Local Veggies

Here are some pictures from Carley and I's veggie collection from the Sudbury Farmers Market. They have a Coop program there that sells local produce. So if your in the area check it out.

Training has been super tough, but boo-who right? Muskoka is just around the corner so i have 3 weeks to stay super focused, i need to redeem myself from my 6 place finish at Calgary 70.3 with the poor swim/bike i had. The last couple weeks i have found myself lying on the couch by 7:00pm reading, here are a few books i have read and that i really have enjoyed.

1. Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.

2. In Defense of food by Michael Pollan

3. The 100 Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and Jb McKinnon

4. What to eat by Marion Nestle

I have learned alot of valuable information from these books but i am not going to start replacing powerbar's/powergels during training for anything i might find while i am out riding or running on trails. However i will start to really pay attention to what i am eating and where it is coming from as i feel being an athlete is more than just putting in the work. I think the healthier we can become with all of the choices that we must make day to day the better off we will be.

If you have some time to do some reading the books are great and if you have a chance to have an apple from a local farmers market you will see the difference. The weird thing was all of the fruits/Veggies were cheaper than the grocery store!

Triathlon Recovery News!

A little Latte News to make you SMILE!

Have a super Saturday night and a rockin' Sunday!

Facts not really worth knowing, yet staggeringly interesting!

-Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

-On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

-American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

-Not all Golf Balls have 360 dimples. There are some as high as 420. There are also all different kinds of dimple patterns.

-Olympic Badminton rules say that the birdie has to have exactly fourteen feathers.

-Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

-A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

-Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

-Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

-Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

-If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

-Hot water is heavier than cold.

On the Lighter Side

A guy shows up late for work. The boss yells "You should have been here at 8:30!" he replies: "Why? What happened at 8:30?"

-Two snowmen are standing in a field. One says to the other : "Funny, I smell carrots too".

-For every mile you jog, you add one minute to your life. This enables you, at the age of 85, to spend an additional five months in a nursing home at $5,000/month.

You know you are a triathlete when ... this post explains it!

Off to bed,

Cheers!

This sort of describes my last two weeks. Off for an ice bath now! I will hopefully give a better update on things soon, but for now its swim,bike,run, nap, stretch, ice bath, epsonsalt. On a good note i just had a 50watt increase in power for a cycling Time Trial. Things are coming along but i am going to remain in the pain cave to get ready for Muskoka.

Pictures from Calgary 70.3

Below are some pictures Carley took during the race. On Monday, Carley's brother Ryan took us to Banff and we hiked a 13 km roundtrip mountain, called Sulphur mountain. I also have to thank Ryan for letting me crash at his house while he worked like a madman all week. If any athlete ever needs a hip or knee replacement from all those miles logged, go and see Dr. Ryan he's the best and coolest Orthopedic Surgeon around. Thanks again Ryan and Barb, I hope I didn't make too much of a mess!

Calgary 70.3

Racing at 3500Ft is challenging, especially when coming off a half Ironman 3 weeks ago and a two week training camp in beautiful Victoria.
The Viterra Ironman 70.3 in Calgary was an amazing course with great organizers and i am already excited to toe the line next year.
I wished i had a little more altitude training before i arrived especially with the large group of athletes from Boulder coming but everything worked out fine. I had a sub par swim exciting pretty far back from the main contenders(*i could hardly breath), however i managed to stay in the mix on the bike/run to finish 6th overall and top Canadian.
I qualified for World 70.3 Triathlon Championships in November so i can now concentrate on doing well there. As soon as Carley downloads some photos i will post some great photos. I want to thank my great training partners, sponsors and the coachs at Lifesport for getting us all ready for the great showings we had.

More Fun!

Justin and I on a 3hour recovery ride!

Swim Workout in New Aqua Sphere wetsuit, its fast!

Amazing Views!

Deer hanging out at Melanie Mcquaid's house!

A little bit of a late blog post. Training in Victoria has been going great, we are all a bit tired from last week but the group is doing well.

Here is a bit of a breakdown of what we have been up to this week. The weekend ahead will be very challenging but after that it will be time for some rest.

Monday- Recovery Swim

Tuesday- Hard Swim Session with Clint's group with 25x100/ 3hour recovery ride/30minute easy run.

Wednesday- 10k Tempo Run of Elk Lake building the effort. I ran okay but Justin ran fast. / Swim Workout at Lunch/2hour ride with some hill repeats at Observatory.

Thursday- Swim with Clint's group with some hard 400m efforts/3.75hour ride with alot of hard riding, i tried to attack a few times on Justin on Durrance and Muns road. I think everyone has been watching too much tour DE France coverage. Off the bike we ran 75 minutes! Epson Salt and Ice baths have been a regular thing this week.

Today- A hard swims session at Thetis lake!

Well its time to watch the tour and talk to Carley.
Tune in Thursday, August 6th to Rogers Sportsnet at 7pm (Pacific) for the airing of the Subaru Vancouver International Triathlon.

The Return of Super Saturday Suffer Sunday!

Everything in Victoria is awesome, except how my legs are feeling. Doug and Cathy Noel(home stays) have been wonderful hosting me for the camp and i am very grateful.

Saturday morning the workload and the half ironman started to catch up to me and i felt pretty tired. Luckily we had a run workout that was 6x1mile on 6:10, my first mile was okay 4:56 allowing me to get some rest but after that i felt like i was at a learn to run clinic. Simon, Adam, JP and AMac ran well and i was trying to keep a good honest effort. After the run session it was off to get some work done on the bike. Lance's 13minute time trial loop ended up being 13kms of hills so we did a 26km TT( i felt awesome) but after that we hit the observatory for 5 repeats. The climb is around 7minutes or so, thanks to Simon and Adam for setting a good strong pace to keep me working hard. I felt mangled after that ride but Justin and i still had a good strong run off the bike.
Sunday morning i felt like someone hit me with a bat all over. We started off Suffer Sunday with a 20mile run, i knew i was starting to get tired because i tripped over a stump trying to run around a group in Mt. Doug, no major damage but a swollen knee and elbow. After the run we hit the lake for a swim session, followed by another run.

Today started another big week in Victoria with an ice bath and a swim session. I still feel a bit rough but i hope it gets better. It's absoultly beautiful here in Victoria and i will try to take some scenic pictures on our next recovery ride.