Brian Lee

No cancellation but I did talk to the race director, myself, and decided to move it from Sunday to Saturday since the weather looked better! Only 75 degrees and cloudy in mid-August? That was excellent race weather!

Granted this is not a real tri with everything that goes into race day, but my two goals this year were to 1. Feel better at the end…[Read more]

I transferred my registration for the Williamsburg Race to the virtual race. Since I have been training for something this whole time, I’ve decided to design my own race from my front porch for this Sunday. I am calling it the “Fairlington Tri”. The perimeter of my neighborhood is approximately 1.3 miles. So I am thinking with an 8:30 a.m. start,…[Read more]

One of my primary goals for this season was to feel better at the end of my race. Last season, I seriously bonked during the run and felt terrible crossing the finish line. To that end, I have been experimenting more with my nutrition and hydration during my workouts to see what works best. But even more than that, I’ve been spending a lot of time…[Read more]

Overall, I think my training is going well. Not having to commute to and from work has really helped me get each of the workouts in!

At the beginning of all of this, I was doing a good job of substituting strength workouts for the swims. As the weeks go by though, I can definitely tell my motivation to do longer strength workouts is waning. Kind…[Read more]

Kirsten – I also just started using Skratch and I like it so far. In the past, I’ve used Osmo and that seemed to work well for me. I pair the powder with a Honey Stinger energy waffle halfway through my ride to help keep me going.

Regarding the frequency of drinking, do you have a smart watch for training? I have a Garmin and I am able to set…[Read more]

I have a Garmin and did not know about following people. I’ll look into it! I’m also on Strava and tend to use that more. Thanks for organizing!

AM Masters Swimming at UDC just closed fyi. While I’m disappointed I won’t be able to get my swims in, I appreciate them removing the uncertainty at this point. I’ve been struggling with the decision as to whether or not to go in order to keep swimming.

Thank you for sharing the dry-land exercises. Those will come in handy over the coming…[Read more]

I couldn’t do the Splash ‘N’ Dash last year and was hoping to do it this year! But that is also the last day of the Off-Season Spin Program so I will be biking and most likely wishing I was swimming instead.

The woes of having an active tri club with a lot of events I guess!

I regularly attend the Master Swim morning sessions and they have been super helpful with improving my form and helping me get faster in the pool. So I would highly recommend going for at least one session!

Josh – I’m not Mark, but I bought the first indoor trainer you listed last year and I’ve liked using it. It is easy to set-up and makes for a nice indoor biking workout.