Author Archives: jim@perpetualendurance.com

Lessons Learned from 3 Years of Riding with Tubular Tires

Lessons learned from 3 years of riding with tubular tires. Some of you out there are riding tubulars with no idea on how to take care of them! Shame, shame….this will put you down the path of being a proficient tubular rider! General Items For Consideration: The positives: They ride superbly (noticeably smoother than clinchers

Not Your Mother’s Peanut Butter Sandwich

Sunflower butter and Ezekiel Bread: The perfect post-workout nutrition? My search for the perfect post-workout nutrition/snack may have ended at last. I feel I’ve gone back to my childhood when my mother used to give me a peanut butter sandwich because, she said, it would “stick to my ribs.” Now that I look back

Felt IA 4 Triathlon Superbike Ride Report

The New Jersey Devilman Half Lite 50 triathlon was held on Sunday, May 3 in Cedarville, New Jersey. This is an event I’ve done a few times because from a distance and timing standpoint, it is opportunistically situated. Timed at the beginning of May, it is great for Mid-Atlantic area triathletes who are interested in

The Cross Lane Swim Workout For Triathletes

Here is a great workout for a triathlete swim group, if you can get 4 lanes at your local pool and you have a few swimmers. It is incorporated into the March 1 workouts I posted in the blog. It works on all elements of triathlon swimming: sighting, awareness, body contact and endurance swimming. You

Dover YMCA Tri-Swim Class Beginner Group 1800 yd Workout – Mar. 1

Beginner Group – 1800 yd workut Objective: Swim with Recovery Strike, Interval swimming Warmup – 400 yds 200 Recovery Stroke 200 FS Intermediate Set – 400 yds 4 x 100 Drill (Fingertip Drag, Zipper, Catchup, Fist) Main Set – 800 yds 8 x 25 FS @ 0:45 (No fins/pull buoys) 400 swim using FS (no

Dover YMCA Tri-Swim Class Intermediate Group 2800 yd. Workout – Mar. 1

Intermediate Group – 2800 yd workout Objective: Drills, Kick, Sighting, Crowds and Long Free Swim Warmup – Drills – 400 yds 8 x 50 FS (Odd: Fingertip Drag, Even: Fist) Intermediate Set (Kick Medley, No Board)– 600 yds 12 x 50 – Alternate 25 Kick Fast, 25 Free Active Recovery (3 times through the medley

Dover YMCA Tri-Swim Class Advanced Group 3100 yd Workout – Mar. 1

Advanced Group – 3100 yd workout Objective: Drills, Kick, Sighting, Crowds and Long Free Swim Warmup – Drills – 500 yds 10 x 50 FS (Odd: Fingertip Drag, Even: Fist) Intermediate Set (Kick Medley, No Board)– 800 yds 16 x 50 – Alternate 25 Kick Fast, 25 Free Active Recovery (4 times through the medley

Dover YMCA Tri-Swim Class Beginner Group 2200 yd Workout – Feb. 22

Beginner Group – 2200 yd workut Objective: Swim with Recovery Strike, Interval swimming, Triathlon Swim Sighting Warmup – 400 yds 200 Recovery Stroke 200 FS Intermediate Set – 600 yds 4 x 100 Drill (Fingertip Drag, Zipper, Catchup, Fist) 200 FS w/ fins and sighting Main Set – 1000 yds 8 x 25 FS @

Dover YMCA Tri-Swim Class Intermediate Group 2700 yd Workout – Feb. 22

Intermediate Group – 2700 yd workout Objective: Breath Control, Side Kicking Power and Development, Triathlon Swim Sighting, Crowd Swimming Warmup – 500 yds 200 FS 200 Pull (Try Flip turns) 100 Anything but FS Intermediate Set – 800 yds 4 x 100 FS Build 4 x 100 FS @ 2:00/2:10 Main Set – 1200 yds

Dover Tri-Swim Class Advanced Group 3300 yd Workout – Feb. 22

Advanced Group – 3300 yd workout Objective: Breath Control, Side Kicking Power and Development, Triathlon Swim Sighting, Crowd Swimming Warmup – 600 yds 200 FS 200 Pull (Try Flip turns) 200 Anything but FS Intermediate Set – 800 yds 4 x 100 FS Build 4 x 100 FS @ 1:50 Main Set – 1500 yds