May
01
2009
As I prepare for 10DL in 2010 my training grounds in San Francisco. This panorama in full screen will blow you away. This is the water that I swim and row in every weekend (although Adam is encouraging me to put in more miles on the bike in preparation for our mountain ride). Props to [...]
Tags: open water swimming, panorama, pilot boat, san francisco bay, Training
Apr
21
2009
More adventurous training. Last week I completed two important rows (for myself). I rowed 4-miles to Alcatraz from Ghirardelli Square and 8-miles to the Golden Gate Bridge from Ghirardelli Square. Both rows are done frequently by other members of the Dolphin Club, but they are new to me and therein lies the adventure.
Oh, how quickly [...]
Tags: Alcatraz, bridge, ghirardelli square, golden gate, objective danger, perspective, rowing club, safety nets, san francisco bay, self reliance, Training
Apr
09
2009
For those of us in California the riding season started on January 1, and for others the riding season is just starting. No matter where you are the season for riding has arrived. Riders start your engines.
Tags: adam hazlett, cycling, Training
Feb
07
2009
I’ve always thought that Antarctica will be the most physically difficult expedition of all our 7 10DL expeditions. Until now I never had a structured way of thinking about how to measure “difficulty”. From a energy expenditure perspective, Antarctica will be the hardest. Here’s how I performed my calculations.
1. The first step is to breakdown [...]
Tags: amount of calories, athlete, australia, body, caloric expenditure, calories per hour, cold, continents, cycling, degree, effort, exertion, expedition series, Hiking, Latitude, ming, open water, range, Temperature, Training
Jan
09
2009
As we are busy training for 10DL North America we remember that one of the most important parts of training is keeping your regimine fresh and new. Simple workouts are often the best! Here is one we like…
The video is from my friends in Jackson Hole at Mountain Athlete. Thanks to Pere for sending this [...]
Tags: gym techniques, mountain athlete, Training, working out
Oct
29
2008
Last night I swam in black glass. We jumped into the San Francisco Bay ocean water after dark. It was so darn peaceful as the light of the Ghirardelli Chocholate Factory shone across the black glassy water. These are the nights that can make any workday worth living. It was a wonderful cold water training swim. My [...]
Tags: blog, cold, dolphin club, laurin weisenthal, night swimming, ocean, san francisco, swimming, Training, wilier