Triathlon training, equipment and tips from a wannabe/dilettante/family man.
Jacqueline over at Skinny Chick Blog has mentioned often how she actually prefers smaller events for running races. I’m beginning to think I know what she means. This weekend was the Toronto Goodlife Marathon, and I’m sure lots of people I know (at least on the internet) were there, but the Iron Rogue clan ran something …
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With the summer being dominated by my triathlon season, in the past it’s been nice for us as a couple for me to support my wife in running races in the spring. Two years ago, she ran the Yonge St 10K and the Sporting Life 10K which used to be the same event. After mixing …
This post is about something wonderful, that comes from something terrible. So it’s hard to know where to start. Every once in a while, I’ll get a notification that I have a new follower, and it’ll be someone who seems really cool. This happened a couple of weeks ago. Jen Charrette is a mom into …
We closed off our September of Family Races with the Family Fun Fit Beaches Best KOS Duathlon for Shark Boy (with me acting as coach and chaperone). We had a lot of fun doing this event last year, and for days afterwards, he was asking when he could do a ‘triaflon’ again (still working on …
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It was the day we had long been waiting for; now an annual tradition for the whole family – the 2013 Levac Attack! We saw both the weather forecast and the sky itself, and managed to throw a bit of rain gear in along with our Chariot, a bike and helmet for Shark Boy, camera …
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Bracebridge will be my last triathlon of this year. I decided I couldn’t do any more triathlons until I can make bike rides of 2 hours or more a regular part of my lifestyle. I knew this about a week before the race, and to be honest, I found it liberating. I love triathlon and …
WRONG. This always happens. I get about 2 weeks out from a race, and if I mention it to anyone who’s familiar with structured training, they’ll say something along the lines of “Oh, you must be in Taper”. Tapering means decreasing the training volume prior to a race to allow your body to be its …
I woke up on April 22nd and looked at the newspaper. The Boston bombing and subsequent aftermath and investigation etc. still dominated the headlines. “It’s been a week… only 7 days.” I thought to myself. It felt like longer, so much had happened in those seven days, yet I still hadn’t had the chance to …
Amanda a.k.a. MissZippy is hosting a link-up party, where everybody talks about the Best Run they had recently. I haven’t been running very much since the Chilly Half-Marathon, so I thought I’d have nothing to talk about. Then Saturday happened.I had a block of time in the afternoon, but not much ambition. The Lightning Kid had …
Apparently in Crossfit, there’s a saying: write down a list of your strengths and your weaknesses, then throw out the list of strengths, and work on your weaknesses. This is certainly wise, and in reading various fitness blogs, the phrase I probably run across the most, is: “I really need to work on my…”.What about …
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