Tag Archives: cycling

Boundaries and breakthroughs

October 5, 2010 | by Rusty
Posted in General Updates, Training
This past weekend was another training weekend, but with a few twists. I did my normal long ride, but I did it after a hill climb. I did my long run on Sunday, but I did it as a race! The “Low Key” hill climb series was set to begin this past weekend and I

Boot in your butt?

June 30, 2010 | by Rusty
Posted in General Updates, Training
OK, today’s post isn’t directly triathlon related, but it’s something that’s had me thinking about most people’s efforts to change their lives, get healthy, be active… but in a convoluted way I will tie it back to triathlon and training motivation.  This post is also not a judgement, but more a pondering… asking a question

Self Inflicted Prison

June 1, 2010 | by Rusty
Posted in General Updates
In my training for triathlon, I happen to do a fair amount of running.  Some on the track, some on the ‘dreadmill’, but most of it on the street. On most Sundays I do a long run along the streets usually of San Jose and Los Gatos.  I run past bus stops, parks, farmers markets,

Why the F@@@ is Ke$ha stuck in my head?

April 8, 2010 | by Rusty
Posted in General Updates, Training
Interesting title to this post, I know… but it is relevant.  The last couple days I have had the song “Tick Tock” stuck in my head…  When I wonder to myself why, I realize that its my brain telling me that the clock is ticking to New Orleans (that or I am secretly a fan

The slower I go, the faster I go… no kidding.

January 17, 2010 | by Rusty
Posted in Training
This weekend was supposed to be a big one… 75 miles on the bike, long run on Sunday, training swim…  and then the weather got in the way. Well, the weather got in the way, but not the way you would expect.  Because of the predicted rain on Saturday, I left at 4:45 am to