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 forced. You may feel...
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 1995, I had no idea what to expect on...
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...
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...
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 triathletes who lived...
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...
