http://thecustomcoach.com/blog Triathlon,Running,Cycling,Ironman, and Ultras Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:16:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Snow in the mountains"][/caption] Living in the south for the last 12 years has thinned my blood! I grew up in the midwest, Cape Girardeau, MO to be exact. The temperatures there would routinely drop below 20 degrees and may even hit single digits for a ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=344 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Thanksgiving ride"][/caption] Being a triathlon coach does not prevent me from becoming sluggish or unmotivated. I am like everyone else struggling to get out the door on cold days and dark evenings. Even the most dedicated athletes have let downs after the competition is over. Olympians ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=339 Last year I went to watch Beaches to Battleship and watch some friends race. It was my first trip to Wilmington. I really enjoyed the race and the venue so I planned a return trip this year. Over the spring a had a call from one of my high school ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=295 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Kona Coffee Boat"][/caption]This years trip to Kona would be my second but the first time that I knew I would be going a year out, giving me ample time to train for it. Last year I qualified for Kona 2008, at Ironman CDA. I ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=278 I am 9 days out from Kona and I feel great. That is I am very alert and motivated. The reason I mention this is…usually I am trying to stay awake during my taper. My typical training regimen is to progressively build both volume and intensity to with in ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=276 Since my July break I have been on the gas. So much so that I rode the most miles for a 2 month period that I have ever ridden. I have averaged 1,215 miles a month for the last 2 months; 400 of those miles coming in the ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=273 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="John explaining his tire cotastrophy"][/caption] I love traveling to Ironman races and watching. There is no other atmosphere like it. The energy is electric, that and 3000 fit bodies really motivates me to train. It's like being at a fitness cult! I recently traveled ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=266 I spent the Labor Day weekend holding a self-imposed training camp on myself and Nick Frank. The plan was to ride 100 miles a day and run off the bike at least once. We would ride a course that Nick and I have developed over the last year; ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=259 This year has been a long strange trip. It started like most years gearing up in the off season, by laying out my upcoming goals and based off those designing a training program. I made one mistake I did not design it based on past history I was ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=257 The reason catch all coaching (on line, impersonal) is not what we do is simple...well really it's very complex but the governing principles are simple. Online coaches don't know you! The dictionary defines a coach as; verb, teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in ... http://thecustomcoach.com/blog/?p=251