The Beginning: My name is Curtis Morley and I just signed up to be the Guinea Pig of year long experiment. The experiment is to see if Elevate Fitness, Runner’s Corner, and Fezzari/SBR Cycles can take an average guy like myself and turn him into a Triat...
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I woke up at 4:45. It was dark outside and I threw my Trek bike into the back of the suburban and sped down to Elevate Fitness for my first day of training. I wheeled my bike into the Gym and around to the back where the round “Cycle Room” is located....
Read moreLike I said in my very first post I am not yet what you would call a lean mean triathlon machine. Today was body fat testing and VO2 Max testing. Based on the InBody test they have at www.ElevateUtah.com. I have a little junk around the trunk. In my fi...
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4:50 a.m. – The SleepBot alarm on my phone starts singing to me. Because of the sleep deprivation from designing this blog late into the night, the normally pleasant music sounded like someone had backed up a dump truck full of broken concret...
Read moreWorkout: Stretch Walk on the treadmill to loosen up legs and rump My rumpus and legs are sore. Coach Marci gave me permission to take the day off…. and I ate a donut. Yikes. Not my most successful day. Running tomorrow will help me get back into th...
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Plan 7 greeted us this morning with seven (yes 7) sustained hill climbs that are 4:00 minute in duration each. As always, the first couple hills aren’t that bad. In fact they are kind of fun. I saw some pressing email come through on my phone so, fo...
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Holy Cow!! I think today I found out what biking is all about – Sustained Endurance at high speeds. The moment I roll my bike into the Cycling Room I can see something is different about today’s workout. Sam isn’t in his usual biking bi...
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Received this text from Triathlon Coach Marci last night. For your run tomorrow I want you to go 7 miles. After you get warmed up then increase your speed to 8:20 min mile. At mile 4 Do 4 one min pushes with a 2 min recovery! Then go back to the 8:20 pa...
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My training for today consisted of sleeping. I have really needed the rest. I have been quite sleep deprived since starting my training only getting 4-6 hours per night. I don’t mind getting up early at all. I’m definitely a morning person. My...
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Because Elevate Fitness is closed for the Thanksgiving break (glad they are spending time with family) I decided to branch out and went swimming at VASA. Even though eLearning Brothers has corporate passes I’ve never been to the facilities. I was su...
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