In the weeks leading up to race day, on my solo long rides and runs, I rehearsed and visualized the following post as encouragement to get me through the toughest moments of Ironman – “Those who know me best know I’m not the fastest but that I work hard and if I can show that…
Category: Reflections
The Big Bear Effect, Training at Elevation (Overload Week 1)
I’m not going to sugar coat it, a month out from Ironman Mt Tremblant and only one thought has been going through my head lately – am I doing too much? pushing too hard? going too long?? The morning after Vineman, tired and beaten up, I reluctantly opened up Addaero to see another 23 hour…
Thoughts on Vineman
A lot of people have been voicing their concern over the amount of volume I’ve been doing, especially the weekend before Vineman. To that I have two things to say. 1st, Ironman Tremblant is EVERYTHING, not Vineman, and in order to crush a full in a month and a half I will need to be…
Tower 26 1K/100 TT Report and Reflections
Today the Tower 26 group got together to do an informal 1k/100 TT to follow up our last attempt at the distance back in January. For starters this was FUN! I’d never done a swim meet before and although there were no timing mats or formal heats it felt pretty official to me (lap counters…
What a difference a year makes!!
This weekend I was shopping around for Speedo’s at REI and spotted a sweet reflective Pearl Izumi bike jacket that was discounted from $120 to $56 (last one in my size!) so I went ahead and bought it, which made me happy, until I was leaving the store and it hit me – “will it…
2013 Reflections – What a year!
2013 has been an incredibly influential year for me. In my first full season with QT2 I completed roughly 150 miles in the water, 6,000 miles+ on the bike (most of which solo on the trainer in my apartment) and well over 1000 miles on the run (many in the deep frigid snows of Buffalo). …
Life in the Comfort Zone
Throughout my career in the sport of Ironman, and particularly this last year, I’ve found that training can be broken down into two sensations, comfort and discomfort. Large volume (to the amateur age grouper) has taught me to tolerate sitting in the saddle for up to 7 hours then getting off the bike to run…
Crossroads
Back when I was in school it was always my number one dream to become a collegiate athlete. I idolized them for the way they looked, how they carried themselves, and most of all what they stood for, walking around in their varsity blues. So when the opportunity came up I was always in the…
Only 2 weeks to go!!!
It was about this time last week I was really starting to get excited about all the cool summer activities I had coming up. First Boston to see my sister graduate from Law School, then Placid for a mini training trip, Eagleman shortly after, and I had just signed up for QT2 Lake Placid camp…
Progress
People often ask me, “What’s your goal time for Placid?” My response continues to be the same. I don’t know. I think it’s foolish to make a prediction on something with so many variables out of your control and that’s so far away. I’ve seen it before, and in the end no one remembers what…
David Welby 