Blog Posts From Active Toby's Adventure Blog Tagged With ironman

TCSD Keeps it Classy

Active Toby — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:31:15 GMT

Last night the Triathlon Club of San Diego kicked off the 25th anniversary year for the club with the January club meeting and a visit from 2008 Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander. Dr. John Martinez hosted over 300 athletes at the Coast Wellness and Sports Center in San Diego for the meeting where Bob Babbitt of Competitor Magazine and John Duke of Triathlete Magazine interviewed "Crowie."

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Left to right: John Duke, Craig Alexander, Dr. John Martinez

It was a great event and I was impressed by Craig Alexander’s class. When he spoke about the team of people, who are responsible for supporting the daily grind in an endurance athlete’s life, it really hit home. He is the real deal and has worked incredibly hard, “blue collar” style, for many years to earn his place at the top.

Other highlights included a cameo appearance by Active Expert and 6-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott plus I got to meet and chat with Xterra triathlete and coach, Trevor Glavin , whose blog I’ve been following for the past few months.

Stay tuned for my next post with views from the red carpet at the Endurance Sports Awards this weekend!

Pulse Check

Active Toby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:38:42 GMT

I'm back to San Diego after holidays in New England with my family and I'm feeling happy, healthy and ready for another great year. I’ve hit the ground running and the next month is stacked with exciting endurance industry events.

My last long run before the Sedona Marathon on 2/7 is this weekend at the Diamond Valley Lake Marathon. The course is flat as a pancake so I will focus on a proper warm-up and cool down with race pace in between. My good friend Austin, who raced the Silverman 70.3 the same day I did the Silverman 140.6, will also be running so we’re stoked for another fun race and road trip together.

Next week, Dr. John Martinez at Coastal Sports and Wellness Center will host the January TCSD club meeting and the 2008 Ironman World Champion, Craig Alexander. After attending the interview with Chrissie Wellington in October, it’s going to be great to see "Crowie" and something tells me we’ll be seeing him again 2 days later at this year’s Endurance Sports Awards.

ESA 2008 left to right: Mike Reilly, Toby Guillette (Me), Gale Bernhardt, Jesse Hammond

The morning after the ESAs, I’ve volunteered to help with the Xterra Mission Gorge 15K. I ran the course on Sunday and for a 15K, this course is legit. There are always pros in town for the ESAs so it will be cool to see who shows up to throw down.

Then I’m off to run the Sedona Marathon with my brother. He’s super-fit right now so I’m hoping I can hang with him for the 26.2. I also got a call from the young ultra running prodigy, Nick Hollon, letting me know he’ll be toeing the line as well. But after the 26.2, I’ll still be thinking about Jimmy from the MCM community and my x-girlfriend who are both running the Rocky Raccoon 100 in Texas that day.

Then it's right off the plane from Sedona to this year’s Running USA Conference here in San Diego. That weekend, we have a group ride planned to preview the Palomar Mountain climb in Stage 8 of the Tour de California, the weekend before the TdC comes to town for its final stage!

As you can see, the next month is action-packed and I’ll do my best to keep you updated along the way. To better serve you, my daily posts can be found on Twitter @TobyGuillette and/or you can subscribe to my RSS feed for auto-updates when I publish a blog here. Thanks for joining me for another great year of adventure!

CA 70.3 Preview

Active Toby — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:54:13 GMT

I just got back from the race expo and I'm all squared away for Saturday's event. I snapped a few pics to share with you all so you can see how insanely beautiful this race is going to be on Saturday--forecast says high 60s. I've got plenty more to report after the event but I need to keep focused on balancing work with race logistics, nutrition and plenty of rest. Check in this weekend for results!

I must give special thanks to everyone here in the Active Online Community for your day-to-day encouragement. Thanks to Carrie for all the swim instruction, Jesse for the articles and tri talk, Airey for the expert guidance on the bike and gear, the ActiveX crew, Steve for the camaraderie and training sessions, Tara for the nutritional guidance, Gale for helping me balance triathlon with ultra running, my housemates and colleagues for putting up with my lunacy, Marie for always believing in me and last but not least, my east coast support system. Without the knowledge, confidence and energy that you all have so selflessly offered, I wouldn't be toeing the line on Saturday.

This race is for YOU.

Thank you,

~Toby

Training Update & 2008 Race Preview

Active Toby — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:03:00 GMT

Tuesday night my relay team did a training swim sans wetsuit to simulate Sunday morning’s La Jolla 10-mile Relay Swim. It was approximately 62 F in the water as the sun was setting. For all of you cold-weather freaks who consider me a wuss for thinking it was cold out there~~that doesn’t faze me~~it was freezing! I lost sensation in my fingertips during the swim and it took close to a half-hour afterwards to come back. The water temperature has gone up since, so last night was more bearable during the SportsQuest Direct Aquathon with the Triathlon Club of San Diego. The 1,000-meter swim took me 15 minutes and I felt unorganized and rushed. My form was off for the entire swim and I never settled into a groove. This will be different on Sunday, when the swimmers are more spread out. I’m looking forward to that.

Anyhow, my transition to the run went quickly and I was into my 5K run in a minute’s time. The run along the beach to Scripps Pier and back, twice, went well. There were piles of washed up kelp to hurdle along the way and confused-looking beach goers to dodge. I liked the out-and-back format of the run because I got to see how fast some of the other club members are. My 5K took me 21 minutes, which is a solid pace, and I felt good about it. But when I saw some of these guys and ladies blow by me in a sprint, during both laps, I was really impressed--and motivated.

Photo Courtesy of TCSD

I’ve been working on my race schedule for 2008 for the last week, and with the help of our Active Expert Gale Bernhardt, I’ve decided on the schedule below. My main events for the year will be the Vineman Ironman in July and the San Diego 100-mile Trail Run in October. The races in between are still open to debate, but this is my first draft for the time being. What do you think? A little too ambitious? I’m feeling good about it. 2008 will be a big year, but I feel like it all becomes relative along the way, right?

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION	WEBSITE
1/12/2008	Avalon Benefit 50 Mile Ultra Run	Avalon, Catalina	http://www.avalon50.com
3/29/2008	Ironman Oceanside 70.3	Oceanside	http://www.ironmancalifornia.com/
4/21/2008	Leona Divide 50 Mile Ultra Run	Lake Hughes	_[http://www.leonadivide.com	http://www.leonadivide.com/]_
5/2/2008	Wildflower Olympic	Lake San Antonio, Monterey County	http://www.tricalifornia.com/wildflower/2007/
5/10/2008	PCT 50-Mile Ultra Run	San Diego County	_[http://www.pct50.com	http://www.pct50.com/]_
8/2/2008	Ironman Vineman	Sonoma County	http://www.vineman.com/
9/29/2008	Noble Canyon 50K Ultra Run	San Diego County	http://noblecanyon50k.com/
10/20/2008	San Diego 100 Mile Ultra Run	San Diego County	http://members.cox.net/sandiego100/