Welcome to TRI-CHOTOMY.



I'm just an averge age grouper blogging about Triathlon Training and this complex puzzle of juggling life, having fun and the Tri(als) and Tri(bulations) of "My Reality Show". With the Miami Ironman 70.3 race now in the books I've set a new goal, competing and completing Ironman Louisville 2011 in August. Twice the distance, twice the pain, twice the fun. As a warm up race and I never would have believed hearing myself say this, I'll be doing Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island in July. Once again I'll be sharing these experiences with my great friends Chris and Justin and look forward to the next several months of training and racing with them.

I'll share my training, race and gear experiences and hope you'll comment and even offer advice from your experiences.

Remember,

"Pain is Temporary, Quitting Lasts Forever".

"Life shouldn't be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cliff bar in one hand, Gatorade in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

"You can sleep when you're dead!"




Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I love my K-Swiss K-onas

My new K-Swiss K-Ona's make me feel like I can run faster then wearing any of my other runners. They fit perfectly with no pressure points, no tight areas and no spots where it feels like a blister can occur. They're very light but feel substantial and have excellent support which I've found difficult to find in a light shoe. I'm a heel striker (even though I'm trying hard to change that and become a forefoot striker) and the K-Ona's have a curved heel which really promotes a good heel to toe transition. All in all it feels easy to run in these shoes. I did a swim this morning, shorter then normal but I tried pushing harder, pulling harder with my arms and kicking somewhat more. This actually fatigued my legs so I was thinking my run later would feel kind of sore. I went out for a 10 km run in the afternoon and started way faster then I normally do, at a 5:00 pace but I was feeling ok except for some knee irritation. It's kind of been bugging me since the weekend so I didn't want to aggravate it and cause any longer term issues so I slowed up a bit to 5:15 and thought that I should just get the mileage in and not worry about my time. I stayed at that pace for about one and a half km and the pain went away so I picked up my pace and started pushing a little more. I hit 5 km in 24:21 with the last km being the uphill climb on 16th Ave. heading west up to McCowan Rd. I was happy with that. I turned around to head back and my plan was to just maintain a decent pace but I'm terrible at following plans. I blame the shoes. They just want to go fast. I think they've been talking to my bike and between the 2 of them they're going to kill me. Anyway, 23:29 later I've done 10 km. Total time 47:50, 4:48 pace and that's including a slower kilometre and a half during my first 5 km. Needless to say the return 5 km was one of my best times, the only one better being my 5 km in the Solana Beach race. I think I'm going to buy a case of K-Swiss K-Ona's.

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