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 year, not...
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...
“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 New...
“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 to 140.6 miles depending on the...
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...
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 doing a full...
