http://kensroadtokona.com One triathlete's quest to qualify for Kona by 2011 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:11:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got an e-mail today from the Race Director of the Death Valley Marathon stating they are switching to an alternate route because of weather. Boy, just another thing to add to my already pathetic week. I bet it's going to rain and be terrible weather too. On the bright ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2010/02/03/death-valley-marathon-bummer/ I'm confident there is a correlation between how many carbs I'm eating vs. how often I post. The more carbs, the more I post and vice versa. As you can imagine, I haven't been eating that many carbs. Either way, a very exciting time for me recently: I got some ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2010/01/26/tests-and-more-tests/ So I started over on P90x on January 4th as my first day, just because New Years just threw a big kink into everything. Being that it may, this way my first time doing Legs and Back, which to be honest, I didn't find that Xtreme. I did have some ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2010/01/08/p90x-day-5-legs-and-back-ab-ripper/ Yesterday I had my initial consultation with my coach. I like him. I've known him a little bit as we've been doing our Wednesday night sprints at Franklin Field together. He has really pushed me to get faster this fall.  His background is in track and field where he ran ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/12/31/coaching-consultation/ I started P90x today. I had heard so many things about it and its popularity that I decided to do my own research. In case you don't know what p90x is about, it's a 90 day fitness program that is very "X"treme in every aspect. Every workout is planned out ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/12/29/p90x-day-1-chest-and-back-ab-ripperx/ I finally made the switch. My Polar 625x was just giving me too many problems. It was inevitable however. When it came to higher intensity workouts, the polar  foot-pod just wasn’t accurate. The main problem with Polar's inertia based technology is  it calibrates based on  pace which you originally calibrate it. ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/12/13/goodbye-polar-hello-garmin/ I might have mentioned in the past (or maybe I didn't) about getting "hotspots" in my cycling shoes. This thought this was due to the fact that I put a lot of pressure on my outside of my shoes. When I generally walk, all of my shoes are worn on ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/11/29/pronation-and-new-shoes/ I know, it has been a while since my last post. I've been neglectful. My PC finally decided to go to computer heaven after 4 years. Rule of thumb:You know it's time to get a new computer when after formatting the hard drive multiple times, it still takes 10 minutes ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/11/20/race-report-37th-schuylkill-river-loop-run/ My workplace is a haven for junk food. We have a Starbucks on the first floor, and people are always bringing in chocolates, cakes, you name it on often a daily basis.  If your office is like mine, they put them out in the kitchen area so everyone can grab ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/10/22/i-didnt-eat-a-donut/ As I'm working on my run fitness this fall and winter, I typically do my long runs on Sunday. I've been building my miles, running 3-4 times a week, all finishing up with my 12 mile run on Sunday mornings.  I think I'll be building up to 17 all winter ... http://kensroadtokona.com/2009/10/19/sunday-long-runs/