There is a misconception in endurance sports that periodization means separating the each category of training intensity—endurance (Zone 2), tempo (Zone 3), threshold (Zone 4), VO2 (Zone 5 or 5a) and anaerobic (Zone 5b/5c or 6) — into distinct time periods throughout...
The off season – or the transition between racing seasons – is an important time to refresh your body, recharge your mind, decrease your sleep debt and spend extra time with family and friends. Whether you take one month or three months of decreased activity (or zero...
One of the greatest obstacles to consistent training—the only way to make real progress in triathlon—is the weather. Most people discuss the weather in passing with neighbors or to fill the uncomfortable silence during a dying conversation, but endurance athletes talk...
Life ends at 40…or does it? A few years ago when I turned 40, I remember thinking, “I don’t feel any different. It’s not too bad.” And, turning 40 wasn’t bad because I could still do everything I could do before turning 40. I even started a new activity (To-Shin Do...
A training plan client recently emailed me to tell me that she was “feeling great as things are going well” and she only had 10 weeks left until her first IRONMAN (Cozumel). She then said something that a lot of long course triathletes ask: So I’m stressing over one...
