The Fight for Fitness » Triathlon http://blakehagen.com Getting fit. Eating Healthy. Staying Happy. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Monday Monday http://blakehagen.com/2012/01/monday-monday-2/ http://blakehagen.com/2012/01/monday-monday-2/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:20:32 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=3127 Getting the week started with a good workout just feels good.

Did 40 mins in the pool followed by a 40 min run. Training for the Utah Half is now underway.

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I finished 35th/158 among males, 11th/37 in my age group (M 25-29). Overall happy with my times after pretty minimal training. Need to focus on getting faster on the bike. I want to say that it is because I don’t have a great bike that my time wasn’t as good as I wanted, but the fact is, my bike is what it is. I need to train smarter.

Next event is the Turkey Tri on November 5th. Last year I set a new PR at that event by 4 mins. Planning to set a new PR this year.

Pics from yesterday:

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]]> http://blakehagen.com/2011/09/aqua-triathlon-race-recap/feed/ 0 Weekly Review http://blakehagen.com/2011/08/weekly-review/ http://blakehagen.com/2011/08/weekly-review/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:42:47 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=2734 Fun 30-mile ride today up Provo Canyon. Hadn’t done this ride in a while.

Got in about 55 miles on the bike this week and about 20 miles of running.

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]]> http://blakehagen.com/2011/08/weekly-review/feed/ 0 Tweet of the Week http://blakehagen.com/2010/11/tweet-of-the-week/ http://blakehagen.com/2010/11/tweet-of-the-week/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:42:18 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=2071

Enjoyed this tweet this morning from @jfriel.  : )

Have a healthy weekend!

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New personal best for me today at this event (350 yd swim, 10 mile bike, 3.1 mile run). Beat my previous best time by 4 minutes. Also set a new personal best in the 5k run split with a 22:26.

I still want to go faster. A better bike may be a good place to start. Or just a better engine. : )

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]]> http://blakehagen.com/2010/11/turkey-tri-race-report-2010/feed/ 3 Take That http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/take-that/ http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/take-that/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:34:25 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=2005 Take that asthma… two good workouts on consecutive days. Yesterday did 6 mile run in 47:30. Today rode 12 miles up in the hills of east Provo.

Just wanted to share that. It makes me happy. : )

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]]> http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/take-that/feed/ 3 Asthma http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/asthma/ http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/asthma/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:35:34 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=1988 Been struggling with asthma related issues lately as the weather has been changing. Runs and rides cut short, and my inhaler has no effect. This happens every year so you’d think I’d be used to it, but nope.

It really stinks because as I have been breathing really deeply to get enough air it has made some of my upper-back muscles (and other muscles you never knew affect your breathing) super sore. Makes swimming or doing anything else really painful.

Excited to get into the doc today and get this taken care of. I have a sprint-tri in less than 2 weeks and I plan on setting a personal best at this event, with or without any asthma issues. But it sure would be nice to not have to worry about it!

My asthma is very well controlled all year except for this time of year. So frustrating! : )

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]]> http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/asthma/feed/ 5 Date Night Swim http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/date-night-swim/ http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/date-night-swim/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:11:55 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=1981 Tonight is date night and I’m pumped. Wife and I are going to the rec center to hit the pool for a good workout. We haven’t been able to get to the pool together to workout in a few years. Babysitter is set and I finally get to swim with my “coach.”

She swam in high school so she’s a lot better as far as skills go so that’s nice. She helped me learn how to swim better after she saw me doggy-paddling in my first tri a few years ago. I figured I already knew how to swim so how hard could it be to swim just 350 yards. Wife kept telling me I should practice, but being the stubborn guy that I am, I didn’t listen. She still makes fun of me for that first tri-swim experience. It was ugly.

I haven’t had to doggy-paddle in a triathlon since then. : ) Anyway, this is gonna be a fun date night. We’re gonna race and I’m gonna smoke her!  Well, maybe not.

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]]> http://blakehagen.com/2010/10/ford-ironman-world-championship/feed/ 4 Turkey Tri http://blakehagen.com/2010/09/turkey-tri/ http://blakehagen.com/2010/09/turkey-tri/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:13:07 +0000 Blake http://blakehagen.com/?p=1854 I just signed up for the “Turkey Tri” sprint-distance triathlon on November 6th. This event was the first triathlon I ever did… way back in 2007. I’ve done this event every year since then, except for last year when my foot was injured.

Such a fun event and I’m pumped to set a new PR. What event(s) are you training for?

Happy training.

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