Kona Countdown 2012: Four Weeks Out

Aloha from Hawaii!  I finally hopped across the pond and landed on the big island.  It is great to be back here and start getting back into race mode.  We are still a few weeks out of the race and the vibe over here remains cool.  I suspect that once race week rolls around and all of the nervous athletes start invading Kona, all of that calm vibes will be a thing of the past.

This week I enjoyed a bit of travel and started adapting back to life at sea level.  All of this excess oxygen feels great and I am making the most of it with tempo sessions and intensity.  Stay tuned for my video for week three… where I will give you guys an insight into what the last key sessions look like for me on the road to the big dance.

Kona Countdown 2012: Seven Weeks Out

In this week’s video, I take an “easy” week–which means I have a lot of intensity on the menu.  I answer questions from Twitter followers in regards to intensity and overall planning of training.

I am taking questions from my twitter followers about anything they would like to know regarding my Kona buildup.  Just address your tweets to @dirkbockel #KonaCountdown.

Kona Countdown 2012: Eight Weeks Out

I am excited to share some news with you guys–Leopard Trek has joined with me to create a video series about my buildup to the World Champs in Hawaii this year.  I will post a new video every week, showing you guys a bit of the behind-the-scenes story about what it takes to train and race in Kona.

In this week’s video, I am just wrapping up a training block and am completely exhausted–at the end of the day I really don’t have much left and tend to go to bed and boring hours like 9:30pm.  Living at high altitude in Nederland, CO  means that I need as much sleep as possible in order to recover from the brutal training days down in Boulder.

Starting today, I am also taking questions from my twitter followers about anything they would like to know regarding my Kona buildup.  Just address your tweets to @dirkbockel #KonaCountdown.  I will answer a new question each week!