Jays Ironman 08 Blog

My experiences training and NOT training a second time for my first Ironman triathlon.

Entries for June, 2008

Race Day! San Diego International

Oh man! it has been a while since I updated my blog. I have been focusing on our new venture, AmateurEndurance.com. Be sure to check it out as we have over 200 pics of the race that will be up tonight. This weekend was a big one for us as we were at the […]

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2008 San Diego International Triathlon

I just finished the San Diego International post over at AmateurEndurance.com SO I thought I would post it here too.
The San Diego International Triathlon is an excellent race for all levels of athletes. I highly encourage anyone to sign up and give it a go. Here is a run down of the course.
Weather:
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What! Another busy week?

It’s been a week I think since my last post. Holy crap… I’ve been slackin. It has been a particularly busy week this week getting ready for San Diego International, working, and working. However, I was able to get out and do some training over the past week.
Tuesday: I did the “Paul and Jay” morning […]

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Tomorrow is the Launch

Tomorrow is the launch of AmateurEndurance.com! Paul and I have been working very hard to get everything up and running.
As for my training, On Thursday I did a ride with Paul on and around the hills in Point Loma. The ride itself was only about an hour but we rode hard, just like I will […]

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My painful weekend

Yesterday Felipe from Breakaway Training threw us a curve ball and had us do a 20K TT. The workout was scheduled to be 15 minute easy run, 20k TT(bike), 15 minute easy run.
As I set out on the first run I felt really good. It was a good warm up for the pain I was […]

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Amateur Endurance

OK!!! So Paul and I have been working hard the past month or two to prepare for the launch of our new website, amateurendurance.com.
Its an online magazine that we created in hopes of educating beginner/amateur athletes about endurance athletics and promoting a positive endurance athletics community. Of course this wouldn’t be possible without  an excellent […]

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2008 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon

Today was the 2008 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. Just wanted to give out a huge congrats to all my friends who ran it. The race course goes near my house so I was able to see lots of runners running their hearts out. The marathon made traffic in the beach area a nightmare, […]

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