Words in the CiTi » personal goal http://www.citibeets.com/blog Make beats, not War Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:01:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Triathalon Training – Week 1 http://www.citibeets.com/blog/triathalon-training-week-1/ http://www.citibeets.com/blog/triathalon-training-week-1/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:23:44 +0000 admin http://citibeets.com/blog/?p=31 Why did I start this again??? Oh yes, personal goal…???


Well, it was a pretty good week, I got in 3 days of training, but it was so hot that it was hard.  I may be a black man, but I’m not from Kenya. I can’t take all of this heat!  It was kind of a busy week so I really had to squeeze it in.  I got in 4 miles of running and then 2 days of weight training.  The weight training is apart of my normal week and I don’t plan to stop that just because I added some more intense cardio.  I typically don’t run more than 2 miles so even adding the 1 additional mile feels like someone is on my back, yelling at me, why pouring hot cocoa down my shorts.  I have not even attempted to swim or get on my bike, although, the 2 flat tires may have something to do with that.  Slow and steady. That’s how I roll, or walk…

My main focus this week are breathing and running form.  I used to be a sprinter so my distance form is horrible, I really have to get my stride working for me, because right now, we are not seeing eye to eye.  As I said before, breathing is very important, or should I say oxygen is very important.  So i have slowed my stride down a little to focus on consistent breathing, taking deep slow breaths of oxygen, while exhaling just as slow.  I found that this does two things, prevents your muscles from early fatigue because your legs are receiving healthy amounts of oxygen, and two, it’s gets your mind off the pain. After my run, I have noticed my legs don’t hurt as much.

I’ll keep you posted!

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Okay so I don’t want that much pain and I do have an agenda.  I want to get ripped, and I think this is the best way to get there. I exercise right now about 3-4 times a week and I am in pretty good shape, but I don’t want to be pretty good. I want to be great!

So I have set up my Triathlon Sprint, which is basically a full Tri cut in half, for March of 09′.  It is an all-terrain course because I don’t have a road bike but I still have my once great full suspension Specialized mountain bike.(Why spend the money?)

You can get more information about the event here

I will keep you posted on my status!

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