Check out my new shirt. It is no secret that I'm a "data geek" in triathlon. I just wrote a blog post all about the Training Peaks Performance Management chart. You can view it here: http://kelly-tri-adventures.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-performance-management-chart.html I might as well have fun with my data geek status. I came up with this catchy phrase last [...]
The Training Peaks guys gave me a t-shirt at the 70.3 Worlds Expo this year because when they asked if I'd heard of "Training Peaks," I pulled out my phone and showed them my data in the mobile app with typical Kelly enthusiasm. Any opportunity to data obsess, right? I use the technology at my [...]
This morning was a big break through for me. Some of my proudest moments occur when I am training on my own rather than in a race. Today I had one of those moments. I woke up at ridiculous o'clock for breakfast and a giant cup of coffee and set up my bike trainer. [...]
Before reading this please turn on Abba's Mama Mia song! Turn up the volume and sing along to this song created by a triathlete with too much energy. : ) Mama Mia eeeer power meter: I've been beaten by quarq since I don't know when So I made up my mind, it must [...]
Power Meters are fun to train with. Many triathletes beg Santa for one of these instruments so I'll share a few thoughts from my experience. I received mine in 2012 and thought it would make me faster for Ironman Wisconsin. However, I didn't power test (or adjust zones) during that entire build (2/2012- 10/2012), and [...]
(I am not sponsored with or affiliated with this company at all. I just like the helmet and wanted to share my thoughts). This summer, I was flipping through Lava Magazine when I saw something amazing... a photo of the KASK BAMBINO helmet. It caught my eye sitting atop pro, Heather Jackson's beautiful New Englander [...]
Here are some Ways to get Faster: A. Train, work really hard and increase your fitness! Build that engine. B. Train your brain and increase mental toughness to make use of A. C. Get lighter by losing weight so you have less to lug around. (This involves reducing chocolate intake which [...]