Westchester Toughman Half Triathlon
On Sunday, September 12th, 2010 I raced the Westchester Toughman Half Triathlon. It is a Half Ironman distance race, which means a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike, and a 13.1 mile run. This was the 3rd year of the event. It was by coincidence that I happenned to enter the Toughman this year, especially since I did not plan to do a race of this distance in 2010. I wanted to stick to the short and fast stuff in order to get back to running fast. My “A” race for this year was to be the NYC Triathlon,…
Are Coaches Allowed to have a Bad Performance?
I should have never left T2 (bike to run transition) My body was telling me at the tail end of the bike that it was done for the day, but I decided to give the run a try anyway. I stopped less than a mile into the 13.1 mile run. It was then that I noticed a dead snake on the side of the road. It looked as though it had just expired from the heat. I thought to myself, “Yeah, that’s exactly how I feel,” and I started walking back to transition. Wait a minute! What do I always…
In my previous article on Training Intensity Zones I talked a little about how to determine your Lactate Threshold heart rate. As I mentioned, if you have access to a sports center or university lab, you can get a maximum aerobic capacity test which analyzes your carbon dioxide to oxygen gas exchange difference to help determine your LT, or you can take a different max test in which blood samples are taken, usually from your finger, to determine your blood lactate level at different intensities. You must be willing to let someone take blood samples. Most people do not have…
B Athletic Multisport 1st Blog!
I’d like to welcome you all to the very first B Athletic Multisport blog. This may be an odd article to start with, but for beginners to fitness, and or endurance training and racing, I believe this takes a fun look at some of the fear that comes with trying something new and working with a coach. This was written by one of my former clients in Los Angeles in the early ’90’s. He was taking a poetry class at a local college, and to my surprise our training was his inspiration for this great little poem. If my memory…
