Showing posts with label endurance training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label endurance training. Show all posts

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Thoughts Running To Pink



Where there is desire

There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame

Someone's bound to get burned

But just because it burns

Doesn't mean you're gonna die

You've gotta get up and try try try

Gotta get up and tri, tri tri. 

You gotta get up and tri, tri tri.  [I added the tri]
-Pink
 

This is such a great song to run to especially when you are a triathlete / endurance athlete.


When I listen to this song I think about all my demons and we endurance athletes have our demons and we think about them all the hours we are alone with our thoughts running, biking, swimming.





What are our demons: finishing times, finishing workouts, the past, the future, guilt, relationships, spending too much money on our sport.


Thoughts on a Thursday morning, five weeks from The Triple T.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Testing Endurance and Muscle Memory

I started mountain biking now that trails in Grand County are totally dry and I need a break from road biking.
One of my favorite rides is up Nature’s Way at SolVista.


As I was riding it today for the first time this year, I remembered how I two years ago I would time the climb. Over a period of a few weeks my times got faster and I was able to stop less; eventually not needing to stop at all.

Today, the trail is a constant climb with some sharp turns that took a while getting used to. I had to stop three times. The ride took 25 minutes from my house to the picnic tables at the top of East Peak.


When I ride (mountain bike or road bike) I always come up with goofy challenges to mix up training days. Here is the challenge I thought about today.
Ride Nature's Way every morning for 7 days and 1) report how much faster I get and 2) see how long it takes to not need to stop. I think that it will be a great study on how fast my body adapts to mountain biking and determine if perhaps muscle memory plays a part.


Definition: Muscle Memory: When a movement is repeated over time, a long-term muscle memory is created for that task, eventually allowing it to be performed without conscious effort.

My challenge this week: Ride Nature’s Way every morning tracking time and number of stops. Report back next week