tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74001491243188242172010-03-12T11:03:18.086-06:00Chad Beerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17936569894917392271noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400149124318824217.post-24821133487288282062010-03-12T10:33:00.003-06:002010-03-12T10:49:53.571-06:00

OK I think I am finally getting over the depression of having to come back to work and leave the great area of Solvang California (the sunny skies and warm weather in Chicago today may be helping a bit).If you ever want to find a very challenging, beautiful place to ride where the people are very friendly towards cyclists (we had one car stop and take our picture) I highly recommend the Solvang

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This past weekend was solid. Rick, David and I started out with doing the triple on Saturday. Swimming at Masters class, doing the CT class at Endure It followed up with a 5 mile plus run.I am very happy with where my fitness is at right now but I am not going to lie my body was smashed by noon. I needed a nap but it didn't happen, what did happen was plenty of food once I got home. That is the

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Well I needed to use up some vacation so I decided to take today off and do the CT class at Endure It at 10:15 instead of my usual 5:30 in the morning spot, actually Amy was out of town and since leaving Landon home by himself from 5:00 - 7:00 would guarantee me to get into some serious trouble with law also had some major inmfluence on my riding time.Usually when I ride at 5:30 I don't have time

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I think I have started writing a blog post multiple times over that last week and have never seemed to finish so I will just do a recap as a lot has been going on.Last Wednesday we did our threshold testing at Computrainer class. I have two baselines to compare this to, the multiple twenty minute tests we did last winter and the previous 30 minute test we did a couple of months ago. I had some

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The January swim challenge is done, 54,000 plus yards in the books. That is by far the most I have ever swam in a month and it was mostly enjoyable. After a bit of a rough start I am starting to dig this new masters class, we mix it up quite a bit and it really seems to keep things fresh but challenging as well. Sundays class was shorter than typical in yardage with a lot of sprinting, definitely

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Ok, so I am not sure what motivated me to do this or why this seems like such a good idea but I have decided to sign up for the new Madison Centurium 100 mile race. Maybe I have been watching to much of the Tour Down Under lately or maybe I just had a minor lapse of judgement but to late now as I am registered and for some reason pretty pumped. This is not your average charity century ride this a

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I think swimming over 9000 yards in the last two days has caught up with me as I am dead ass tired this morning but there is a cure, Coffee! I think I am on cup number three this morning and things are starting to get moving.This weekend was a great training weekend. It all started early Saturday morning with one of our hardest CT classes of the year so far.CT Class main set was 2 minutes as hard

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So I reposted some of Stacey's pictures from their visit on Saturday as I forgot to mention that their adorable son Lucas came over to play. As you can see below we educated him in all the cool things about the Beert household....Amy showing him all the cool rap and hip hop collection for our nightly dance parties. None of that crappy country and Neil Diamond junk his mother forces him to listen

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Another Saturday, another early morning of riding followed up with a decent 5.5 mile run. That is two weeks in a row I have rounded out my CT class with an outdoor run and today the weather was actually not that bad for January in Chicago.The CT Class was alright, a bit longer on the time but decreased the number per set. For the main set we ended up doing 3 sets of 5 of 45 seconds as hard as you

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The January swim challenge is going well, I am over 21K for the month already. As with the run challenge last month it really motivates me to go to the pool when I probably would have taken a pass on certain days, like Sunday afternoons when playoff football is on. Last night was one of the more entertaining masters classes we have had. It started out with 3 x 300 snake swims, where everyone goes

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I think I have finally got together my race schedule for 2010. I will probably mix in some 5K's as well and maybe the Naperville Sprint (even though I think watching may be more fun and I swore it off a couple of years ago as it is way over sold but we will see)So here is what I got:05/08 – Indy Half Marathon 05/22 – Galena Triathlon 05/29 – Soldier Field 10 Miler 06/12 - TOMRV06/27 – Buffalo

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After looking back on what I have accomplished not only last year but in the previous 3 years I am extremely proud and looking forward to 2010. I have set forth some goals I want to accomplish and tweaking my plan on how I am going to accomplish them. Race IM Arizona and finish under 11 hours. Have an IM swim under 1:03Race a Half IM under 5 hoursRun a 5K under 20 minutesRun a Half Marathon under

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Well the December run challenge is in the books and it accomplished exactly what I was thinking it would, it motivated me to get out and run. We had a mixed bag of runs, I mixed up the distance, I mixed up the pace and mixed up running indoor and outdoor. Overall I had my total milage around 117 which I am very happy with. I will have to say there where days I did not feel like going but knowing

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This week was probably the toughest with the holidays and traveling to get in the runs but they are done, some better than the others but I am very happy with where my running has come since the first of December. I have built a good base and actually started to enjoy running a bit more since are breakup post Ironman. We have four more days left and really it does not seem like that much of big

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The December running challenge is still going strong even though I had to get my run in last night finishing up around 10:30 pm, but that is what it is all about.This weekend was just crazy busy, good crazy but crazy none the less.Friday night we had Landon's Christmas program which was entertaining, watching three year old's attempt to sing songs was awesome even though he sings them all the

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Last night I sucked it up and headed outside for my evening run. It was single digits and really freaking cold. I wanted to press that pace a bit, like I said I yesterday I wanted to mix things up a bit and like many folks have said before, in order to run faster you have to run faster.I headed out the door and immediately started questioning my sanity as the cold hit my face. I really couldn't

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Well here it is middle of December and quickly approaching the holidays and what do you know we are half way done with the challenge. I will have to say I am still quite enjoying our friendly running challenge. Even with the majority of them lately being on the treadmill. I think I kind of burned out running by September and I needed something to kick start me into gear, this seemed to be just

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So the December Running Challenge is in Day 9 and progressing nicely. I have to say this is one of the better idea's we have come up with. There is nothing more motivating than having others holding you accountable and the threat of taunting and heckling if your wuss out. There are days I definitely did not feel like going but know that it is all in good fun and a nice friendly challenge. Since

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So this was day two of our running challenge and I have to say it is great motivation to get out and run. The hell if I am going to be the only one that doesn't complete all 31 days. I am actually enjoying the shorter intervals as well as I think a lot of times we get stuck in the whole capacity that we need to run at least five miles to make it worth while. I am also trying to run the majority

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Now can I get an encore, do you want more.... I know I said no Ironman in 2010, well after little to no objection from the wife things changed. Next year at this time I will be enjoying the Arizona sun! IMAZ 2010 here we come!

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So after some intense deliberations (not really just the usual procrastination) we (Rick, Hillard and I) have come to an agreement on our December Run Challenge. This is inspired by the typical slowtwitch challenges but with our own spin added. In order to add some base miles the basis is 31 days straight running challenge. We have put the emphasis on time rather than millage. This is key, it

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OK, things are starting to get set in motion in what will ultimately be a very long training year. Some people say this is crazy, others doubt you can train into November in Chicago but hell who knows how much longer you have to do anything before stuff changes so why not go for it now. That is the way I have always looked at things, no regrets. Immediately after finishing Lousiville I knew I

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The title has nothing to do with this post but man are they terrible this year. Heard a stat today on Mike and Mike that is unreal. The Bears have given up 31 points in a half 5 times since 1920, know how many times they have given up 31 in he first half in in the last 3 games? Two, unbelievable.Ok, so I haven't posted anything for a bit but I got some stuff happening so here is a quick

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This Saturday was the first Computrainer class of the off season, these classes are invaulable. The structure is pretty good and you have the motivation of the group to push you when things start to get tough and take you to the next level.The problem I am having is that I can not seem to get in to it yet this year. I am not sure if it is just the fact that I don't have some big goal like an

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