How to Enjoy a Successful Triathlon Off-Season
“Build your weakness until they become your strengths.” — Knute Rockne Congratulations on finishing your triathlon racing season (or about to finish your racing season)! For the last 6-10 months, you’ve spent anywhere between 8-20 hours a week training (even more if...
Make Your Last Triathlon Race the Best Race of Your Season
The triathlon racing season is winding down in North America. You have trained for months and months, raced a few (or many) times and have likely seen some success throughout the season. Congratulations! You’ve made it this far. Still racing? This time of year is the...
Four Quick Tips for a Successful Triathlon Race Day Experience
You’ve probably spent months and months training for your triathlon and suddenly it’s race morning. You’re at the swim start, looking around at all the other triathletes and waiting for the gun to go off while thinking, “How am I going to get through this race?” Yes,...
Tips for Pedaling More Efficiently While Riding Your Bicycle
Squares or circles? A choppy, inefficient pedal stroke is often called “pedaling squares.” When riding, we want to smooth out the pedal stroke – or “pedaling circles” – as Coach Krista Schultz, MEd, CSCS demonstrates in this short...
How to Clean Your Bicycle with Dwayne
Just like you would clean and maintain your car to keep it looking new, running smoothly and lasting longer, you also need to clean your bicycle on regular basis. In this short video, master bike mechanic Dwayne Bergeron of LTD Cycleworx in Boulder, Colorado...
Introducing new Senior (55+) Training Plans for Half and Full IRONMAN® Triathlons
As athletes age, their bodies change and, consequently, their training needs to evolve. Athletes can offset the physical deterioration caused by aging and continue to perform at a high level through specific training interventions. We are excited to introduce our new...
Three Tips for Triathlon and Run Training in the Heat
The National Weather Service issued another heat advisory for us today in Southern California. High temperatures are forecasted to be above 100 F (37.8 C) through the end of this week. It’s even warmer in places like Las Vegas and Phoenix. Other cities are...
Help! I’m Injured and Can’t Run. What Should I Do?
What are your changes of getting injured during triathlon training? Pretty good, actually… After my PR year of marathon and IRONMAN Triathlon in 2007 where I went 2:46 at Disney Marathon and 8:51 at Challenge Roth, I wanted to go faster in 2008 so I kept training hard...
Introducing New MINIMALIST Training Plans for Half and Full IRONMAN® Triathlons
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” — Johann Goethe Simultaneously for three different endurance sports is a daunting task by itself, but throw in other responsibilities like a job, family, travel, social life, pets and...