tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77124854261450782762024-03-14T07:35:44.028-07:00Achieve Your Fitness GoalsCoachJay specializes in organizing each individual’s training - regardless of level - to get the fitness and skill needed to reach the goals they want to achieve.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-61433922726507072322012-06-27T05:45:00.000-07:002012-07-05T11:29:01.110-07:00Summer!Its summer time in Montana! however,some of us are still getting some turns in up in the Beartooth's. And on memorial day we had a butt load of snow at the cabin. But now its hot and some happenings have been happening!. Just some of the news: A great trip with the boys from Billings to Moab for some road and mtn biking
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Chloe and I have been mtn biking and long boarding together but she was not quit ready for the cow pie classic last month!
My wife won the prickly pear ultra and was second in the bighorn ultra as well. She does rock the trail running!
Matt Walpoe qualified for 70.3 worlds in Las Vegas! at the Boise 26.2 congrats Matt! also kudos to David L and Chris for fighting through a very difficult day! Chris and Matt have had there share of bumps and bruises but continue to fight it off like the tough clones they are.
then there was surf camp where, although the atmosphere and the crowd was not what I had expected,<br />
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I did learn to surf and had a great time mountain biking with Sarah's nephew Ben(a andy shleck look alike) who has skills on the mtn bike and we road some 5x in some incredible terrain among the big trees(redwoods)
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Pam H and Laura E, finished the CDA Ironman for there 50th's and are a joy to work with. congrats to you both. and speaking of Laura and Pam take a look at the very cool Gymjay gear ! Come get yours today
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tonight is the downtown crit
next up the 4th at the cabin, the big sky state games, and the Tangle
and of course there is my wonderful girls
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<br />coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-23969892273737698102011-10-24T06:19:00.001-07:002011-10-26T19:18:13.424-07:00certified Natural trainer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuROrSRWCvsteJ8fiGDv6wFK-UKLpc2m-Ara5nKZBxwZ9ITe-Jv8PYrFo95WJanLkNZ67f_jSuPcVbvjD6gChZX8rF3F2I4qgXcS7jZ_S34s5_ee8fVqtnIGB-oAg8_jemvCPJTr7l_E/s1600/jessejonjay.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuROrSRWCvsteJ8fiGDv6wFK-UKLpc2m-Ara5nKZBxwZ9ITe-Jv8PYrFo95WJanLkNZ67f_jSuPcVbvjD6gChZX8rF3F2I4qgXcS7jZ_S34s5_ee8fVqtnIGB-oAg8_jemvCPJTr7l_E/s320/jessejonjay.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667937840452849634" /></a><br /><br />Jon,Jesse and yours truly after passing my test at the Monkey Bar Gym Madison intensive certification training this past week<br /><br />I have been in Madison WI for the past week taking a Certified Natural trainer certification at the <a href="http://monkeybargym.com">Monkey Bar Gymnasium</a>. The MBG is a functional training center developed by <a href="http://monkeybargym.com/meet-jon.html">Jon Hinds</a>. Jon is about my age and a complete stud. He was a Brazilian jujitsu gold medalist in the pan am games. In this class we are learning to teach the proper progressions of running, jumping, crawling, climbing and so on. Jon believes as I do in the physical culture. I can tell you that being a Triathlete primarily in my life has not prepared me for this type of training. I completely suck at it presently. But I am challenged to get better. And as a teacher of fitness, bring my clients to a new level of physicality. There are 25 of us in class and some of these guys and girls can do stuff I could not dream of doing. Here is a video of Rick who trains in a group called the <a href="http://www.bar-barians.com">Bar-Barians</a> in NY. Unbelievable stuff!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx02NZQPzsNj9v3qWmmZrzoN0AO-hMbjGG9KDv9I5be08zWuXUFmqRjeLHLU_9VwwW0RujnUxHyheFOqDznqw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />The Monkey Bar Gym style of training combines not only the physical skill but bundles them in a way that will challenge all levels of fitness. It also uses cycles and variety to keep everyone motivated and focused on improving. At The MBG, Yoga, skill training and Nutrition are the 3 parts of the philosophy. Check out <a href="http://jonnyhinds.blogspot.com">Jon's Blog</a> to get a feel of the enthusiasm of his passion for fitness and health.<br /><br />On the nutrition side. Jon believes in at at least a 90% plant based diet(My buddy Steve I am sure will give me hell). He references the Book <a href="http://www.thechinastudy.com">The china study</a> and brought in an expert to explain the benefits of what he calls nutrient rich eating. seeing how strong Jon and Jesse are eating only plant based, I am a bit more convinced in this way of eating. The point he makes is that once you eat this way for a while( 6mo or so) you will get off the crack habit of nutrient poor foods( ie meat, dairy, refined).<br /><br />I feel like I learned a lot at this class/certification and can use many of the techniques with all my clients for years to come. I did have some fun away from the 10hrs a day of instruction. I met a cool kid named Erik, who is a cyclist/nordic skier( ex rugby player) that lives in Madison. we went on a nice bike ride around Madison and even went for a roller ski. But was better was after Friday's class we yondered to an after hours keger with the bike mechanics at his bike shop(cronometer?)(super fun and good thing there were no pictures. then I wound up a the hotel bar drinking some pints with a bunch of British/Irish breeders of Clydsdale horses! really funny---That explains why when I first got to town and rode my bike around the capital that the Budweiser clydsdale rig full on with the Dolmation was going down State street! again no picture( I should really get a smart phone----NOT<br /><br />here is Erik practicing our Eichens Yoga poses<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JijpD0lexyDiPc7UHrz8uxQlT-mMlp4IQeKByqcnUqXt0-R1VkZZrPm6vbEIemcutKAW8uXEJ7JU3mqwPoKMhGxIFj6kDZYTJDgKy-qwbj-LKRN_6FeuKccHQ-ODuz91Tj1g3NNVmdc/s1600/Erik+yoga.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JijpD0lexyDiPc7UHrz8uxQlT-mMlp4IQeKByqcnUqXt0-R1VkZZrPm6vbEIemcutKAW8uXEJ7JU3mqwPoKMhGxIFj6kDZYTJDgKy-qwbj-LKRN_6FeuKccHQ-ODuz91Tj1g3NNVmdc/s320/Erik+yoga.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667945620603612834" /></a><br /><br />here are a few more photos of the class<br /><br /><br /><br />Monkey Bar Gym<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIJtDu2h1qJYUJxFvQwLWidOf3dGi1MqwKTjABxHjUlhdmXBoc_zf08cZjq2EmN30P4wHU-XUGcul-DhoA-Cf76CdoGlAZEMa-G9ONURYUlYeY5olMtdG2mR5VYvRycmu4pBkkt2sD9k/s1600/monkeybargym2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIJtDu2h1qJYUJxFvQwLWidOf3dGi1MqwKTjABxHjUlhdmXBoc_zf08cZjq2EmN30P4wHU-XUGcul-DhoA-Cf76CdoGlAZEMa-G9ONURYUlYeY5olMtdG2mR5VYvRycmu4pBkkt2sD9k/s320/monkeybargym2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667951788393265554" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8SMmT1Ce7_Drer6n7QJ7HOTWlQFXj2YMx5UtjrRvkNikfEbiXMemh5znK85su80RH4hkVojM9-PSDJb36YOETLnF2BNx4YJYUKZaSP4tFk3DHGc2TMW9J-vQ4RMslymLWScF7vC9noI/s1600/jonhinds.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8SMmT1Ce7_Drer6n7QJ7HOTWlQFXj2YMx5UtjrRvkNikfEbiXMemh5znK85su80RH4hkVojM9-PSDJb36YOETLnF2BNx4YJYUKZaSP4tFk3DHGc2TMW9J-vQ4RMslymLWScF7vC9noI/s320/jonhinds.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667947105874420242" /></a><br /><br />Jon down a wall press up<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qamEa9AOxUyDSDlsUyNYMhoJr-fv5KE-N51-mxPy2-JwT-x1DXdf8Neem1BQI0b7xEvjOeTH-IbF87TED5v8iMMv577OO7y9gAhTehVoyH9u0vLmAn3ugu2FLUgtAE79EHkaM6YWpgU/s1600/monkeybargym3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qamEa9AOxUyDSDlsUyNYMhoJr-fv5KE-N51-mxPy2-JwT-x1DXdf8Neem1BQI0b7xEvjOeTH-IbF87TED5v8iMMv577OO7y9gAhTehVoyH9u0vLmAn3ugu2FLUgtAE79EHkaM6YWpgU/s320/monkeybargym3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667950375272041458" /></a><br /><br />the other room at Monkey Bar WI<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34VbFiGuX3I_RYSJYZycnj2w7w0fnY7yMEiEpQ5tvQm3gONofuvoe8fVkqnqR-zZuug6bnQk7rOt_iYsG4TSJIotaQoZog392foYK8N7R_baXe_5Ww9K5Ls9yCBTjLwFaIUjebvPE02o/s1600/jessie.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34VbFiGuX3I_RYSJYZycnj2w7w0fnY7yMEiEpQ5tvQm3gONofuvoe8fVkqnqR-zZuug6bnQk7rOt_iYsG4TSJIotaQoZog392foYK8N7R_baXe_5Ww9K5Ls9yCBTjLwFaIUjebvPE02o/s320/jessie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667949400936646082" /></a><br /><br />Jesse doing a reggie pullup(super hard)<br /><br />I am glad to be back home really missed my girls<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gS9_SA_9xVU25tv5bNQRoDxzefp70Qs1lCG6aLQ0IwVqpU7O9SgfoTe4GVbFJ28tcz44WxmGuhSmjg96AaS4_n1UW__Ld-ItDqnSVJXy8GJcHO3t4_j5pkxzq4n2pd0GSplxpbrQdMA/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gS9_SA_9xVU25tv5bNQRoDxzefp70Qs1lCG6aLQ0IwVqpU7O9SgfoTe4GVbFJ28tcz44WxmGuhSmjg96AaS4_n1UW__Ld-ItDqnSVJXy8GJcHO3t4_j5pkxzq4n2pd0GSplxpbrQdMA/s320/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667989636955273618" /></a>coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-81499499221511739592011-10-18T20:23:00.001-07:002011-10-18T20:33:44.391-07:00Marathon in Vermont<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4a0SRpOerAjCXA4B2X5iPmESOarR9snYO08zrsKHOiQq1_fnLVXSW1iST-JUbrO8D6Fl4-tGcZBnrjonO3mVokoEKH-DpVP0NoLarl2ZbPbzMob3hdwL_EC3gsaIuBqa8jxo_grKL1nc/s1600/Vermont+in+Fall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4a0SRpOerAjCXA4B2X5iPmESOarR9snYO08zrsKHOiQq1_fnLVXSW1iST-JUbrO8D6Fl4-tGcZBnrjonO3mVokoEKH-DpVP0NoLarl2ZbPbzMob3hdwL_EC3gsaIuBqa8jxo_grKL1nc/s320/Vermont+in+Fall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665041030802470834" /></a><br /><br />From Sarah:<br /><br />Just back from the Green Mountain Athletic Association Marathon in Lake Champlain, VT, where I took first female with a time of 3:20. It was a small race and a soft field, but a very beautiful setting with incredible fall foliage along the lakefront, with rolling mountains in the distance. Great schwag and great post-race vegie chili, too! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl3_Tp_zcaQDN30ZTUH-9hnpxD2IN-CBxeIuIII5n8NEl1UW2fKrOAxj20hFk8YTjoQUl5MuV6qtP5iIKDWd3Uk6XyC3QOgwvsZxqlBhCXydgvpRfAJB7dSTDDiFm_iazr-KCWIes5XQ/s1600/Clydesdales+at+Shelburne+Farms%252C+VT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl3_Tp_zcaQDN30ZTUH-9hnpxD2IN-CBxeIuIII5n8NEl1UW2fKrOAxj20hFk8YTjoQUl5MuV6qtP5iIKDWd3Uk6XyC3QOgwvsZxqlBhCXydgvpRfAJB7dSTDDiFm_iazr-KCWIes5XQ/s320/Clydesdales+at+Shelburne+Farms%252C+VT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665040908870690034" /></a><br /><br />I was a bit nervous since I hadn't raced a marathon for nearly 7 years when I decided to jump into this one -- and another about one month ago, the inaugural Bozeman Marathon -- because my training partner, Liz Nemer, was training for Rock N Roll St. Louis. After doing so many of the long runs with Liz last summer I decided to find a race around the same time, so we could train together. Since I had a work trip to do in Burlington, this GMAA race worked out perfectly. Plus, I got to sample excellent beers from hosts Meghan & Seth's Taproom. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76GctpPyM_8VXxWcEpsxDCai9ckPvNT4-Akhja7_kpJ-WPTcEG034wJYKndUfFqNd-ZdSSKxOdBlhPHFZDlF915y82Rr8T7nVMf1oS7Pu2woUlbqFaFm2wg-XrL9hiKvNtfEKtr11quw/s1600/Taproom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76GctpPyM_8VXxWcEpsxDCai9ckPvNT4-Akhja7_kpJ-WPTcEG034wJYKndUfFqNd-ZdSSKxOdBlhPHFZDlF915y82Rr8T7nVMf1oS7Pu2woUlbqFaFm2wg-XrL9hiKvNtfEKtr11quw/s320/Taproom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665040709874266322" /></a><br /><br />I'm not fast, and I'm not a super star. But it sure feels good to accomplish small goals and succeed at them. This summer and fall have been reminders of how good it feels to train, race and compete. This is true even if the training isn't perfect -- as long as you are fit and can dig in deep when the racing gets rough.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-5239843706789813412011-10-13T10:36:00.000-07:002011-10-14T10:44:14.083-07:00Getting off my Ass!Well, I let myself go a bit too much and hit my drop dead weight of 170. So the buzzer went off and I started my 5 day fast/cleanse. I am writing this on day 4 so if I sound/write a bit foggy that's because I am. Just fyi in the past 4 days I have ingested 2 cups of vegetable soup and 4 glasses juice. Of course I am drinking electrolytes and taking vitamins as well but so far-- less than 1000 calories in 4 days. I have done this before to jump start my discipline, and this time is no different. It is super hard and makes you feel like you are running at the end of the Ironman. 1 day to go and my first real food with be at kindergarten lunch with Chloe at Lunch Buddies tomorrow at noon. Give me 8 grilled cheeses please! (uh o! last night Chloe came down with a fever of 102-- up all night and sick as a dog, my weekend with the kids gets a bit more complicated) The hardest part of a fast is exercise, which I have been trying to be more consistent at---but with no food it makes movement very difficult for sure-- yesterday I ran 5 miles and I swear it felt like a marathon. It is very hard to hold up your arms and you can feel the fat and muscle burning for energy due to no sugar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5YodVaMwoirUNXEaGp8v9dJZXmksGnKrHRojrtbNUkNCPkQgRWpp0IyW-q0ebBDCGCMdneOOoJ9QNH7J0dfpJgpu7UDrWby9e-beUZ75k14cD45eupVOcvBRecNGoKE9HauZlkXVRY0/s1600/my+girls.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5YodVaMwoirUNXEaGp8v9dJZXmksGnKrHRojrtbNUkNCPkQgRWpp0IyW-q0ebBDCGCMdneOOoJ9QNH7J0dfpJgpu7UDrWby9e-beUZ75k14cD45eupVOcvBRecNGoKE9HauZlkXVRY0/s320/my+girls.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663392603330686290" /></a><br /><br />My Girls Chloe and Cale during our evening wrestling match<br /><br />The past month or so have been very busy with lots of work and much more kid duties. I just love taking/picking up the kids from school and doing the everyday duties they require. Starting today I have the kids for 4 days as Sarah heads east for a conference and runs a marathon. We have plans for the corn-Maze, heading to Laurel to the pumpkin patch and lots of daddy day care fun. <br /><br />stepping back a few weeks, Sarah and I had a great trip down to Denver to see Further at Red Rocks. We had a great time doing the parking lot scene, taking in the great shows and during the day sweating out the toxins with some epic exercise. Friday night old clone Kevin came with us for the experience. and an experience it was. The next day,the three of us went on a mountain bike ride in Golden at Apex park. The ride was hard and we all came away with some scars to prove it. Mine was a nice half chain ring carved into my calf.<br /><br />Along with my fast/cleanse I have been getting a bit more consistent exercise. I have been riding my bike more than once every couple of weeks and have enjoyed my cross bike up in Bozeman the past couple of weekends. I have also been back in the gym getting my body back from the flab that it has become.<br /><br />last weekend after a great cross ride at the Bozeman creek trail, I checked out the finish of the Kona Ironman on the computer. I thought the pro race was pretty exciting especially on the womens side. Miranda Caffree trying to run down Chrissy Wellington was pretty cool. I also want to congratulate my clients Jay Preston and Mike Fogassey for excellent races in Kona. Jay met his goal of going under 10hrs going 9:58 and Mike made his dream of running down Ali drive and finishing the Hawaii Ironman! His pictures were awesome and showed the great joy of his experience great job both of you!<br /><br />I always blog on some thoughts about the race and here are mine from this year<br /><br />1. I wish they would go back to placing the race date on the first full moon Saturday. Recently the race has not had the severe wind that it had when that was the case. I did the race in 1995 and 1998 and on those years we had head winds that started very early on( mile 30) and again coming back. In comparison, 1998 the winning time( peter Reid) was 8:24 compared to the 8:03 this year. most of that time was on the bike were the pros were going 4:30 or under whereas in 1998 the best pro times were 4:45 or higher. In 98 there were 19 athletes under 9hrs, this year there were almost 40. In 1998 I went 9:27 and placed 46th overall and this year my 9:27 would of placed me 127th. Much of the same comparisons can be made in 1995 as well.. Almost all the best bike times have been set since the change to the date but interestingly Mark Allen and Dave Scott still hold the best run times 2:41 and 2:40 in 1989.<br /><br />2. I wish they would go back to starting the age groupers and pros together--allowing for the same race conditions by all. I don't mind the pros getting the pole position but this 30min delay can mean totally different conditions for the age groupers, and not allowing an age grouper to compete for the overall. You say an age grouper can't compete for the overall? well this year you had an age grouper getting 26th overall( 11 min from the podium) and another that had the 2nd fastest run of the day, running 2:43. This all under harder conditions most likely. <br /><br />3. and again I call bullshit on aero helmets-- Chrissy again wins without one and Carolyn Steffen as well. Maybe these guys could run better if they did not bake their heads in the heat!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMA5pzF5UNaMS-pfqTo8i-5gAAqXBK20ucC9yWIKFq39SZuCpc-HWkHtXoTCg23LgEIAYEB2lTbJIlOr_PPNOR3AaCqf-G6JRIlBmtQi8bjPCWIYBrgW-sjNQPNUifHQOJP0d8IB8yqsw/s1600/family2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMA5pzF5UNaMS-pfqTo8i-5gAAqXBK20ucC9yWIKFq39SZuCpc-HWkHtXoTCg23LgEIAYEB2lTbJIlOr_PPNOR3AaCqf-G6JRIlBmtQi8bjPCWIYBrgW-sjNQPNUifHQOJP0d8IB8yqsw/s320/family2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663396518527543554" /></a><br /><br />The family at Bridger bowl during raptor fest<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokZMa3Sn2yJpp4VjA65uZPUfkm67lqPEPejz1a80IxHHKFSMwQ0KisaBKdJSJldNOWRVaL-P_ANmiD9gumMpiLzOfwuBHAOqI_1DsEahZ55z_kXTCewyOYcabznM2BaWaMuJtFNUZPZg/s1600/raptor.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokZMa3Sn2yJpp4VjA65uZPUfkm67lqPEPejz1a80IxHHKFSMwQ0KisaBKdJSJldNOWRVaL-P_ANmiD9gumMpiLzOfwuBHAOqI_1DsEahZ55z_kXTCewyOYcabznM2BaWaMuJtFNUZPZg/s320/raptor.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663397758406655890" /></a><br /><br />raptor at Raptor fest<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZOW5yqER4r2tjeJ0fN1Ojnmta_RJDHWK4iJIBQmgX5dqgf6MxdTipolKwEar1DoYsqwiZxCmLeApd0jSi7TjK8XP9ddR8Vf-rX_aXuLg56k4iPny34BePyLJtXizuiakdneOgH3Phrk/s1600/sarahcale.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZOW5yqER4r2tjeJ0fN1Ojnmta_RJDHWK4iJIBQmgX5dqgf6MxdTipolKwEar1DoYsqwiZxCmLeApd0jSi7TjK8XP9ddR8Vf-rX_aXuLg56k4iPny34BePyLJtXizuiakdneOgH3Phrk/s320/sarahcale.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663399073943056546" /></a><br /><br />Sarah and Cale on our hike at Bohart ranch<br /><br />Last Sunday the fam went for a family Hike near Bridger bowl and took in the Raptor fest and got ready for ski season by cleaning our locker and getting our pictures for our season passes. it was a glorious fall day with the first snow of the year laying down the white stuff at the 7k high mark.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLlz0cBsfDP4YyIl0uQ8mR9-5rs0_kGpZR-YA4DeRGhvp5Odyfp0GPWdrpkRr6s_-s3RAhkUWsqDQ-x3RmhDzUcylZi9lIBRSIsI9Tsk41TOXQDLBAFbWGSJDwxUIhWfwy3fzqRnwH2ZA/s1600/bridgerfall.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLlz0cBsfDP4YyIl0uQ8mR9-5rs0_kGpZR-YA4DeRGhvp5Odyfp0GPWdrpkRr6s_-s3RAhkUWsqDQ-x3RmhDzUcylZi9lIBRSIsI9Tsk41TOXQDLBAFbWGSJDwxUIhWfwy3fzqRnwH2ZA/s320/bridgerfall.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663399989828832130" /></a><br /><br />Bridger bowl in October<br /><br /> It is always stunning to see the mountains covering in snow with the aspen tress turning a bright yellow. I headed from Bridger bowl on my cross bike after our family event and climbed up toward Ross peak, getting up to the snow line! amazing ride and views! can't wait for the first ride on my board-- probably a split board climb/run coming soon!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIlITPIyPSc_4Z0vCmtFxFKwkytND9va79ZJqR9CwNNKg8ciKN5AXNp9ohfORlZxbxyigLmnd2pDAc-V0kcs9WCSrx8BhOa4RwchlvlzJ7H9JLCpcdY-ZIYrim2r3vmVlC4pqYtWfHUc/s1600/rosspeakxcross.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIlITPIyPSc_4Z0vCmtFxFKwkytND9va79ZJqR9CwNNKg8ciKN5AXNp9ohfORlZxbxyigLmnd2pDAc-V0kcs9WCSrx8BhOa4RwchlvlzJ7H9JLCpcdY-ZIYrim2r3vmVlC4pqYtWfHUc/s320/rosspeakxcross.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663398636522230658" /></a><br /><br />The climb to Ross peak<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeiccNDveN1zArPHlJmDNx7TMMlAq0X2NijcGnJhnbmhVbW1hSpM4yjqV0KPONLLB7jtjU2r5QLyUfQu5qHi3bT3QjPcn7-k-NEuKiPmy4vqnRR14A9XMCD3QqkoBO0oCPwPLft3eNGc/s1600/xcrossross.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeiccNDveN1zArPHlJmDNx7TMMlAq0X2NijcGnJhnbmhVbW1hSpM4yjqV0KPONLLB7jtjU2r5QLyUfQu5qHi3bT3QjPcn7-k-NEuKiPmy4vqnRR14A9XMCD3QqkoBO0oCPwPLft3eNGc/s320/xcrossross.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663400548212787634" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J9DzxQ0Ux8q3L5EMJQep9_TWJRd9ZedF_cUaKWVriTHyI4qK0fzh-0TvjlntgPXL3UMj9IEw1UIgHUccZIBSqRsFyMNh0pEWu1NNt0hvWTxMtQFo8Y28mjN4PrlEyrBWtaBLjkxPn_s/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J9DzxQ0Ux8q3L5EMJQep9_TWJRd9ZedF_cUaKWVriTHyI4qK0fzh-0TvjlntgPXL3UMj9IEw1UIgHUccZIBSqRsFyMNh0pEWu1NNt0hvWTxMtQFo8Y28mjN4PrlEyrBWtaBLjkxPn_s/s320/052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663404151726201362" /></a><br /><br />and on the way back down-- toward the Crazy Mountains<br /><br /><br />coachjaycoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-62401954582440046842011-09-06T13:17:00.000-07:002011-09-08T10:26:30.183-07:00No more free pass!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0R9hzduEehIO-rWQKfe_G88pOAbKPvyFyAspDgxAlbnRs9T3reU6XKdRzoBpUJeZNWtCOTm_lv173oTgX0dRKfL_c4o2LELv3nzVRYN-oAhoLu3XfMc9_AQa94Cukc4gr2mCEbxngnE/s1600/jay+at+the+finish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0R9hzduEehIO-rWQKfe_G88pOAbKPvyFyAspDgxAlbnRs9T3reU6XKdRzoBpUJeZNWtCOTm_lv173oTgX0dRKfL_c4o2LELv3nzVRYN-oAhoLu3XfMc9_AQa94Cukc4gr2mCEbxngnE/s320/jay+at+the+finish.jpg" /></a></div><b>Me at the finish of the Dakota Five-0--- "That Hurt"</b><br /><br />The conclusions of my own personal fitness experiment are now in. After 2 full months of almost no consistent exercise, I have come to the conclusion that you can get one free month of fitness but not two! Let me explain. <br /><br />When I retired from competition after the Buffalo Springs 70.3 in late June, I pretty much stopped training completely. I figure I have done 10-12 workouts in 2+ months. Why? Well, many reasons, but, in a nut shell, I just did not feel like it. I was tired and completely worn out from the effort I put in to trying to come back to a competitive level. The effort both mentally and physically was so hard that once it was over, I was just done!<br /><br />I often have read about what level of training it would take to maintain some level of fitness. When I say "some" I mean "not mean sucking ASS!" I would often talk to John Howard about this. John believes that a lifetime of base training full on -- can help in withstanding a level of fitness that is pretty good even with cutting his hours of work from 20 to 10 or more. So in the past 2 months as I have been getting fat and soft, I have been doing my own experiment. <br /><br />Post Lubbock: After 2-3 weeks of doing nothing, I went out for an epic mountain bike ride at the Bangtail Trail. Conclusion: I felt good and it was fun and not painful!-- Another week or so and I did the Beartooth Burn (a 22 mile climb TT up the Beartooth Pass). Conclusion: I did pretty good going 1:51 and placing 3rd in the 40-49 age group. And again I felt ok even though I went out too hot! The next week I did another epic mtn bike ride at Curly Lake. Conclusion: Felt good and even put in a better time than pre-heart surgery! Keep in mind, that I am doing no exercise during the weekdays -- at all! <br /><br />I thought OK -- This no training thing seems to work! This is great, I will have so much more time for other things if I only have to workout once a week! Next up the<a href="http://www.dakotafiveo.com"> Dakota five- o</a> mtn bike race in Spearfish, SD. A couple of weeks before the race, I thought to myself, "Damn, I need to do some training for this thing" -- since it is hard as hell (7 km of climbing and very competitve). But then I thought to myself --- let's experiment a bit further. So I didn't get on my bike even once for 2+ weeks before. Instead I went to Chicago with my kids and played golf with the old man. By the way, I played much better than my club championship debacle, scoring all 3 rounds in the 70s with a low of 73 at Shoreacres. And by the by, thanks to my mom and dad for a great time and to Kevin Cox, Mike Harrigan, and Mr. Burke for some fun games.<br /><br />So, last weekend was the Dakota Five-0. This event is just awesome! The course, the town, the campground, the organization, the swag--everything. For the 2nd year in a row, we rented an RV and headed to Spearfish, SD, with other friends from Billings,(this year we had the Dueys, the Galls, Steve M, Don R, Chris J, Don cole, Tina and Ed, Chris J, the Sekora's. Brian J). The vibe is great and the race is very hard! The campground in Spearfish is really great and a total cool family experience. If you want to join us next year for the event sign up early for the race, it sells out, registration starts april 1 and reserve at the campground soon since RV hookups also sell out quick. Congrats to all that finished this very hard and fun event <a href="http://www.spearfishparksandrec.com/campground">Spearfish city campground</a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJRjSR8AuR6HBr8Dev7xVI-BWZVRJ5GjwzGNOAbHXAb5jGFX9xqcQhdI2N6zo0ySDF60he-ujjolGMvAuhjg7FTw5aeEJz0xYS29441VU-6oC3kdDJbNbgyHmqKF66FUlwJqX0BRZEb4/s1600/cale+at+the+finish+of+5-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJRjSR8AuR6HBr8Dev7xVI-BWZVRJ5GjwzGNOAbHXAb5jGFX9xqcQhdI2N6zo0ySDF60he-ujjolGMvAuhjg7FTw5aeEJz0xYS29441VU-6oC3kdDJbNbgyHmqKF66FUlwJqX0BRZEb4/s320/cale+at+the+finish+of+5-0.jpg" /></a></div><b>Cale waiting for Dad at the finish </b><br /><br />I don't think I should of rode some of the course the day before -- this may have skewed my experiment of no training. But I can tell you that on race day there was certainly a big jump with a lack of legs and fitness. I started in the first wave and found my HR pretty much through the roof in the first 4 miles of climbing to the single track. That was not a smart plan for sure. I managed to do ok through the first 10 miles but, now unlike the previous 8 weeks, my legs were already cooked! This is not good with 4 hrs to go. Needless to say - it was a survival the rest of the way. I began cramping in my VMO at about 3 hrs and that hurts when you have a bunch of serious climbs to go. Today it still feels like I am bruised in the inside of my quads. I ended up finishing with a <a href="http://www.dakotafiveo.com/11racetimes.html">5:26 result</a> which was 1hr 10min faster than last year( however, last year I was pretty much the walking dead). <br /><br />At the finish I was totally worked but at least my experiment was over---conclusion: If you are in solid shape -- you get a one month free pass but not two!I will now find some level of consistency in exercise that I can live with, be happy with and find the balance with my family and work. So my goal for the coming year is to find that balance and work toward feeling better at next years Dakota Five-0. I would like to give breaking 5 hrs a shot. But this time without the experiment of no training.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-30861521029146754652011-08-08T10:06:00.000-07:002011-08-16T19:19:47.717-07:00new ways
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<br />Creek Crossing at Curly lake ride, that's me making it and Stan almost!
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<br />Habits die hard, but I think I am finally there! for nearly 25 yrs I have been swimming, biking and running in preparation for racing triathlons. Now 5-6 weeks after my race in Lubbock Tx and my retirement from the sport, I am finally not getting up and feeling that I have a planned swim, bike or run workout in the day.
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<br />From the beginning swimming was always a sport I least liked to do and has been my weakest discipline for most of the past 25yrs. Ironically, In this past year swimming has been my most competitive sport( most likely due to lower heart rates). But I still don't enjoy it and now that I am not doing triathlon races--- its done---
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<br />Next is running, which I really enjoyed the most in my early years. I once was the very fastest 11 yr old in the suburbs of Chicago. Then in College, I began to run longer and really got a buzz out of it. Then I tore my knee up playing basketball as a weekend warrior back in the early 80s. My knee repair was successful but I still had pain and after I started doing triathlons I managed that pain in my left knee and more recently my right one. I did become a pretty efficient runner regardless, logging a 33:25 10k pr and a 2:42:06 marathon pr as well as a 1/2 marathon off the bike of 1:18 in Gulf coast and a 3:11 marathon split in the Hawaii Ironman, this all with running mileage of 30-40 miles at its peak. but today running still hurts and with Heart rate numbers that are higher on the run(which causes a weird feeling with my repaired heart)This sport is also done.
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<br />Then there is the bike. I love to bike, and I love to ride all kinds of bikes, especially off road bikes( cross, mtn, single speed) I still get excited for a bike ride and for the past 4 weeks I have gone out and done some epic rides. I have no schedule or method for my riding these days I just go out and ride how I feel and plan rides with friends. I still challenge myself on the bike and do hard rides even though I don't have the engine I used to have. see below. so going forward I see myself riding my bike for fitness and getting back to my bodywork and yoga routine to shore up my body's ability to keep up with my kids and wife in the hopefully many years to come.
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<br />My girls
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<br /> Originally, we decided that Sarah and the Kids would go to the east coast(Cape Cod)for the month of July to spend time with her parents and get bit of east coast(ocean) culture for the kids, while I trained for the Ironman. Then of course my quest came to an end. And with that, I really only wanted to spend time with my family and catch up on the time I missed with them while I was training. But I was forced to figure out this transition alone and begin new ways in my life. So the past month has been very hard. combine that with a bunch of unforeseen house projects and July was pretty difficult for us.
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<br />My little fish
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<br />Now that the Fam is back. I have really enjoyed spending more time with the kids and Sarah. We have been going to the pool both in Briarwood and in Bozeman, checking out festivals like the Sweat Pea in Bozeman and going to many a play ground. I almost didn't recognize Cale with her sun bleached hair and her new lingo. She is amazing as well as Chloe who is now 6 and is growing up to be a wonderful little girl. They totally make me want to be a stay at home dad.
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<br />My love child
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<br />Last weekend I entered the Beartooth Burn, a timed ride up the beartooth hwy from red lodge to the summit( 10,000 ft). 22 miles and 6000ft of vertical. I did the event in 1hr 51 min. It is strange to do hard rides with multiple days of no exercise. I start these rides very fresh and have good legs for some of the ride, but of course that catches up with you after a while and you start to show your true fitness. I have gone up and done the Bangtail trail a couple of times with Pat Duey and have felt pretty good for a 4hr hard mtn bike ride. check out this clip of the final descent at the Bangtail trail 5 miles from our cabin <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETF2WoFMik">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETF2WoFMik</a>
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<br />I still go out and try to compete and on Sunday I went pretty hard in the first 1hr and of course started to blow up after that as the altitude reached 9k ft. I did manage to tie the first women! and get 8th overall. I am pretty damn sore today although. And its still a bit hard to let go of being competitive
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<br />Coming up there is a lot on the Marschall/Keller agenda. This coming weekend I am holding a mountain bike weekend in Bozeman, doing some epic mountain biking, including the Curly lake Highline ride.
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<br />The ride Sunday was epic and definitely a cherry ride! Dr Pat Duey, Stan the man and Dr. Dan Gall came on the Curly lake ride with me. This ride has it all and will make you wanting that Rootbeer then real beer at the finish. total time from start to finish( with a couple of flat,rest, and food stops) 6.5hrs for a mere 25 miles, thats 7k of climbing my friends! boy those fish tacos at La parilla did taste good after!
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<br />the crew finally making it to the trail head
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<br />and near the top of the last climb at Curly, The Alpdhez of mtn biking, 10k high, 20% grade and many switch backs-- need to be super good and super fit, to not walk. those are not mountain goats walking that is Pat and Stan.
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<br /> Then I am going to play in the Briarwood club championship the next weekend, did I say I went to the long putter? I hope this will help my scoring. Then I am taking the Girls to Chicago the next weekend to visit my parents and play some golf with the old man. Its on to Spearfish SD on Labor Day for the Dakota five-o mtn bike race and at the end of September we are heading to Red Rocks to see Furthur for the 3 night run there. Its getting me exhausted just thinking about it. But its the end of the summer and its time to pack it in before winter sets in.
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<br />the floatin fam
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<br />The 4- wheelin fam
<br />coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-92012700892381414722011-07-18T09:33:00.000-07:002011-07-18T11:24:19.153-07:00TargheefestThis past week I went 7 days without exercise! When you combine that with a lot of eating you will definitely gain those additional 10lbs. As I try to figure out my new routine or lack there off, I spent the past week not wanting to do a single workout. I think the past 6mo. just plan wore me out mentally and physically. I have been working on my golf game lately, trying desperately to get ready to play decently in the Briarwood member/quest event called the"Tangle". Going forward I am thinking that I may work on my yoga,bodywork, long boarding and cycling. My feeling right now is that swimming and running may be an occasional workout from now on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXY0dWlmPjbfPN2XObUfjb3JTxek3TQFgrHo12oNtnxIgrrbrE8LaS02WMrGh9ZE1Iy4miOIdXdlQrhoKCtP3p54KeEP__NzJPkylpcmaD6-Z4BygUkDlEWSAEt6zb1gBaPyupyG86Ww/s1600/targheefest.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXY0dWlmPjbfPN2XObUfjb3JTxek3TQFgrHo12oNtnxIgrrbrE8LaS02WMrGh9ZE1Iy4miOIdXdlQrhoKCtP3p54KeEP__NzJPkylpcmaD6-Z4BygUkDlEWSAEt6zb1gBaPyupyG86Ww/s320/targheefest.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630751240602327506" /></a><br /><br />The scene at the Targhee Music festival<br /><br />This weekend my Friend Josh and I cruised down to Driggs ID for the annual Targhee music festival. Originally this would be a family event but this year it would be a guys trip to one of the most beautiful spots and coolest events on earth.<br /><br />Friday night we arrived and took in Grace Potter and the Nocturnals which is always a great show. The next day, I got up early and took the short trip down the hill and walked 9 holes of golf at the local Muni course, for 9 bucks I was all by myself with the Tetons as the back drop for my ball. Back to Targhee, Josh and I went riding some of the great Targhee single track. We had planned on getting padded up and go downhill mtn biking from the top of the ski hill, but the snow pack is still blocking the downhill trails! probably a good thing in the end. After sweating out the micro beers the night before, we set up our camp in the lawn and chilled in the sun checking out the great Saturday lineup of James McMurtry, Jackie Green and Michal Franti. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTxxQiGP9-5yFwuXjJermEb8u8MZqclOiiCJlGfCryqP-XCvL4shQz_TbP7pgEm-shxC-3WYNk2D-sTAJtpwziCr_MGk1lqEAe0ZtWaSSfXJ9B9CEJK2auHuitjOHnM0fLvWHMbQPxwI/s1600/jackiegreen2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTxxQiGP9-5yFwuXjJermEb8u8MZqclOiiCJlGfCryqP-XCvL4shQz_TbP7pgEm-shxC-3WYNk2D-sTAJtpwziCr_MGk1lqEAe0ZtWaSSfXJ9B9CEJK2auHuitjOHnM0fLvWHMbQPxwI/s320/jackiegreen2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630752024961992514" /></a><br /><br />the Great Jackie Green doing an amazing Sugeree!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJjDxvBi7rh-wnHmyJKRPpfA-0LBOSTs6YlzYJPhqLyPpJXbEp0g0PMLQL_41lgT6nRFR5PcVxps9k4NIP9jVWOkj7hMj6gb1heuyJ51yPyphV9qM7IBDuIUS68Hg8r3riwwuelb3yh4/s1600/franti.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJjDxvBi7rh-wnHmyJKRPpfA-0LBOSTs6YlzYJPhqLyPpJXbEp0g0PMLQL_41lgT6nRFR5PcVxps9k4NIP9jVWOkj7hMj6gb1heuyJ51yPyphV9qM7IBDuIUS68Hg8r3riwwuelb3yh4/s320/franti.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630759285169277570" /></a><br /><br />Michael Franti out in the crowd jamming<br /><br /> A great night of people watching and music. The great thing about the Targhee music fest is how great the scene and the Vibe is. very kid friendly and tons of activity's to do in the area. The crowd is very fit- and no- assholes! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mWVwYXfeSRUzz5UcEoxxDa9e0KMp7OsQbT8WV7jO96bYgq8_g2rdL018Z_GpeHXvjL6sTm0RIkGV_eBWDhSYGrGSeb-TwEV38JPOyCyO8Arx9GBhyphenhyphenq1b7m3i4-ehi7PxXXtM4S2n7qM/s1600/hula.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mWVwYXfeSRUzz5UcEoxxDa9e0KMp7OsQbT8WV7jO96bYgq8_g2rdL018Z_GpeHXvjL6sTm0RIkGV_eBWDhSYGrGSeb-TwEV38JPOyCyO8Arx9GBhyphenhyphenq1b7m3i4-ehi7PxXXtM4S2n7qM/s320/hula.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630753361290339746" /></a><br /><br />Hula sites at Targhee<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislDdPX2OcQm7O31_Gj9NH8dvJI9Uc8qHwViyxfN5X9bHg9e135PSbXrEzOsL0_B6COdBp8MlsOpji_c4T5_UvghWL2gqTWr1LFGxHz8HTB7ouW2fgZk_2NG9ThAcI8ZngeudIoIr3eHw/s1600/kid+friendly.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislDdPX2OcQm7O31_Gj9NH8dvJI9Uc8qHwViyxfN5X9bHg9e135PSbXrEzOsL0_B6COdBp8MlsOpji_c4T5_UvghWL2gqTWr1LFGxHz8HTB7ouW2fgZk_2NG9ThAcI8ZngeudIoIr3eHw/s320/kid+friendly.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630753947481581954" /></a><br /><br />Kid friendly Targheefest-- check out the dads with their noise canceling headphone kids!<br /><br /> The next day brought much of the same but this time after Golf in the morning I made the grind up to the top of the mountain( 2k up in a couple of miles), I could not get up this climb last year since I was still weak and recovering from surgery, but I did manage to get my fat Ass to the top this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmW89VGkOg5vNg2WFrPAao4m7vgpwfDPZY_SDrwClCXji4NjTsHuHKHsrlwAyu8cxRCdf85RbPc4zyHfV06qnTSBn7P3UxSzWKp_QcefQzk09zN2AsJzlIpY83Nxjn75cjl4JGFMAHzwI/s1600/thewayup.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmW89VGkOg5vNg2WFrPAao4m7vgpwfDPZY_SDrwClCXji4NjTsHuHKHsrlwAyu8cxRCdf85RbPc4zyHfV06qnTSBn7P3UxSzWKp_QcefQzk09zN2AsJzlIpY83Nxjn75cjl4JGFMAHzwI/s320/thewayup.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630754840851006946" /></a><br /><br />The way up to the summit of Grand Targhee ski resort<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1d3hvzzExPp1zEwwKeQYkVH0ankNQrUyYRZv4ZqV5P6Rw0iE6rrs7Z7Dv3Q1_m57hLTnax14OGtrqKZdrfwQTX6KzVSCEw9i9W4Qr_NstRFS_7G7QBeeK18e_UQ1mrN1z7HvjnKuqQw/s1600/jaytopteton.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1d3hvzzExPp1zEwwKeQYkVH0ankNQrUyYRZv4ZqV5P6Rw0iE6rrs7Z7Dv3Q1_m57hLTnax14OGtrqKZdrfwQTX6KzVSCEw9i9W4Qr_NstRFS_7G7QBeeK18e_UQ1mrN1z7HvjnKuqQw/s320/jaytopteton.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630755476982468754" /></a><br /><br />and at the top<br /><br /><br /> Later on Sunday we even got a visit from my friend Patrick and Wendy Sheehan who the day before had sumited the Grand Teton over in Jackson Wy. After Little feat closed the Sunday show, we busted a move and drove back to Bozeman MT. Now its back to Billings and some summer heat!coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-6623638358617333402011-07-10T13:56:00.000-07:002011-07-11T08:15:11.017-07:00Practicing flexibleWell, its been 2 weeks since I decided that Buffalo Springs would be the end of my try at a comeback to competition. I have to say the transition has not been easy. First of all, my family is out on the east coast(we thought I would be training during this time) and not having them around is very hard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyaCsWkOnyXBJTyYq2VnmJBScydo7aLGuMlRkb0yRchG1GhqcDE0DhNCT7uoj0JFnwUkIItHl-aAFj2j_HH4r7E1eZXMrMMjy9JXG5w1wWomWGFn3G3UX0YOBrUDjUPz9PDzOPl8Mr6c/s1600/calefence.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyaCsWkOnyXBJTyYq2VnmJBScydo7aLGuMlRkb0yRchG1GhqcDE0DhNCT7uoj0JFnwUkIItHl-aAFj2j_HH4r7E1eZXMrMMjy9JXG5w1wWomWGFn3G3UX0YOBrUDjUPz9PDzOPl8Mr6c/s320/calefence.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628104582839818050" /></a><br /><br />I miss my girls, here is Cale out east looking at butterfly's<br /><br /> Second of all, when you have been in a routine of training for the past 6 months and pretty much that past 20 years, it is difficult to change that routine. Every day I wake up and think it is time to do masters swim practice or a long bike. Now that the goals have changed and my time is being taken up with other things I am practicing being more flexible with exercise. For example, instead of waking up at 4:30a and heading to Masters swim practice, I go to the endless pool later in the day and swim a 1k. I still love to exercise but I am doing a sport only if I feel like it, not because it is what I have to do or what is scheduled. I am sure it will take a while to be good with less training but I am sure that will come. I do know that it wasn't Hard to gain 5lbs! I am now 1/2 way to the 10lb gain that Mike said was a good thing.<br /><br />Last weekend, I had some folks up for a weekend at the cabin. It was great to get out in the woods and mountain bike the bangtail divide trail for the first time this year. There was still some snow banks that we had to negotiate but the trail was awesome as usual and I still can't believe that some triathletes don't mountain bike! They don't know what they are missing. Nash and I even did a short ski run(on our feet) during the ride. The weekend brought a hike, rides, great eats and drinks and plenty of laughs. I even got some target practice in and planted some Raspberry bushes.( thanks to Steve for the help with the berries and Mark for some good pointers on shooting straight) Thanks to Steve, Mark, Nash, Carissa, Steve and Diana for coming up and keeping me company.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JqWWblrYVdTdsd5n5PJKt4gVOzvI4OjsK8uERfGTxXh5TE9-gaeuQlwaXfJrh6zDJjXwnA_eLZf23AeKCzcQf2WHgT6PT1WwyXtRMn6B5lM8CNGwvjQm47IC4Ey309CMf2JOkcHacvs/s1600/Bangtail+July+3+ski.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JqWWblrYVdTdsd5n5PJKt4gVOzvI4OjsK8uERfGTxXh5TE9-gaeuQlwaXfJrh6zDJjXwnA_eLZf23AeKCzcQf2WHgT6PT1WwyXtRMn6B5lM8CNGwvjQm47IC4Ey309CMf2JOkcHacvs/s320/Bangtail+July+3+ski.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628106543626046738" /></a><br /><br />Nash and I contemplating our ski down a snow bank at the bangtail divide trail<br /> <br /><br />Back to the cabin this past weekend brought more perfect weather( 80 high, 50 at night with clear skies. Dr. Pat Duey came up to ride the Bangtail trail. I had signed up to race in the Tour de Bozeman cycling stage(4) race. On Friday night there was a Crit at Big sky, and after thinking about how anaerobic this would be, I decided that an evening mtn bike ride at Bohart Ranch would be more fun, so I bagged the crit and road a couple of hours with Pat. The next day, I was signed up to do the TT down in Bozeman and later the main street sprints, but instead Pat and I had a big breakfast of eggs, bacon and special pancakes and rode an epic mtn bike ride from the cabin( skunk creek-bangtail-stone creek- back up Olsen- grassy mtn-cabin)47 miles in 5hrs 28 min with 6000ft of climbing. Early in on the ride, up skunk creek, we saw a herd(30-40 head) of elk(could not get a pic, those suckers move quick!) and after that we both heard a very deep bark that could of been a pissed off bear, combine that with some deer, horses, and 5 mountain ranges it was an afternoon of cool visuals. A perfect day on the trails and even the snow banks were gone! It was certainly an epic day! and after the ride we celebrated by firing some rounds of my AR-15.( way fun)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_d6_RHCojC-tGE1f6uTVCTinfMRB3MPOmr051zIeF4ZPBchP3uj8uTh7LYfG0_9UGwI_wCxSLv6O1f2vnlppEzwqNzJgBzbcPfpFBZ1qaiyB0JdWgg0znplJLOSXZ4WBMUgKiHlp3pk4/s1600/coveredbarn.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_d6_RHCojC-tGE1f6uTVCTinfMRB3MPOmr051zIeF4ZPBchP3uj8uTh7LYfG0_9UGwI_wCxSLv6O1f2vnlppEzwqNzJgBzbcPfpFBZ1qaiyB0JdWgg0znplJLOSXZ4WBMUgKiHlp3pk4/s320/coveredbarn.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628109182692035794" /></a><br /><br />covered bridge/barn on Skunk creek road <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggqd3dLH0lg2w0w9eykT6GuWMmEASstiBTv0rVhjgDR95vxU0L2UfnJn7doXD4OgavNx0DH2zrzcD-t5x9qZGz2rNu1fJli5FIfX_w22v1g7o7GJhqIxniNJQkSD5AgbQnk2qrp3PCSQ/s1600/sweet+singletrack.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggqd3dLH0lg2w0w9eykT6GuWMmEASstiBTv0rVhjgDR95vxU0L2UfnJn7doXD4OgavNx0DH2zrzcD-t5x9qZGz2rNu1fJli5FIfX_w22v1g7o7GJhqIxniNJQkSD5AgbQnk2qrp3PCSQ/s320/sweet+singletrack.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628112628131846466" /></a><br /><br />Pat on some sweet single track<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVAVqmGjufQPfGuE3-phJU1u0Uzje1HB3Fkqy5v1va_K620q4tKAERlOhf36tIIE-bQeK-WhYe7ct7KIfiH-DQP4cwsmHHSbzjHBaTPI-yV3_lTXWjvzECwepsUrtUoP8SIklwv-4Kyc/s1600/switchbackgrassy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVAVqmGjufQPfGuE3-phJU1u0Uzje1HB3Fkqy5v1va_K620q4tKAERlOhf36tIIE-bQeK-WhYe7ct7KIfiH-DQP4cwsmHHSbzjHBaTPI-yV3_lTXWjvzECwepsUrtUoP8SIklwv-4Kyc/s320/switchbackgrassy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628113223921491714" /></a><br /><br />going down the grassy mtn switchbacks with the Bridgers in the background<br /><br /> Sunday, I was signed up to do the road race but instead I did some work around the cabin and took the day off exercise completely. So I blew $85.00 by entering the races but training the art of being flexible was probably more beneficial to my new transition.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-80091947497926343992011-06-27T10:49:00.000-07:002011-06-28T08:01:12.917-07:00The end and the BeginingOn Sunday at the Buffalo springs 70.3 race in Lubbock Tx, my vision quest came to an end. I worked very hard for nearly 6 months, but in the end it was not nearly enough to get the job done. I want to first thank everyone-- my friends, sponsors and especially my family for all the support along this journey.<br /><br /><br />When I made my goal/quest to come back to competitive triathlon racing after my second Heart surgery, I had convinced myself that if I worked hard enough I could be competitive again. I would then prove to myself and others that having your chest broke open a couple of times does not mean things have to be different. In retrospect I should of never came out with that goal. I knew that becoming ultra competitive again in triathlon would be very difficult. I just did not know how difficult. I should of realized that just coming back to healthy training and finishing triathlons would be enough of a challenge. But my perfectionism and hard headed-ness kicked in and I wanted more than that. I know that the first rule of setting goals is to make them achievable. However, I did not follow this rule. It became clear in Lubbock that my body did not allow me to reach these lofty goals. My competitive triathlon days are now officially over. And with this realization there comes a tremendous sense of relief. It is now time for a new beginning.<br /><br />Race report:<br /><br />Going into the race and for the past 6mo, I have worked as hard as I ever have, in my 20+ yrs of training for this sport. But now my engine is different, retooled with a transplant aortic valve and root, the way it feels to train and race is much different than ever before and not in a good way. <br /><br />Before the race, Mike Pigg and I decided to take the pressure off of trying to compete at a high level and just stick to conservative Heart rate numbers throughout the race and have a clean day and finish. The last time a did Buffalo springs after my first Heart surgery I didn't finish the run and of course there was St.Croix. The plan was to swim very smooth and not stressed, stay at 130-135 on the bike and 135-140 on the run and finish feeling good.<br />I spent much of the past few weeks getting my head around this idea. I knew it was the right thing to do given the last few races and how inconsistent I felt in training/racing. With the weather on race day predicted to be over 100 degrees with wind, it made even more sense to be very conservative.<br /><br />Before the race I was very calm and even though they grouped the 50+ group in with the 30-34 males I found a way to get away from the madness and have a relatively stress free swim, going 28 and change and never really pushing any HR effort. Coming out of the water I took my sweet time and got on the bike with the sole focus to stay at the 130-135 number and concentrate on hydration and nutrition. <br /><br />All my career I have always hammered the bike and for most of the past 20+years this was my strength in the sport and how I became competitive in races, so it was hard to let tons of folks pass me on the bike. But I did-- even though it was very hard to keep the HR down to the 130 number with the heat and wind and I found myself riding more at 135 instead. this probably cost me a bit in the last 5-10 miles as we hit a pretty stiff headwind and what was a relatively easy ride to that point became tougher. My split was 2;42 and that pretty much sucks. On to the run and with the heat rising up into the triple digits, it was really hard to keep the HR down, so I used the walk through the aid station technique, ice in the hat, etc.... typical death march stuff and actually felt pretty good the last 4miles and ran most of it without walking. My split on the run was 2hrs not exactly stellar either but I finished. My time would end up being 5:16 placing 7th in my age group. I ranked 7th in every discipline. At the finish I felt physically pretty good, no gut bomb, no medical tent, no blisters( i did wear socks) a clean race( albeit slow as ass) But one thing was for sure, I was done with racing Triathlon. I had once placed 2nd overall in this race back in 1995 in a time of 4:18 almost an hour faster than I did on Sunday. Just another stark realization of my deterioration and inability to race competitively on a national level again. <br /><br />I am proud of fighting myself back to this point. The work has been brutal. I think that in the end I realize that for me to get more competitive in this sport I would have to spend even more time, maybe even years of many hours of aerobic training in order to acclimate my system to become more efficient at lower HR numbers. And even if I did so, I may still not get to that level again. This is something I am not willing to put me or my family through any more.<br /><br />when I started racing triathlon in the late 80s it was fun, I had no expectations and it felt good to get in shape after being fat and out of shape by having a desk job. The next few years from 87-93 I had fun with the sport. I enjoyed going to races, talking smack and planing the training with the guys. There was camaraderie, we had a good group of guys to train with, there was no coaches or numbers to adhere to, just chase each other around as hard as possible. those were the days. It was hard but it was fun to compete on a day to day basis<br /><br />then in 1993 I started to win races and with that came the expectations and pressure to be good in every race. This made the sport less and less fun. My relationships turned stressed and it was only about living up to the expectations of doing better or at least as good as before. There was Ironman Hawaii, Nationals, ect... I didn't like what I had become as a person, I was focused completely around the sport and I was so very selfish. Competition was the focus in my life and it became my identity. There was so many sacrifices and mistakes I made through those years. I can honestly say that the only real positives that came out of that period was meeting my wife Sarah and a few good friends as well as developing my fitness business. <br /><br />Starting in 2003 I became more removed from the sport of triathlon when Sarah and I moved to Montana. I exercised the 3 sports just for health and fitness and without a whole lot of structure. Again i started to enjoyed the sports. You see in Montana triathletes are not super prevalent and folks enjoy activity in many modes and don't take themselves so seriously about any of them. I put very little pressure on myself to be very good in these years. <br /><br />Then the heart surgeries changed everything in my life both mentally and physically. I did not want heart surgery to limit me in any way. So I fought hard to come back. Fast forward to this latest comeback. By trying to be competitive like before I found myself again getting selfish, absorbed in the training/racing and basically a pain in the ass to live with. Going to the big races and seeing the competitive athletes made me want to be good again. It was like in the godfather-- "I try to get out but they pull me back in" But at these races I also realized that I was not into the triathlon scene anymore. I found it more and more nauseating. <br /><br />I also know that my training had become a stress on my family and friends. My wife Sarah has been super understanding during this period but it has not been easy on her. I am very sorry to have put her through this struggle. I love her so very much. And my kids( Chloe and Cale) are the lights of my life and during this whole thing it has weighed heavily on me that I have spent so much time away from them while training and racing. Now that it is over I am very excited to spend time playing with my kids in the dirt again!<br /><br />After the Race, I was in the car and driving back to Montana within 45min of my finish. I do believe that I won the open heart surgery division + driving 16 hrs straight after a 70.3 race, all I can say is thank god for 5 hr energy! On the drive I had a great conversation with Mike Pigg for about an hour. He has been great in the past couple of months counseling me in my training and in Life. We talked about how finishing was a good thing and that I had done it right by racing aerobic and feeling good at the finish without incident. He also remarked that he didn't understand how anyone with a family trained for Ironman. He told me that if he had a family when he raced that he could not have done it. I think he has got that right.<br /><br />We also discussed how to approach my post racing period. here are some of the suggestions that Mike made when I asked him how he approached his transition from racing. The following is some of the advice that Mike gave.<br /><br />1. No more structure, Have fun when you exercise and mix it up with what you feel like doing on that day.<br /><br />2. take days off when you feel like it<br /><br />3. its ok to gain 10 pounds but not 20 lbs. if that happens just cut back on the beer and ice cream and eat more protein and vegetables.<br /><br />4. plan exercise with your kids and your wife, make movement a family outing. Mike recently went out for 3hrs with his 14 yr old son on a tandem. He said that it was great to spend that time taking, moving and seeing the countryside. killing 2 birds with one stone<br /><br />5. go out and train with friends and/or clients. Go as slow as you want, make exercise more social.<br /><br />6. Its ok to enter a 5k or bike race and go as hard as you want, just make sure you don't have any expectations<br /><br />7. look down the road to things like coaching your kids in sport or activity <br /><br />8. stay fit enough to keep up with your kids when you get to be 60,70,80 yrs old<br /><br />9. play more golf<br /><br />10. spend more time at the cabin, hiking, biking and playing in the woods with the family.<br /><br />so today I will start a new phase in my life without triathlon racing. Is this failure in my quest hard to swallow? sure it is. but with every end there is a new beginning and this quest fortunately has no clock.<br /><br />coachjaycoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-36510814137435149312011-06-05T07:59:00.000-07:002011-06-16T18:11:17.583-07:00Ironheart classic/ willard bay tri/ cabin and lead up to lubbockSince my last post, I have been trying hard to bounce back from the poor outcome at St. Croix. But I have to be honest, it has been much harder to be UP for workouts than before ST. Croix. Each bout of work has been more inconsistent than in the past and it has been very hard to predict how my body feels and reacts to training. It is unclear why exactly this is happening but it is clear that someone with a partial heart transplant trying to compete at a high level is an unknown entity. This could be just the way it is going to be with my new heart or I may be hitting the ceiling on just how I can compete given my circumstances. These thoughts weigh very heavy on my mind going into races these days. There was a time that working this hard gave me a lot of confidence going into races. Over the years I have had some bad days but for the most part I was very consistent when I toed the line. Now things are different and it is uncomfortable to deal with.<br /><br />a few weeks ago I traveled to Seattle to visit with my friends Carol and Matt Des rosiers (dizzy)and run in the Ironheart classic 8miler. I had not been to Seattle in many years and it was great to spend some time with Diz and Carol since they moved out there. When I got in to Seattle Diz and I went down the Pike Market and saw the sights.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinY5QTw6Pc_ZuTgXZarspu_XN7ol-nt1TpnCrWEjgrLPilMh2QmJJH1uIsJCSEpOp0tSOaQhXok_zBVBOsG6K2pwi5eg9gv_uHFu1BcdhJ1KfoV57Pa-VxU9dz_-EDEkOdoAhwEfvkndg/s1600/diz+starbucks.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinY5QTw6Pc_ZuTgXZarspu_XN7ol-nt1TpnCrWEjgrLPilMh2QmJJH1uIsJCSEpOp0tSOaQhXok_zBVBOsG6K2pwi5eg9gv_uHFu1BcdhJ1KfoV57Pa-VxU9dz_-EDEkOdoAhwEfvkndg/s320/diz+starbucks.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614765546019859986" /></a><br /><br />Dizzy at the original starbucks<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0vxguT-hCLFqh36sKHinOkJ8-BGB4SBqhLBaL0S_vELn0AASMH39c5tFVZ_g67dZhz46TdscTkXj6hglGUAYv3XujzbDkF5Gc8yIyJX2w-DE0uS1TITiyQA7XybHTVSzxuNJqSM-1z8/s1600/flying+fish.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0vxguT-hCLFqh36sKHinOkJ8-BGB4SBqhLBaL0S_vELn0AASMH39c5tFVZ_g67dZhz46TdscTkXj6hglGUAYv3XujzbDkF5Gc8yIyJX2w-DE0uS1TITiyQA7XybHTVSzxuNJqSM-1z8/s320/flying+fish.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614766153858459362" /></a><br /><br />flying fish at Pike market Seattle<br /><br />We then headed up to Mt. Vernon where the Des Rosiers live and hit the links for some golf. A really nice golf course where Diz and Carol live. Golf was fun and then great seafood eats. Its really nice to get fresh seafood as a change of pace from what we get in Billings. Great day.<br /><br /><br /><br />next up the Ironheart classic. I was really trying to see what I could hold for 8 miles running and also wanted to connect with other heart surgery patients that where also competing. As I lined up at the start, you look around and guess on who had a scar on there chest or not. My thought is " I hope I can beat the other heart patients". There were a few fast looking guys up in the front and at the start I went out like I was 30 and went through the first mile at 6:11! shit too fast. I settled back and got into a better pace and pretty much ran 6:30 miles from there on out until the finish, I finished in 51:57 and finished 5th overall and first in the heart patient category. I was somewhat pleased with this race and felt ok but not great through out this effort. I was pleased that I passed Diz and Carol with a 1/2 mile to go on their 4mile walk. something we had smack talked about the night before at dinner! Fun event and a fun day. Thanks to Dave Watkins for putting on the first annual Ironheart classic. We hope to make this a great annual event. Here are the <a href="http://www.buduracing.com/raceresults/20110521_677.pdf">results</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3v-FTSuyWXNo9miHbo3JNjgGvdThlrHP_U3LzKyjAP99HItaE6yy4zaG7Qo3bmByN0S73lWU41d-jALRiNxNwjDRUX4tkmsi-FIWbkQ6uigGxff5kDczkrsa1YAg_DvL48W4bWfJFKgE/s1600/ironheart+classic+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3v-FTSuyWXNo9miHbo3JNjgGvdThlrHP_U3LzKyjAP99HItaE6yy4zaG7Qo3bmByN0S73lWU41d-jALRiNxNwjDRUX4tkmsi-FIWbkQ6uigGxff5kDczkrsa1YAg_DvL48W4bWfJFKgE/s320/ironheart+classic+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614770616054642962" /></a><br /><br />Jay at the Ironheart classic 8miler in Seattle<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiLA1dl8xPL_ZTSR2kPubQP7rbRhWfS0RAE4zvVW8KkTJADn6y2me8_JjCgD0UGL6Co4CNBnmKXwOKinXzqpsgNwft_rADzbSQ8A_a6H-VbOzLlhqKXEWPWrsyYoBn2FHWP34s7KrhfY/s1600/diz+mountain+biking.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiLA1dl8xPL_ZTSR2kPubQP7rbRhWfS0RAE4zvVW8KkTJADn6y2me8_JjCgD0UGL6Co4CNBnmKXwOKinXzqpsgNwft_rADzbSQ8A_a6H-VbOzLlhqKXEWPWrsyYoBn2FHWP34s7KrhfY/s320/diz+mountain+biking.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618978443395769202" /></a><br /><br />Dizzy comes down the trail at little mountain near his house In Mt Vernon Wa<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz27OA20KWyNm93MPVMNe5tW6IN-Dyz5K_vi7Q50SBvlYLyJdwK4K9GbNA24a4Rc2zIegUfP_CjsktIVFzMRHfJ7KizrAi-5MpzOzV_Bunnp7_PSlp1kMu6hhV4v-rlE076J1ogfTON8M/s1600/diz+and+jay.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz27OA20KWyNm93MPVMNe5tW6IN-Dyz5K_vi7Q50SBvlYLyJdwK4K9GbNA24a4Rc2zIegUfP_CjsktIVFzMRHfJ7KizrAi-5MpzOzV_Bunnp7_PSlp1kMu6hhV4v-rlE076J1ogfTON8M/s320/diz+and+jay.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618978902215817090" /></a><br /><br />Diz and I at the summit of Little mountain<br /><br />This past weekend I traveled down to Ogden UT for the Willard bay Olympic Distance Triathlon. I chose this race because the timing was right and I could drive to the event. I also would be able to meet my client Jay Preston who lives is Salt Lake. I really needed to get a tri under my belt after St. Croix so as to build some confidence going into Lubbock. After arriving at Ogden I met Jay and we went for a prerace swim. The lake was supposed to be 63 degrees but it was really 51 degrees! buuuur. Jay and I then rode the course easy. The bike course was flat and fast although the roads were not great. Jay and I had a nice dinner and got to know each other. <br /><br />The race the next day went almost good. In the swim I felt pretty strong and even though I was by myself I felt strong and got into a great rhythm. I would come out of the water in 6th overall in a time of 21:40. On the bike my strategy was to take a bit more time to get to pace and it seemed to work as I felt pretty strong from the go and built into a good pace ave around 278 watts for the first loop(12.5miles)I battled with a younger local guy on the second loop but stayed in control trying to make sure I would have a solid race throughout. My bike time would be 1:01 which would rank me the second fastest bike split of the day. I was very pleased on how I felt on the bike. I did have a bit of a mistake on the T2 as I followed the young guy into the transition and right to his rack instead of mine! damn! that was stupid. it took me a while to figure out that I was in the wrong rack. finally I got to my rack and got my run gear on. Then the run. the first couple of miles I felt descent running sub 7min pace. The run course was on a gravel levy( out and back) after a couple of miles my legs felt weak and my cardio system was also getting stressed. At the turnaround, I had to stop and get some rocks out of my shoes. then it just seemed that I was bogging down and at mile four I felt a bit wrong and had some dizziness which concerned me, so I walked through the aid station and gathered myself. I finished the last mile a bit better, but in the end my 45min run was a disappointment. I had hoped to run in the low 40s here. all in all it was much better than St. Croix and somewhat of a regaining of confidence. I do need to be much better on the run come June 26th. The finish <a href="http://www.milliseconds.com/participants/final_list/overall/144108">results</a> I would end up at 2:10 which would be good for 4th overall and first old guy. Thanks to Jay Preston for coming up early in the morning to support his coach!<br /><br />we finally are getting some spring time temps here in Montana! must be the global cooling up here. So we got up to the cabin for the first time in 6 weeks! my favorite ride in the world is heading from the cabin to wilsal/clyde park and this weekend all the way around to livingston. Right now the snow pack is still huge and every thing else is green and finally the wildflowers are coming out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwzuyuE3FzVvzZRSgh0noErFqLwHRHJ_Y3mMcO0UAJpsF8MYPqkHRqKfg96EaFZonYvWHXrgcEyUWNhHaTDw8x3bPyUte_WAPs3hABsStK5tsS6Pa69EYDwyRQcj6nda40IsYVNh6ZcA/s1600/The+bridger+range.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwzuyuE3FzVvzZRSgh0noErFqLwHRHJ_Y3mMcO0UAJpsF8MYPqkHRqKfg96EaFZonYvWHXrgcEyUWNhHaTDw8x3bPyUte_WAPs3hABsStK5tsS6Pa69EYDwyRQcj6nda40IsYVNh6ZcA/s320/The+bridger+range.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618979649243156242" /></a><br /><br />heading to the back side of the battle ridge climb brutal with 18% grades<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgWq4ZfG39ShyphenhyphenFVooOxx4HLW4BMfQNUfBc6J7YT5lQiRJLsFlwcj-nQTLZLm-JfiGYjE4eb3cpwNJnl1fs50ls8rhTae4mrL07SjS7S0kJ8xHjyA7sgkUaXg-3EeZmjM1rt4cQg_Wj5A/s1600/ride+from+the+cabin.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgWq4ZfG39ShyphenhyphenFVooOxx4HLW4BMfQNUfBc6J7YT5lQiRJLsFlwcj-nQTLZLm-JfiGYjE4eb3cpwNJnl1fs50ls8rhTae4mrL07SjS7S0kJ8xHjyA7sgkUaXg-3EeZmjM1rt4cQg_Wj5A/s320/ride+from+the+cabin.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618981112012251442" /></a><br /><br />aaah the open roads of Montana-- from the cabin--sometimes over an hour without a passing car-- there is nothing like it---<br /><br />On the Clone front-- congrats to Adam Weaver and Jay Preston for great races at the Boise 70.3 race. Jay was 3rd in his age group in a time of 4;21 posting the fastest amateur bike split of the day. And Adam placed 10th in the same 40-44 age group. <br /><br />with just a week to go until I hoof it to Lubbock(106 degrees today, Yikes)I am sowing up my last key workouts before my taper/rest. I am feeling pretty good and especially with getting my head around just having a clean race at Lubbock, which is what Mike Pigg and I are calling my goal for this race. I am going to be very strict on my HR number and am going to concentrate on that first. what ever happens with my time and place happens after that. No matter what the result I know I have done everything I could do to prepare and am proud of working through how hard it has been given the way my body is and feels. It has been very hard to attempt this and apart from having the surgeries and pic line drip-- the most difficult thing I have ever tried to do. I am hopeful that I will get to finish line with that clean race!coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-23489747696735185642011-06-01T07:46:00.000-07:002011-06-01T07:53:02.565-07:00Trials & Tribulations(Post by Sarah:) Well! It has been quite an on-again off-again spring. The weather in MT has produced non-stop rains and cool weather...finally getting into full-on spring this week! Jay's races and training seem to have gone up and down with the weather. First we suffered a big disappointment at St. Croix. Then, with the go-ahead from Dr. Scott Sample, Jay came in 5th overall at the Ironheart 8-miler in Seattle. Now, this weekend, he's headed to an olympic distance at Willard Bay. I sure hope it goes well for him! <br /><br />On the home front, we have also suffered some significant trials, including home damage due to the moisture, termites, and sliding shale behind our home. Chloe is out of school for the summer and starting camp next week. Cale is still going to "baby school" at MSU Billings. I am still teaching a bit and conducting research on the side. <br /><br />With the end of my university semester, my training (for nothing in particular) has increased and I am beginning to look around for races. I am planning on doing a trail run in Red Lodge, a 10-mile trail run in Bozeman, the Falmouth Sprint Tri, a century ride in the Beartooths, and perhaps a 50 km in August. <br /><br />I'll be on the East Coast for the month of July...and will be looking forward to catching up with some of the old crew. Jay will remain in Montana, training and racing.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-90761103814882868232011-05-16T19:10:00.000-07:002011-05-18T12:35:40.848-07:00rebuilding confidence/seeing clearlySince the disappointment of St.Croix it has been hard to get my mojo back. Like most sports the mental side is very important to any success. With a bit less confidence and uncertainty I have wondered whether this quest is even possible after failing a couple of weeks ago. It has been a lot more difficult to get out the door for workouts. Bunches of you have sent nice notes on what happened and I really appreciate the kind words. But it is hard to put in such hard work and get a bad result. I loved endurance racing from the start because for the most part if you worked hard you were rewarded with good results. However, the circumstances are a bit different now and I will have to deal with the other variables involved with my body and somehow find the best way around them. My patterns of recovery with certain loads of training is a lot different than every before and it has been difficult to read how to plan for these ups and downs.<br /><br />In the past few weeks there has been a change in my guidance. I am now working with Mike Pigg on my training. so far the main difference between Mike and Dave Scott has been the more organic(I will try to explain this) nature of the coaching. Dave's workouts and coaching were great and they were very challenging to say the least. I feel they definitely got me to a new level of fitness. Just getting through those workouts gave me a degree of confidence in my comeback. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ6pYx43orHWDbqLDp2hzqJM_X-c2ufSi5nzlTbRe3KM9KFgMKdG2X9IFWsFQtpL5-pVUogtsak5PIVRIJ-FcdM3kF-QoAvigV4TQKSwhZjchrcRX508bQWXj48PwDHO4mtz3qxZQyaU/s1600/Mike%252BPigg%252BI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ6pYx43orHWDbqLDp2hzqJM_X-c2ufSi5nzlTbRe3KM9KFgMKdG2X9IFWsFQtpL5-pVUogtsak5PIVRIJ-FcdM3kF-QoAvigV4TQKSwhZjchrcRX508bQWXj48PwDHO4mtz3qxZQyaU/s320/Mike%252BPigg%252BI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607530528201633362" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Intensity of Mike Pigg racing<br /></span><br /><br />For those of you who don't know of Mike Pigg. Mike is a triathlon Icon. One of the best of all Time. His resume is dense and the Story of Mike Pigg's career is an amazing one which is documented in this <a href="http://www.humboldt.k12.ca.us/hdnleagu/notable/Mike Pigg.htm">2001 story</a> when he retired from the sport. I got to know mike in 1993 at the multi-sport camp of champions camp in San Diego. The recently passed Dr Hilton Kort and I attended the camp and met Mike for the first time there. Mike is a regular guy with an incredible enthusiasm for sport. His heart is huge and his ability to suffer is legendary. Dave Scott told me recently that Mikes suffer quotient was off the charts. But beyond his desire to win, his attention to detail in his training and his vast knowledge and experience with the process is an incredible resource. <br /><br />Later in Mikes career we collaborated on a couple of projects including a Triathlon camp in Atlanta/ North Georgia and even produced a cycling video together(which by the way I don't even have a copy of --long story) So it was the logical choice to have Mike work with me on my vision quest.<br /><br />I have been coaching folks in Triathlon for 20 years now and over those years much has changed in my life. And of course with those changes come the way I look at coaching and my methods. I used to coach by the motto that always got me my results--- "out work the other guy" and that philosophy has served me and my clients well over the years. Now of course there is more technology, more gadgets, and a very different and increasing triathlon crowd. In my my older and hopefully wiser years I have found that there is more to coaching than just placing an incredible work load of swimming, biking and running on an individual. Don't get me wrong now--- if you want to be good at this sport you still have to do a bunch of hard well placed and well paced work in all three sports. However, what has become a bunch more evident to me now, more than ever is how this workload fits in someones healthy life. <br /><br />Mike Pigg is very conscience of this fact as well. Mike raced for money and that was pretty much it. When he couldn't make a living doing it, he was done. Now Mike loves to be active and still does events for fun, he is planning on doing the Leadville 100 Mtn bike race this summer among other events and adventures. but he doesn't need to do it at his best level anymore--He has been the best-- There are other things more important for him to spend his hours on. Mike and his wife have a real estate business and he has 2 kids of 14yrs old. his daughter Chloe is one of the best distance runners in the state, you can view her racing at Hayward field in Oregon a couple of weeks ago. (on the important docs page of this blog.)<br /><br /> I and most of us are not pro's and don't make a living racing triathlon, so for us amateurs there is a difference in the picture surrounding training and our lives. I asked Mike once in an interview back in 2002, what he would miss from racing, his response was "being super fit". Super fit is what it takes to be competitive on the national stage in Triathlon. I too will miss being "super fit" after this is all over. It makes you feel like superman compared to others. However, I do know that post competitive racing that exercise in many forms will continue to be a big part of our lives and just "fit" will be just fine, and in most respects much healthier for me and my family.<br /><br />While working with me, Mike asks me every week about how I feel, whats going on with my physical and mental state and what's going on with my life other than training/racing. This week I have Chloe with me for the next 3 days, while Sarah and Cale are in Bozeman for a work conference, and Mike takes this into consideration with my training. He makes it a positive by suggesting spending quality time with your daughter and take some easy days around the extra responsibilities. Today I see this lack of training as a positive, while in previous years I certainly would not.<br /><br />You see I believe that training for Triathlon at the high level while having a family(not to mention a job) is nearly impossible to really have a healthy balance. I came to that conclusion a while back, based my 20yrs of experience and hundreds of examples of bad outcomes. I know there are exceptions but when I look through all the folks I have worked with over the years( and there is a wide cross section of people in that crowd) I see a huge majority of bad outcomes or troubling circumstances that have occurred as a result of obsessive triathlon training. And let me be clear I include myself in that crowd. What Mike is communicating to me and in a large part what I have been trying to communicate to my clients in the past number of years is that you need to look beyond the training to keep a healthy balanced life. A life that is not clouded by the pull or what I refer to as "the crack pipe"(triathlon addiction). <br /><br />I have said to many folks in recent years that training 15-25 hrs a week for Triathlon doesn't make me a better father or husband. It flat out doesn't. It costs a ton of money, it makes you tired( with all this affects) and it is a serious time suck even outside the actual hours of training(travel,planning, etc..) With all that said, this is the path I have chosen. I don't fold folks who want to get fit and do a triathlon for a goal to get to better health, into this crowd. I encourage people to race for a way to motivate toward a healthy goal. We are talking about the group that wants to get competitive at the national level and what it takes to do so.<br /><br /> I still love to work with the beginner who sees triathlon as a mode to lose weight and get fit. I was that person back in 1986. I am also taking increasing pride in my work with other heart patients who are battling back from getting knocked down. Inspiring folks to see that anything is possible after being really sick or hurt. I am really looking forward to running in the <a href="http://www.classic.ironheartracing.com">ironheart classic 8mile race</a> this weekend in Seattle and visiting with other folks that have had similar challenges to mine.<br /><br /> 4 months into my personal quest I am trying my best to do what it takes to make the results I seek happen. The training is taking a sacrifice that I am not at all comfortable with. I am looking forward to after it is all said and done that I will be back to having a better balance in my life, spending more time with my family and being fit albeit not super fit. This much is clearcoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-43920094575685251592011-05-09T13:01:00.000-07:002011-05-09T18:31:55.312-07:00Remembering and Forgetting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZV_jMUB4dJWUILXRQuT-nWO_NwhInG7Vnaeb_DvC5XyWK66mmxN-y6Gj16lCXynJRX0p3lcTrm7gYoRBTJbwW0AGWEcrN24NXknrkEGkczS-CcYOcc5zgHi6figLSAG-R4MmJtJgcJw/s1600/remembering+ribbon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 42px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZV_jMUB4dJWUILXRQuT-nWO_NwhInG7Vnaeb_DvC5XyWK66mmxN-y6Gj16lCXynJRX0p3lcTrm7gYoRBTJbwW0AGWEcrN24NXknrkEGkczS-CcYOcc5zgHi6figLSAG-R4MmJtJgcJw/s320/remembering+ribbon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604832142034073938" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Remembering</span><br /><br /><br />Friday night our good friend of nearly 20 yrs, Doctor Hilton Kort passed from his battle from a rare form of Cancer. I worked with Hilton and his family, wife Phillipa, and sons Jonathon and Anton since 1993. They were like a second family to me. I spent many hours with the Kort family, and I will remember many good times spent with Hilton and the family. Hilton hosted a group of us from Atlanta to race with him at Ironman South Africa in 2001; I also had the opportunity to stay at their house in Vail for training camps; I was fortunate to travel with Anton to national junior races; and did countless workouts with all of the family in the Atlanta area. The times I spent with Hilton were always special because he was a special man. Recently we would talk about fighting back from health hardships. I believe we gained strength and resolve from each other.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTupAH8seP5k29kX3XqS6Qe_Itv6lihfAgV6RDB4NrK_1wik3NWPJ6WS8BSdmZbmfmdIFNGlyqTlS0PKVUYcdW5U44NyuaeLtkSOkgIzysyqVELux-SF4Lga2qxvE6qgceDlCKBZBNmY/s1600/j-hilton.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTupAH8seP5k29kX3XqS6Qe_Itv6lihfAgV6RDB4NrK_1wik3NWPJ6WS8BSdmZbmfmdIFNGlyqTlS0PKVUYcdW5U44NyuaeLtkSOkgIzysyqVELux-SF4Lga2qxvE6qgceDlCKBZBNmY/s320/j-hilton.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604831836463861186" /></a><br /><br />Hilton and I at Rev 3 Knoxville last year<br /><br />We raced together exactly a year ago at the Rev 3 Triathlon in Knoxville, TN where we both won our age groups. Hilton had a heart of gold and I always marveled at the closeness of their family. They were committed to fitness and the whole family would do races and events together. Anton and Hilton only a year or so ago raced together at sprint worlds. The Korts were what a family should be. There was a closeness you felt any time you were around the Kort family. Hilton was one of the premier IVF specialists in the entire world; in his work and in his private life he touched so many lives. The world will miss Hilton Kort. I will be wearing a ribbon and gather strength from his strength in every race I do this year.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">forgetting</span><br /><br />After the days of depression post St. Croix, I have pushed forward and gotten back on the horse this past week. I have been working with Triathlon Icon Mike Pigg for the past few weeks as Dave Scott has had to cut back on his client load with new business opportunities. The timing was not great on this change but I am very fortunate to be working with Mike now on my quest/comeback. I have kept my HR in check (aerobic) per Mike's advice, until I was tested and met with my doctor (Dr. Scott Sample) this week. <br /><br />The Echo today came back good and I have checked out fine with the doc. The reason for what happened to my legs in St. Croix is still unknown but there are a few things that we are going to try to do differently moving forward for the next race. I will no doubt have some fear of this happening again but it's time to forget and gain confidence and more fitness moving forward. With my history, it is just going to be very hard to race and deal with the feel of my body and decipher what is normal and what may be not.<br /><br />Last weekend I ponied up and did a cycling Omnium in Belt, Montana. The Omnium started in the morning with an 11-mile TT and in the afternoon a 50-mile road race. It was a pleasant surprise to race pretty well. I finished 2nd in the TT with a time of 27 minutes and 309-watt ave, and in the road race I was in the mix for most of the cat 1,2,3 and masters A group and ave 260-watts for over 2 hrs. These are the kind of numbers that I was showing going into St. Croix! So I was again encouraged with what my body could still do and that my fitness level was much better than what it showed a week ago.<br /><br />Next up with be the <a href="http://classic.ironheartracing.com">Ironheart classic</a> 8mile run in Seattle and an olympic race the <a href="http://www.willardbaytriathlon.com">willard Bay Triathlon</a> in Utah June 4th and on to the Buffalo Springs race on June 26th. <br /><br />On the clone front, a big congrats to my 62nd Hawaii Ironman qualifier clone, Jay Preston, from Salt Lake City, UT. Jay placed 3rd in the 40-44 age group with a time of 9:57 a 15min PR from last year in the St. Georges Ironman. Jay had the fastest bike split in his age group. Jay will be doing the Boise 70.3 and then getting ready for a great race in Kona. I also want to announce a new clone in Kelly Carter Flynn. Kelly is training for her first triathlon as her family has set a goal to do a Tri together in remembrance of their father who died last year of heart disease and complications from valve repair. Also a shout out to my wife and my best supporter Sarah for a stellar 2nd place in the <a href="http://www.womensrun.org"> Montana Women's Run</a> 5miler she was second to non other than Olympic gold medalist and masters record holder Joan Benoit Samuelson. also participating in the women's run (which by the way had an awesome participation of 8700 runners) Sue, Carla, Jennel and my 5yr old Chloe.<br /><br />This weekend Clones, Dan Brewer, Dr. Paolo Gerbasi, and Mike Fogassey toe the line in the 70.3 Florida in Orlando FL. Good luck guys!coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-5612910157532376432011-05-08T17:40:00.000-07:002011-05-08T18:02:51.231-07:00Ironheart Racing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqrtD25LUts0FsYX6hIOVOrB8l_UQ5Hl8D7s5_iSV3PRF0cXvq9N-RHTRn7LDGBLj-U5bmglse7xwJDuv4GE4utBV5KLwiEDMBRepJnWaONZQQARtG2JrHq1czjA9al-Hr5eyfT-P_R0/s1600/DSCN1299.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqrtD25LUts0FsYX6hIOVOrB8l_UQ5Hl8D7s5_iSV3PRF0cXvq9N-RHTRn7LDGBLj-U5bmglse7xwJDuv4GE4utBV5KLwiEDMBRepJnWaONZQQARtG2JrHq1czjA9al-Hr5eyfT-P_R0/s320/DSCN1299.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604512029868649234" /></a> The stairway back up<br /><br />Believe it or not, there are some 100 other heart patient triathletes who are really organized! Jay has just discovered their team - <a href="http://ironheartracing.com">ironheartracing.com</a> - and joined. Many of them had congenital problems like Jay and are determined to be competitive again. Jay is going out to join their first event in Seattle next week - <a href="http://classic.ironheartracing.com/">The Ironheart Classic</a><br /><br />When: May 21, 2011 09:00<br />Where: Marymoor Park- Redmond, WA<br />What: A 4 mile Fun Run/Walk representing the 4 chambers of the heart,<br />An 8 mile Run representing the 4 chambers + 4 valves of the heart<br /><br />If you are in the vicinity, please consider joining Jay in this event!coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-12088084182706986732011-05-01T10:20:00.000-07:002011-05-01T11:56:41.753-07:00Back to the drawing boardThis is a very hard blog to write but as they say -- I need to cowboy up! Things today did not go as planned in St.Croix. All week I was feeling positive and the body and mind were good. All my tune-ups went well and on Thursday I went up the Beast(the .7-mile hill of avg. grade of 15%)in 7 minutes, pretty much no problem at 140 HR. I felt rested, and nervous, but ready to roll and I was confident that I had done all the prep I could do to be ready for this test. Race morning was also good with all my gear and nutrition ready to race this very difficult course. <br /><br />The swim started and I got out to a good start and settled into my pace and felt pretty good and relaxed. I got a good draft from Roger Wacker and another in my group on the way back in. I came out in 32 and change and thought -- "Damn, I thought I could go more like 30 here," but looking at the times and my place (7th) out of the water I was in pretty good shape going into the bike.<br /><br />Then everything went bad. I started the bike and immediately thought, "Shit, my legs feel like crap!" but I didn't panic, I knew it was a long hard race and my legs surely would come around. The first short loop and into town, Sarah shouted that I was in 4th. OK, my legs feel like shit but I am OK if I get some legs sometime soon, I tried as I might, easier gears, harder gears, standing, etc.... but it was like I had a bad electrical current in my legs that wouldn't allow me to push any power to the pedals. At mile 20 I hit the "Beast," where just a few days ago I went up it pretty easy. Not this time. I was barely able to get up the thing. Over the top and down to the faster section of the course. I stayed in the game and continued to fight to find something. By mile 30 I was actually pushing my hand on my quads to push the pedal down. I was relegated to the small ring and barely able to push 200 w. I was done.<br /><br />I spun easy to the short loop and cut through --- I really don't think I could of got around the hard side of the island for the last 20 miles. And certainly could not have run. It was like I was bonked after a century. I saw Sarah at the corner of the short loop and said to her, "I have never felt legs on the bike quite like that before." I was able to get to the room barely and now I am processing what exactly happened.<br /><br />I can't tell you how disappointed and embarrassed I am about this. I knew this quest was going to be hard but I really thought that my training numbers were good and I was ready to perform today. I obviously wasn't. I have had so many people routing for me and supporting me in this quest. I have let you all down today and it really hurts. I even had a good cry as I watching the "Bucket List" on the tube. I have no idea why it went bad today --- which is the most frustrating. Everyone has bad days with bad legs and I --- like everyone has had my fair share of bad days on the race course. There were a couple of incidents in Training were something like this happened to me. A few weeks ago at a practice TT (17 miles) my legs where a bit bad like this and I was very average on the bike. And In Las Vegas I had a day with very little power as well. But everyone has bad training days within a training block. right? Last week, however, I felt great and my power was very strong. I tapered from 20 hrs to 10 hrs to 6 hrs the last 3 weeks and nothing seemed to indicate a problem. Although maybe tapering was the problem? But there was certainly something very wrong today. I don't know whether my heart had anything to do with this but I am scheduled for testing in the next couple of weeks to make sure it had nothing to do with the way I felt today. My gut feeling is that my heart is fine, my breathing and heart felt fine today it was my legs that were the problem.<br /><br />In any case there is just a couple of choices for me going forward. One, give this whole thing up and forget about racing at this level or fight back and give it more time and another shot at Buffalo Springs. This is not the end..... Buffalo Springs 70.3, here I come. and tonight many drinks <br /><br />thanks for all the well wishes and I am sorry for today<br /><br />Jaycoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-38439964469622539482011-04-30T05:29:00.001-07:002011-04-30T06:01:51.740-07:00St. Croix Race Prep<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5it0p7wY_1B3OgDuAAjqP_7NfcqLkRvvfNPRiVryaMZUYlVFAwA1fw7OYRpUgng4_1iYh9gbE-Ea0sXLC2lAiH-tG86-s6AiLu5GTD5KqwLfeM-B9DNBquaB-ccKx4BxyBEq595ueZDQ/s1600/DSCN1287.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5it0p7wY_1B3OgDuAAjqP_7NfcqLkRvvfNPRiVryaMZUYlVFAwA1fw7OYRpUgng4_1iYh9gbE-Ea0sXLC2lAiH-tG86-s6AiLu5GTD5KqwLfeM-B9DNBquaB-ccKx4BxyBEq595ueZDQ/s320/DSCN1287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601353745073679170" /></a><br />Hydrating Before the Race<br /><br />It's Friday before Jay's 70.3 at St. Croix where there are 2 slots in his age group for Hawaii. We are staying at the lovely Tamarind Reef in Green Cay Marina, where we did our morning run, followed by an official swim of the swim course, where the waves made us feel "like paperclips in a bath tub." Once done with our morning tune-up, we hit Rowdy Joe's for lunch...so Jay could have his pre-race hydration and the "best fish tacos he's ever had."<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP3B-74YScjSBhTQsLYuLbDKhjlj3NFu5yyCH3tAYupsNiKxjIEY1bxZgNYbacpDDCXXy3OBJCRF1Pw8GvKDuDxZUnrxtYedy8bIm0_IibW-eSoD8YSyClA1hoyRSeB8X635nU-XRzBQ/s1600/DSCN1291.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP3B-74YScjSBhTQsLYuLbDKhjlj3NFu5yyCH3tAYupsNiKxjIEY1bxZgNYbacpDDCXXy3OBJCRF1Pw8GvKDuDxZUnrxtYedy8bIm0_IibW-eSoD8YSyClA1hoyRSeB8X635nU-XRzBQ/s320/DSCN1291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601353461589684066" /></a><br />Jay Sacking Out on the Beach<br /><br />The beach at Cane Bay nearby was not bad either. We took the opportunity to chill a bit, catch some rays, and cool off in the water...and then at the nearby Eat Cane Bay bar with some killer Cruzan Rum drinks!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04qPa9EbDL5Mse6uEJepCDiIcZT3wG5wmo0_BQgHVvWITbjH8H2lFH_DwXzv6afX0wkR5huSMlLUTfZDd4FvCF2J6Nbeh8EetFPy1x_vA2NbPPSE4k9_9FURJEDXJ1i7b5hsGcrkH8B0/s1600/DSCN1297.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04qPa9EbDL5Mse6uEJepCDiIcZT3wG5wmo0_BQgHVvWITbjH8H2lFH_DwXzv6afX0wkR5huSMlLUTfZDd4FvCF2J6Nbeh8EetFPy1x_vA2NbPPSE4k9_9FURJEDXJ1i7b5hsGcrkH8B0/s320/DSCN1297.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601353106419453250" /></a><br />The View of the Northside, St. Croix<br /><br />The views on the bike course are spectacular. This is a shot of the Northside where the bike course starts out...the only easy part of the whole day, with a downwind curvy section. Today (Saturday) we will really chill, with just one quick trip into town for some needed supplies. I'm sitting out on our patio looking at sailing boats, surf, and the nearby Buck Island (where our snorkeling cruise will take us on Monday). <br /><br />Here's to wishing Jay good luck!!!! GO JAY! GO JAY! GO JAY!!!!!!coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-7912152653895750302011-04-27T10:02:00.000-07:002011-04-27T10:03:24.983-07:00Billings Gazette Article on Jay<a href="http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/article_7ce10084-1fe5-525e-920a-27c3a475c495.html">share</a>coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-91480156881196876352011-04-24T18:35:00.000-07:002011-04-25T12:32:26.574-07:00Ready, Set, Go!Its been almost exactly 1 year since I was told the horrible news that my heart went bad with an infection and aortic aneurysm. Actually, under a year by about 3 weeks. Today I did my first triathlon since the operation to replace my valve and root with a human homograph. Since the operation, the last 11 and 1/2 months of battling back to this point has been a journey that few people could understand.<br /><br />Today's race was just a dress rehearsal for next weekends task at the 70.3 race in St. Croix. The <a href="http://www.grizzlytri.com">Grizzly Triathlon</a> in Missoula MT. is the largest in numbers participating in the state. The competition is really pretty good especially in the younger age groups, The University of Montana regularly competes for the nations best in the collegiate Triathlon championships. There is also a good elite field for a race that offers no prize money. Lindsey Corbin, Ben Hoffman, and Matt Seely are regular participants.<br /><br />The race went pretty well with just a couple of non-fitness mishaps such as my seat post slipping down about an inch after whacking a pot-hole, blowing through the last turn as the cop was taking a nap as I approached and having to stop and winch up my laces on my shoes on the run. Other than that I was pleased with how I felt. I swam right at 1:20 Pace per 100 for the 1000yd swim. ave 281w on the bike for 20k and ran 22:10 for the 5k run(the run has a wicked .7mile trail hill that I actually walked part of) My finish time of 1:07:55 bested all the age groups 35 and older. and even though my finish time was 57s slower than last year, my time was better since last year they got our lane out a 100 early on the swim. so my swim time of 12:38 did not happen. So without the mishaps that probably cost me 30-40s I was better than last year at this time and that's not bad for a partial heart transplant less than 1yr post! Although I was trying hard to best all the chicks, but Lindsey Corbin is a bit of a stud. <br /><br />The awards where very nice, and very large Root beer mugs that will certainly hold a full can of Cold smoke beer! By the way the best purchase of the trip was a short fill(not more than 1oz)16oz cans/24 case for 24 bucks! And at the last minute My crazy wife Sarah filled in a spot in the race and did her first Triathlon in 4 yrs and placed 2nd! So 2 mugs for the Marschall/Keller family.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmJsdV9eDEC-jgwTkktpOJBHjbhyEiIWVvOEJOHuT_uwO0qSAwQ4IDtFKeNHWdPN9XzdVRfhhiC2o3Z_DiMK_ZykqeQ0LzZsWSkwKRFEVDWoonLn6bfMnl1lt__ws9GBVbODrJxq2ylM/s1600/grizzlytri2011a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmJsdV9eDEC-jgwTkktpOJBHjbhyEiIWVvOEJOHuT_uwO0qSAwQ4IDtFKeNHWdPN9XzdVRfhhiC2o3Z_DiMK_ZykqeQ0LzZsWSkwKRFEVDWoonLn6bfMnl1lt__ws9GBVbODrJxq2ylM/s320/grizzlytri2011a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599347899526729602" /></a><br /><br /><br />So now its on to St.Croix 70.3. I feel like I have done everything possible to get ready for this race, My goal now is to execute a solid day and see what happens. No matter what the result, the journey to this point has been a positive one.<br /><br />There has been other great stories from other clones out there. First of all congrats to Mike Fogassey for realizing his dream of getting to Kona! Mike now the hard part starts! Jay Preston had a great race at 70.3 California with a 5th place finish in the 40-44 age group, Jay had the fastest bike split in his group and put together a great day, only x-pros Gordo Byrne, Chris Hauth and a couple others bested him. Jay will be racing at the St. George Ironman in a couple of weeks and he is ready to kill it! Also in the same 70.3 race Adam Weaver had a very solid day placing 10th in the same age group. Adam also bounced back from the 70.3 to run a near pr of 2:59 at the Boston Marathon only 2 weeks post.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sarah's Post</span><br /><br />Well, it’s been quite a busy few weeks, topped off by an age group win for Jay and a 2nd place age group finish for me at the Grizzly Triathlon in Missoula, MT – a studley sprint race featuring the likes of Lyndsay Corbin and Matt Seeley. It was a beautiful, sunny, warm day welcoming our first tri of the season – with sparkling snow-capped mountains all around us keeping a cool breeze blowing. Chloe had a blast with her friend Axl (the son of my college friend Cara Nelson) – from Easter egg hunts to swim center silliness. <br /><br />Now it’s off to St. Croix for Jay’s Half Ironman and Hawaii qualifier – I’m sure he’ll do very well given his recent training and performances. Last weekend, Jay explored warm weather training in the Lake Mead area outside of Las Vegas, while I teamed up with Jenel Duey and Robin Culver to conquer the women’s sport division at Peaks to Prairie. Go Robin’s Team! (Jenel ran 9 mi., I biked 43 mi., and Robin paddled 22). It was just a spontaneous decision for me to join the race and has encouraged me to jump into more events even if I can’t train as well as I’d like for them.<br /><br />Cale and Chloe have been busy with growing up, soccer, swimming, ballet and the end of Kindergarten for Chloe. She is reading some, smiling a lot, and learning tough lessons about discipline and politeness. Cale walks like a drunken sailor. Jay is doing very well, and we hope with all our hearts that things continue to soar upwards.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-76336090143143041432011-04-18T08:10:00.000-07:002011-04-18T08:43:37.788-07:00The Need for Heat!This past weekend I took a flyer to Las Vegas (actually Henderson) to train for 3 days solo in hot weather. With St. Croix just a couple of weeks away the 40-50degree weather in Billings, made me a bit nervous about dealing with the Caribbean heat of St.Croix. With Allegiant air, Vegas is a cheap and fast place to get to and the training is actually pretty good. I was able to log 14 good hours of work In 2.5 days and got my first sunburn of the year! I even stayed in my Hotel/Henderson area without even a sniff of the Vegas strip, although I really wanted to check out the Pawn Stars shop, maybe next year. It was all good and even though not all the workouts felt super great, I got the work done. The body really needs to acclimate to the heat you know. It was a real challenge to keep up on the fluids and monitor the intensity during training without melting down. <a href="http://www.rivermountainstrail.com">The river mountain loop trail</a>(40mile loop) is a great bike trail that loops around the Henderson area and runs close to Lake Meade, I also road out in the Park (lake Meade)and up some great climbs in very desolate desert roads that reminded me of riding in Kona.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEime2aGZj8j0AG6MTotYwIU9Jdh9n9W_CKRq-LWrp_o60FumUodWS-Hm0G2tlW1bRPru7Tgx-AeuwKVrlpgEI3aDDLCbPx_tKL7WmlMOlxmstjL6xqF0RelP8hYX4Wn0qm051hESUbnR54/s1600/descent+to+Callvile+bay.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEime2aGZj8j0AG6MTotYwIU9Jdh9n9W_CKRq-LWrp_o60FumUodWS-Hm0G2tlW1bRPru7Tgx-AeuwKVrlpgEI3aDDLCbPx_tKL7WmlMOlxmstjL6xqF0RelP8hYX4Wn0qm051hESUbnR54/s320/descent+to+Callvile+bay.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596945614187483522" /></a><br /><br />descent and back up climb to Calville bay( lake Meade national park)<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhviuqUs4vj81fsUnnvV3ZrYzK9vi2s0Qn_W7AEP30_2Ik7gSjovh156i72OoINI3PP3wPNKUMHbPm-FdTslJGzpaMVbp-fXfd8pI0E6cfIjfVmItSWKiU0iHryZXsm6OrJb_Uu2opMCI/s1600/calville+bay+marina.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhviuqUs4vj81fsUnnvV3ZrYzK9vi2s0Qn_W7AEP30_2Ik7gSjovh156i72OoINI3PP3wPNKUMHbPm-FdTslJGzpaMVbp-fXfd8pI0E6cfIjfVmItSWKiU0iHryZXsm6OrJb_Uu2opMCI/s320/calville+bay+marina.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596947029628133890" /></a><br /><br />and at the bottom at the Calville bay the marina in the foreground, I had a snack here and a drink, but no mountian dew<br /><br />I also did my first open water swim in Lake Meade, which was a bit chilly at 57 degrees, but my new T1 wetsuit and neoprene cap from<a href="http://www.desotosport.com"> Desoto</a> did the trick and after some minutes it wasn’t all that bad( warmer than the Snake river!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37dH1UaXv5nxiN2R40Q04lN8hG-WjTqEfbfquL6eCWYXN4l5eKPCSxDZq3itCvuzqbe_D41zb5cTMXnfND8eeS-9pcK0FJs2TxXZQ8D577ewxSRKlz6gXiCa0e6NbVTlrf7plitQKbU4/s1600/lakemeadeswim.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37dH1UaXv5nxiN2R40Q04lN8hG-WjTqEfbfquL6eCWYXN4l5eKPCSxDZq3itCvuzqbe_D41zb5cTMXnfND8eeS-9pcK0FJs2TxXZQ8D577ewxSRKlz6gXiCa0e6NbVTlrf7plitQKbU4/s320/lakemeadeswim.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596946232338604706" /></a><br /><br /><br />The last day I did a hot, hilly 14mile run on the river mountain loop trail and ave, 7:15 pace which was encouraging, then a bit later, in the heat of the day I did another 3hr ride and transition run(90 degrees!). Sunday it was back to Billings and met the Fam at the <a href="http://www.peakstoprairie.org">Peaks to prairie</a> finish at Coulson Park. Sarah and her team of Jenel Duey and Robin Culver won the womens division, congrats! Also a shout out to Paolo Gerbasi for placing 2nd in the Duathlon and all the other clones and friends that did peaks/grizzly races, Sue, Carla, Pat, Ed, Tina, Don, etc… also congrats to clone Mike Fogassey for getting in to the Hawaii Ironman world championships in this years lottery! lots of work ahead mike!<br /><br />It's great to be back in Billings, although the weather is still pretty wintery here. But that's ok, since now I will be taking a bit of rest after this past 20+hr week and I will ready for this weekend's tune up sprint Tri in Missoula and then the following week its off to St. Croix!coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-7942763069832966202011-03-29T17:49:00.000-07:002011-04-05T16:02:24.230-07:00Powerman/Georgia camp diarySo we arrived in Georgia to very nice weather and went to work right away with a Friday 3 sport day with a run at the river and Sope creek trails of 9miles and a Dynamo masters swim at noon and a spin to Columns driver for 30miles with Angelo from Wilier. Good day perfect weather. Next day it was off to Birmingham for tune up workouts for Powerman and a great funny movie(Hall pass. Race morning it was threatening rain but pretty cool which we were happy about since there has been no heat training in Montana for sure. Team Magic does such a great job of doing races. It was a pleasure to toe the line at a race I have done many times before and I was thrilled to pay homage to Therese and Faye at Team Magic. The course was brutal with a giant 600ft accent in 1mile on both runs! The first run I went out a bit hot and finally settled into my numbers of 145HR. I came in the T1 in 3rd with another guy. On the bike I went again by the numbers and settled into a smooth pace, knowing that a 60k bike and that run again would be very tough in this early season. I was surprised how good I felt on the bike since the outdoor miles in Montana have been limited. I came in the T2 in 3rd place. As I came out on the second run I was passed by the guy that beat me on the first run and I said to myself " see if he blows up and keep him close" well he gaped me pretty good and I was alone in 4th. I decided to shut it down and cruise in feeling good. I was pretty pleased with my 4th place finish and felt much better than I expected to this day. Kevin also did very well placing 7th in his group.<br /><br />I planned on making this trip a "crash" camp and so on Monday I was off to the N. Georgia Mtns. Since I was not crippled from Powerman, I went to work. I woke up and did some light bodywork at NRG( Patrick and wendy's personal training studio) Patrick and Wendy have been great friends and have taken me in for the week. After bodywork I went to Dynamo masters swim for a quick 3k and then I was off to the mountains where I did 3 gap from Dahlonega(50miles with 4k of climbing).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0i-IWSv6nugm8F6AMikS34rjVg13lZ9RCTbO1mAAK0b5fPLWptTOcgRyelKyCDwUIqI48-X-YsVSATlzjC_pyti6iiGK5jRuHYntV75GhxGjxPFLIOKlltg5X3Nf1xCsmIjbDnRiIJM/s1600/woody+Gap.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0i-IWSv6nugm8F6AMikS34rjVg13lZ9RCTbO1mAAK0b5fPLWptTOcgRyelKyCDwUIqI48-X-YsVSATlzjC_pyti6iiGK5jRuHYntV75GhxGjxPFLIOKlltg5X3Nf1xCsmIjbDnRiIJM/s320/woody+Gap.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589894627937393058" /></a><br /><br />The first Gap(woody)we used to go up this 5mile climb in 20min today it took me 29min, I tell myself "dont think about the old numbers"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaFt5LaEKqKlv43LrIAgKwfUCoRdp0B1LpHfQT_uz6rAHXQCDcb8NjZkUoqYJvrTJx9RG4DBWVKgBnuJui-nMWeFipjQplwSLizkeeLO2pKEZM5rWeERV7B3uBKT6ky6qcGEGb5KJioo/s1600/richard+russell.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaFt5LaEKqKlv43LrIAgKwfUCoRdp0B1LpHfQT_uz6rAHXQCDcb8NjZkUoqYJvrTJx9RG4DBWVKgBnuJui-nMWeFipjQplwSLizkeeLO2pKEZM5rWeERV7B3uBKT6ky6qcGEGb5KJioo/s320/richard+russell.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589898186389488994" /></a><br /><br />The dreaded sign to" Hog Pen" seven miles of hell--- I passed--- not today with the legs and gear I had.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iCvCcTeWKdvoiLfx4qt7cf-z9JKOYa60omGgb8jkwD9dZw-sSlx7Z5ocejSowLWBem4n5r7oS-ldVeLqWV-unG9rsywFe7DSf2yILGuE0Yb_yL8-fJrNrNbKbhOho6KyyG3M0sThQTk/s1600/brasstown.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iCvCcTeWKdvoiLfx4qt7cf-z9JKOYa60omGgb8jkwD9dZw-sSlx7Z5ocejSowLWBem4n5r7oS-ldVeLqWV-unG9rsywFe7DSf2yILGuE0Yb_yL8-fJrNrNbKbhOho6KyyG3M0sThQTk/s320/brasstown.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589898765630052898" /></a><br /><br />or the highest point in Georgia--- Brasstown--maybe next time<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGf9aoHqUJNG3ng8d2eEH5To4Czm02rAw0Xxz47bBtxVANFw1rrwIBjt2wagzqQLQFI7O1pgX6DkWZF75aL3ufQHO9JhqbjWlEbDPhZUFyhBSV4mffcint338CPyVLwEasF2foGVsxTI/s1600/sunrise+grocery.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGf9aoHqUJNG3ng8d2eEH5To4Czm02rAw0Xxz47bBtxVANFw1rrwIBjt2wagzqQLQFI7O1pgX6DkWZF75aL3ufQHO9JhqbjWlEbDPhZUFyhBSV4mffcint338CPyVLwEasF2foGVsxTI/s320/sunrise+grocery.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589899554993598386" /></a><br /><br />Sunrise Grocery, we called this the cricket store, this place hasn't changed a bit-- and like 20yrs ago, it was a snickers and a mountain du!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YMb_82bin-MxzYeAphP6y_TvuwwQ-CcP1b2rTQXDTz7mjM-SekHWCXp4G3XhXOPMNb-9n9FO0kkx8TtM668NCE9GvC7CEPuHHzKme_MHgym1skRdzOZvqPpZ2p4qN9A9z0XIEvKxhfA/s1600/boiled+peanuts.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YMb_82bin-MxzYeAphP6y_TvuwwQ-CcP1b2rTQXDTz7mjM-SekHWCXp4G3XhXOPMNb-9n9FO0kkx8TtM668NCE9GvC7CEPuHHzKme_MHgym1skRdzOZvqPpZ2p4qN9A9z0XIEvKxhfA/s320/boiled+peanuts.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589900369296594818" /></a><br /><br />and of course the boiled peanuts<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiQL7ul-6-qZVFz5UjfgnJMg5XbCuN7Rb_7ol5u7uiv83ejF-LJyX_CxzbXwZz7H4wmnGBN3mn-GrS8Pk7jtp-sSqI3QtttZv6vAeYipo_lVyMR0i15oqRq6oXMhXFvuKBiRfJTO6c_E/s1600/wolf+pen.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiQL7ul-6-qZVFz5UjfgnJMg5XbCuN7Rb_7ol5u7uiv83ejF-LJyX_CxzbXwZz7H4wmnGBN3mn-GrS8Pk7jtp-sSqI3QtttZv6vAeYipo_lVyMR0i15oqRq6oXMhXFvuKBiRfJTO6c_E/s320/wolf+pen.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589900939586582738" /></a><br /><br />Next my favorite climb "Wolf pen"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0z9ldNxGa6sE1H59N0tyHUqUvjfw0S6pB4pERjWMsmu6C2DBbSB-P-7KkpCLHVQQPIM-Iy3qfNLOfylHzit4L-UnTUmm7kjuZ-qR-YkkeHZ2zZS8rv2XCIdZPdcL0z0__RH9smmDONTo/s1600/macainpalin.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0z9ldNxGa6sE1H59N0tyHUqUvjfw0S6pB4pERjWMsmu6C2DBbSB-P-7KkpCLHVQQPIM-Iy3qfNLOfylHzit4L-UnTUmm7kjuZ-qR-YkkeHZ2zZS8rv2XCIdZPdcL0z0__RH9smmDONTo/s320/macainpalin.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589901496497130994" /></a><br /><br />In North Georgia there is no doubt on the political lean.<br /><br /><br />Coming back from Dahlonega I spent the evening with Jon and Jo Adamson in Alpharetta. The fittest older couple on the planet! Jon is an icon and ages up to the 75 age group this year and Jo finished second at nationals in the 60 age group last year. They are great people and great friends for a long time! Thanks to them for putting me up in there great digs.<br /><br />The next day it was back up to the mountains for another big day. This time I went back to the archives and did the reverse 4 gap from the church(70miles and 6k of climbing) and a 6 mile transition run( the loop) after. The weather was cool so I waited until noon to start so like the old days I finished at dusk. This ride was emotional for me since the start of the ride( the church) was 300yrds away from where one of my best friends in the world fell dead from a heart attack. Dave Freikin<br />was an amazing guy and someone that I rode this ride with many times(hundreds)I loved him very much and it still pains me to think that he is gone. This quest of mine has him in my heart.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmGlWOR9IBd_udc3B_LFYmJ0deG71-iMxOQRJ9QtLpz0jcBwQR1hniQwkBqCXm3RtHAwlrOvuctdjpScUKHlQZwbCqnUSMMAf9_RRCDtnem4Ix-6V-Cjm3QaE9QHmTkz_9msbAm5cPa4/s1600/david.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmGlWOR9IBd_udc3B_LFYmJ0deG71-iMxOQRJ9QtLpz0jcBwQR1hniQwkBqCXm3RtHAwlrOvuctdjpScUKHlQZwbCqnUSMMAf9_RRCDtnem4Ix-6V-Cjm3QaE9QHmTkz_9msbAm5cPa4/s320/david.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589897276790953346" /></a><br /><br />Dave Freidkin's sign, 200yrds from my ride start on Tuesday<br /><br />I returned to my rent a car at the church and went out for a one loop(6miles) transition run. 44 min. I remember when I did 4 laps of this loop( very hilly) in 36-40min but those days are gone for sure. I was again pleased with getting this done and I have to say that this quest is motivating me beyond what I thought I was capable-- so far-- tomorrow is another day.<br /><br />On Wed it was an early wake up to a georgia spring T-storm and a masters swim at Westminster with my buddy the "duuude" Bruce Erskine and old clone DJ Fairbanks. Pretty wiped but got r done 3k.<br /><br />later I treated myself to a massage with my long time therepist Lisa Browning at <a href="http://www.corebodyworks.com">core bodyworks</a>. We go way back to track practice with Roy Benson. She is the best and her shop space is real cool. Thanks Lisa!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbO8xvnjVP93ApMTaqwGgeBNQ_iTJMs9fh0RIjUKR8P-fJcyfYAyMqwjBg5wUpDbMmd2bJ849GVpi-Rvezch9EpvOl0UKvaqj-MGmsGaDIdvIYtWeblqT1Oz1XzZDMyGWA5USLkfPP-Y/s1600/gallaway.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbO8xvnjVP93ApMTaqwGgeBNQ_iTJMs9fh0RIjUKR8P-fJcyfYAyMqwjBg5wUpDbMmd2bJ849GVpi-Rvezch9EpvOl0UKvaqj-MGmsGaDIdvIYtWeblqT1Oz1XzZDMyGWA5USLkfPP-Y/s320/gallaway.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590227505519725682" /></a><br /><br />Jeff Galloway and coachjay<br /><br />At the end of the day I did my first speaking engagement at <a href="http://www.phidippides.com">phidippides</a> in Sandy Springs. <a href="http://www.phidippides.com">Phidippides</a> was my running store of choice in the ATL for all the years I was here. The Store is owned by Olympian and running legend <a href="http://www.jeffgalloway.com">Jeff Galloway</a>. It was great turnout around 25 folks showed up for their weekly run and to listen to my story afterword. What was really great was seeing some of my old clones who showed up for the event. Jeff Lochmandy, Dave Smith, Jim Burt, all where there reliving old times with coachjay's workouts. Tomorrow I do another Talk at the Ansley <a href="http://www.phiddipides">Phidippides.</a><br /><br />Thursday March 31st<br /><br />Got to sleep in today(8am) and started the day with a yoga class-- boy does my practice need work! then it was off to columns drive for a flat aerobic spin of 30miles, Next its a visit to my Chiro/health healer--<a href="http://www.samuelschiropractic.net">Carol Samuels</a> Carol took care of my crazy health as I torched myself in the ATL for years. She knows my body as good as anyone and it was a joy to have her work on me again.<br /><br />next it was another talk at the other phidipides this time at the ansley location. And again it was a great crowd of 20+ and well received. It feels really good to do these talks and I believe it is helping me stay focused on my goal as well as(hopefully) inspiring others as well.<br /><br />Friday April 1st<br /><br />Early wake up today and a 5:30a swim at Dynamo. It was long course meters so that was really nice. I seemed to have lost my mojo a bit and I believe my altitude advantage has diminished since my workouts seem harder the last couple of days, or maybe its due to the 16+ hours of training thus far in the week, hard to say. but I got in 3400m this morning with oodles of 200s.<br /><br />a bit later it was on to speedwork Dave Scott repeat miles x 6 at columns and I managed to surprise myself on these-- like most of you know sometimes you start out and have doubts you can do something but once you get going and get past that phase of doubt, you sometimes surprise yourself-- 9 miles total. Later this afternoon I made the trek up to "the dude" Bruce Erskine's cabin in Blue Ridge Georgia. Bruce and I go way back to the early 90s and he is a great Triathlete(has won age group nationals) and like myself likes and does many things that most triathletes don't. His cabin is awesome and was the inspiration for me building my cabin in Dahlonega.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ypjb61ZkBhyphenhyphen6ZWYI6IwHoF-cv3pMRgeLkkzBT7VV9-A0sdr4y-3NGmWK9U2hO8sx8n5rswUtJcBXJPfkRIIZno0gnpb6ogP0EkzwYduulcKI9somQEFPkzHg2HW1CcyTV9roVOwDoJ0/s1600/dudescabin.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ypjb61ZkBhyphenhyphen6ZWYI6IwHoF-cv3pMRgeLkkzBT7VV9-A0sdr4y-3NGmWK9U2hO8sx8n5rswUtJcBXJPfkRIIZno0gnpb6ogP0EkzwYduulcKI9somQEFPkzHg2HW1CcyTV9roVOwDoJ0/s320/dudescabin.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591336574182888786" /></a><br /><br />The dude's mountain retreat<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ECku6KoifmpVTiWiH86sDU6SrBDx91ZC_Dr8lxJHfHUss1suwYOymVNXwgclLO2QbCg5zcvgQS3N0KIs_-UeMQWBYI17xohbtE4kVfPtpVhFOfZjK_a0-WLiVyPibdEQYJydFlperY8/s1600/back+of+dudes+cabin.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ECku6KoifmpVTiWiH86sDU6SrBDx91ZC_Dr8lxJHfHUss1suwYOymVNXwgclLO2QbCg5zcvgQS3N0KIs_-UeMQWBYI17xohbtE4kVfPtpVhFOfZjK_a0-WLiVyPibdEQYJydFlperY8/s320/back+of+dudes+cabin.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591337159575540210" /></a><br /><br />and the back with the bublin brook<br /><br />Friday night we went out on the town in Blue Ridge for some very tasty and strong St Bernaird ales at the new Blue Ridge Brewery. We met friends AJ and Cristy and had a bunch of laughes. <br /><br />Saturday April 2<br /><br />After a late wake up and a St Bernaird obsorbing waffle house breakfast, it was on to the training of the day. A 67mile ride from Morgantown to the gaps and back. We met our friend Jerve, who lives on the route in Suches. The Duude has not been on the bike much the last 5mo. and recently had torn his groin while skiing in Utah. I did my Dave Scott intervals early on and tried to keep up with Jerve on the many climbs and steep rollers. The ride had 6k of climbing and took nearly 4hrs. I felt pretty good considering the amount of hours I had put in this week. ave 235w for the day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi876-TQYer6ceQB-JnSRzQiizPfIKORX0oyoIt1cQJ_PK-hdUD7zdmi2irX4jlXKdvIdNepw2xyamlnkz5A4x1gDf5_2M8rE7a8zOZYrhvMbXo3FG7l-H97T-vY_Ld6hut4M_SHVTTC58/s1600/jerveybruce.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi876-TQYer6ceQB-JnSRzQiizPfIKORX0oyoIt1cQJ_PK-hdUD7zdmi2irX4jlXKdvIdNepw2xyamlnkz5A4x1gDf5_2M8rE7a8zOZYrhvMbXo3FG7l-H97T-vY_Ld6hut4M_SHVTTC58/s320/jerveybruce.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591340054526665650" /></a><br /><br />Jerve and Bruce at the top of Wolf pen gap<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIUe5-IuHo1yMekPmZRrqm2YTQXL3-yuMNc0fG7LqTNFuMEQr6aQ8jAMk_c-iHPx3gQMWwHEeAibVMg0CAepg-zVarIi5vPQfJyHzQQdAolnYYUSnraUPatQ7US9LRQyNXBGfcvXGJPo/s1600/bruce+toast+1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIUe5-IuHo1yMekPmZRrqm2YTQXL3-yuMNc0fG7LqTNFuMEQr6aQ8jAMk_c-iHPx3gQMWwHEeAibVMg0CAepg-zVarIi5vPQfJyHzQQdAolnYYUSnraUPatQ7US9LRQyNXBGfcvXGJPo/s320/bruce+toast+1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591340891781592194" /></a><br /><br />And the Duude at the end of a hard, hilly, windy ride<br /><br />Sunday April 3rd<br /><br />after a night of college basketball and fairly low key, I woke up in the morning and per Bruce's instructions headed out for a 1hr 40min trail run. This was a great trail to run or mtn bike. I got it done per the Dave Scott's efforts and was very happy to wrap up the week of training with a whopping(for me) 23 hrs of training. Now its celebration time with a night with the band <a href="http://www.furthur.net">Furthur</a> at the fox theater with the dude!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDamN14PW-FT0yVJhBs2rReSMC88irNQIYSde2DQtBlQI8owN-lft3cTjVahu1cHeTG6hNAzdCjB55cm9tXYtFI9uVb79ohyphenhyphen31xKt-So-rMtphv4Na23wOm0xK9mWrjkVZtR8JRqQMT8Y/s1600/trailrun.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDamN14PW-FT0yVJhBs2rReSMC88irNQIYSde2DQtBlQI8owN-lft3cTjVahu1cHeTG6hNAzdCjB55cm9tXYtFI9uVb79ohyphenhyphen31xKt-So-rMtphv4Na23wOm0xK9mWrjkVZtR8JRqQMT8Y/s320/trailrun.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591449434303533378" /></a><br /><br />The trailhead for my long run in North Georgia/TN boarder<br /><br />An unbelievable show at the fox with further and the <a href="http://www.furthur.net/tour?task=details&gigcal_gigs_id=62">set list</a> was a great one. Highlights for me were, time, dear prudence and Terapin. So the week wrapped up with a bang and the <br />next day wrapped up with a floppy flop swim and easy bodywork at the concourse and on to the airport for a miserable flight(s) home with major delays. but all and all the trip was a success and I was able to get all my work in. I hope this block of training will get me another step closer to my goal. I want to finish this diary blog by thanking, Patrick, Wendy and Ryder Sheehan for letting me stay with them for most of the week. Bruce for some great Blue ridge cabin training and times, Jon and Jo Adamson for a great night of catching up, Angelo, for a Wilier spin to columns,Kevin Welsh for partnering with me for Powerman,Dynamo and Matt Rose for some great swims as well as Westminster masters for a workout. Phidipides and Jeff Gallaway for hosting my motivational talks on weds and thursday. also Peachtree bikes, Jerve, and my wonderful family for the support they always give me with my quest. also my sponsors, The Spoke shop, Time out sports, Wilier, Hammer nutrition, Desoto, Dave Scott, Rotor components, Quark, Billings Clinic, and all of you that have sent nice notes to me along the way. It really helps get me through the next thing.<br /><br />Jaycoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-86785227387994608552011-03-21T07:57:00.000-07:002011-03-23T10:07:58.960-07:00Sponsors and a trip to the old stomping groundsThis week I will be heading to Atlanta for the Powerman duathlon and a week of training in the old venues I used to develop in the sport of triathlon from 1990-2002. I hope to log in some good miles while in the ATL. I would love to have some company if any of you ATL folks want to join me on some training or just getting together for a beer, give me a shout and let me know. I plan on going to the mountains a couple of times as well as hitting Dynamo pool, and doing some trail running at the river and Kenesaw. I will be giving a couple of talks about coming back from heart surgery and my vision quest at the Sandy Springs <a href="http://phidippides.com/">Phidippides </a>running shoe store at 6 pm on Weds, March 30, and at the Ansley Mall store on Thursday, March 31, at 6 pm. Come by for a visit and a run!<br /><br />The last few weeks of training have been pretty good. I ran the Pub Run 1/2 marathon in Bozeman on the 12th and I have to say I was pretty scared that I would fall on my ass in this thing and lose a bunch of confidence going forward. Fortunately, I did OK and got through the longest sustained effort since Heart surgery last spring. I placed 7th in the 40-49 age group in a time of 1:32. The course was pretty hilly, especially in the beginning and at the end there was snow and ice on a path for over a mile to contend with, so the course was 3-4 min slow. <br /><br />The weather has also broke so I have been outside! Yippeee! No more computrainer and treadmill! I have started working with Dave Scott on my training and this has inspired me on some really tough sessions. You see, Dave has no sympathy for a tired old triathlete that has had multiple heart surgeries. I contacted Dave for some guidance because I find his philosophy and style a lot like mine, work-minded and relentless in his consistency. He is, however, a lot more detail-orientated in setting workouts. There is a bunch of data to organize for one of Dave's workouts.<br /><br />This brings me to my list of sponsors so far for 2011's quest. I believe in all these companies and I have been promoting many of them for years now. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvPEWklZtSpxnBuLKE3582baan_Q6D7Ip0E2NgNH5xbCAe7pRE6_AIIyMl1_p_FKSpn48kDltuZCNb1sHo7A3UkzwIDs80ndySWrmRxxHnd07QIYO6HCt7Kyl8AwnQ808MFlqoieXLKQ/s1600/WILIER+LOGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 46px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvPEWklZtSpxnBuLKE3582baan_Q6D7Ip0E2NgNH5xbCAe7pRE6_AIIyMl1_p_FKSpn48kDltuZCNb1sHo7A3UkzwIDs80ndySWrmRxxHnd07QIYO6HCt7Kyl8AwnQ808MFlqoieXLKQ/s320/WILIER+LOGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586553677349101202" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wilier-usa.com/en/">Wilier Triestina</a> bikes is a storied bicycle manufacturer with a long <a href="http://www.wilier-usa.com/en/history/">history</a>, I was sponsored by Wilier in the late 90s and rode a Wilier to a 46th overall finish in the 1998 Hawaii Ironman. I also rode for Wilier as a pro in the XTERRA off-road triathlon series in 1999. I am very please to be riding the Tri-Crono TT bike and the Cento Uno Di2 road bike for 2011. I will be posting pictures of both rigs with specs once the road bike is completed. Thanks Angelo and Wilier Triestina for your support!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2a8pzhwacaGGLOybgEjuWgUZvaF-aAOxIJLNJ3vS-xJWSYtDIY5Vh7D0fiTVZWU_tCPckXWAPCHE8jXkVRXPttggC6LvxnsIg5gq9QDpBxFbLyKMUbpOW_uHUO3Ozkm2CSjoushheheI/s1600/hammer-nutrition-logo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2a8pzhwacaGGLOybgEjuWgUZvaF-aAOxIJLNJ3vS-xJWSYtDIY5Vh7D0fiTVZWU_tCPckXWAPCHE8jXkVRXPttggC6LvxnsIg5gq9QDpBxFbLyKMUbpOW_uHUO3Ozkm2CSjoushheheI/s320/hammer-nutrition-logo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586559543098129538" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hammernutrition.com/">Hammer nutrition</a> is an incredible supporter of triathlon and endurance sports for the age grouper. This and its sound commitment to providing the very best in sports nutrition made Hammer a natural fit for fueling my quest for 2011. Not only this, but Hammer is a Montana company with their head quarters based in Whitefish, MT. Thank you Hammer for your products and support.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHmJ8MAzO3xpDU5dQ5t8htBOE2I8uVTuktUnJKcSKgHmgnF0WNb14ixC_yLIkM075KuYlB1IlkcSGHmRCsze7DIrVDGOWHRutkzEPh2NKxnwoyElL0iGwmMVOPl1TVrhoodGaihzbyFM/s1600/billings+Clinic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHmJ8MAzO3xpDU5dQ5t8htBOE2I8uVTuktUnJKcSKgHmgnF0WNb14ixC_yLIkM075KuYlB1IlkcSGHmRCsze7DIrVDGOWHRutkzEPh2NKxnwoyElL0iGwmMVOPl1TVrhoodGaihzbyFM/s320/billings+Clinic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586713818467278578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://billingsclinic.com">The Billings Clinic</a>, a world class hospital which has been instrumental in my progress with my Bicuspid aortic valve and series of illnesses and heart surgeries, has stepped up in so many ways. Some of my clients are doctors at the Clinic which has been awesome for me. The special attention and support my team of doctors at the Clinic have given overtime is very unusual. Dr. Sample, Dr. Gall, Dr. Duey, Dr. Gerbasi, and Dr. Ford have all gone the extra mile with my situation. And now The Billings Clinic Sports Medicine side has supported my vision quest with physiology testing. Becky Abrams and Dr. Willis have taken a special interest in seeing my progress through state of the art sports testing at the <a href="http://billingsplex.com">Billings Sportsplex</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGoPHeK1B7_01NmZ1Xd8627U1QDPIO5NDTnYzVGf0sBryuUmxaf8L1xee2nE23ptaZBSPxxAkalkZsTF92vsEgbbkUfSCjRb2ldd_p7nzdgm6JlyzupdRiPUFw57X6QPBjTKX4ktHMe4/s1600/lactatetestbillingsclinic.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGoPHeK1B7_01NmZ1Xd8627U1QDPIO5NDTnYzVGf0sBryuUmxaf8L1xee2nE23ptaZBSPxxAkalkZsTF92vsEgbbkUfSCjRb2ldd_p7nzdgm6JlyzupdRiPUFw57X6QPBjTKX4ktHMe4/s320/lactatetestbillingsclinic.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586745410574280722" /></a><br /><br />Becky Abrams lactate tests coachjay on the bike in Feburary.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4eRWQy8PCs6fNtwrK53ozZZpb3QmlO_Weu_U3hFkBa3AN0jKYfGbtPKKl8ZaZVsgDlB8OAO1IDC48YUhhXEoJvsJl0IqQAbi3qH_7AW_TXQnX_xWAhAu7PZEFXFsqXZwBYP_Glp7vq4/s1600/SPOKE.SHOP.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 45px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4eRWQy8PCs6fNtwrK53ozZZpb3QmlO_Weu_U3hFkBa3AN0jKYfGbtPKKl8ZaZVsgDlB8OAO1IDC48YUhhXEoJvsJl0IqQAbi3qH_7AW_TXQnX_xWAhAu7PZEFXFsqXZwBYP_Glp7vq4/s320/SPOKE.SHOP.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586716371016032898" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://spokeshop.com">The Spoke Shop</a> of Billings, MT has been in business for 38 years and, since I moved to Billings 8 yrs ago, it has been my home away from home. In fact, Ed Whitfield at the shop was one of the first guys I met when Sarah was interviewing for her job here. I got the feel from Ed that Billings was a great place to bike, as he sent me out for a tour of rides both on and off road in and around town. Jim Downs and the boys at the shop are the most knowledgeable folks in cycling in town. For all your cycling and Nordic ski needs, the Spoke Shop is the place in Billings to go.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzIxV8Dcsb9fS6oOwuean7_Ahl5dm-x8dLYK2PtEK-9c7SUJ4z8LrtBKvwM417fYobIHpBMjc6YAbGh7ku9el5Mf3AKeWtgIfZ1G96bGCnIifCnjsOdasIr90exN_c7BOJ7a62Jee3GI/s1600/Time+Out+Sports.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 50px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzIxV8Dcsb9fS6oOwuean7_Ahl5dm-x8dLYK2PtEK-9c7SUJ4z8LrtBKvwM417fYobIHpBMjc6YAbGh7ku9el5Mf3AKeWtgIfZ1G96bGCnIifCnjsOdasIr90exN_c7BOJ7a62Jee3GI/s320/Time+Out+Sports.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586718235309843602" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://timeoutsports.biz">Time Out Sports</a>, like the Spoke Shop, has been a fixture in the Billings active community. Cindy Thompson and her crew take special interest in everyone who walks in the store. Not only does Time Out have all the good gear for running and other active outdoor adventures, they take part in the active community by helping organize and put on events. If you need some new kicks or running apparel, then Timeout sports is the place to go.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28Ajg3qyMo_BmytbaK3MgXjYG-a98u-RRYf8FQqpAonNj0HamLrispFgpaX11ZMwBt5_r1ATdmtVdgVRMEt4EvyZbEIFfM_Gukf_U3Vnlpak0kJxOexUHilZCyirSxD3v7ddg72FP9S4/s1600/De-Soto-Logo_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28Ajg3qyMo_BmytbaK3MgXjYG-a98u-RRYf8FQqpAonNj0HamLrispFgpaX11ZMwBt5_r1ATdmtVdgVRMEt4EvyZbEIFfM_Gukf_U3Vnlpak0kJxOexUHilZCyirSxD3v7ddg72FP9S4/s320/De-Soto-Logo_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586721487154705954" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://desotosport.com">Desoto Triathlon</a> gear and I go way back. I met Emilio Desoto back at the 1993 Super Show in Atlanta. I was a brash young triathlete and I asked this guy at the booth(who happened to be Emilio) to sponsor me. He looked at me like, who the hell does this guy think he is. The next time, was at the 1997 World Duathlon Championships in Grenika, Spain. Emilio was rallying Team USA to show as much enthusiasm as the Brazilians. We would race together many times after that and have battled in some big races. Not only is Emilio a fun guy on and off the race course, his gear is the best on the planet. I still wear the tri-suit from that 1997 worlds race(when nobody is looking). The Desoto gear just hugs the body and is the best compression clothing in the industry. And the T1 wetsuits are revolutionary. I am proud to be wearing Desoto gear in 2011.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppgTx-6mCQEibl27g2ymSGJi7mhTP_Hwg1K-eTniyJ-9zrmu3phTSfOJkQyDWFJGizDnprwXFkfK5JCgH4FA3vx8bKl0cXF4XBk1Hukpzqev5sIKJ5D9V1oxVY-hMmgk5KaZ0tnKXglg/s1600/davescottlogo_2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppgTx-6mCQEibl27g2ymSGJi7mhTP_Hwg1K-eTniyJ-9zrmu3phTSfOJkQyDWFJGizDnprwXFkfK5JCgH4FA3vx8bKl0cXF4XBk1Hukpzqev5sIKJ5D9V1oxVY-hMmgk5KaZ0tnKXglg/s320/davescottlogo_2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586729566656422290" /></a><br /><br />There is so much to say about legendary triathlete <a href="http://davescottinc.com">Dave Scott</a>. I am very honored to have him consulting with my training for 2011. I have met and talked to Dave many times over the years. I have done his swim sessions and participated in his track workouts. But I was most impressed with Dave at a Boulder Ironman Camp I put on in 2002. My wife Sarah called him to ask about epic bike and run workouts he would suggest in and around Boulder. I said, "He is not going to call you back. He is Dave Scott." Well, a few hours later as we were out eating, Dave left a, I am not kidding you, 40-min message describing in detail the rides and runs he would do. I thought that was amazing!<br /><br />I like Dave's style of coaching -- it's a lot like mine. It is also nice that he is fairly close to me in Boulder and his two sons go to school at MSU Bozeman; this lets me have the opportunity to see Dave in person.<br /><br />I wanted Dave to guide my training because of his physiological background and attention to detail; with my unusual circumstances this will be a critical component. This, along with his legendary toughness, should inspire me to do my very best. So far so good, I am working hard on his workouts and they are hard, and I have to say---I don't want to let "the man" down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDGQRZzTRzcevDPyMbHtrY2HattOZHYahuVx8CLrMfC3mooGkXAx4ZtnX7cG4yn495gSGgztbWHoFVfrvoQPmRvTRtNWvVqAKmC1Bg4dWnIndNjzW007iXdVKPhNHtTFxorYe3BLjAE4/s1600/Rotor+components.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 39px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDGQRZzTRzcevDPyMbHtrY2HattOZHYahuVx8CLrMfC3mooGkXAx4ZtnX7cG4yn495gSGgztbWHoFVfrvoQPmRvTRtNWvVqAKmC1Bg4dWnIndNjzW007iXdVKPhNHtTFxorYe3BLjAE4/s320/Rotor+components.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586736854626676146" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have been using Q-rings from <a href="http://rotorbikeusa.com">Rotor bicycle components</a> for nearly 7 years now. I am a believer. Not only do these rings take out the dead spot in the pedal stroke, but, for someone with bad knees like myself, the Q-rings simply take the pain out of pushing over the top of the big ring. Kervin at Rotor is the man and has always been there for me with all my crazy questions and requests to get my bike just right for my old body. I just don't have any of my bikes set up without Rotor rings. And now I have their 3d cranks and q-rings set up on my road bike as well. Rock on Rotor!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhII9zhls8nWIaMDHOe2GueOP6kf_m6e60Mbrl0q4Wsdu-9wXHSyoBSSTrEQ3faa3w-zmyO2aB1dXIYUe1GTCRIAVGusB12IylyDOD97DaS0OsuAxmsV8dRsJY13kh1elcTWpRjVstjKv0/s1600/Quarq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhII9zhls8nWIaMDHOe2GueOP6kf_m6e60Mbrl0q4Wsdu-9wXHSyoBSSTrEQ3faa3w-zmyO2aB1dXIYUe1GTCRIAVGusB12IylyDOD97DaS0OsuAxmsV8dRsJY13kh1elcTWpRjVstjKv0/s320/Quarq.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586742801561613538" /></a><br /><br /><br />Training with Power is a necessity in today's training age. I really depend on this data now more than ever to help me with my return to form. I have used every powermeter on the market, and was one of the first coaches to utilize power with clients in the country. Of all the units out there, I strongly recommend the<a href="http://quark.com"> Quarq </a>power meter. Quarq is based in Spearfish, SD and no power meter is cleaner and more reliable than the Quarq. Their customer service is second to none and with the Quark power meter you can use any wheel set you want without dragging a heavy wheel around. The quark is light and as affordable as any power meter out there. When it comes to training and racing with Power -- go with Quarq and think fast!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My most important support group--- My Girls</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WnWG0r54hohX1LWdOkRJESIckcNmWhV9RV_AOaaun_deJEGJwoJNBlIG46BZCglFyTXaamlQgQ4yMrjU8UjDTPZFjYqcLIalZVzA2wqpDTFdUQNA0ZmcpQJD5V5K97TrvlbnFv97vZc/s1600/mygirls2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WnWG0r54hohX1LWdOkRJESIckcNmWhV9RV_AOaaun_deJEGJwoJNBlIG46BZCglFyTXaamlQgQ4yMrjU8UjDTPZFjYqcLIalZVzA2wqpDTFdUQNA0ZmcpQJD5V5K97TrvlbnFv97vZc/s320/mygirls2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586980785767983362" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My Wife Dr.Sarah Keller</span>: Sarah is a professor at MSUB in Communications and works her tail off. She balances a busy work load with being a great mother to our 2 girls Chloe(5)and Cale(1). She is simply amazing with all she balances in our world. I certainly could not try to comeback to competition without her support and love. She understands what I have gone through and having done the Hawaii Ironman herself, knows how hard this quest is going to be. I can think of no one who knows me better and is able to deal with all my faults. In every way she makes me a better person.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif6U5ECMbJexVCu7Tu9AG5CeSKE3NsSIfqiJD8lkvfC7iNgVK3WX9tv2CRheWoHC5ZyjuWL58lD5wSVWpTm9fJ2eo3Iy6zanvOEGuoJcsMntbsO07GhHhsySER4vfkcQhfZUgaaYzrx4/s1600/calechloeclose3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif6U5ECMbJexVCu7Tu9AG5CeSKE3NsSIfqiJD8lkvfC7iNgVK3WX9tv2CRheWoHC5ZyjuWL58lD5wSVWpTm9fJ2eo3Iy6zanvOEGuoJcsMntbsO07GhHhsySER4vfkcQhfZUgaaYzrx4/s320/calechloeclose3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586985703523848082" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Chloe and Cale Marschall</span>: Our first child Chloe is now almost 6yrs old and is my shining light. She is full of vigour and fun. She rides her bike constantly and has become a great skier, having gone off the top of Bridger Bowl this year. We love to play UFC fighting championships in our living room, however she can't handle my leg scissor submission as of yet. Cale just started walking and her smile is infectious. She tries to get into our UFC fights with Chloe but I bet she is out of our weight class for now. When I was in the Hospital in Chicago, I bonded with Cale a tremendous amount and I am convinced that she gave me the strength to fight back. She is a love child.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHf5h3r2LD2l8wHvowhEmcouR-zCrOUkcmx7ka4kuxsvXgLBjX0UqQWEAxzHULxctvE2rhpdGGYTYlmakkV6mg2PVp_CWWHFIow9-1PliXHd8q3kplllz83Xdgtuj2FvLmer-6EZSmCk/s1600/daddyandcale.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHf5h3r2LD2l8wHvowhEmcouR-zCrOUkcmx7ka4kuxsvXgLBjX0UqQWEAxzHULxctvE2rhpdGGYTYlmakkV6mg2PVp_CWWHFIow9-1PliXHd8q3kplllz83Xdgtuj2FvLmer-6EZSmCk/s320/daddyandcale.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586986453593166306" /></a>coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-77131246409030457362011-03-06T09:18:00.000-08:002011-03-07T12:39:55.594-08:00Gearing upSo, it's been a few weeks now and so far so good. Of course I continue to struggle with being patient with the numbers of training and have to really try to forget the past. I am just trying to stay focused on making small improvements and staying consistent. This is what I am concentrating on right now.<br /><br />After a brutal week of the flu. Sarah and I took a trip to Steamboat for a teaching conference that Sarah was in charge of organizing and I was able to piggy back on. The trip was awesome! We had an epic skate ski at Catamount lakes the first day. Blue bird skies and perfect skating conditions. Clone Kevin drove up and the next day we did a 3k swim in the outdoor fitness center pool in town all the while it was dumping that famous Steamboat powder. Kevin and I hit the slopes after for some great turns.<br /><br />The next day it just kept dumping all night and Sarah and I hit the deep powder all day long. We connected with a local musician, that took us under his wing and showed us all the local tree skiing spots on the mountain. And because it was snowing all day the tree skiing was just the ticket for visibility. Tremendous skiing/boarding! We hit another swim, bodywork, run and another day of skate skiing for a pretty productive 4 days of training and fun on the slopes.<br /><br />Back in Billings, the weather has still been wintery, very weird for around here, its said that we live in the Banana belt but so far this year the banana has gone rotten. So unfortunately, a bunch of my training has been indoors. not much biking outside. I have been doing it but I cant wait to get more miles outside soon! This past weekend I suffered through indoor workouts like never before as the girls went to the cabin, I road 5hrs on the computrainer and even did a 13 mile run on the treadmill, ouch! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Zo29FauC3NBx8oPzrB5lQ6cdTpXOfCIS8Ww0K0rnqBeUvetQpp-PAFx5pAH1Cq71OkQ7rUPavvQT2gWBejuh-4TwrZ4NYlr_h7GIVddUeoNbHjSmBHTto99WkWNrDGoNj_KKDlEz0wo/s1600/road+to+Wisal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Zo29FauC3NBx8oPzrB5lQ6cdTpXOfCIS8Ww0K0rnqBeUvetQpp-PAFx5pAH1Cq71OkQ7rUPavvQT2gWBejuh-4TwrZ4NYlr_h7GIVddUeoNbHjSmBHTto99WkWNrDGoNj_KKDlEz0wo/s320/road+to+Wisal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581362926964030226" /></a><br /><br />my favorite ride from the cabin, much better than the computrainer! please let the weather break!<br /><br />We have been working hard on trying to get support/sponsors for my quest this year and now this piece is starting to roll in. Sarah has done a great job putting together my story for potential sponsors. I have signed with Wilier bikes, Hammer nutrition and Desoto tri- clothing so far, with some others coming on board soon. I am also excited to be working with Dave Scott on my training. To have someone like Dave advising me on the work I need to do is a real honor and will really help me deal with my challenges as I go through the process.<br /><br />so just 3 weeks until I tee it up at Powerman Alabama. This race is going to be really tough, partly because it has been a long time since I have done a race like that and because the outdoor riding in Billings as been nil. I will do my best but don't have much expectations here. After the race I will be staying in ATL for a week to get some good training and some climbing miles in. All you folks in the ATL, I would love to hook up with you for some training. Just let me know. I will be swimming at Dynamo, Friday the 25th, Monday the 28th and weds the 28th for sure and will be doing some riding and running as well. probably going the the mountains on Tuesday the 27th depending on the weather. It will be great to be back at the old training grounds. I also will be doing at talk an coming back from heart surgery at the Phidipidies in Sandy springs on weds the 30ths at 6pm and possibly at the Ansley location on the 31st. Come check it out.<br /><br />coachjaycoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-43483007951773880332011-02-19T07:41:00.000-08:002011-02-19T07:42:49.682-08:00USAT Publishes Jay's StoryClick <a href="http://www.usatriathlon.org/resources/multisport-zone/my-story/finding-a-new-identity-in-multisport">here </a>to read Jay's story on the USAT web site.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-77783038568637133282011-02-10T10:22:00.000-08:002011-02-15T20:34:29.569-08:00humbled, scared and excitedA huge shout out to all of you that sent me just nice responses to my last post(vision quest). I am very humbled by them. When we made this decision, my hope was to inspire others that have been knocked down. If I could help just one person fight back and live a better life, it would be well worth this journey. In just a short couple of weeks, I have received many notes from folks all over the country that have had heart surgery or some other trying circumstance that has affected them or someone close to them. These responses really give me strength. Thank you! My story has been posted to <a href="http://www.nmff.org">Northwestern medical centers</a> web site and soon there will be a spot on <a href="http://www.usatriathlon.org">USAT's</a> as well. With more to follow soon. <br /><br />I have to say that I am pretty nervous about putting this goal out there. It certainly has no guarantees of success. I know how hard this is. It reminds me of the pressure I felt when my parents came to the Hawaii Ironman in 1995. My father is a golf pro and for some reason I was never able to deal with that pressure in Golf. I often tell folks that I like Triathlon because it is primarily a lot of hard work. It is very much harder to choke in Triathlon than at the Game of Golf. In the 1995 Ironman I remember having a pretty good day and as I came down alii Drive on the run, my dad shouted at me, "come on Jay, your only 40min behind Mark Allen, go, go, go!" I went on to finish 52nd overall that year and podium ed in my age group for the first time.<br /><br /> For this quest I am having to work hard on staying focused one day at a time and trying not to get ahead of myself or worry about the outside. To stay aware of my body and it's limitations and continue to make safe improvements along the way.<br /><br />The training of course has its ups and downs. some days are good and some are not. I know this is the case with anyone, even folks that don't have my challenges. But so far I am staying focused and being smart with the work that needs to be done. I broke out the Altitude tent(which I have never really used. and I am logging 13-16hrs a week as of now.<br /><br />a couple of weekends ago brought 30inches of the white stuff to the Bridger Bowl area and redlodge, so the skiing was tremendous. At the cabin it was necessary to break out all the snow vehicles, you know the plow truck, the ATV and the snowmobile( yes they are finally back!. lots of fun and activities as the Browns made the trip up. Matt and I made the Nixon peak skin and ski at dusk! epic. We did the family ski with the Browns at Bridger on Sunday and that was loads of fun as Chloe had her first big powder day! Its hard for a small 5yr old to go through 20inches of powder! funny to see, but she had a blast. Cale was on Sarah's back in the backpack and she was just a trooper, never peeped and I think she even got a couple of naps in! pretty cool. I can't wait until my girls are kicking our butts on the slopes.<br /><br />This coming weekend Sarah and I are heading to Denver for another couple of Furthur shows at Broomfield Co. And since getting back I have to say these shows where epic! Sue, Paul, Pam and on Saturday my brother Brian, Kevin Welsh and Charo saw what every one including me have been raving about. Certainly Further is the best Dead band since Jerry's death. along with great set lists( check out <a href="http://www.furthur.net">furthur</a>'s web site and a cool intimate venue, at the end of every show Phil Lesh does a Donor rap. Phil had a Liver transplant a number of years ago, which saved his life. Phil talks about a young boy named Cody who told his mom that if anything happens to him, I want to be a organ donor. This is very dear to me since I have a Heart root and valve donated by someone. I am in the process of finding out who's heart part I have inside of me. <br /><br />On Saturday morning Sarah and I took Adam Weaver up to Eldora for a Skate ski. Great terrain with some real good hills at 9k feet. I think Adam got a great taste of what I say is the best conditioning sport out there. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwlhhUs5hyKZZPfTLgy4IRHssiIIsLgE2iQkXILtjHadpPbUpVplRkup367-pyvWGwfrhMjTuFQ69tjnCQUD8HjWCMXNBvsP0FyvmBaoBeUbwLKZGO_ZPQ4p6xIVWcC2Mk-XGNrkJyE4/s1600/adamsarahateldora.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwlhhUs5hyKZZPfTLgy4IRHssiIIsLgE2iQkXILtjHadpPbUpVplRkup367-pyvWGwfrhMjTuFQ69tjnCQUD8HjWCMXNBvsP0FyvmBaoBeUbwLKZGO_ZPQ4p6xIVWcC2Mk-XGNrkJyE4/s320/adamsarahateldora.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574126845318097218" /></a><br /><br />Adam and Sarah skate skiing at Eldora<br /><br />Saturday afternoon took Sarah and I for a long run at the boulder reservoir. I had only gone about 1.5hrs for a long run to this point but we ended up logging almost 2.5hrs which was a nice confidence booster for my run endurance. after our workouts both days we had fun eating/drinking in Boulder with foods and atmosphere we don't much of Billings, very cool.<br /><br />we even went to the parking lot scene on Sunday before our flight back and sold our extra beer and booze like true dead heads. Sarah definitely took charge here shouting out "cheap local beer and whiskey here!" we ended up selling it all!<br /><br />This week has starting out with good weather so I went outside for a ride! the Pryor loop, thank god,it's been a bunch of indoor riding so far this year. hoping for more good weather to log those outdoor miles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHG9QbEX6GGi7pf_0oyt0Q6EfFHHiIZzVC3ZViAllbiNn-uylSibEab4JLd7hyphenhyphenW7J4PEgteM-930HOA3AZupkrq7mqYPMGcOb9pyt6jTGZ-WdBoJvTWmIQ7RHCnZ8iYeTSuVDYBRnuds/s1600/windtraining2011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHG9QbEX6GGi7pf_0oyt0Q6EfFHHiIZzVC3ZViAllbiNn-uylSibEab4JLd7hyphenhyphenW7J4PEgteM-930HOA3AZupkrq7mqYPMGcOb9pyt6jTGZ-WdBoJvTWmIQ7RHCnZ8iYeTSuVDYBRnuds/s320/windtraining2011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574136144942641762" /></a><br /><br />2011 coachjay's windtraining classcoach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712485426145078276.post-22749803830802380772011-02-09T09:33:00.000-08:002011-02-09T10:00:14.774-08:00KTVQ heart patient tri-athlete<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6PZjwDY2ZTTm3v9AdKHgdMMfLxDPOdKkj8pm0yKTP8l8EKAFoWDuvs9vnAiOxDs-PcXdLXKwOtjAuZIh0oh798hPIuUdxLv2GoMv6heTfOiyhYURB4XT5j3xm92M3znjZYveoTYum0w/s1600/KTVQ+video.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 30px; height: 30px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6PZjwDY2ZTTm3v9AdKHgdMMfLxDPOdKkj8pm0yKTP8l8EKAFoWDuvs9vnAiOxDs-PcXdLXKwOtjAuZIh0oh798hPIuUdxLv2GoMv6heTfOiyhYURB4XT5j3xm92M3znjZYveoTYum0w/s320/KTVQ+video.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571751091856075938" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.ktvq.com/player/?video_id=5272">Click here for video</a>.coach@coachjay.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17623371598857193579noreply@blogger.com1