My last race in Cozumel didn’t go exactly as planned but I am glad that it’s now in the past and I am enjoying my off time after a long and successful season.
My final race was supposed to give me at least a minimum of a Top 4 in order to “validate” my IM requirements and earn the necessary points for the Kona qualification system. I am at around a 1500 points short and that result would have taken care of it Continue reading
It all went so smoothly. I arrive on the island three weeks before the race, in the best shape of my life. The first week was spiked with volume and intensity before I started my long-awaited taper. Exactly 10 days out of the race is when it happened… Continue reading
This week I started my long awaited taper. It feels great to get to do a bit of relaxing before race week starts.. which is packed full of tons of appointments already. Let the fun begin…
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.