http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com Dave goes for the IM.... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:34:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Decided to go long again next year... Lanzarote 2011.. have raced a couple of 70.3s this year - both sub 5hrs.... (Lisbon 4.53 and Austria 4.58)... can't shake the bug... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=208     Ironman Austria 5th July 2009   Headed out to Austria on Thursday the 2nd of July with an intended plan of chilling in the airport, relaxing on the plane and driving down to Klagenfurt in my own rental car.  Sadly this wasn’t to be.  Devo, Caroline and their 1 year old, Adam ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=193 Started packing last night. Bikeboxalan seems to be the business.  Just took off the handlebars and left the stem in place.  Wheels are locked into the lid of the box and I think I'll manage to get a fair bit of kit stashed in there to pad the whole thing.  ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=191 less than a week to go now so didn't do much over the weekend, just a 3 hr bike and a 30min run.  All the piranha crew were down racing hell of the west where yet again conor barry beat his brother... seems like it was a great race and ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=189 Countdown is now on. less than 2 weeks to go and the taper has started. Still very tired, but told that this is normal. also starting to get worried about pretty much everything that could go wrong and about how hot its going to be... at least the temp is ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=187 Very tired after the week away and a fairly decent volume this week on top.  2hrs 15min run Tuesday, gym sesison Wed and Friday, Swim session Wednesday, bike Thursday and another 3.8km swim to look forward to this eve.  Had to pay Peter pain a visit last night... never fun ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=185 Warm weather training ..6th – 14th June France was a great trip. 25 hrs solid training as below.   SATURDAY 06-Jun TRAVEL: ? 4easy 30 min exercise of your choice SUNDAY 07-Jun Swim 2.5k endurance work with 300m (in 50m broken) fast in session. PM Bike 100k easy aerobic pace < 180w TOTAL: ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=167 [caption id="attachment_163" align="alignleft" width="491" caption="Which way to the Gun Factory?"][/caption] Haven't had access to a pc so will post a proper update soon. [caption id="attachment_160" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="Chilling by Lake Geneva"][/caption] http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=147 Heading to france tomorrow am with a gang for a training camp.   weather over there is looking mixed at the moment but fingers crossed... it would be nice to sport the rapha gear in the sun.  Picked up a lend of a bike bag from C Miller last night.  That ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=145 Late writing this one up.. but have just returned from a night away with the wife (1 year married) which reminds me of my first olympic last year at Athy 2008.... id just bought a TT bike for the event .. way to optimistic i guess and during the swim ... http://www.davidkillengoeslong.com/?p=142