Tuesday - Spin at Cyclefit
Wednesday - Spin at Cyclefit
Thursday - Indoor ride at Euro-sports.
Fri - Pick up hockey
Saturday - Winterlude Triathlon
Sunday - short ski with the kids
The first event of the Rudy Award was on Saturday and the conditions couldn't be better. I made the mistake of trying to use my classic boots on my clip on skates for the first time and that took its toll on my ankles.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Training round up...week of Jan 26-Feb 1, 2009
The weather was a bit better and with the winter tri around the corner I tried to get out skiing/skating.
Sunday - skied 10km at Mooneys Bay
Monday - short skate on the canal about 8km
Tuesday - 1 hour of skate skiing at Mooney's Bay
Thursday - Indoor ride at Euro-sports.
Sunday - 1.5 hours of classic skiing in the gats
Sunday - skied 10km at Mooneys Bay
Monday - short skate on the canal about 8km
Tuesday - 1 hour of skate skiing at Mooney's Bay
Thursday - Indoor ride at Euro-sports.
Sunday - 1.5 hours of classic skiing in the gats
Monday, January 26, 2009
Training round up....week of Jan 19 - 25, 2009
It was another cold week making training outside a little less enjoyable but i did get out a few times...I can't wait to go to Florida in a few weeks. The winterlude triathlon (1st event of the Rudy Award) is 2 weeks away so I have been concentrating on those events...
Sunday - Indoor ride at Euro-spotrs
Monday - short skate on the canal about 8km - it was very cold
Tuesday - an hour of classic skiing at Mooneys bay with Jen (wife)
Wednesday- skated the full length of the canal (16km return) with Joel
Thursday - Indoor ride at Euro-sports.
Sunday - Indoor ride at Euro-spotrs
Monday - short skate on the canal about 8km - it was very cold
Tuesday - an hour of classic skiing at Mooneys bay with Jen (wife)
Wednesday- skated the full length of the canal (16km return) with Joel
Thursday - Indoor ride at Euro-sports.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Training round up....week of Jan 11 - 18, 2009
It was a fairly productive week given that the temperatures maxed out in the -20's pretty much every day.
Mon - skate on the canal
Tues - my plans kind of blew up as we had intended to ski but the wind/snow picked up and the temperature dropped to the -30 zone....too cold for me.
Wed - Spin at Cyclefit
Thurs - Indoor riding on the VR machines at Euro-sports
Sat - Strength and Hills at Cyclefit
Sun - Indoor riding at Euro-sports
Mon - skate on the canal
Tues - my plans kind of blew up as we had intended to ski but the wind/snow picked up and the temperature dropped to the -30 zone....too cold for me.
Wed - Spin at Cyclefit
Thurs - Indoor riding on the VR machines at Euro-sports
Sat - Strength and Hills at Cyclefit
Sun - Indoor riding at Euro-sports
Monday, January 12, 2009
Training round up....week of Jan 4 - 10, 2009
Sunday - Indoor riding at Eurosports on the Tacx Fortius system with a few friends, about an hour and a half...we did a 28km course as well as 25 laps in the velodrome. we usually ski on Sunday mornings but it was pretty cold out so Bob Weber got an indoor riding session going.
Monday - Indoor ridng at Eurosports
Tuesday - Went for a run at work (about 5km) and skated 8km on the canal at night on my long blades.
Thursday - Indoor riding at Eurosports
Friday - Pick up hockey with a bunch of friends...there were a lot of good players and the game was pretty fast.
Saturday - Cadence and Paceline class at Cyclefit.
Monday - Indoor ridng at Eurosports
Tuesday - Went for a run at work (about 5km) and skated 8km on the canal at night on my long blades.
Thursday - Indoor riding at Eurosports
Friday - Pick up hockey with a bunch of friends...there were a lot of good players and the game was pretty fast.
Saturday - Cadence and Paceline class at Cyclefit.
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Mission
To introduce myself, I am Dominic (Nick) Fontaine...a recreational athlete from Ottawa, Ontario and I am starting this blog to document and share my journey to earning a Rudy Award.
A good friend of mine (Joel Barrette) and I have had an ongoing joke the last few years about doing the Rudy Award - we usually say it while out on rides or doing the Rideau Lakes Tour knowing full well that we weren't up to it. It's usually said when one of us complements each other on our riding or something like that....the typical exchange is something like this:
Joel - "You're riding pretty strong"
Me - "Yeah, I'm doing the Rudy this year..."
Joel - "really?"
Me - "no, not really - are you nuts?"
Then we laugh. We've done the routine at least a hundred times and it doesn't get old - what else are we supposed to do on a 3 hour ride?
Well, this year is going to be different, I am going to do the events that make up the Rudy Award and when asked "really?" the answer will be "yes" this time.
For those that don't know what the Rudy Award is, a good description is available here http://www.zone3sports.com/Rudy%20Award.htm
It will be an interesting journey, I have been "training" since September, which for me is about 5 days a week of doing something like cycling, skating, hockey etc...not necessarily tri specific. I pretty much love sports of all kinds and to give up all my other sports to focus strictly on training for the events seems far too monotonous so I will be attempting these events with some specific training but overall it will be based more on overall fitness - speed and performance are not the priorities.
I'll update the blog on a weekly basis as to what training/activities I have done, weight loss, whether I have decided to give up :) etc... basically, anything I want to capture on my way.
For the record - I was already pretty active but I stepped up my activity level and modified my diet in September and weighed in at 235lbs...as of this posting I am at 218 and still exercise 5-6 times a week.
A good friend of mine (Joel Barrette) and I have had an ongoing joke the last few years about doing the Rudy Award - we usually say it while out on rides or doing the Rideau Lakes Tour knowing full well that we weren't up to it. It's usually said when one of us complements each other on our riding or something like that....the typical exchange is something like this:
Joel - "You're riding pretty strong"
Me - "Yeah, I'm doing the Rudy this year..."
Joel - "really?"
Me - "no, not really - are you nuts?"
Then we laugh. We've done the routine at least a hundred times and it doesn't get old - what else are we supposed to do on a 3 hour ride?
Well, this year is going to be different, I am going to do the events that make up the Rudy Award and when asked "really?" the answer will be "yes" this time.
For those that don't know what the Rudy Award is, a good description is available here http://www.zone3sports.com/Rudy%20Award.htm
It will be an interesting journey, I have been "training" since September, which for me is about 5 days a week of doing something like cycling, skating, hockey etc...not necessarily tri specific. I pretty much love sports of all kinds and to give up all my other sports to focus strictly on training for the events seems far too monotonous so I will be attempting these events with some specific training but overall it will be based more on overall fitness - speed and performance are not the priorities.
I'll update the blog on a weekly basis as to what training/activities I have done, weight loss, whether I have decided to give up :) etc... basically, anything I want to capture on my way.
For the record - I was already pretty active but I stepped up my activity level and modified my diet in September and weighed in at 235lbs...as of this posting I am at 218 and still exercise 5-6 times a week.
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