“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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
