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Ironman Wales 2011 - Swim warm up
Watchfield (United Kingdom) - Stage 2 is done. It was a long day in the car, but at least we got to do some sightseeing along the way. Lots and lots of trucks. The Netherlands, Belgium, France and England. And of course I won’t forget the left hand driving. All added to the experience we had today… Perhaps not as much as the EuroTunnel/channel swim decision….
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Ironman Wales 2011 - It is official
Groningen - I must admit that I am not to great with appointments. And not to great is perhaps an understatement! Perhaps it would be best for me to get a calender to keep my calender’s appointments in… Just to make sure all my appointments are met. Double check! But that might not even be enough… So perhaps a calender, to keeps my calender’s calender’s appoints would be the solution for me. Just triple checking everything. Of course this is not something that came like ‘thunder in a clear blue sky’ as we say in the Netherlands… What happened?
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Ironman Wales 2011 - Rainetic
Groningen - Wales is coming closer and closer. And that means tapering. And I have been looking forward to that. Not only because training was hard, but also because of Mother Nature. Unfortunately I am not blessed with super natural powers, or not as far as I know. Perhaps I have some powers, but not the ones I would like to have…
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Ironman Wales 2011 - Gathering courage
Groningen - Sometimes there are sets on the plan that just make me scared… Sets like last Friday. Two sets of 120 minutes on race pace, and in between 10 minutes to recover and get a refill. I must admit that 2*120 minutes comes down to 4 hours, which is not even the total of what I would do on race day. Nonetheless, it got me scared on both Wednesday and Thursday. But I made it and here is the story.
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Ironman Wales 2011 - Change of plan
Ronse (Belgium) - There are days, and there are days, and there are two of these days in a row… Days on which everything turns into a challenge. Challenges you don’t want to have on that day, or actually not at all. And two of those days in a row is just too much to handle. I am broken. My legs hurt, my head feels like it is going to explode, my forehead feels stuffed with something that is common in winter, and las but least there is a little mental setback.
A lot can happen in two days as I found out. It all looked promising! Two days in Belgium to get some hills in on both the bike and run. An early morning swim was planned and at 10:00 I was in the car heading to Ronse. Easy to find! First exit after Gent and follow the signs… Google maps told me it was roughly a 4 hour ride and without traffice and my phone showing me the way that was a piece of cookie?! Wrong!
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In a short two weeks Ironman Wales is coming up. And for that a lot of training needs to be done. Last Wednesday the Orbea was my partner in crime for a short 7 hour ride…
I am Jerzy Kasemier. I swim. I bike. I run. I do triathlon. I train hard. I race hard. I see place all over the globe. I learn from different cultures. But it are the small things that stay with me the most.
Those small things keep me smiling. Keep me going. Keep me in love with what I do. This amazing shot, in the Timex Sports 2011 catalog, is one of those small things. ‘Just a shot’, but one that will stick with me forever. When I first saw it this morning I could not stop smiling, loving and wanting to go train and race.
And I will for a long time, thanks to the amazing group of people at TrainingPeaks, Orbea, Native Eyewear, Shimano Cycling, PowerBar, SUGOI Performance Apparel, Orca, YoungLinkNL, SRM and of course Timex Sports.
Hot tub versus ice bath
Groningen -There is only one 50 meter pool in Groningen. An old one. No roof, no blanket covering the water at night, no funky drainage system at the side, just a plain old concrete basis. And although it is pretty nice to got to, I have a love/hate relationship with it. And I am not talking about my splits, the showers, the entry fee, the ride there, the people working there, but I am talking about the water!
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