pool is a salt-water pool, making my chlorine-induced sinusitis concerns moot.
As I write this [...]

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Where would I be if I couldn’t take pain?

I don’t advertise it much, but that’s my one quality that makes me perfect for endurance sports. I can take a lot of pain.
Take tonight for example. Doing some speed work, and then doing a short MP run soon after. Since I’m such a lazy bum, I tend to have a lot [...]

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Old article: Heart rate discrepancies in cycling versus running

This article “Heart rate discrepancies in cycling versus running” can be found here.

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Track workout: weird but fast

We did the following:
8 X 800 with 400 recovery in between (Z4)– my paces were: 5:13 5:20 5:26 4:36.  Wall times were: 2:58 3:05 3:11 3:11.  My average pace was 5:09.
5 X 400 with :20 sec rest in between (Z3) – my paces were: 5:05 5:24 6:11 6:38 5:56.  Wall times were: 1:22 1:20 1:29 [...]

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A short discussion after tonight’s brick workout

Kinda shooting the breeze with C, who is easily the best athlete in the group.
Me: Ready for CA? (Ironman 70.3 California)
C: Yeah.
Me: Closing in isn’t it? Isn’t it in 4 weeks?
C: After thist week, maybe 4-5. It’s in early April.
Me: Have you been into the ocean?
C: Yeah right. Just been doing the [...]

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Nice article: How Do Humans Control Physiological Strain during Strenuous Endurance Exercise?

Here it is:  PloS ONE
The research title shows:
How Do Humans Control Physiological Strain during Strenuous Endurance Exercise?
Jonathan Esteve-Lanao1, Alejandro Lucia1*, Jos J. deKoning2, Carl Foster3
Please look at the article link for details.

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My running friend completed his first 50K

I got a message from him today.  He had wanted me to sign up for the OC Curtain 50K, but I was on the fence until it was too late.  He did a good job.  4:45 for 30 miles.  Around a 9:15 pace.  He wants to join the Marathon Maniacs, so he is doing the [...]

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Something is changing as a result of focused training

As a long-time marathoner, I’ve always been able to rely on my lungs to carry me through a stretch effort.  What I mean is that if I aimed for sub-3:40, it’s usually my lungs that are leading the work. With track practice and more focused run training, I can say lately that it’s been my [...]

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Long run workout: very technical I think

I planned to do a 21 miler–18 miles at a designated pace, and then 3 miles recovery. Same route as last Saturday (around Mission Bay).
I dialed in to do my LR workout at 8:00 minute mile pace. Was happy to see I got 8:04. For the same 18 miles last week, I [...]

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Mixing up the hard workouts on the same day

I learned my lesson tonight. I shouldn’t.
Did speed play (cruise intervals) at 6 minute miles for 3 miles.  I then did a short 2 mile marathon pace run at 6:40 minute mile.  Brutal combination.
I guess I need to split these up into 2 different days.  I do have the fitness to mix it up, [...]

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