by | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog
Learn These Three Simple Tools to Overcome…Yourself “You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.” – Arthur Ashe I love this quote by tennis great Arthur Ashe because it clearly describes the triathlon or marathon racing...
by | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog
I’m always curious about the triathlete’s story: Why do triathlon? What makes you successful? How did you balance the training with everything else? What did you learn along the way? Etc. I had the opportunity to interview Caitlin Harty. She’s a 25...
by | May 22, 2017 | Blog
Yes, you can. Still, even after being in the sport of triathlon as an athlete, coach and race director for more than 20 years, I continue to be impressed by the triathletes who tackle an IRONMAN Triathlon® distance successfully in spite of everything else they have...
by | May 5, 2017 | Blog
Fueling During Exercise In my last blog post, I wrote about “bonking” (“hitting the wall” or “blowing up”) during endurance exercise and how it’s caused by low carbohydrate (glycogen) levels as the body uses up stored...
by | Mar 26, 2017 | Blog
Understanding How Bonking Occurs Have you ever done a long bike or run training session or race and suddenly “hit the wall” or “blown up”? There’s a sudden feeling of fatigue and low energy. Your legs feel heavy and your movement feels...
by | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog
Triathlon Preparation Fundamentals You’ve signed up for your first triathlon. Now that you’ve committed, the race becomes real. It’s no longer, “Some day…” When I entered my first sprint triathlon at Atlantic Beach in Florida in...
by | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog
Can You Make a Living Selling Triathlon Training Plans? “You can’t make money selling training plans,” or so I thought in 2009 when I sold $420 in training plans that year. But, I was wrong. In 2013, I sold more than $100,000 in training plans that...
by | Dec 29, 2016 | Blog
There’s a lot that’s simple about training for the sport of triathlon on the surface. Swim. Bike. Run. However, in order to be truly successful for the long-term there’s a lot more to triathlon training than that. There’s both a science and an art to training for a...
by | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
This is a copy of an article about the triathlon off-season that I originally wrote last year for TrainingPeaks. It’s worth posting again here. When I started training for IRONMAN triathlons in the late 90’s in Virginia, I was jealous of all the...
by | Nov 14, 2016 | Blog
What Distinguishes the Successful Triathletes from the Unsuccessful Triathletes? This is a question I’ve been pondering as the triathlon season ends in North America. Is it better genetics? The ability to train for as much time as needed? The ability to recover...
