This week, like so many April and May weeks over the past few years, is being spent on the beginnings of trying to work myself into “century shape”–the shape I need to be in to ride 100 miles. It’s early in the season, but it needs to happen. I’m skipping over to week seven of […]

I learned these from The Non-Runner’s Marathon Training Guide, but they really make sense for any kind of athletic endeavor, particularly like these runs and bike rides. Here are your two most important athletic goals with any event: 1) No injuries 2) Finish In particular, the Non-Runner’s Marathon Training Guide asks that you not have […]

As mentioned before, to do an event like a century, you need a plan. There are several to choose from. Bicycling Magazine has a ten week program to get you ready for a century. Ten weeks isn’t that long, but there’s two significant catches: first, you have to ride six days a week–which is a […]

Things don’t always go according to plan–but that doesn’t mean to not have a plan. As I stated the other day, I was planning on doing some early morning bicycling. What I didn’t count on was having a cold that, while not horrible, certainly had me lying in bed at 4:45 am thinking there was […]

Sorry to disappoint those of you who are tuning in for yet another episode in my story (like I’m all that interesting), but I thought I’d let you know that I did register yesterday for the Honolulu Bicycling League Century Ride, marking the fourth straight year I’ll participate in it. I’m training, although not as […]

I love cycling, but it’s also work, especially when training for an event. When I’m gearing up for the century ride, I’m riding four days a week. It’s fun but it’s a commitment. When you have a full time job (and a part time job, and a blog, and another blog, and other commitments), it’s […]

If you want the best price on registering for my favorite athletic event of the year, the Honolulu Century Ride, it closes at the end of the month. Please consider registering if you’re on O’ahu, or maybe even if you’re not (I see Team in Training chapters from all over when I do this ride). […]

The bottom line on training: the only way to get better is by doing it. Yes, it’s important to have a plan; there are indeed issues like overtraining and undertraining (been on both ends of the spectrum), and diet is important. But the only way to be a better runner is to go out there […]

If you’re a runner (like I am on some days), you’re dependent on your body, the elements, and a small bit on your equipment (which is shoes, socks, clothing, sunscreen, a bit of lubricant, and maybe glasses, a hat, and/or a visor–and in rare situations your phone, music player, and GPS). You may have all […]

I have two types of training schedules. The first type is just a calendar that tells me what workouts I want to do when. My goal–which I rarely reach–is eleven workouts a week: four bike rides, four runs, and three weight sessions. I try to do the bike rides Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday; the […]