Archive for August, 2008

Race Recap: 2008 Silver Lake Triathlon

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

When making my sub-1:20:00 goal I forgot that Silver Lake is a 16 mile bike, not a 15. At 20 MPH, that’s an extra 3 minutes right there, so even though the race is now over, and I already set a goal, let’s just say my goal was to go sub-1:23:00.
I went 1:21:33. Yippee! Kidding. […]

Weekend Recap: 1500 yards swim, 26 miles bike, 15 miles run

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

First and foremost I’m a dad, and a husband. So on Saturday I sacrificed time in the saddle for family activities, and only put in 26, followed by a 3-mile brick run, and some strength training (still a 3 ½-hour affair with prep and clean-up). I got my 12-miler in on Sunday, so my […]

Weekend Recap: 1500 yards swim, 50 miles bike, 13 miles run

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

I rarely post about my training, and mostly keep to race reports or significant “outings”, but with the long break between races, I thought I would keep busy by posting about how some of my training has been going.
I usually consider Friday the start of a weekend, so I’ll start there. I felt a little […]

Battered, bruised, and beer.

Monday, August 4th, 2008

26 miles of singletrack later, and I’m a little battered, a little bruised, and full of beer, thanks to our friend and “sponsor” over at the Ale Asylum brewery. Thanks again, Chris.
4 of us crushed some singletrack at the Kettle Morraine State Forest along the Blue Loop of the John Muir trail system, and […]