The life of David Sharratt

Training

2010-12-24T08:38:00.001-08:00

This picture was at my works Christmas party. This is my good friend Jim and his Wife Karin. And of course Jenn and I.

Training for a Marathon and working a full time job is very hard. This is how one of my weeks look. I wake up Monday-Friday at 4:45am and I'm out the door by 5:10. I work about 45min away and I start at 6am. Then I'm on my feet all-day long till 3pm. Then I come home and I need to give myself a little rest before I head over to the gym around 6 or 7pm. I'm up to running for a hour on the treadmill. Then I spend time with Jennifer till about 9:30. Then I like to be in bed by 10:30. On the weekends I usually sleep in as late as I can. Which is usually on 9am.

So what I'm getting at here. anyone that has to get up and work on there feet all-day long and train, I think you're awesome. My Marathon group starts there training next Monday. There is 20 weeks till the BIG day.

I hope everyone has a Marry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Dave

December

2010-12-11T12:03:00.000-08:00

I have now been training for 3 weeks. I started out with 20min runs and have worked up to 50min. I still have over 20 weeks to train for the Toronto Marathon, so I'm taking it slow so I don't injure myself. I am now coaching 20 people for the 1/2 marathon and 5 people for the Marathon on May 15th. There training starts on Monday. They will have a slow build up and once they are 12 weeks out they will start the hard training. The Marathon group will start there hard training 18 weeks out. We don't have a team name yet, but we will come up with one before we start racing.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. I will update my blog after the holidays. That's when my hard training starts. I'm sure some of you will want to know how I'm training. I will be doing most of my training on the treadmill. I will post the speeds and inclines I'm running at every week. Right now I'm running at 5% incline at 7.5 speed. And my heart rate is around 135-140.

Dave

.............

2010-11-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

And so it begins. The more I think about it, the more i want to run the Marathon. What got me over the edge was talking with Reid Coolsaet this weekend at the C3 Banquet. He talk a little about his Marathon he ran in Toronto and I thought..... I can run one of these. I will start to build my mileage slow and work my way up to 110 miles by March. If anyone is interested in running one with me, let me know and I will help. I have my XC girls running the 1/2 Marathon and i will be giving them workouts all winter. So if you would like to get on the email list, send me your email and I will add you.

Dave

Marathon???

2010-11-15T15:29:00.001-08:00

It's been awhile since I have been in the Blog world. Since I have last posted, I finished up my triathlon season in Muskoka. After taking off for the last few months I was thinking of what I can do next. And Since I love running so much..... why not do a marathon? I will start back running next week. I will decide if i will run one after Christmas. I need to make sure I'm not too tired from work to run all those miles.

Dave

Fat man workout

2010-05-21T07:01:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-ySHXRarI

10 mile trail race

2010-04-09T17:41:00.000-07:00

tomorrow I will be racing here in Tucson. It's a longer race then normal, but I need to start racing longer races to get ready for my Ironman this summer. Sean and I have been training very well down here the past few months. On Wednesday morning, Sean and I had a hard ride up Mt. Lemon. It's a 26 mile climb and reach's over 8000ft. Our time up was 1:53. My best time before that was 2:02. I'm happy with my fitness at this point. I just need to make sure I don't over do it. Barrie is doing a good job in giving us rest when we need it.
This weekend is also a big weekend in golf. And I know everyone's eyes will be on Tiger at the masters. So far he's golfing like he does every year at the masters. This weekend is also the start of the ITU World Cup Series. The 2 triathletes that I will be cheering for this year will be Simon Whitfield and Sarah Haskins. I always cheer for Simon because he is just a great guy, and Sarah Haskins I trained with for 2 months here in Tucson. Sarah and her husband Nate were great training partners.

Here is a video of Sarah, Nate, and the gang training in Tucson.

Untitled from Davie Sharratt on Vimeo.

Sean vs. Nat Challenge

2010-04-06T13:18:00.000-07:00

Please visit http://www.personalbest.ca/newsandarticles/news/27-sean-vs-nat-challenge and sign up. It's a new and fun way to race this season in the Subaru Triathlon Series. i just signed up!!!!!

Sean Bechtel

2010-04-06T11:29:00.000-07:00

This is a video of Sean getting ready for his Xterra. Enjoy

Other then that, I have been training really well over here in Tucson AZ. My first race of the season is in May. I'll be racing Florida 70.3.

Dave

Wolf Pack

2010-02-07T11:35:00.000-08:00

Karsten AKA (Night Hawk) had a little speech before starting one of the funnest days EVER!!!! Here is how it went.....
I tend to think of myself as a one man wolf pack. But when I met Andrew and Dave earlier last year, I knew they were one of my own. And my wolf pack, it grew by 2. So there were 3 of us in the wolf pack. I was alone first in the pack and then Dave joined in later. And 6 months ago, when Dave introduced me to you Andrew I thought, wait a second, could it be. And now I know for sure that I just added two guys to my wolf pack. 3 of us (Dragon, Night Hawk and Wolf) flying around Toronto. So tonight, I make a toast.

Now here is the video of our fun day on February 6, 2010

Lace Armstrong Wins the 1989 National Sprint Triathlon

2010-02-04T18:02:00.000-08:00

His time was 52:39. Go Lance Go!!!!

Helix is Back

2010-02-02T18:54:00.000-08:00

My old room-mate and good friend Francis Mellon was the director of this video of Helix shot 2 weeks ago in Waterloo. Francis is also the guy that did my "Cold As Ice" video. Enjoy

2010 BU Terrier Invite

2010-02-01T12:32:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share this video with everyone because Mikey Delmonte is a very close friend of mine. He went down by himself to race the Terrier Invite down in Boston. He ran an increadiable time of 2:24.10 for the 1000m. He is now ranked number one going into CIS.
Awesome job Mikey
Here is the race video and the interveiw after:

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Olympic Torch and Training

2010-01-23T17:53:00.000-08:00

I'm taking a little brake from studying and had some fun with my new movie maker I have. It's easy and fast to do. Hope you enjoy some videos I have took over the passed month or so.

Olympic Torch from Davie Sharratt on Vimeo.

5km post race.

2010-01-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

I was 4th overall and Tyler was 7th overall. I guess you can call this our post race interview.

1936 and 2010

2010-01-14T10:59:00.000-08:00

James and I holding the 1936 Olympic torch. James Grandfather Johnny Loaring won a silver Medal in the 400m Hurdles. Thanks to James Dad John Loaring I got to hold them.
Then James, Francis and I holding the 2010 Olympic torch. It's Canada's year for total medal count. In 2006 they came 3rd behind Germany and the USA. USA beat us by 1 medal and Germany Beat us by 5.

Go Canada Go!

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T19:43:00.000-08:00

This is my favorite picture over the passed 2 weeks. My niece and I are at the cottage hanging out by the water. I ended up going through the ice and got my shoe and whole foot socked. But I kept Annika clear of going in with me:)

This New Years I hung out with my 2 best friends (Karsten and Francis)and we brought in the new year in style. Well, not really. lol. We didn't even have cable TV. We played sing star all night. But I had a really fun night. It was also Francis Birthday at 12am. He was the New Years baby in London England. Then New Years Day I was planning on running a 1/2 marathon with Steve Hewick, but Friday morning I wasn't feeling up to it. Instead I went for a 90min walk with the Madsen family.

Now it's that good old time for your New Years resolution. I have a few thoughts in my head, but I'm going to take them one step at a time. My first resolution is to graduate College on January 29Th. But most importantly I pass the Government Test. I have to answer 100 questions from anything I have learned in the passed 3 years and score better then 70%. Wish me luck:)

And in other news I got to hold the Olympic Torch last Monday because Francis got the Honor of carrying it downtown Guelph. Good job Francis.

merry christmas!!!

2009-12-21T17:52:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful holiday. This is our family's favourite holiday of the year and we go all out when it comes to making someone we love smile. This year will be the first Christmas I will spend without my Grandparents. My Grandma died a few months ago and my Grandpa went back to England to be with my family that lives over there. This year I will get to spend some of Christmas with the Loaring family. I will be heading down to the cottage with my Sister and James after the Sharratt family Christmas dinner.
I will be heading back on the 28Th to see my room-mate Francis Coral-Mellon carry the Olympic Torch downtown Guelph. So the next week is very busy, but I will love every minute of it.
I wanted to go swimming today, but the pool was closed and from what they told me it will be every night till the New Year. They told me I could come at 11am, But I have school every-day till the 24Th. I guess I will have to stay out of the water for a week or so. I'm not a big fan of running outside in the cold, and I won't bike inside unless I have too. I think the best thing I can do right now is relax until New Years and then start my focus.

Have a very merry christmas and Happy New Year.
Davie

Allied Force

2009-12-15T18:42:00.000-08:00

Davie "The Iceman" Sharratt. If your wondering what this means...... It's my team name for Allied Force. This is a fun team that a few of us from the Guelph area has created. It's funny because when I look back to 2005 I created a team just like this one and I called it Team Turnpike. Team Turnpike was a bunch of us guys that trained down south in 2005. Steve “Houdini” Hewick was my team captain and still is. So I now belong to 3 teams. C3 which is my main team, Team turnpike which Breanne and myself own, and now I'm on Allied Force. I will represent all teams to the best of my ability. My team role this year will be longer Triathlons (70.3 and Ironman). I'm looking forward to a fun year.

Dave

For more info visit
Allied Force

Training

2009-12-08T17:17:00.000-08:00

I have decided to start training again. I'm starting to miss getting out the door for a swim or run. I think what got me back was this weekend when the Loaring family wanted to go swimming with Annika. So I joined in on the fun. Annika still doesn't like the water. It will just take a few more times in the water for her to start enjoying it. Anyways, James saw all the PTC group doing a workout in the water and I'm not sure how it came up, but he told me to jump in and do an all-out 100 free and see how fast I could go. I haven't been in the water since the Guelph Lake triathlon which was back on Sept 5th. So with no warm-up, I was ready to go. I got Alex to time with my stop watch so we could tell how fast I went. I can't remember my 50 split, but I ended up swimming a 58.9. My PB is 56.5. Not bad eh???? It just shows that your body doesn't really forget how to swim. I had another guy show me this after not swimming for 2 years. He went 56.2 when his PB was 53.9.
So this is why I'm ready to come back and start training. In other news, I have got rid of my facebook account. I just found I was on it too much and it was very distracting. So I thought the best idea was to get rid of it. It seems like I have so much time to study now:)

Dave

Assassin's Creed II

2009-11-25T17:45:00.001-08:00

I just beat the story line in Assassin's Creed and it took me 17 hours. I beat it just time time for me to study for my exam coming up on Friday and Sr. Nationals on Saturday morning. I have decided to take a few weeks off of training because my body is feeling really run down. Once I feel like I have recovered I will start swimming again. But I have to make sure I want to train again. Because I wasn't having fun the passed 3 months. I need to find the fun in training again.

Dave

2009-11-23T10:40:00.000-08:00

My 1st music video. Not 100% done, but we ran out of time. Right now I'm talking with my agent about my next one.

Best Friends

2009-11-19T16:34:00.000-08:00

New Blog/ Nationals

2009-11-14T08:11:00.000-08:00

Quick update while I wait for my race later today. 1st off, I got an email from my sister today saying she has just started a new blog. From what I have read so far, it's going to be about everyday life inside the Loaring and Sharratt family. Breanne is a very successful business owner and she has a great balance between raising little Annkia and working. I guess she gets that from my Mom and Dad who also did a great job on raising Breanne and I. Well, here is the blog if anyone to visit it.
http://bjams-loaring.blogspot.com/

Now back to what my blog is all about. Sports:) I have my National Championship this afternoon. I have not raced well all XC season, but I'm looking forward to racing today. It's going to be a cold one today. it's -3 right now. But I'm going to make sure I dress warm. My race plan today is to start out slow and try to pick up my pace throughout the race. The course is very hilly. Not what I'm best at, but if I stay tough out there, I will race very well.

Wish me luck today.
Dave

Fanshawe Race Report

2009-10-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

Fanshawe didn't go the way I wanted it to go...... But it's my own fault. My race plan was to go out in control and not get caught up in the fast start. But I went out too slow. and by the 2nd km I was 20sec back. My coach gave me a split at 3k and I was 30' back. My plan was to bring them back over the last half of the race. But my plan didn't work. My other team-mate who was running with me at this point did bring them back. He ended up coming 2nd overall. Where I didn't have another gear like him. I did bring back 2 guys and was gaining on 3-6th place. I have a race this weekend in Waterloo. Last year I raced very well at this meet. This was my last years training ground.

This passed week I have decided I need to run more miles to run faster. I have a lot of people questioning me about what I'm doing. This sometimes bugs me because I know my body best and I know when I'm going over board. This week I'm going to be around 105 miles. I have done this kinda mileage for the passed 2 years. And I always seem to run fast when I run high mileage. And I will run fast in a month.

This weekend is also Annika's 1st birthday party. I just watched the video Breanne made of Annika's 1st year I it brought a tear to my eye. So it's going to be a busy weekend. I'm also going to watch Karsten Race today in Cambridge. Lets hope I can bring him some luck and he can take the win in his 1st XC meet.

Dave

Fanshawe!!!

2009-09-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

This weekend marks the start of my 2009 XC season. I have been building my miles up slowly this year. I was looking back at my logs from the passed 2 years and at this point in 2007 and 2008 I was already running 95-100 miles a week. And I weight a lot less. I'm hoping this year I will have more POP in legs because I'm not running so many miles. I'm going to find out after a few races if I race better with HUGE miles or less miles. Every year I have raced XC I have always tried to look like my hero Steve Prefontaine. This year I will still think about him when I race, but I'm not going to grow a mustache or sideburns. I'm looking forward to racing. It's not going to be easy to win, but if I train hard and race smart I should have a good shot at winning.

Dave
Cheers to a good season!

Inspirational Video

2009-09-19T20:24:00.000-07:00

Some people ask me what I like to do before I race. Usually just before I leave my house for a race, I watch this video.
This video gets me so pumped up.

This passed week of training has gone to plan. I made all 3 workouts at the university. I got tempo in on Monday, some fast intervals alone the river on Wednesday and Friday did some short intervals. School's going good. Learning new stuff everyday. I'm trying to spend as much time with Annika as I can. I saw her walk 8 steps on Friday all by herself. I can't wait till she starts talking and saying my name. She has her first big race tomorrow in Caledon. I can't wait to see her finish.

XC Season

2009-09-14T16:27:00.000-07:00

It's my favorite time of the year again. I'm back in school and running. My class's this year look very interesting. I'm getting into programing and designing engineering drawings. And 2 days a week I get to work in the shop. Our main project is making a chess set. Anyone what to play me in a few months?
Our Conestoga XC team is looking good this year. We have a guy names Jason Roy-Smith who I think can come top 3 overall at OCAA. We have Francis Coral-Mellon who is looking to make the all Ontario team, and I'm trying to win my 3rd OCAA title. Our season kicks off on September 26th in London. 3 years ago this was my 1st XC meet EVER. This is when I fell in love with running.
This passed weekend I got a call from my buddy Night Hawk (Karsten) and he told me he just met Lance Armstrong and talked to him. I couldn't believe it. What a lucky guy. I'm sure he will be putting up pictures on his blog soon. But what an honor to meet such a great athlete. I'm still jealous.....
anyways, I'm looking forward to the long miles in the next 3 months.

Davey!

Team work

2009-08-15T14:28:00.000-07:00

Today was a very good example of team work. Sean, Andrew and I all headed over to the lake for a group sprint triathlon. And we were aloud to work as a team. It's nice when everyone works together on a team and not try to beat everyone all the time. We all had our strengths. Sean in the swim, Me on the bike and Andrew on the run. I am now started to taper down for New Hampshire. I'm keeping my volume down and intensity up. I have a time goal but I'm going to keep it to myself right now. I will let everyone know once I finish if I hit it.

The rest of the night I'm going to be sitting at my T.V. playing MLB09 "The Show". So far I suck at the game, but I'm getting better every game. I'm the Toronto Blue Jays and my record right now is 0-5.

Dave

Windsor Triathlon

2009-08-12T11:09:00.000-07:00

I was feeling really good going into the Windsor Triathlon weekend. I had a okay swim. I would of liked to be up with Sean and Len. ON the bike I biked great till 15km, and my legs started to give out. So I lost a minute to Len on the bike. And the run was rough because I had nothing in my legs. Wolfgang passed me around 1mile and went on to finish 3rd. I was 5th about a minute back from Len. I wasn't to pleased with how the race was run. I thought they could of been more organized and let the volunteers know what was going on. If it wasn't for the pro money, I would never race there again. But that's just my opinion.

Now it's one more tough week and then I will be able to taper down for my 70.3. Today I did a hard brick workout with the guys in Hamilton, and in a few hours I will be heading out for a 100k tempo ride in Milton. I will be going hard till Saturday. Then it's taper time. I can't wait. I'm feeling tried the passed few days. Lets hope all the pieces fall together in 2 weeks.

Yesterday was also my last day of work at ODG. I really enjoyed working there and will miss all the friends I made.

Dave

3 days left and I'm done!!!!!

2009-08-06T06:16:00.000-07:00

I have today, Monday and Tuesday and then I'm all done work. Then it's back to school for 5 months. I really enjoyed working at ODG this passed year. I learned a lot about machining and the direction I want to go after school. But as everyone knows, things always change.

As I said before this week was a busy week for me. Trying to fit in all my training and get to work on time. Today was was tough for me as I had to get up early and get my run in. I had 3x10min tempo with 4min rest. The workout went good, but I am still tried from being up till 12:00. I'm just about to head over to the pool for a longer swim set of 4000m. Then it's right off to work. I can't wait till the weekend comes when I can sleep in a little longer then 7am. Tomorrow I have my last hard workout till the race on Sunday. The plan is to swim 1000m then right onto the bike for a hard 15k TT. I will go through that 2x. Then it's off to James Cottage. I also have to get in a 50min run later in the day. So I'm going to ask my parents to drop me off 10-12km away from James Cottage and I will run the rest of the way. Because I know I won't run once I get to the cottage. I'm going to be tried going into this race this weekend, but I still think I can hold these other fast guys off.

That's it for now.
Take Care
Davey

Busy Week

2009-08-04T10:09:00.001-07:00

This week is going to be hard for me to fit in all my workouts that Barrie gave me. But I think I can do it if I stay focused. I'm back to work for 5 days. Which means I have to get all my training in the morning. No messing around with naps this week. Today I was up at 7am and out the door by 8am for a track workout by myself:( Doing track workouts alone is very hard. My workout was 6x1000m on 5min. The first 2 hurt really bad. I went 3:07 and 3:06. Then the 3rd-4th one were 3:08 and 3:10. The 5th one was 3:11. "ooops falling off pace and really hurting at this point", and the last one I brought home in 3:08. The last one was all done in the first 400m. I opened so fast. then died......... Then it was right off to the pool for a 4000m set. I did intervals of 1000m. 1st 1000m was warm-up, 2nd was 5x200 on 2:45 pull, then 10x100 on 1:20. then 1000m warm-down with paddles. I did this all in under an hour. then it was off to get some food at the grocery store. Now I have 15min before I leave for work. Tomorrow is going to be another rush day. I'm still feeling strong and looking forward to the race in Windsor this weekend. I'm not going to lie, but I'm looking to win it this year. After my training camp in Windsor, I feel like I can bike even fast then I did in Belwood. But we will see what the day brings.

Top 3, 2 years ago. I'm sure I will see both of them at the start line this Sunday!

New Twitter Accont

2009-07-31T11:49:00.000-07:00

I have jumped on the bandwagon and got a twitter account. Feel free to add me under David Sharratt or Teamturnpike. I'm not sure how to add it to my blog, but I'm sure someone will let me know how it's done. I need my assistance (Karsten) here to help me. He told me he doesn't want to update his blog again till he starts training better. I need to find a way to get him motivated again? anyways, just on my way out for a 90min run. I swam this morning with the PTC and we did 2x(12x100 on 1:30) 4min rest between sets. I was holding between 1:09-1:11. Arms didn't feel the best, but I'm still happy with that workout.

Dave

This is Karsten trying to brake through the road block he's in.

Back from training camp

2009-07-29T17:25:00.000-07:00

This is Annika and I when she came and visited me at the cottage

The training camp was going great until about Thursday afternoon. Then the rain started to come. So I missed a few workouts because of that. I wasn't to pleased. But back here in Hamilton/Guelph I have had a good 2 days of training. On Tuesday the C3 guys headed over to the pool for a TT test. I decided to race the 400 free with the younger guys. I ended up swimming 3sec off my PB. I swam 4:28. Then I was planing on going back to the hammer but my work called and wanted me to come in. I got a easy 60min run in later that night. Then today the team had a swim/bike/run workout. Once again I had another good workout. I'm still not feeling over trained from all the hard work I have been doing the last 2 weeks. Which is a good sign. I have just under a month before my big race. I have a big weekend of training coming up. I will update later this weekend.

James and I swimming at the cottage

Day 3 & 4

2009-07-23T15:17:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I spent the day in Windsor at the riverside house. I got up early with Char and she brought me over to the YMCA for a swim in the pool. My main set was 10x150 on 2:10. I was coming in at 1:50 give or take a few sec. Once Char headed off to work I went out for a 18km run alone the river. It was a very nice run. It seemed like a day off from the days I had on Monday and Tuesday. Then comes the best part of all. I went and saw the Detroit Tigers play the Seattle Mariners at Comerica Park. It turned out to be a pitchers game. The final score was 2-1 Seattle. And it all happened in the top of the 7th.

Thursday was Aquathon for me. The goal was to swim for 10-15min open water and then run 3k fast. and I had to do that 3x with 5min rest. It rained a little on me but nothing that would stop me from training. Then later in the day I was going to do a 60k bike with a 70min off the bike. Well that didn't happen because of the thunder storm we are having right now. So I'm going to delay that workout till tomorrow or Sunday afternoon.

Dave

Day 2- early morning

2009-07-21T09:22:00.000-07:00

This morning I wanted to get up early so I had time in the afternoon to spend at the riverside house in Windsor. So I was in the water at 8am for a 25min swim. the swim wasn't too hard, but I also wasn't going easy. right after the swim I put my bike stuff on and was on the road for 116.4km bike ride. it was a hard effort. I rode good till about 95-100k when my legs really started to feel it. I was still riding fast (I think?) lol It's a very hard bike ride to do on your own. I had Michael Jackson to keep me company most of the ride. I had a mix of his music in my I-Pod. My final time was 3:15.25. So I'm guessing that is around 35km/h avg. I did a 2 loop course. the wind was at my back going out and right in my face coming back. Now I'm just sitting down for lunch with John and then heading over to riverside house. tomorrow is a pool swim in the morning, then a 20km run and a 90min easy spin on the bike. And at night I'm going to see the Tigers play in Detroit.

Dave

Belwood and Training camp for one!

2009-07-20T14:12:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I about 400m from the finish

Belwood went as I thought it would. I had a good swim but I still wanted to stay with Ryan but feel off going around the 1st turn. I swam in 2nd till about 150m when James pulled up beside me and we swam in together. then it was hammer time on the bike. I caught Ryan just before the turn around which was my goal when I got onto the bike. My thought was we would ride together into T2, but to my surprise I got a gap around 22k. I got into T2 with about 25-30" on Ryan. I was running steady till the turn around when I saw he had made up some time on me. I started running a little faster because I really wanted to win. At the next turn around he was even close. But at that point we were only 1k away from the finish and I knew he wasn't going to make up 15sec in one km. So I held off for the win. My Brother-in-Law James Loaring came 3rd overall. I wonder who my sister was cheering for?????

Monday was my 1st day of training camp at the Loaring Ocean. John and I came up with that name because I kept calling Lake Eire the Ocean. I got up nice and early and had breakfast with John and then I hit the surf. My workout was 3x800. I don't have a anything marked out yet so I just swam hard for 10min hard with 2min rest. with was very choppy out there. Then I followed that with a 30min easy run. then after having lunch I went out on the bike for a 95km bike ride. It's very flat out here. I covered the distance in 3 hours and I felt good. Tomorrow will be my hardest bike workout of the week. I going to start my training at 8am with a 26min swim followed by a 120km TT. It will be my longest TT of the year but I know I need to do it if I want to bike well in my 70.3. I'll post my time and avg. speed when I get back tomorrow. I won't be able to tell you watt's though. We will just say my watt will be high. lol

Watch out World, Dave Sharratt flew a plane

2009-07-14T10:03:00.000-07:00

You read it right. I flew a plane for the 1st and last time ever!!!!!! James and I spend the weekend down at his cottage to get away from the Guelph area. Here is how it all went down. Friday after our swim workout we packed up the car and drove down to the cottage. Friday night we didn;t get up to anything to exciting. Saturday we had a busy day of getting his dad set-up on a TT Bike and getting a hard brick workout in. we did the Loaring double triathlon. but we took a brake after the 1st loop and rested 5min. I wanted to go a little harder then James because he has took some time off because of work. Sunday we did a swim bike run with his sister Charlotte and a bunch of friends that came over for the day. This is when Miro asked James and I if we wanted to go flying at 6pm. at 1st I said no because I don't like fly, but after awhile I decided to go. I was really happy I did it because I got to fly the plane when I was up there. I only lasted about 1min before I almost passed out from fear. But I was in good hand with Miro Flying. Miro said he has never seen anybody sweat so much when flying. lol. I guess flying just isn't my thing. I'm just about to head off to work and get ready for a hard brick I'm doing with C3 tomorrow morning.

Dave

It's time to Make a change

2009-07-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

Last night I signed up for Timberman 70.3. Barrie and I talked and we both think I'm better suited for 70.3 and NON-DRAFT races. So this week was the start of my 70.3 training. Monday was a easy 90min ride with a 60min run later in the day. Nothing hard because I had to work in the afternoon. Tuesday morning was a hard set done on my own. I went over to the lake and did 5x3min hard swimming with 4min rest. It took me about 45min in Guelph Lake. Then it was right into a 60min run where I went 15min easy, 30min tempo, 15min easy job back. Then it was off to work again. My work asked me if I wanted to work till 12:30 but I had to say no because of my Wednesday training with Sam McGlone. Because it's my first week at longer training, Barrie wanted me to stay with Sam and did what ever she did. So it started out in the water where we did a few laps and then onto the bike for 4 hours. In that 4 hour we did 2x45min ironman pace, and 3x20min at 1/2 ironman pace. Once we got back from our ride we ran 30min just to get our legs used to running off the bike. Now it's time to watch the tour that I missed this morning. I already know the results because I looked online, but I just like watching the tour.

Dave
P.S. Good luck to my training partner Karsten at Nationals this weekend.

Long week

2009-07-03T15:13:00.000-07:00

It has been a long week for me. That's why I haven't updated since last weekend. I'm closing in on my last day of work. Then I will be able to put in some BIG bike miles for a 70.3 I'm getting ready for. Barrie and I have been looking at a few races and I'm still not 100% on what I want to do. As of right now my next race is this weekend in Peterborough. I'm not doing the long one this time. I want to be ready when I'm doing a 70.3. So my Dad and I are racing the sprint. My training has been going good this week. I did a fast brick workout on Wednesday with the C3 boys. The whole team is starting to get fast. I'm liking what I'm seeing. My boy Kibet ran 29:00.4 for a 10k course record. And Karsten ran a sub 16 5km. Now it's my turn to start showing results. August is going to be my month. I'll be writing a race report after the race on Sunday.

Pool Party and World Records

2009-06-25T05:56:00.000-07:00

I see Karsten updated his blog already. But after a long brick workout I went back to Karsten house to cool off in his pool. We decided to set some new world records. He set one in the 200IM and I set one in the 400IM. We also had a water gun fight which I also WON. hahahaha.

At the brick workout was the best one I have had all-year. Karsten, Sean and I worked well together. Sean wasn't feeling 100%. He is very tried from all the training he is doing. I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do when he is fresh. But it was good for me that he was tried because it gave me a chance to keep up with him on the swim. My workout was 800m swim, 15k bike and 4.1km run. Then a 10-15min brake. then back in the water for 800m swim, 30k bike and 2.1km run. So it was a good training day.

And on some other exciting news. My good friend André Paul Baillargeon Smith is now engaged to Thida Chau. I got to meet Thida Chau a few months ago at the Caledon kids of steel race. AP is a very luckey guy and I think he knows it. Congats to both of you.

Coteau-du-Lac

2009-06-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

That was not what I was expecting. I think I have realized that I'm not at draft-legal triathlete. Let me tell you about my race from the start:

Swim 1500m.
I was feeling great about my swimming going into this triathlon. I had a good warm-up with a few pick-ups before the start. I got placed in the middle of everyone on the start line. Which at 1st I was fine with. Until the gun went. I have never been kicked or crawled over so much in my life. It's no ones fault, it's what happens when you get in open water and everyone wants to get to the front. About 250m in I finally gave up and stoped so this pack I was in could leave me alone. Once I got some open water I passed the one group and got on the feet of the 2nd pack. The rest of the swim went great.

Bike 40km.
My T1 was horrible. I'm not even going to talk about that. I got in the 3rd pack and I stayed with them for one lap. And to be honest they dropped me. They were going to fast for me. I'm a strong biker, but I only think I'm strong when I'm setting the pace. I finally got into the 3rd pack and stayed with them till the end.

Run 10km.
At this point I was so far back that I almost dropped out. But I remember this one time my best friend Ryan Krook told me he dropped out because he was hurting and he said he will never live that down. The only reason to stop is if you need medical help. So I started the run with my boy HewDog. I ran the 1st lap tempo and I saw the leader coming. I thought I would see how long I could stay in front. I stayed in front for about 1 mile when he finally blow by me. then it was back to tempo. Then I saw AP. Once again I thought I would try the same thing. I stayed with him for about 800-1000m. Then I slowed to a very slow tempo. Then it was Yorke...... So I said in my head lets see if I can do this again. I hung with him for about 500m. Then it was game over for me. I tried to keep the tempo high, but it wasn't working.

End of the day:
I wasn't to happy after the race and I just wanted to leave. I have had time to think about it and I don't think I should be racing ITU races. I need to stick to the non-draft legal races. I'm going to talk to my coach Barrie about and see what he says. Maybe I will finish off my season with a 70.3? I have a bunch of time off work in July and August.

Dave

Good Brick workout

2009-06-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

the goal today was to swim fast and bike hard for 8km. I want to make sure I come out in a swim pack so I can draft. Today I was very happy with my swim. We had a good group of guys out. Sean B, AP Smith, Andrew Y and Jason Willson. We swam in a pack the whole way. Andrew forgot his bike shoes, so it was hard for him to jump in a pack. But he still BLOW by us on the 1st interval. I'm talking like Lance Armstrong fast. I looked over at AP and Sean and said "What the hell was that?" hahaha. On the 2nd interval Nat jumped in on the bike part and made me hurt. I had to let Sean and Nat do the leading because I almost got dropped. I asked Sean after what his Watt were, and he said his "do-hicky computer" read 300 watt when he was drafting. Now it's time to rest for the weekend. The ride up to Montreal will take about 6.5 hours from Guelph. My Parents and Grandpa and coming to watch this weekend. So I can't let them down. Need to race HARD.

Here is a picture of our relay team last weekend.

Muskoka Weekend

2009-06-14T16:40:00.000-07:00

I decided not to race the Muskoka LC this weekend because I really want to have a good race next weekend in Montreal. It will be my 1st ITU race since I raced back in 2005.

The plan this weekend was to get some open water swimming and biking in. Saturday morning I got up early and went for a 60' run followed by a 90' ride with Karsten. Then it was right into the water because Karsten needed to use my wetsuit. Then it was time to pick up my Mom for the sprint relay race we were doing. James did the swim for us and had the fastest swim split in the relay and the 2nd fastest swim overall just behind Buddy Green. Then it was my leg of the relay. I wanted to bike 33-34min for 20k. I ended up biking 32:40. Then it was my Mom's turn. I ran with her the whole way just to make sure she stayed on 35min pace. we fell of a bit because of the hills, but she was really happy with her final time. Team Sharratt ended up 6th out of 18 teams.

Then it was James turn to race the long course on Sunday morning. You can read his blog about how his race went. Sean had a great race and won by 2' over Wolfgang and Len. It ended up being a very fun race to watch. Muskoka is always a very fun weekend and I love going up there. Taper week for me this week. I need to swim well or my race is over. I need some good vibes from everyone. Wish me luck:)

Gulliver's lake

2009-06-10T13:20:00.000-07:00

Today was my 1st hard brick workout with C3. We had a good group out today. There was Sean, Me, Andrew, AP, John and Nat. After a 800m warm-up swim, Barrie had us swim 4x100m with 30" rest. The pace was fast, but I hung in there. Then he had us swim 4x250m with 45sec rest. After we had done the 2nd one, I thought we were done because I wasn't listening. So the 3rd one I didn't go as hard as I could. At which point Barrie told me to toughen up and swim hard. It worked because the last one I swam very well. Then it was off on the bike. we did 3 loops of 17k. The goal was to bike hard for 15k and take 2k easy. the 1st loop I got dropped at about 8k because Andrew and Nat were flying. Andrew can climb a hill like Lance, and Nat is the fastest down hill rider EVER!!!!!! On the 2nd loop I decided to hang out and draft off Sean. He was doing his own TT loop. AP and John joined us as well. Sean pulled the whole way. The the last loop it was down to John, AP and myself. We all took our turn at the front and finished with a smile on our faces:) I finished off with a 2 loop run in the park. the 1st loop was easy and the 2nd was tempo. the loop is about 2.5km........ okay, maybe it's only 2k, but it seems faster when I say it's 2.5. I know James and Tyler will want to know my WATTS. So here is my info I pulled from the top of my head. 320 WATTS for the 1st loop. 300 for the 2nd loop and the last loop was around 315.

If everyone gets time tomorrow night, they should turn on the TV and see my room-mate run the 5000m in Toronto. His goal time is to run under 13:20. He told me the pace makers are going out in 13:10 pace. And he just needs to hang on. Good Luck Kibet.

Top 3 men in Milton. And the top Woman.

I Hit the Wall!!!

2009-06-07T13:41:00.001-07:00

I bonked for the 1st time this year on Saturday. And it's one of the worst feelings EVER. So lets back up to Thursday. I wasn't feeling 100% so I just swam with the Waterloo team. Then I headed up to Caledon for a golf fundraiser. Friday I worked out with James and the PTC Team. We did 3x(6k bike/ 1 mile run) with 5min recovery. Overall it was a hard day of training. Saturday Morning I got up early and headed over to Caledon for a open water swim. The water was freezing. But I had a good swim with Sean and Andrew. Then it was onto the bike where Barrie wanted us to bike 3 hours and then run 60' off the bike. So about 60-70' into the bike my chain came off and got caught in the frame. It was stuck enough that I had to get off my bike and get it out. It took me about 90" and by that point the whole group left me behind. But I really wanted to catch them again, so I tried to time trial up to them. It took me about 60min of going very hard and I almost caught them, when we hit a HUGE hill. At this point my legs were dead and they just kept pulling away. By the time I hit the top of the hill I couldn't see them anymore and I just gave up and fell off my bike and laid there. I tried to get back on my bike and cycle to my car which was still 45min away. But I made it about 2min when I had to get off again. Lucky for me some very nice man picked me up and drove me to my car. I wasn't to happy with my team for leaving me behind like that. Maybe next time they will wait up for me? On the way home I was still feeling kinda dizzy and had to pull over for a few minutes to wake myself up. When I finally got home, I had a well deserved nap. Sunday I thought I would give another shot at biking and running with the PTC. I didn't get dropped this time. YES!!!!!!!! We did a 90km bike with a 40min run after. It would of been a 70k ride if it wasn't for Steve's messed up route. James wasn't pleased. Now I'm just relaxing in Waterloo getting ready for bed. I have one more hard week before my taper for Montreal ITU. I'm getting excited:)

Dave

1st week on afternoon shift!!

2009-06-03T09:31:00.001-07:00

As I said in a few posted before, My co-op job has moved me to the afternoon shift. But I have rethought my training and I think I can handle working on afternoons and still train at a high level. The afternoon shift is much more relaxed. He is what I have planed for training.
Monday- swim at 6:15-8am, bike at 10-12, then work 2:15-10:30pm
Tuesday- Swim at 6:15-8am, Longer Run, then off to work 2:15-10:30pm
Wednesday- Day off work. I will train in Hamilton with the C3 Team
Thursday- Swim at 6:15-8am, Run tempo or track, then off to work 2:15-10:30
Friday- Day off work. I'll try and train in all 3 sports
Saturday- Go to Caledon for open water swim, long bike and 45-60' run
Sunday- Open water swim, bike and long run

Tomorrow is C3 Golf fundraiser for our club. I plan on going down early to get a open water swim in, and a track run after.

Dave

Milton Triathlon

2009-05-31T18:03:00.000-07:00

What a windy and cold day. Why couldn't we have a day like Saturday afternoon? But lets get to the race report.

Like most people the 1st thing I did was went over to the start list to see who was racing. The 1st name I saw was Wolfgang. I knew he would be hard to beat. And then I saw Len Gushe. I HUGE threat!!!! I knew these were the guys that would be giving me a race. The night before James Loaring was telling me about this kid named Ryan Smith. I didn't think much of him, but boy did he race well. Watch out for this kid. He is going to be fast.
I was looking to have a good swim and come out with Len and just head of Wolfgang. Now that didn't workout. lol I ended up swimming next to Wolfgang the whole way and we started the bike in 3rd and 4th. Ryan and Len were about 20" up. Len started to pull away right away and put 2 1/2' on me over 30km. I was trying to catch Ryan who was riding in 2nd, but he rode just as strong as me. Going into the run I was feeling good. I finally caught Ryan around 2km and ran with him till 4.5km. When I turned around and saw Wolfgang coming fast. I decided to start my push from here. But Wolfgang was to strong and passed me with about a mile from the finish. And I couldn't go with him. Then I started looking back to see where Ryan was because now he was starting to push to catch me, but I held him off and came 3rd overall. I would of like to come 2nd, but I'm still very happy with how I raced. When we were standing on the podium, I had to think back about 5 years, because Len used to coach Wolfgang and I back then. The coach was giving his athletes a lesson on how to swim and bike fast. My next race will be a relay in Muskoka with my Mom and James Loaring. Then it's off to Montreal for the ITU race. I really need to think about my swim and come out with at least the 2nd pack. I will try for the 1st pack, but I'm finding out that I'm not a good open water swimmer.

Dave

1st Triathlon on Sunday

2009-05-28T19:23:00.000-07:00

This has been a rough week for me. And when I say rough, I mean my work has told me I have to start working the afternoon shift as of next week:( So once again I have to change when I do workouts. My new shift is 2:15-10:30. Lets get back to some good news now......Training.

I have had a great week of training. Well, maybe just a great week of swimming. My bike is back at my parents house so I did no riding this week. I did get to run with a VERY FAST Kenyan that is living with me for 3 months. He just raced the Ottawa 10k and ran 28:20. That's right, 28:20...... I'm getting to see how they run and eat. I have been trying some of his food here at the house. It's not bad, but I don't think I could survive off it. They live a much different life style over there. On Tuesday I went for a easy run with him, and most of you would be very surprised how slow they run on there easy days. He told me when it's easy....It means easy. When I go hard.... I go very hard. Francis took him to the track the other day and he did 5x1000m and was running 2:40. I think they told me he was taking 60" or 90" rest. They made a video of his race last night. I put the video at the bottom of the post. Kibet is wearing the Conestoga singlet.

On Wednesday night I did a good swim set with Alex. The goal was to hold the same time for the whole set. Alex and my goal time was 29.7 for 50 yards. We started out with 8x50 on 60". Our avg. was 28.9 2nd set was 8x50 on 50". avg. was 29.5. the last set was 8x50 on 40". avg. was 29.2 and on the very last one we both went 28.1. Today we did 18x100 on different pace times throughout the set. I don't want to confuse everyone, so lets just say that last 2 were on 1:05. It was easy at the start and hard at the end. I'm off to Guelph tomorrow morning for a 2 hour ride with some pickups and a open water swim with Karsten. Then on Saturday we are heading over to Milton to swim and bike on the course. Even joy the video that Francis and Kibet made last night.

Video - 2009 MDS Nordion10k Montage on Flotrack

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Caledon Kids of Steel

2009-05-25T10:41:00.000-07:00

So my weekend started off on Friday afternoon when Karsten and I went down to Caledon to help set up the race course for the Kids of Steel. This is the biggest Kids race in Canada I think? We had over 500 kids racing from 11:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon. So on Friday we through everything onto the big truck so it was ready for the next day. I spent the night at The Yorke's place. They are great hosts. Saturday morning I headed over to the race to start my long day of working and making sure everything was ready for Sunday. Most of the guys went for a 2 hour bike, but I decided I didn't want to and just wanted to stay at the site and set-up. Sunday morning I was up at 5:15 to start setting up the bike and run course with Ward. Once that was done, I could kinda relax and just stand on a corner and let everyone know where to go. Because once the race was over at 4:30 I had clean everything up with the race crew. We didn't get everything done till about 8pm. At which point I was dead:S I was really looking forward to my bed. Now it's back to training again because I'm racing next weekend in Milton. I'm just about to head out for a swim.

Dave

Little stiff

2009-05-21T15:25:00.000-07:00

Since my race on Monday, I haven't done much training. The only thing I have really been doing is swimming. Yesterday in the pool our main set was:

Remember I swim in a yards pool.

3x50 on 50 dec 1-3 (fast one was 27.3)
3x50 on 55 1 easy, 2 fast (27.5/27.2)
3x50 on 60 3 hard (27.5/27.4/27.7)

3x100 on 1:40 dec 1-3 (Fast one was 58.2)
3x100 on 1:50 1 easy, 2 fast (59.4/59)
3x100 on 2:00 3 hard (58.9/1:00/57.6)

Not a bad set for me. After that we did a kick set and I started to cramp. Today was a long day at work. I got off work and went for a 40min jog followed by a swim. I'm just about to head over to Karsten to watch the Hockey Game tonight. Lets hope I go to sleep a happy man. Go Canes Go

Waterloo Duathlon Race Report

2009-05-19T06:41:00.000-07:00

Race morning I got up around 6:30 and I felt really rested and ready to go. I did a warm-up from my house over to the race site which was about a 30min warm-up. When I arrived I met up with my Dad who was also racing and he told me my racing bike was already over on the rack. I had a little trouble with my race wheel, but I got it figured out. Karsten and I had been talking about coming 1st and 2nd in this race for a while now. The 1st run Karsten took it out very hard, where I took it out at a pace where I could also bike fast. I ran the 1st run with Mike Hay who paced it great. we ran the 4km holding 3:17 pace. My goal for this race was to bike at a good effort, which I did and I was very happy with my bike split. I avg. 40.4km/h. I would like to tell you my watts, but I don't use computers on my bike. Going into the run I had about 45sec on 2nd. I ran within myself the 1st 2km and once I hit the turn around I knew I wouldn't be caught. When I was coming into the finish I saw my little niece who is 7 moths old and my Mom handed her to me so I could finish with her. I was very happy to finish with her in my hands. And Karsten and I plan worked. TOP 2 overall. After the race I headed over to Karsten house for a swim and burgers. The pool was 64 degrees I think, but we followed it up by a sauna. I was very happy with how I raced this early in the season and I'm looking forward to my 1st triathlon in 2 weeks. I get to try out my new swimming speed that Jeff has help me get.

Friday-Saturday

2009-05-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

Picture of Annika, Mom and Maverick

So Friday night, Karsten and I decided to go watch the Blue Jays game in Toronto. It ended up being a blow out by the jays, but it got really exciting by the end. Because it the pitcher got 7 strike-outs, everyone got a free pizza slice at any pizza pizza. So the 9th inning comes alone and they need 3 strike-outs for us to get it. The 1st 2 batter..... Strike-outs. the next batter gets 2 strikes on him and then he hits a pop-fly to end the game. Which meant we didn't get a free pizza:( Maybe next game.

Saturday was a easy day of training. I spend most of the day playing video games. Then I got a call from Steve and we decided to go out and party Saturday night in Waterloo with out good friend Britt. I ended up getting home around 3am and a huge head-ache. Now it's Sunday and I'm trying to figure out how to wake myself up for tomorrow race. I think I'm ready to have a good race. I have been over the course a hundred times and know where I'm going to make my moves. I will post a race report on Tuesday. I'm looking forward to seeing all my triathlon friends I haven't seen in awhile. As Steve would say.... GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!

Go Canes Go!

2009-05-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

Last night I was over at Karsten house watching my Canes Win game 7. Tonight Karsten and I are going to the Blue Jays game in Toronto.

Today I got out for a 90min easy bike ride. It was such a nice day out. Tomorrow is going to rain, but i'm still going to get out for a little bike ride and run. I'll update Sunday on how I'm feeling going into the Waterloo Duathlon.

Dave

Oil Spill

2009-05-14T11:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday when I was at I made a really dumb mistake. It was early morning. Around 6:20am when I was running my machine. I was making a lot of chips and didn't notice that all the chips are build up around the drain. And when you are making gears you have to use oil to keep it from getting to hot. Now as I was still half asleep, someone yelled at me that I was spilling oil everywhere. And let me tell you..... it was everywhere. Now it was clean up time. It took me about 90min to clean everything up. Let just say yesterday was not the best day for me. I went swimming that afternoon and I was still sore from the run on Saturday. And Jeff could tell. Lets hope my swim goes better today:0 I'm going over to Karsten house tonight to watch the BIG game. Lets Go Canes. They need to step up because it's game 7. I also want Detroit to win there series tonight as well. Everyone has made it to game 7. it's final death.

Dave

Sore Legs

2009-05-12T17:17:00.000-07:00

2 days after my race in New Hamburg, my legs are still sore? I did head out to the track today and did some 1200m repeats on 2' rest. This time I was running 4:10-4:12. just thought I would give a little update. I'm off to play some Burnout Paradise.

Annika's Dedication

2009-05-11T09:53:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Annika Dedication. I had a hard time sleeping that night so around 6am I got up and started playing video games at my parents house. It was a very fun day for everyone. Once the dedication was over evryone came back to my parents house for a party. Lets just say by the end of the day I was so tried. I slept like a baby all night.

This morning I went over to the pool for a easy 2500m swim. And at 2pm I will be heading out for a easy bike ride. Next weekend is the Waterloo Duathlon. Which means this week will be a very easy week for me. James was getting mad at me for tapering for this race, but my body needs the break anyways. So lets hope I'm nice and rested for next Monday.

Dave

New Hamburg 7 Mile

2009-05-09T11:34:00.000-07:00

what a weekend so far...... So yesterday I was sitting at my computer when Ryan Krook called and asked if I wanted to come watch Dane Cook in Toronto. Now I'm not usually the guy to do things last minute. So I told him "Let me get back to you in 10min". Anyways, I ended up going to Toronto to watch the show. He put on a very good show. Then it was back to Guelph for a early morning race I was doing in New Hamburg. I didn't run as fast as I wanted to through 10km, but when I went through 5k in 17:09, I knew I wasn't going to run 34. So I decided just to go for the win. I caught the early leader at 6km and ran with him for the next 3.5km, then made a little move up the hill and took the win. My 10k split was 35:00. I was happy for my 1st race of the season. My IT-Band didn't hurt at all which is a very good sign. Now it's off to the Loaring's house for a little party we are having for Annika.

Dave

Race Course

2009-05-06T11:50:00.000-07:00

Today on my lunch brake I went out and drove the 7 mile race course. Everyone kept telling me at work that is was a very hilly course with ONE HUGE hill at 4km. So here is my take on the course. The 1st 3km is flat. Maybe a very little down hill. At 4km there is a hill, but nothing that will slow me down anymore then 5 sec in that km. Once over the hill you have a slight down hill with the turn around at the bottom. Then I do the course backwards. I still think I can run a fast time. My goal time through 10km is 34:00-34:20. If I don't hit that time..... life goes on and I will try again next time. Last night Francis and I went over to the track and did 4x1200m with 3' rest. I was running 3:56 for all of them. It was also the 1st time on the track this year with no wind. I'm just on my way over to the pool for a set of 8x200 dec 1-8. I'm not sure what they are on? I have one more day of work this week and then it's time to get ready for a busy weekend. Annika is getting dedicated on Sunday morning in Guelph. From what Breanne has told me there is going to be 26 people there. And it's Mother's Day.

Dave

Race coming up

2009-05-05T08:48:00.000-07:00

My 1st race to kick off the season is this weekend. I'm going to have a good support crew there to cheer me on. There will be James, Breanne, Annika, Mom and Dad. I always race good when these people are there cheering me on. It's a 7 mile race. which is 11.2km. I swam this morning, and it was more or less a easy swim. Just did distance free with short rest. I have also been working everyday this week. Which is good for money, but not good for training. But I think my body needs a brake anyways.

Weekend

2009-05-03T05:06:00.001-07:00

It's been very rushed weekend when it comes to training. Yesterday I got up at 6:30am and biked for 2:15 nice and easy, and then right off the bike I ran a tempo run with Francis. I have a course marked out, but I'm not sure how accurate it is. I'll have to get James Loaring out with his GPS and measure it for me. But from what I think is 10km I went through in 36:26. It hurt me, but I was happy I ran that fast. I have a race next weekend in New Hamburg. It's a 7 mile race. When you guys are looking for my name, you won't find it. My real 1st name is Brian Jr. So that is what I entered as. My whole family is racing. James has a huge day of training because he's getting ready for his Ironman weekend in 3 weeks. But he is still making time to come watch us. Today I'm going for a long run and then heading back to Guelph for a 2 hour bike ride. Then Dad and I will watch the hockey. I need Carolina to win tonight if they have any shot against Boston.

Dave

Burnout Paradise

2009-04-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

I just got this game yesterday and so far....... I like it;) it's a racing game where you can get points for crashing other cars. Training has been going alright the passed few days. I have been working the passed 2 days so I can't train as much when I have to work all-day. anyways, I need to get back to my game. I can hear it calling me.

Davey

Court!!!!!

2009-04-28T16:39:00.000-07:00

Yes, that's right..... I went to court today to fight a ticket I got over a year ago. I got caught going 74km/k in a 40km/h zone. It was a Sunday morning in a school zone and the cop got me. At the time I couldn't afford it because of school and I had to pay my taxes. So my sister told me to bring it to court and it will delay it for awhile. So a year later (TODAY) I had my court date and the cop didn't show up. Which means they throw out the ticket. I GUESS IT WAS MY LUCKY DAY:)

My training has been going good, but I have been feeling dizzy this passed weekend. My sister thinks it's because i don't eat enough. Which she could be right because I don't eat a lot for how much I train. So my family and I are trying to figure out when I'm feeling dizzy when I train. I will keep everyone updated if we figure it out. My Mom clams it because I play to many video games. But I know that's not right. I think Breanne is more right when she says I need to eat more. I'm glad to have to support of family and friends.

Davey

Weekend

2009-04-26T10:58:00.000-07:00

I already told you guys about Friday where I had the epic swim workout. The very next morning I was in Waterloo for a swim meet the rapids were putting on. Lets just say it didn't go to plan. I was still very tried from Fridays workouts, and I was entered in the 200 free and 200 back. This was a yards meet too. I love swimming yards. In the 200 free I went out at a steady pace. But by the 100 meter mark I was done. I'm not sure what my 100 time was, but my 200 free time was 2:01. It's still a good time, but 4 weeks ago I swam a 1:50.4 in the same pool. Then it was off to guelph for a brick workout by myself. I started out with a 60' ride "EASY" and then 15min tempo, 2min rest, 10min tempo, 2min rest, 5min tempo, 2min rest. Then I passed out for 30min on the floor because I was so tried. On Sunday Adrian got me up early so we could bike for 90' and watch Reid C run his really fast 47' 15km road race. Awesome race buddy. Then it was off to the pool for a swim. Delmonte and I did 16x50 on 55" and then 16x100 on 1:30. now I'm just getting ready for a 80min run from my parents house. I'm going to run my fav. forest loop. the loop usually takes me 40' so I will have to add on somewhere.

hope everyone is chreeing for Carilina tonight in the hockey game. If they win, they will force a game 7. or they will be hitting the golf course early.

PTC Swim Set

2009-04-24T11:42:00.001-07:00

So before I get to the swim set, I should tell you about my tempo ride I did yesterday. The plan was to come to Guelph and bike a 30min tempo ride. After warming up for about 20min I started. This will be my longest tempo ride of the seaosn. I don't have any power meter, or one of those speed things bikers have where it tell you how fast you going. I can just tell how fast I'm going by looking at the road under me and the wind in my face. I'm guessing I was biking at an avg. of 46km/h for 30min. Not bad for my 1st tempo ride outside. lol

So onto the PTC Swim set. When coach CT shows up all he tells us is to warm up 500 choice. which was fine. untill we had finished and saw the board. Here was the set.

1500m on 20min
3x500 on 7min
15x100 on 1:25

So here is how it played out. 1st James was mad that I was swimming in his lane and thought I was drafting off him. hahhahaha. I only did for a few:) Anyways, the 1500 James and I stayed together the whole way and swam 19:01. With Angela beating both of us in 18:58 I think? then it was onto the 3x500. the 1st one James went alot faster then me. I think I was 6:28????? the 2nd one I was 6:22. with James still about 10sec ahead of me. The the last one I tried to stay with him, but he droped me around 350. My time was 6:16. When the 15x100 came around I had done myself in. So the 1st 10 were justmaking the pace time. Well, maybe everyone till the last 2. Where James told me to go for it. Not sure what my last 100 was in, but it was fast. It would of been under 1:10. Then it was off to see Annika. And Breanne had made James and i pancakes. Which were awesome. James ate about 5 and I gave up after 3. I just got back form a easy bike and I'm heading out for a run just before supper.

I haven't been playing PS3 for a couple of days because I'm at my parents house in guelph. I'm kinda looking forward to getting back to waterloo so I can play GT4.

Not the best day to train......

2009-04-22T09:56:00.001-07:00

Today I had another day off work. I'm off now till next Wednesday. I have a court date on the 28th. I got caught for speeding about a year and a half ago and just now I'm going to court. Lets hope I get off.......

Today I went for a 60' ride followed by a 40min run. Even thought it rained a little and the roads were CRAP, I had a good workout. Today at 4pm I will be heading over to the pool for a hard swim. Wednesday are usually hard days. Last week we did 8x175 on 3:00. I was going around 1:50 for all of them. We have also been kicking alot. on Monday we did 15x100 kick on a dec. pace time. We had to try and beat the pace time by 10"
5 on 2:00
4 on 1:50 30" rest
3 on 1:40 45" rest
2 on 1:30 60" rest
last on all-out. I went 1:18 for my all-out one.

I'm very happy with my swimming in the pool, I just need to get better at open water. I have never swam good in open water. Lets hope this year will be different.

Overall my training has been going great over the passed 2-3 weeks. I'm started to feel good on the bike and run. I'm looking forward to having a fast season and beating a lot of people I have never beat before. My 1st race is coming up in 3 weeks. It's the Waterloo Duathlon. The way I have been feeling as of late, I'm going to be strong going into that race. Early season fitness as I call it.

In other news, I have started playing GTA 4 on my PS3. I just looked and I'm 15% done the game. lol. So this game will take me awhile.

And one last thing. My Carolina Hurricanes WON a big game last night. they scored the game winner with less then one second on the clock. All I can say is "AWESOME"

Easy Day

2009-04-19T15:24:00.000-07:00

Today Francis and I got up at 9am for our Sunday morning long run. We ran 80min on the Wilmot Line. It's a very hilly road here in Waterloo. We took it very easy in this wind storm we were having today. Then it was off on the bike for 2 hours. Once again "VERY EASY". Tonight my Carolina Hurricanes play in game 3. I won't be able to watch them because we don't have cable here. My Dad will be giving me updates if anything major happens. Tomorrow is the Boston marathon. I have to work all-day so I won't know what happens till 3pm. I'm hoping the American can come top 3. His name is Ryan Hall. Go Ryan Go!!!!

HUGE DAY!!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-18T13:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I just checked out Simon blog and the PTC Blog and my name is still not on them. I guess James is the only guy that loves me.

So let me bring you through my day. Last night I went over to my Dad's place to watch the hockey which went into over-time. My Mom didn't understand why Dad and I would yell at the TV when someone would score or make a bad play. I guess Mom's will never understand guys and hockey. So Saturday morning I got up at 8am and had 2 slices of toast. "this would last me most of the day" Then it was off to swimming where we swam almost 6000 yards. The fast set we did today was 3x100 broken with 10sec rest. So the 1st round was 75/25 (My time was 51.7) 2nd round was 50/25/25 (My time was 50.9) 3rd round was 25/25/25/25 (my time was 49.4) then I ran home with Francis who was waiting for me. I had a 30min brake where I had a bowl of cereal. Then I was out the door and on my bike for 2 hours. I wasn't going fast at all. Then Francis was waiting for me again where we did a 8k tempo run in 29:55. When I got home I ate as much fruit as I could. I was so hungry. I'm just about to go watch a movie now. Francis said it was a very good movie. it's called Slumdog Millionaire.

I'm the happest Guy ever now!!!!!

2009-04-16T16:39:00.000-07:00

James Loaring isn't just my brother-in-law, but one of my best friends. Even though it took him forever to put me on his blog roll, I forgive him. And from what James said in the comments before, my new goal is to get on the PTC Blog roll and Simon Whitfield blog. I guess my real goal is to get on all the TOP triathlon blog rolls. But I guess I have to wait till they start reading my blog first.

So today I worked from 6-2:30 and as soon as I got off I went out for a 40min run, then right into a swim with the UofW, and then I ran home. So it was a long day for me but I enjoyed every second of it. Tomorrow I have to work again form 6-2:30, but the afternoon will just be a easy run or bike. depending on how I'm feeling.

I still haven't found any good games yet. I'm going to wall-mart this weekend to find one.

hmmmmmmm

2009-04-15T06:29:00.001-07:00

usually I wake up every morning and turn on my computer and check e-mails, go on facebook, and then I go eat. But this morning I also went onto James Loaring Blog roll and I still don't see my name? I called him last night to see what was up, and he still thinks I need to post more. I think if I want to make his blog roll, I'm going to have to hack his computer and put name in there myself.

Anyways, back to some AWESOME news. I beat Assassin's Creed last night. It took me till about 10:30 at night, but I finally did it. Now I need to find another game that I like. I will looking for games on www.gamesport.com later today. Another great site is www.IGN.com.

Now onto training. I plan on going for a bike ride around 10:30, then a swim at 4pm. I was talking with Karsten last night and both our goals next month is to come 1st and 2nd at the Waterloo Duathlon. Its a early season race, but for the passed 2 years I have raced very well on the course. Now that it is my home town race, the pressure is on!!!!!! I'm hoping by that point I will be on James Loaring Blog roll. hahahaha.

Dave

Picture of me and Karsten last year!

kinda tried today!!!!!

2009-04-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a few days now and I still haven't made James Loaring Blog roll? He must not be paying attention. But anyways, Today I got up at 6am for a early morning swim. Then it was off to the store to buy some food. Then I sat down for 3 hours and played Assassin Creed. I was doing awesome until about 2 hours in when I started getting killed a lot. at which point I flipped out and stop playing. Now I'm getting ready for a run that I don't want to do. Francis isn't here to run with me today so it's harder to get out the door.

Dave

?????

2009-04-13T09:33:00.000-07:00

I still haven't made it on James Loaring Blog roll? He told me he was going to add me yesterday, but I guess it seems I don't update as much as he wants me too. So until then I will have to try and update everyday. I had a fun time with family on Easter. I got out for a run in the morning and eat like a PIG in the afternoon. James was telling me about the new super series that the ITU has made up. I want to race that series, but James says I'm not good enough yet. Which he is right!!!! But he also told me that their is a super race on the same day as Nationals. Which is good for me because that takes out at least 2 fast guys. Simon and Kyle. Maybe Paul and Brent? Anyways, I need to go play some video games. I have almost beat assassin creed.

Dave

In the hurt box

2009-04-12T13:42:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I went for my longest bike this year. 3+ hours. the distance was 85km. And I wasn't used to all the hills in Milton. I had to take a 5min brake at the top of 6 line hill while James went back down and did it again. I usually never take a nap in the afternoon, but I had to yesterday. Since I'm done school now, I'm going to try and update my blog more. my motivation is to get on James Loaring blog role. To get on his blog role, you have to update your site at least once a week. Lets see how I do. everyone has to keep me motivated.........

wish me luck
Davey

Happy Easter

2009-04-10T19:42:00.000-07:00

All is good in the land of Davey........ A few weeks ago I swam PB in all my freestyle events. I went 17:25 for the 1500 free, 56.6 for the 100 free and 4:25 for the 400 free. I have been in the water a lot just because of my IT-Band and it's been kinda cold outside. I have been running and biking a little, but trying not to over do it. I'm home for the weekend and will get on the bike tomorrow with James. I think my 1st race of the season will be the Waterloo Duathlon. Then Milton, and then Muskoka Sprint. I'm not doing any long stuff this year because I'm too busy with school and work. I will be heading out to Kelowna for Nationals in mid August. Just before I head back for my last 4 months of school.

Dave

Good Bye Grandma

2009-02-04T14:23:00.001-08:00

My grandma just passed away yesterday at 5pm. I just wanted to say that I will always remember her and that she is in a better place now.

I love you Grandma.

??????

2009-01-27T17:04:00.001-08:00

So I hurt myself again. Not sure how but my IT-Band is acting up on me again. I guess my body is telling me to stop and relax. It's so hard for someone like me to stop training. I go crazy. But I guess I have to get used to it. I'll keep my blog updated and let you know how it feels next week.

In other news, I have been to church 3 week in a row. And I'm loving it. I have been going with my Parents/Sister and Annika. Annika is very good when she's there. I plan on going till I start racing in the spring. Then it will be more on and off when I go. But right now I love going.

So far, So good

2009-01-14T13:40:00.000-08:00

I have now been training with no pain in my IT-Band for a week and a half. I'm hoping it will stay like that for a very long time. Right now I'm trying to get in 2 tempo runs in a week, and 4 swims per-week. My swimming is slowly coming back and I will be swimming fast again in no time. I'm training with a great group of guys over at the UofW. They are all fast then me, which is awesome because it will just make me swim faster. I'm hoping to have a good season while worrying and going to school full time. I have most picked all the races I want to race this year, and once I am happy with what I have picked, I will post them on here. I can tell you my BIG race of the season will be Nationals out in Kelowna BC. I'm going to give another crack at the draft legal racing. So it will be a big focus on swimming and running. I'm off to school. hope everyone is keeping warm.

Dave

It all begins TODAY

2009-01-05T18:22:00.001-08:00

I know...... it's been way to long and I bet no one even comes to my blog anymore. So here's a update:

At the start of December I really hurt my IT-Band and couldn't run. Now because I'm a dumb Triathlete, I thought I could run through the pain. And it just made it worst. But I got smart and decided to rest it for 2 weeks. I'm just starting to run again. I was in the pool I few times in December, but nothing to much to report on there. I start going back to school on Wednesday, which I'm really looking forward too. And Today is the start of my 2009 Triathlon season. I got out for a run with the UofW team. And tomorrow I plan on going swimming with UofW. It will be a slow start, but it will pick up as the season goes on. Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Years.

Davey

XC Season

2008-11-12T17:54:00.000-08:00

This won't be long, but just to recap on my XC season. Francis and I trained very hard for 3 months. We were running over 100 mile weeks for 2 months. It did pay off in the end. I ended up winning Provinals and coming 6th at Nationals. Last year I was 8th at nationals. Maybe next year I can knock off another 2 spots. I'm going to take about 2 weeks off of just doing nothing. eatting junk and having fun with friends. I'll update more once I start getting into the water. I think it's time to start swimming like phelps.

Dave

Bachelor Party Beer Mile

2008-08-09T06:21:00.000-07:00

Last time I did a beer mile I ran 21:00 with my Dad laughing at me. This time I was set out to beat everyone and get in the sub 7min club. So I head down to my Buddy's house(Who is getting married the next day) and about 15 of us headed over to the track. If you not sure what a beer mile is, here are the rules(http://www.beermile.com/faq.beer#rules). In short it's 4 beers, 4 laps. The 1st beer went down okay and I was 5th out of the transition area. I quickly caught Nat who was leading and over took him with about 300m in. My 2nd beer was my fastest one of all. At least that's what Nat said. At 2 beers and 800meters of running I was at 2:55. On pace for sub 6. the 3rd lap also felt good and I thought I had a shot at braking 6, but the last beer took a little to get down and once I started running, I could feel it almost coming up. with about 200m to go I had to slow down so I wouldn't vomit and get a penalty lap. so I passed the line and I vomited everywhere. My final time was 6:12. A top 50 time in the world. We also have it on tape and once I get that tape I will posted it. Now it's off to Tyler's wedding and the long trip down to Windsor for a race on Sunday. Next post I will fill you in on the whole weekend.

Dave

School

2008-08-07T05:43:00.000-07:00

James and Breanne got a stroller for the new baby coming and I decided to take it out for a spin. So I put the 2 dogs in and took them for a ride around the block.

The results are in, and I have passed my 1st year of college. Now it's time to start my full year co-op term. I start on August 18th and will be moving to Waterloo. This morning was really nice waking up and not having to study or having to worry about school in some way. Now I can train when ever I want:) This week I will be running 144km (90 miles). and then I will be over 100miles next week. And once I hit that I will start all my intervals and tempo runs. I will start training with the university of Waterloo team once I get moved in. My goal race this fall will be Nationals in Kingston. It's at the start of November. Last year my goal race was Provincials, so it's time to step up and win college Nationals. Stay tuned for workouts I have been doing and mileage I'm running. I want to hold 105-110 miles a week till October.

Dave

2 More Exams

2008-08-01T07:37:00.001-07:00

it's true, I have only 2 more exams and then I will be done my 1st year of school. I will get one week off and then start my Co-op Job at ODG. It will be nice to finlly be making some money again after being in school for a year.

Yesterday after my exam, I went out for a easy 17k run. Then it was over to my Sister place for a BBQ. Today I'm planing on going for a 18k run with a 20min tempo somewhere in there.

Dave

Week From Hell

2008-07-30T18:50:00.000-07:00

Me and my Brother!!!!!

I will once again be updating my blog on a weekly. I just need to get this week of hell out of the way. I have 3 more exams and then I will be done school for a year. My co-op term will start. I will be starting my XC training as of August 5th. Stay tuned for updates on how I'm doing.

Peterbouogh

2008-07-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

I had one killer of a race in Peterbouogh. I couldn't of asked for a better day. My time was 10min faster then I have ever gone. 4:11. I didn't swim that fast, but I biked and run very well. This weekend I'm heading down to windsor for for a race that James and his sister puts on. I need to try and brake an hour so james can give me $1000. I'm sure he will make a comment about this so you can all read what he has to say. But in short he says "NO ONE will ever brake an hour". Speaking of James, we were talking about what was the greatest baseball moment EVER. I think we agreed that Joe Cater's home run in the 93 world series was it. I found this video of the greatest sports moments and I thought I would share it will everyone.

This is what it is all about. We all train to have moments like these.

Guelph Lake

2008-06-26T18:44:00.000-07:00

This was more then just a race for me. It was my home town race and I really wanted to win it. But I knew it wasn't going to be easy with Andrew and Connor there. So here was my game plan before the race. I knew Connor was a very strong swimming and he would break away early. But I didn't want to get too far behind because I know he is a very good runner. Then there was Yorke. He lead the 1st 750 and I lead the 2nd half. Now I was a bit afraid of Yorke on the bike because he had been dropping me in workouts. So I made my push right from the get go. It worked and I just kept going. It was my fastest bike split ever. I avg. 41km/h. That is getting up there at Len Gushe's speed. Then came the run. The 1st 5k I was running scared because I didn't know how much a lead I had. And Andrew and Connor are very fast runners. After the turn around and I saw that I had a 2:30 lead, I started to relax and was running much more smooth. By the end of the day I had a new PB on the Guelph Lake course. 2:01 flat. Still not close to my main man Len who went 1:59.42 last year. I'll be racing Peterborough 1/2 ironman next weekend. Lets hope I don't pass out like I did in Muskoka and crash into the finishing poll;)

And on I side note, who keeps trashing talking everyone's blog???? If you have a problem with someone, just keep it to yourself. Everyone has bad races and that's how we learn. Anyways, I'll see everyone at the races.

Javier Gomez

2008-06-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

Can he be stopped?

I was over at James house watching the worlds and I asked him "do you think he has facebook?" And he told me "he has no time for facebook because he is training his ass off everyday to be the best." And I would have to agree with James on that one. I think it's going to be very hard for anyone to beat him in August. I will still be cheering for my own country men, but if I had to bet on who would win, it would be Gomez. Congrats to Paul and Colin for making there 1st Olympic team. And to Simon who is 1 of 3 I think that have made every Olympic team.

And who said Simon can't swim?????

Duathlon #2

2008-05-28T05:04:00.000-07:00

IN my 2nd Duathlon of the year I placed 2nd. I knew that Andrew and Sean really wanted to WIN in there home town of Caledon and it would be tough for me to beat them. ON the 1st run, Yorke just hammed right from the gun. the only guy to go with him was Paul B. He ran his 1st 5k in 16:05 or something. And I was about a 1min back. Then I thought I could catch him by the 2nd lap, which wasn't the case. I didn't catch him till the last 400m. And I was riding really hard. We started the run together and he gaped me once again in the 1st km. He ended up beating me by 30". I was still really happy with the way I raced. One of my goals were to brake one hour. Which I did. I still haven't raced a triathlon in Canada yet and I am looking forward to my 1st one. This weekend is James and Breanne wedding. I leave on Friday morning for Windsor. And James better be nice to me because I will be his new Brother. James wanted me to kiss him in the pool yesterday morning, and when I tried he got all scared. it was kinda funny. I guess you had to be there:P

For those of you that are interested to know. We are doing a Triathlon on the morning of the wedding. We have 2 teams.

Team Spartans: which James is in. So in other words "the losing team"

Swim = James "CJ" Loaring = The Groom

Bike = Miro "Slavs" Tot = Best Man

Run = Rob "Base" Tranter

and

Team Trojans: Which I'm on.

Swim = Anthony "Paniche" Paniccia = Groomsman

Bike = Scotty "The Man" Schelter = Groomsman

Run = David "Pre" Sharratt = Groomsman/Brother-In-Law

It should be a fun little competition.

Dave

Back-To-Back

2008-05-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

2nd race of the season and I took the WIN. there wasn't that much competition like the Tampa race, but a Win is a Win. There was a huge head win going out. But I didn't let it get to me. I just thought everyone else is going to wait till the wind is behind them so why don't I try REALLY hard going into the wind and gap everyone. My plan worked and had ab out 90sec on 2nd and it was enough for me to cruise in for the win. I have another Duathlon next weekend in Caledon which is good because right now my swimming isn't where I want it to be. Then the following weekend it's all about my Sister and James. It;s there BIG day on May 31st. James and all his groomsmen are doing a triathlon the morning of the wedding. Lets hope everything goes to plan and we arrive at the wedding on time. That's all for now. I'm just on my way out for a bike ride.

Dave

RACE!!!!!!

2008-04-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

I'm not too happy about my race this morning. I guess I will tell you why. 1st lets talk about the swim. This was a very good field I was racing. I lined up next to Andy Potts. The best swimmer in triathlons. He had gaped me in 3 strokes. But I wasn't mad at that. It was the fact I can't seem to push myself in the swim. I'm not sure how to put it, but I don't swim like I do in training. It mite be a nervous thing, or it mite be I go out too hard, but at about 200m I stop trying. It's like a mental block in my head. This is the one thing I can't figure out. Now the bike.... I biked really well for early season. Only really being out on the road this passed week. I bike well. I was biking very well till about 30-35k and then I was falling off pace with the guy I was biking with. So overall I was most happy with the bike. On the run I started off a bit slower just so I could find my rhythm. I was felling good till about 8k. Then came a cramp in my side. I don't think I slowed down that much but it sure did hurt alot. I ran faster this year then last. From what I remember my time was 36:30. last year I was around 37. So as you can see the only thing I was really upset was the swim. It's just bugging me that I can't swim like I do in a pool. And I have no idea how I'm going to fix this problem? My time this year was 1:58:30, where last year was 1:56. There was more wind this year. But I really wanted to get under 1:55. Right after the race I went and got my bike and got out of there. I didn't want to stick around the triathlon any longer. So my Mom and Dad brought me over to the gulf of mexico. Me spend a good 2-3 hours just sun tanning and having fun in the water. It took my mind away from what I didn't want to be thinking about. Now I'm just hanging out in the Tampa airport because I just wanted to get away from everyone. I have another few hours before my plane leaves. I will post some pictures from the race when I get home.

Dave

Bring it ON

2008-04-24T13:54:00.000-07:00

I have been beating myself up down here in the south. But I'm also training very well. Yesterday I did a 3x(12min swim/ 12km bike/ 1 mile run) The 1st 2 were hard and the last one was just go as you feel. So on the last one I didn't go hard because I was starting to feel really tried. Today I did a great swim set with AP and Sean. the main set was 4x200 on 3:00 dec 1-3 and then right into 8x100 on 1:30 dec 1-4. I got beat by AP and Sean, but I still went 2:23 which is awesome for me Long course. Sean was 2:15 and AP was 2:19. Then my fastest 100 was 1:07. I hope I can hang in there with some guys in my race this weekend. I'm not sure if I will be able to update till after the race.

Dave

Hanging in there

2008-04-22T06:01:00.001-07:00

Just as the title says..... I have made every workout so far this camp and my legs are starting to feel it. I haven't rained this hard since my XC season last year. But I'm loving every min of it. Last night Sean, Rachel, Jenn, and I played rock band. It's like the funnest game ever. Yesterday I went for a 60min, then headed out on the bike for 3 hours. We have a good group of cycles here. We rode 90km in 2:30. Kinda fast, but I held in there. Then it was off to the park of a open water swim. we did 4x150 strokes and lets just say I sucked. then Barrie had us swim an extra 20min on your own. Me and AP got out early because we were cold. I also got a good 90min of sun tanning by the pool with Jen, and Jenn. I'm just back to head out to the pool for some Short course yards. My fav. I can't wait. I'll update more later

Day 1

2008-04-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

Day 1 was was a very good day for me. I started out with a 45min run with Nat and Sean. Nothing hard, just get the legs moving. Then it was off for a 2 1/2 hour bike ride. once again nothing too hard. Sean picked it up with 10k togo and I felt good going with him. Then it was off to the pool. I can't remember the whole set but the main set was:

Long Course
6x
150 on 2:30
200 on 2:30
I was coming in about 2:27 for the 200. I was very happy with the set. This morning I ran the 10 mile loop in 1:20. Now it's off to the pool again. The main set is going to be:
Long Course
3x
100 on 1:20
200 on 2:35
400 on 5:00
100 easy.
I hope I can make it through this set. It's going to be tough.

Florida

2008-04-18T13:26:00.000-07:00

Well, I know it's been awhile but I had my level one government exam and I was really focused on passing it. Which I mite add I just found out I passed. I needed to get over a 70%. Right after the test I jumped in Hans truck and drove 20 hours to Florida without stopping. I'm not doing anything today just so I can recover from the drive. I went down to the pool to sun-tan for 2 hours and now I'm just hanging out at Sean's place. I'll will try my best to keep everyone updated on how the camp is going.

1500 free

2008-03-30T16:38:00.000-07:00

I raced a 1500 on Friday and it didn't go as planned. I can't seem to brake my 17:55 record I set 3 years ago. I swam 18:18. which isn't a bad time. I just wish I could of swum 17:59 or under. Len Gushe who I went out for dinner with Friday and Saturday night swam a very good meet. He set a world record in the 400IM in a time of 4:48. Good job Len. I really hope I can still swim and train as hard as you do when I'm 45. keep up the good work.

Next weekend one of my best friends is getting married and I'm his best man. this is going to be a very exciting weekend for Ryan and I. for his bachelor party I took him to Medieval Times in Toronto and then headed out to a pub downtown. there was 8 of us that attend the party. I think Ryan had a very fun time his last weekend of being a single man. And after next weekend I'm going on a eating plan because I feel fat. I need to start losing weight. I'm at 174 right now and I want to get down to 165 for race season. When I raced XC back in October I weighted in at 162. here is a video I stole off Adrian Delmonte's wall. It just makes you want to get outside and train.

Bob Beamon

2008-03-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

I was visting with James last night and he showed me one of the greatest jumps ever jumped. Bob is now added to my list of great champions.

Thanks James.

WOW!!!!!!! it's been way to long.

2008-02-15T05:52:00.000-08:00

The passed month I have been slacking on the blog posting..... Soooooo what have I been up to?????? I had a swim meet last weekend and it was a big mess getting there. We left guelph at 7am and planed on getting to London around 8. The car I was in arrived at 9:30. We went passed london, then on are way back, we went passed it again. No one was paying attation. Once we got there I had a race in 30min, so with no warm-up, I swam a 200 free in 2:17 Long course. I hit the 100 and I couldn't feel my legs anymore. For my 400 free my plan was to stay with the guy swimming next to me and out kick him on the last 50. Well, that didn't work as planned. I only beat him by .02. And he was 51 years old. I think he said he set a Canadain Long course record with that? but not sure. I have another swim race this weekend. But it's short course this time. And then I'm racing a 1/2 marathon the following weekend. I'll try and remember to update everyone next week. But I do have mid-terms and mite forget.

Dave

Still kinda sick:(

2008-01-25T13:38:00.000-08:00

I can't seem to get rid of this cold I have. Everyday I feel better, but it's still in my nose. Next week I'm planing on picking up my training just a little more then the last 3 weeks. Miguel has been working me hard in the water as of late. Sometimes I hit the times he wants me to, and sometimes I just don't have it yet. It will come. the set that killed me on Thursday was:
6x100 on 1:30 pull
6x100 on 1:25 paddles
6x100 on 1:20 pull/paddles
6x100 on 1:15 fins
6x100 on 1:10 no toys
I didn't make the last ones. I made the first one, then I couldn't hang on. Next time I will hit those times. I'm swimming with Adrian tonight and he is going to try and swim 4:50 for 400 free. I know he can do it. everyone should watch out for this guy this year. He is training good and ready to create some smoke out there on the race course. Just a heads up for all you 25-29 year olds:).

Dave

Patroits

2008-01-20T17:44:00.000-08:00

I was SICK all weekend. There you go Adrian. My update for the weekend:) I spend the whole day on Friday in bed because I had a really bad head cold. I couldn't breath and my throat was sore. Then Saturday I was planing on going up to Mega-Day in Caledon, but I was still feeling under the weather. So once again I stayed inside all day. I got alot of homework done. which I was happy about. The today I thought I would go out for a run, but it was -25 out and I'm still not over my cold yet, so I just decided to go swim with James.

Today was also a big day in football for me. My New England Patriots WON to advanced to the Superbowl:) If they win in 2 weeks, they will be known as the best team to ever play in the NFL. 18-0 for the season. Go Patriots Go

So far, So good

2008-01-13T04:25:00.000-08:00

Just putting in the time and getting the mileage in. I'm swimming about 5-6 times a week, running about the same and biking when ever I can. I go in stages when it comes to training. And right now I'm loving the swimming. I have a few swim races coming up in February. So that is why I am swimming so much. I need to get fast in 3 weeks. My 1st meet will be in London and the 2ND will be in Burlington. My goal races in them will be the 400 free. My PB is 4:28 and would love to beat that.

Happy training
Dave

Back To School

2008-01-05T16:57:00.000-08:00

I'm back to School on Monday after 3 weeks off. It will be good to be back and get myself into a routine again. This passed week I tried to hit all my workouts and I was really close. I only missed one workout and that was because I didn't bring my swim suit to the pool. I had a Mega Day in Hamilton today and I am very sore right now. Caron put us through a very hard Yoga class. and we bikes for 2 1/2 hours followed by a 20min run.

Here is what I plan on racing next year. These are my race's I want to do well in. I will most likey be doing Duathlons and Subaru Triathlons as training races.

1. Focus on Long course and a few Olympic Distance races
2. Tampa Bay Tri in April
3. Memphis in May
4. Sister's wedding (May 31st)
5. Muskoka Long Course
6. Possibly Tupper Lake 1/2 Ironman
7. 1-2 draft legal type races in July
8. Michigan 70.3 race(Goal will be TOP 3)
9. Nationals in Kelowna
10. Muskoka 70.3
11. Fall running(College Running)

Long weekend

2007-12-29T16:04:00.000-08:00

last time I left off I was going out for a run with Megan Brown and the Delmonte's. lets just say they all dropped me by 3k. they were flying. It was too fast for me right now. This weekend I decided to start training and getting back into shape. It started out Friday morning with a VERY hard swim set at McMaster University. It was long course meters and Andrew Cole put me in the hurt box. I had to drop out after 5000m. the rest of the team went on to swim 7000m long course. They are getting ready for there training camp in Mexico. Then I had a planned run of 20x60" at interval pace. The run took me about 65min. Then the next morning I was up early and off to Mat Reid's running store for a wattage test. For 32km I put out 261"avg" watts. So I was happy. then it was off to the pool for a set for 30x100. (10x100 on 1:40/ 10x100 on 1:30/ 10x100 on 1:25) Lets just say I was SOOOOOOOO bored. I made all the paced times, but it got hard with 400m left. Now I'm back from Hamilton and for some sleep. I have a 90min run tomorrow with the Guelph team which I hope is an easy pace. my legs are so tired.

Dave