4:30 a.m. the alarm goes of on my phone. I jump up, throw my clothes on and put my bike in the back of the suburban. I head down to Elevate Fitness on another snowy morning. I carry my bike across the parking lot so the tires won’t get wet. Everyo...
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Another night rolls beneath me as I lay in bed next to Nicole. My phone starts beeping at 4:40 a.m. I quickly grab it to prevent my beautiful wife from waking. Even though I only closed my eyes for 5+ hours I am ready and excited to see if I can duplicat...
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Before the dawn of the sunrise, our small squadron of warriors enter the cavern of Mordang, in the land of Elevatoo, home of La-Neven the ten-fanged fury. Our preparation for this fight has spanned many months in which we defeated many smaller Blue ...
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Read this enchanted post first,,,,. …now, here is the translation. I walk into the cycling room at Elevate Utah at 5:30 sharp with my trusty Trek bicycle by my side. Sam isn’t here because he pulled some muscles winning a race over the ...
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Triathlon Experiment – Many moons ago we (Elevate Fitness and I) came up with the idea of seeing if the training at Elevate can transform a regular Joe(me) from never having done a triathlon into a champion atop the podium. I still have a long way ...
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5:40 – The alarm on my phone sings to me. I hit snooze knowing that means I will have to go a few miles per hour faster on the freeway to make the 7:00 check in time up at Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center (KOPFC) and Olympic Oval. Back to sleep ...
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If you haven’t had your bike fit then you don’t know what you’re missing. According to CyclingTips.com there are three groups of people that need a Bike fit. 1. Beginners who aren’t familiar with how a bike should fit and feel. An e...
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Today was a beautiful morning. I loved how dawn was creeping up slowly. I arrived at Elevate having a sneaking suspicion that I would be the only one doing Plan7 this morning. Partly because Coach Sam had Facebook Messaged everyone and asked if anyone i...
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Here are the 40 Things You Will Need To Pack for Your Triathlon Raceday Swim Tri shorts or tri suit Swim cap (The race will probably give you one but better safe than sorry) Earplugs Goggles Mirrored or Tinted Normal (for clear water and little sun) Wetsu...
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The morning starts way too early. I reset my alarm and made the conscious decision to get a little more sleep and not to arrive at the designated time of 6:00 a.m. just to pick up the timing chip. Because the Sprint distance doesn’t start until 8...
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