Reactuate

…of continuous cardiovascular exercise. That’s what I just got back from.

When training for a triathlon a “brick” is when you do two events in a row. In my current training regime I do a bike/run brick every Saturday. Today was the first time I did the entire distance for bike (12 miles) and run (3 [...]

I was going to chicken out and haven’t really been training, but my buddy wrote and asked where to sign up. So either I tell him I’m a wuss or I sign up.

So on July 17 I’m running my first Triathlon. Now I have to get back to training.

I was thinking about it while running [...]

Quit South Beach this weekend. Couldn’t take all the restrictions of Phase 1. I should probably try to do Phase 2, but we’ll see.

Ran today hear monitorless. 2.25 miles in 31:40, 14 minute miles. Really need to work on my speed.

I decided I had become too big a sugar addict and needed to go on a diet. So I decided to do South Beach because in the past I thought the food was great. I started yesterday at 198.4 lbs.

Today I was at 195.4. I know it is all water, but that’s part of the [...]

In triathlon training whenever you do two events back to back it is called a brick. Today was my first. It was an hour of biking and 30 minutes of running. All of it was done in Zone I, so I wasn’t really ever tired.

Everyone told me the transition would be weird, and it was. [...]

Today was the first bike ride in my training. It was a 40 minute Zone 1 ride. This was the first time I ever rode with a heart rate monitor.

It’s funny how when you use a HR monitor when running you are seeking a slower pace to stay in the zone. With a bike it [...]

I was talking to a co-worker who used to be a personal trainer about how my run seemed really slow and told him how I was calculating my target heart rate. He had another formula that I like better.

((220 - Age - RHR) * %) + RHR.

RHR is true resting heart rate. This is your [...]

Was look at how man calories per gram Carbs and Fat are and found this site which gives you number of calories burned by activity.

BTW: there are 4 calories in a gram of Carbs or Protein. 9 in a gram of fat.