Less than 5 weeks to go until Ironman Coeur d’Alene! Actually, if you are reading this post it is probably less than 3 weeks to go. With all the heavy training volume lately, I cannot find the time to get this post out and I didn’t want to just throw it out there. Anyway…I digress. This was …
Tag: swimming
Jul 21
IMLP 2014-Week 23 Training Update-Taper Week #2
Nothing real exciting to report here for my second week of taper before Ironman Lake Placid 2014. I ended up swimming a little more than I planned on Tuesday, but then totally bagged my run on Thursday night. We were heading up to Lake Wallenpaupack again from Thursday to Saturday and I just didn’t give …
Apr 27
A Small Bout of Swimmer’s Ear
Last week I started developing a bit of pain at the top of left jaw bone, just in front of my ear. I thought maybe I slept on on it funny or one of my ear buds may have caused it. It started to get a bit worse over the weekend with pain around the …
Jul 06
4th of July-Lap Swimming Adventures at the Community Pool
My typical weeknight rides always take me past our local community pool. On Tuesday night(July 3rd) I had noticed that they had a lap lane setup on the side closest to the diving area. I thought “sweet” I can run down there tomorrow and do my normal Wed swim, since the Rodale Aquatic Center pool …