The weather this morning in Pittsburgh was atrocious. I woke to the sound of heavy rain.  Knowing that I had my long run to do, I checked…

I have written many times, about how important good recovery is.  I like to give my body a chance to recover from hard workouts.  That way, it…

I did my longest swim of the year this evening.  I got lucky, in that the pool was not busy. This meant I was able to get…

When the volume of training increases, it becomes very important to focus on things outside of my workouts.  Good nutrition and solid recovery will enable me to…

One thing that was not tough today, was the weather.  When I ran at lunchtime, it was about 55'F and sunny.  I was able to run in…

My bike workout today was designed to have me push sustained power.  It concluded with four intervals of six minutes each.  The goal was to sustain my…

I am about to spend a lot of time in that saddle. I have entered the Build phase of my training for Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga. The Build…

Temperatures finally got above freezing point in Pittsburgh today. The daytime high has not been above freezing, since February 5th.  That's over two weeks of freezing weather.…

As mentioned in this blog post, we recently bought my wife a bike trainer.  This means we can now ride and train together in our basement. The…

I have been really pleased, with the progress that I am making in the pool.  My swim times are getting faster and my endurance is increasing. I…