I was looking forward to recovery week and getting in a 15km run with Chris today. Things started off well then about 2km Chris felt pain in the back of his knee again. ( he tore his achilles tendon last year and it took a good year to heal so he has to be careful ) He injured something last week behind his knee and it still hasn't fully healed this week. Unfortunately that meant no running for Chris today!
He sat on the bench like a sad panda...
Monday, June 23, 2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
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What a difference a wheel set can make!!! Jen has her new Flo wheel set on and she loves these wheels!! Front Flo 30's with a rear Flo 60, yes I am thinking about stealing her bike for a ride soon!!
My rear Flo 90 gets tested tomorrow!!!
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Well it has been awhile since I have done a blog post but hey I have been busy training! lol.
I would post more but I have an old crappy work blackberry that takes horrible pics and my wife has an iPhone 5 which works seamlessly with our home Mac network! (I love apple products)
This past week I have had 2 solid 145 km bike training days. I had the week off and decided to bike up to our cottage in Port Franks. I was really looking forward to...
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Today was a L O N G day!
Lisa suggested we switch up the route a little and ride out to Anna Mae's for breakfast. She didn't have to twist my arm much! Long training days can become mentally and physically exhausting. It's nice to not take things too seriously and enjoy the journey.
After breakfast we headed out to some hills and planned on some hill repeats. It was there that we ran in to the cyclist that had helped Lisa last week when she was...
Monday, June 16, 2014
Chris rode 140km up to the cottage on Friday and faced the most brutal headwinds the entire way there. He said the wind was actually pushing him backwards! Definitely the most difficult ride he has ever done. He chalked it up to some good solid training!
I managed to get my solo long ride in up at the cottage yesterday. I wasn't too sure if I would be able to since I'm unfamiliar with the roads. It seems there are more gravel roads...
Sometimes plans change...
Thursday's are typically my long ride with Lisa, however on Thursday June 12th Lisa headed up to Mont Tremblant to attend Nigel Gray's training camp. I was not eager to put in 120km on my own on Thursday but I knew I had to get it done. That was until my daughter woke up not well and she had to stay home from school :(
No worries, I would just make up the long ride on the weekend.
Instead of the long ride,...
Thursday, June 5, 2014
As soon as the kids were off to school I headed out to meet Lisa on the same country road that we always meet up on. The wind came out of nowhere today and it was relentless. A swirling wind that was draining our energy at every turn.
It looks like we are sitting suntanning ( as my husbands says) however Lisa had to make some adjustments to her new Trek bike she just bought. We stopped to adjust Lisa's cleats because she was
experience...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Training for Ironman involves being creative and fitting in a workout when you can!
I squeezed in this 10km run by getting dropped off at work and then running home after work. I came up with a really nice scenic route that involves about 95% trail.
It's probably not the best idea for a photographer to train with a camera:) It's so easy to stop and capture the beauty of nature all around me. However it makes training even that much more enjoyable....
Monday, June 2, 2014
This was our first open water swim this year and it almost didn't happen!
We headed down to the beach for a swim with our wetsuits and the water was FREEZING!!!! Ice cube freezing!
We then tested the water in the river and it was almost as cold as the lake.
I knew of a smaller man made lake around the corner that would be warm so we walked over to that lake.
It was looking promising until we saw three HUGE carp lurking around the dock.
We...