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FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 128 of 221), Aortic Surgery To Lake Placid Ironman 2014 - A Little Endurance Work

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman Workouts: Morning Swim: 2,000 yards steady, picking up the pace, alternating pull buoy and free on 500s. Water running: 20 minutes, engaging my spinal torque to spare my quads and hip flexors, as recommended by Jack Heggie … Continue reading →

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From Surgery Recovery To Safe Exercise And Training, Case In Point: Back To Back Inguinal Hernia And Prostate Repairs

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

Question from a reader on a comment stream of this blog: “Kevin, I recently had both surgery to repair a hernia, as well as prostate surgery. Because of decreased capacity because of the hernia as well as the trauma of … Continue reading →

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FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 87 of 221) - Solid Swim And Run And Happy

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman Workouts: Swim: Long and strong. 4 x 1000 yards, 10 sec ri, 2 and 4 with pull buoy. Run: 2.25-mile trail run, pacing by Darian (26 and fit), pulling this old guy along, and I’m actually running … Continue reading →

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FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 82 of 221) - New Hoka One One’s For FitOldDog

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

End of easy week. Workouts: Walk - 2 miles with the dogs on trails. Bike - 1 hour at 120 watts, building strength for long 110 watt endurance workouts to come. Trainer ride, 5 min x 80 watts warmup, 60 min x … Continue reading →

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FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 77 of 221) - Easy Week Starts

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman Swim: Nice 3,000 yards, mixing it up. 400 Warm-up 500 :30 sec rest 2 * 250 :20 sec rest 4 * 125 :10 sec rest 9 * 100 3 on 1:55, 1:50, 1:45 200 Warm-down … Continue reading →

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FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 76 of 221) - Horses Love Honey Stingers

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman Workouts: Bike: 60-mile steady push, on a windy day. Great training for bike handling. Lots of unpredictable cross-winds. This is why I like to train on the same bike I use for races. My zip wheels … Continue reading →

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FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 71 of 221) - Great Bike Repair By Jonathan At TriSports

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Kevin Morgan

Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman Rest day, and a chance to have my rear shifter fixed. Both Willbe and I are tired from our 14-mile walk yesterday. I think walking is harder work than running the same distance!  Important Note: … Continue reading →

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