by | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
What’s Next After the Triathlon Racing Season is Over? As the triathlon season winds down for athletes in the northern hemisphere, the question I am asked most as a coach is, “What do I do now?” It’s reasonable to assume that we all want to get better next...
by | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
A triathlete emailed me the following question about his upcoming IRONMAN® race: I’m concerned about the expected weather temperature on race day: high of 68 and low of 48. It will be fine during the day but very cold on the start of the bike and could be...
by | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog
“If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” — Lawrence Peters I was at a charity fundraising event in early February many years ago where I ran into a friend who was also a triathlete. He told me he was training for IRONMAN...
by | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” – Earl Nightingale It’s triathlon race day and you’re at the swim start line. When the gun goes off, you will swim then bike then run for a total of anywhere between 10...
by | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog
A Run Field Test to Estimate Lactate Threshold “The body conforms and adapts to the intensities and directions it is habitually subjected to.”— Wolfe’s Law In triathlon and other endurance sports, training intensity – or how hard the effort is – is typically described...
by | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
What advice would you have on getting to the top of my age group for a 70.3? A training plan client (let’s call him “Rich”) recently emailed me this question along with the following background information: I’m a couple of years away from working on...
by | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog
Triathlon Training Requires Effective Time Management Years ago when I was training for an IRONMAN Triathlon, I was doing my best to consistently follow a training plan. On one particular day, I had a track workout scheduled. I overslept that morning so was unable to...
by | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
A Fast Triathlon Run Is Not Just About the Training A few years ago I was following one of my clients online as he raced in IRONMAN Lake Placid. He had a fast swim and bike but his run became slower and slower as he progressed through marathon finished with a run time...
by | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog
Set Yourself Up for Success on the Bike in Your Triathlon “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin said it well. The simplest way to a better bike split is to not have a slower bike split by being forced to...
by | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog
Set Yourself Up for Success in a Triathlon Swim Looking forward to swimming alongside 200, 500 or even 2,000+ other athletes? Most athletes don’t. Even with the self-seed rolling swim starts at IRONMAN Triathlons, there will be plenty of other athletes around...
