The bike portion of Ironman CDA is the longest part of the race – both in length and pain. The course starts out easy enough, running East from downtown towards Lake Shore drive. At this point, you will head South-ish…
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Preparing for 2013 Ironman Coeur d’Alene (Transition)
You’re out of the water and into T1 (transition 1 – swim to bike) at Ironman Coeur d’Alene. First you have to run up the beach, across the sidewalk and hundreds of spectators, and onto the grass of City Park.…
Tagged with: bicycle, bicycling, bike, Ironman, ironman cda, ironman coeur d'alene, preparing for ironman cda, preparing for ironman coeur d'alene, presta valve, running, Triathlon, triathlon training
Posted in Introductory, Ironman, Training, Triathlon
Posted in Introductory, Ironman, Training, Triathlon
2012 (and later) Ironman Coeur d’Alene Bike Course GPX Data
The bike course changed in 2012 for Ironman CDA. This post has a link to the GPX file that I created from my Garmin data. You can use Google Earth or other gpx viewers to open it. For me, the…
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Posted in Triathlon
Posted in Triathlon
My First Bicycle Power Meter
I have been hearing about power meters for a few years now and when I took the USAT coaching certification clinic, the coach/presenters said that the best way for athletes to train on the bike is using a power meter.…
Tagged with: bicycle, bicycle power meter, cycle, cycleops, cycleops elite plus, cyclops power meter, functional threshold power, heart rate monitor, hrm, power meter, power meter training, pwer meter head unti, Triathlon, triathlon training
Posted in Introductory, Ironman, Reviews, Training, Triathlon
Posted in Introductory, Ironman, Reviews, Training, Triathlon
I met the road today
Ouch!
Presta Valves
Presta change-a
Tagged with: air pump, bicycle, presta, presta pump, presta valve, presta valve adapter, presta ventil, rim, schrader, tire, triathlon wheels
Posted in Introductory, Training, Triathlon, Uncategorized
Posted in Introductory, Training, Triathlon, Uncategorized
Selle SMP Evolution Still Rocks!
I have been riding on this saddle for a few weeks now and it’s still the best I have used. No numbness at all. I especially like the “Eagle Beak” nose as it allows me to get into aero position…
Selle SMP Evolution Review
Tom reviews his new Selle SMP Evolution saddle
Kurt Kinetic Trainer Review
I wrote this article a while back. Just an update – if you’re going to have an indoor trainer, be sure to put something under the back wheel if you decide to lube the chain and/or cassette. Otherwise, you will…
Tagged with: bicycle, indoor trainer, kurt kinetic, rock and roll, trainer
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized
