Ethan Brown: Professional Triathlete

All this week my coach, Tim Crowley, is out here in Chula. It’s been awesome to work closely with a coach after being away for about a month. Tim’s put me on a new strength routine, he also had some good ideas about using the elliptical and stairmaster to supplement my zero-gravity treadmill running, and it’s also been nice to have someone struggling to hang onto my wheel while doing power intervals My running has been improving, albeit pretty slowly, but any progress is better than no progress, right? I’m currently running at 80% of my body weight on the NASA space treadmill. On another note, I’m happy to report that my swimming and cycling have been in just about the best shape they’ve ever been in. Being sidelined from running has allowed me to put in several solid weeks of 25k+ in the pool and 10+ hours on the bike. I recently got a PowerTap, which is a pretty amazing training tool.

Last week, Steve and Kevin went down to Ecuador to do the ITU race there. It went well for Kevin (he won) and not so well for Steve (he collapsed 30 meters from the finish line). Ever since they’ve been back they’ve been feeling a bit under the weather. A few nights ago Kevin was in the emergency room until 3AM, and Steve hasn’t been feeling good either. I woke up with a headache today… I hope I’m not catching whatever it is they brought back from Ecuador. As long as I don’t feel too bad I’m going to try and do an easy spin and swim today.