2005 comes to an exciting but mixed year for me in triathlon. First I look upon my 2005 goals: CYCLING: To see how close I can get my fitness/strength/abilities to Lance Armstrong. Well my cycling got better, but I’m still pretty far away from Lance. ETA to Goal: Never (probably). More Realistic: Do the 112[…]
My right leg is stronger than my left. So for 4 decades, my body has adjusted to this fact and it has left me unbalanced. Unbalanced so much so that I’ve noticed during races that I tend to (annoyingly) cramp my right leg on biking and running. I asked my PT guy at Team Clinic[…]
As I near the end of 2005, I calculate the cost of my training over this last year: M2 Coaching: $200/month x 12 months = $2400 Team Clinic/ART/Chiropractic: $4817.50 Dr. Rikke/Healthlogic/Graston/Chiropractic: $730 This doesn’t count all the clothes, powdered sports drinks, energy bars, bike equipment, sneakers, etc. I bought this year. So coaching+medical = $7947.50[…]
These last few weeks I’ve been trying out Bikram Yoga. Previously I had never been a big fan of yoga. This is because I’m not very flexible and yoga deals heavily in what I would call “flexible strength”. Flexible strength means that you apply power when your muscles are in a stretched position. Many people[…]
I’m heavy into the off season now, and not doing much training at all. It’s a great time for recovery, for recharging my body and brain from all the stress I’ve put on it over the past year. But one thing has been confounding me. Why is it when I am doing practically nothing, that[…]