Long silence on "Hammering It" Blog... I've not fallen off the radar completely, just running out of hours as the training volume keeps ramping up.
Since my last post... tons of training. especially on the bike. Biggest move was hiring Joe Petrush... a great Triathlon coach and athlete. He takes a very fundamental and science based approach to training. I dig it.
One of the first things Joe wanted was for me to train on POWER on the bike, not speed. This meant I needed a powertap unit laced into my rear wheel. Since I had been oogling a pair of Zipp 808 Carbon wheels, I bought a pair of Zipp 808 Tubulars... they are awesome, and I go faster on them. Really.
July 18th, I raced in the NYC Triathlon, at 2:39, I wasn't exactly stoked about the performance, but it was better than 77% of the athletes there if that matters. I'd really like to get to top 10% but that is going to take a lot of work!
I'm signed up for the Montauk MightyMan 70.3 (half ironman) in early October, which should be a great warm up for the full Ironman in Florida on November 6.
With a race under my belt, and a half on my radar... its racing season again, which adds such an important dimension to all this training.
This morning I did a great swim workout in a gorgeous 50 meter pool, love it, though it was hard enough to make me a little tired hours later. Really enjoyed that swim.
Back in the ocean tommorow for a open water swim with the 'Lafayette Beach Crew' in Long Beach.
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