by Lynne Tapper | Jul 13, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
A few weeks ago, Leland said he wanted to plan a trip to visit his mother in her country house in the Catskills. “Great”, I thought, “I’ll bike part way there and he can pick me up.” I had hoped that at some point I could find a destination to ride to directly versus...
by Lynne Tapper | Jul 7, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
Last Thursday I met some friends to ride for 3:30 hours. We started at 6:00 a.m. and It was a glorious ride. I spent most of the ride in my small ring on the front and keeping my cadence close to 90 rpms. The theory is that this will give my legs a bit of a rest as I...
by Lynne Tapper | Jun 28, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
Today was the first day that I thought…I might just have what it takes to complete this insane physical challenge. It was not because I ran at a record pace or because I felt like I could go on forever. It was because of everything that went wrong. Throughout...
by Lynne Tapper | Jun 24, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
The last 7 days have been a big training week. From Monday June 16-Saturday June 21, I logged about 15 hours of training, my biggest week to date. It started last Monday with a wake-up call of 5:00 a.m. I swam 1.4 miles at 7:00 a.m. Beginning at 9:30 am, I biked 65...
by Lynne Tapper | Jun 13, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
It has been pouring all day! It’s truly depressing. There are puddles and mud everywhere. Flood warnings are burning up my phone all over the state. So…why am I smiling? Because I’m not riding or running in it! I did a long pool workout and a...
