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A Quick Look At The Man Known As Ironhead

Ironhead (a.k.a. Paul) is a corporate project planner and residential interior designer who lives in Yaletown, a bustling heritage district of Vancouver, BC with his wife Cin and their two furkids. Ironhead finished his first sprint distance triathlon in August 2007, and was instantly hooked. This blog is a record of his training and various ruminations and editorials on gear, races, volunteering and the politics of the sport as he progresses towards completing his two main goals in the world of triathlon - the 2009 Esprit de Montreal, and the 2011 Ironman Penticton.
My 2008 Triathlon Training Objectives

Complete a 5K race under 00:35:00 by July 1

Be able to swim 3x250 continuously with 30 second breaks by September 1

Reduce my 20K bike time to under 00:45:00

Overcome my fear of open water swimming

Increase my average training time per week to 7 hours
My 2008 Season Schedule

TriGeeks Walnut Grove Sprint Triathlon - Walnut Grove, Langley BC - August 10, 2008
2008 Race Results

Harry Rosen Spring 8K Run-Off

Subaru West Coast Series - Shawnigan Lake Sprint Triathlon, Victoria BC - May 25, 2008
2007 Race Results

My First Tri - August 4, 2007

9th Annual Granville Island Turkey Trot - October 8, 2007
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Episode 1,203 - Wherein Our Hero Goes Back To The Well…And Realizes A Whole New World Of Being “A— Retentive”

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Ironhead

Those of you who have been with me since last year probably remember the Success Journal entries. Eric Harr, in his amazing book Triathlon Training In Four Hours A Week, strongly advocates recording every small bit of training in the form of a Success Journal:

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Fellow Lunatics
Very Cool People, Places, and Things

Seahiker - Peter Scott

Pacific Multisport

Lifesport Coaching

Triathlon BC

Triathlon Canada

Zoot Sports
My Current iPod Obsessions:

Linkin Park - Papercut

The Foo Fighters - The Pretender

Linkin Park - Given Up

The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun

Paul Oakenfold - Not Over

Moist - Underground

Matthew Good Band - Indestructible
Training for 2008

June 12, 2008 - Swim, 90 minutes, TI training, Zone 1

June 15, 2008 - Swim, 30 minutes, TI drills, Zone 1

June 17, 2008 - Weight training, 40 minutes; Swim, 35 minutes, long intervals/negative splits, Zone 2

June 18, 2008 - Run, 30 minutes, long interval 800M repeats, 3.63K, Zone 2; Bike, 40 minutes, tempo ride at 127BPM, 15K at 12.6 MPH avg.

June 19, 2008 - Weight training, 40 minutes; Swim, 20 minutes, endurance 500M, Zone 1

June 21, 2008 - Bike, 2 hours 47 minutes 18 seconds, Zone 2 Breakthrough at avg. 140HR, 49.87KM at 22.3 KPH

June 24, 2008 - Weight training, 40 minutes; Swim, 35 minutes, tempo 800M, Zone 2 Benchmark

June 25, 2008 - Run, 40 minutes, Tempo @ 148 avg. HR, 5.15KM @ 7:48 min/KM

June 26, 2008 - Weight training, 40 minutes; Swim, 20 minutes, technique bi-lateral breathing drills, Zone 1

June 29, 2008 - Brick: bike, 60min., Z1, 11.74mi, AHR 125; run, 30min. Z2, 3.84km @ 7:48 min/km, AHR 150, Kcals 1232@40%

July 1, 2008 - Weight training, 40 minutes; Swim, 35 minutes, Zone 2 tempo swim, 800M

July 2, 2008 - Bike, 45min., Z2 hills, 8.94mi, AHR 125, 532 Kcals@50%; run, 40min. Z2 long intervals, 4.99km @ 8:01 min/km, AHR 139, 616 Kcals@35%

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Esse Quam Videri, Ironhead?

A Quick Look At The Man Known As Ironhead

My 2008 Triathlon Training Objectives

My 2008 Season Schedule

2008 Race Results

2007 Race Results

If You're Reading This, You Must Be Bored At Work

Recent Comments

Archives

Episode 1,203 - Wherein Our Hero Goes Back To The Well…And Realizes A Whole New World Of Being “A— Retentive”

Fellow Lunatics

Very Cool People, Places, and Things

My Current iPod Obsessions:

Training for 2008