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Greetings,
This week: Dave Scott Q and A; Winner of Trek Bike
Contest! Finally you can see the turnaround buoy in
Kona; New Years Eve extreme fitness challenge;
Beware the pitfalls.
D.I. Minkoff, M.D.
| Trek Bicycle Winner Announced |
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Excited winner David, a 55-year old massage
therapist who is in his third year of triathlon
competition, shares his experience of winning the
contest here...
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| Q and A with Dave Scott |
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From Joel in Milwaukee:
Dear Dave, I am having trouble getting improvements
in both running and riding. If I drop off one the other
gets better but I can't seem to do both. How could I do
this? I am over 60 years old and find I can't adequately
recover from both.
From Dave Scott:
I don't know your total time, hours, sessions per week,
but I'll make a few educated guesses on balancing
your program. Let's assume that you have three runs
and three rides per week. The ideal schedule would
be:
Bike: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday. Run: Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday.
Joel, this gives you an opportunity to have two days off
per discipline with the Wednesday through Saturday
and Thursday through Sunday combination.
Regarding your workouts, the primary purpose of your
sessions is . . .
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| A Spectacular New Years Eve |
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by Luis Alvarez Almost every year, my sport
changes in winter from the IRONMAN to
mountaineering, but this time I was in the mood of
doing something a little bit more extreme. I usually
spend the end of the year away from the cold in some
beach and I even go camping to a nice place almost
close to paradise called Huatulco or I just spend the
Holidays with my family like everyone else.
This last Holiday I wanted to explore my limits so I
spent 4 days and its nights at minus 20 degrees and
17,000 feet above the sea level.
December 29
4:00 am, we prepared our back packs with all we
needed for the adventure and after packing the
minimum necessary we realized that they weighed
more than 70 pounds. This would make the ascent
very difficult. After driving for a couple of hours we
reached 3,600 meters where our journey to the top
began. With our back packs on and ready to go I
wasn't feeling very well, in fact, I felt tired and sleepy
maybe because that week my hands were pretty full of
stressing activities from my "full time job". Anyway, we
began walking up the mountain but every step I took
felt bad even though was really excited on spending
New Years Eve up on the top where just a few human
beings will be those days. After one hour walking up
and suffering I decided to listen to my body and go
back to base camp where we had
some "quesadillas", stepped into my sleeping bag,
took my dosage of MAP and went to sleep at 3 in the
afternoon.
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Beware the Pitfalls |
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By Cherie Gruenfeld
Almost by necessity, the sport of triathlon attracts
those of us who are Type-A. Someone looking in from
the outside might describe us as driven to the point of
obsession. We, on the other hand, would like to view
ourselves as commited to excellence. Those who call
us obsessive are probably more on point.
Regardless of what we're called, there's no denying
the fact that we can be relentlessly focused. And our
approach to Ironman training and racing has, at one
time or another, led many of us into a trap that has
hindered our progress. Do any of these ring a bell with
you?
I Am Judged By How I Perform Today
It's very easy to let your ego get wrapped up in a group
workout and start to believe that "If I don't ride with the
leaders today, they'll think I'm weak." Today may be a
Recovery ride on your schedule which means you
should be riding in Zone 2. This will probably put you
in the back of the pack, but letting the hammer-heads
blow it out today while you recover from previous hard
workouts (in preparation for hard sessions to come)
will work for you in your overall season plan. If you
simply can't control yourself with the group, then do
these Recovery workouts solo. Trust me...
Read the rest . . .
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