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Overview: Tapering my training for Silverman, reviewing logistics for the drive/trip to Nevada and balancing in a sweet professional development opportunity. Plus a sneak peak of the 2009 season!

 

Training: From the start, the approach was simple; strengthen lack of cycling experience by cycling way more. And by doing ‘bricks’ aka bike/run sessions. I’ve never been more ready for a race like this so it’s time to go the distance: 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run.

 

Silverman: The race packet .pdf has the maps, schedules and locations of the events during the entire race weekend. Reviewing this helps me stay on top of things so we can do stuff like check out the Hoover Dam and attend the athlete pasta dinner.

 

AORE: I’m co-presenting with colleague Kristy Graves to the Associate of Recreation and Education at their annual conference here in San Diego on Friday. This is a great opportunity for me to help teach a group of folks with common interests a whole new way to use the internet while gaining valuable career development experience. This is the next step for me and I’m both excited and a little nervous. I’ll let you know how it goes.

 

2009 sneak peak: My brother is already registered and is training for the Sedona Marathon on February 7, 2009. We’ll be joining forces to run our first race together and my first official 26.2-mile event! Good thing it’s 40% on dirt and has the elevation of an ultra:

 

 

Recap: Stoked to be in taper mode and ready to race. Happy Halloween

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Overview: I’m on the precipice of achieving my season goal--completing both a 100-mile ultra marathon and a 140.6-mile triathlon.

 

Silverman: In peak training for Silverman and fully committed to the process. The month countdown to November 9 has begun. My swimming is coming along, cycling has improved drastically and I’ve learned so much through this process. 

 

Training: The most difficult and perhaps most important lesson I’ve learned, which Matt Fitzgerald highlights in Brain Training for Runners, is the importance of writing workouts in pencil and not pen. This means that one should not be afraid or feel guilty for erasing/editing a training session if things aren’t working out properly. At first I would feel ashamed when I didn’t hit my target but now I realize this may have actually saved my season by avoiding overuse injuries, burnout and exhaustion. My training partner Ryan provides a perfect example of making the best of a training ride gone wrong in his blog from our ride last weekend. I’m hoping for the best this weekend but am now prepared for the worst

 

GreenLaces.org: In my continued effort to expand my horizons while lessening my impact on the environment, I’ve made a promise to the planet. From now on I will recycle my running shoes through the Reuse-a-Shoe program so they can be made into playground and athletic surfaces. I made my promise at GreenLaces.org and will support this grassroots movement by wearing green shoelaces in my running shoes.

 

  

 

I encourage you to make a promise and change one thing... So what's your promise going to be?

 

Recap: If you thought this year was big... stay tuned for my 2009 season preview. Let's just say things are about to get more interesting... Thanks for reading and please leave me some cool comments

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