I ran in the afternoon for 31 minutes. It was laborious. My breathing was heavy, my heart rate was up, my body had no memory of how to run smoothly. I could barely muster up 9-minute miles with an elevated heart rate near 160. That’s a full 2 minutes per mile slower than I can […]
Camelback Coaching
Back balance, sweet spot, fish, skate, zipper – do you know what I am talking about?
I dropped Binita off to the airport this morning. She is going back her childhood home to Michigan to help her mother pack for her move (permanent) to Arizona. Straight from the airport, I went to Lifetime Fitness for an hour-long run on the treadmill. My right calf that was hurting for the past couple […]
Bonking, Sloshing, Barfing | Happy in India
Instead of swimming, I went to Camelback Coaching to hear Bill talk about nutrition during Ironman racing. It was a wise decision. Nutrition is not just about caloric burn and intake; it is also about proper hydration and electrolytes. Bill always says that “all endurance races are a math problem.” If you get the combination […]
PR at Firefly 5k Phoenix & Race Report
The morning started with a relaxed 1000 meter swim at Lifetime Fitness. Shelly and Lori were to join me, but they dropped out. This was followed by an easy 20-minute run on the treadmill with 3 30-second sprints. This was followed by a nap! The Firefly 5k 2012 was a PR for me at 20:05. […]
Carnage at San Juan Ironman 70.3 | Race Report
I finished. I finished in under 6 hours. I finished in the top half of not just my age group (30th of 87), but overall (435th of 1,409). I am happy; really really sore, but happy. I made mistakes; I recovered; I was warned for drafting; I had to walk up a few hills during […]
Sunrise, bike, run and coincidences | San Juan Ironman 70.3 2013
Tomorrow, I will race my first Ironman 70.3 event in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The race plan is not that complicated. Swim at an easy pace, bike at an easy pace, run at an easy pace. Drink plenty of fluids and take in plenty of calories. Don’t bonk. The timing plan comes out to total […]
Ironman NZ result | HH at Skep
Will took a 4-minute penalty, yet finished Ironman NZ in 10:31. Amazing! His swim was an incredible 1:09, bike was 5:25 and run was 3:51 with about 10 minutes in total transitions. He is in the most competitive age-group (35-39), yet came in 15th. Again, amazing! A bunch of us got together for happy-hour at […]
PF Chang’s Half Marathon Race Report | 2013
3:30AM: I woke up and was parched. After drinking some water, I ate half-a-bagel with peanut butter and honey. Bill had given instructions of eating about 200 calories about 4 hours before the race. It was actually quite delicious. Since Binita was in California with the Whoopie Babes (wine-tasting), I was comfortable making noise. The […]
Focus on PF Chang’s Half Marathon – 2013
The plan was to swim at 6PM today, but I got sidetracked at work and couldn’t leave the office until around 6:30. For those of you who know me, you know that I take pride in saying, “I have all the time in the world.” Well, that wasn’t the case today! Instead of swimming, I […]
Reflections from 2012 | Goals for 2013
Today is the last day of 2012. Here are some reflections from 2012 (related to health and fitness of course): As far as my health and fitness goes, I have never felt as good as I do right now since I was in my late teens or early 20s. I met Chrissie Wellington in Kona […]