Just returned from another excellent coached swim technique session. Improved swim technique should help me in triathlons next year and things are moving forward.
Finally Back in Training!!
After an irritating 10 days after my dental operation last week, today was the first day that I was back in training. And how very nice that was! http://www.endomondo.com/embed/workouts?w=i-uFXe4mjXE&width=250&height=350A colleague of mine from LogMeIn extended the courtesy of sharing some of his fitness and pulling me around an 11km route in the area. During the past 10 days my changed …
6 Months without Coffee
Today marks the day that I’ve been off the coffee for 6 months and I thought it might be a good time to talk a bit about it. I’ll tell why I quit and what that brought me both in work, private life and endurance sports. I’ve been speaking to a number of people recently about the pros and cons …
Triathlon Swim Training and Racing
Just picked up a really good tip for those of you working on improving your swimming technique related to triathlon. The TriSwimCoach podcast episode 19 packs an interview with Glenn Mills from GoSwim.tv. They cover plenty of nice tips for beginner and intermediary triathletes, so you might want to check out the podcast. Two things in particular stood out for …
Endurance Sports Content
Just spent some time reviewing this blog and upon reviewing it I’ve made some changes. As my motivation to write here is changing, then so will the content. As I’m throwing out a few non-family, non-work actitivies in order to make more time for sports it’s natural that the focus here changes too. As of now this will become a …
Garmin confuses with Forerunner 110
Garmin Forerunner 110 is now available, but is the entry-level runners GPS-watch a good buy?
Garmin Forerunner 405/405cx vs Polar RS800cx G3
For the gadget-happy athletes, the comparison of Garmin Forerunner 405CX and Polar RS800CX.
Torbjørn Sindballe 3rd at Ironman World Championships, Kona
Congratulations Torbjørn!!!! In one of the strongest packs in the Hawaii Ironman in Kona, Hawaii, Torbjørn Sindballe managed to take 3rd place after yet another amazing ride on Sunday morning CET. As expected Torbjørn made his move on the bike beginning to reel in leader Chris Lieto to finally have the fastet bike ride of the 2007 Hawaii Ironman. Torbjørn …
Broken Wrist Update
So, since last time I wrote a few things have happened. One of the things that always happen around end of July is the end of the fiscal year at Cisco. This is a big thing and certainly requires a lot of extra effort. This year even more so, as I broke my wrist in an accident at the beginning …
Mid-May Training Update
After a slow start to this year’s training regimen, things now seem to have accellerated at a decent pace. In April I took part in the AD 5km run in Rotterdam. Although 5km isn’t necessarily much of an impressive distance, it was in interesting measure of fitness.Last weekend I finally got around to getting myself that wetsuit for the triathlon …