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“I believe in the basics: attention to, and perfection of, tiny details that might commonly be overlooked. They might seem trivial, perhaps even laughable to those who don’t understand, but they aren’t. They are fundamental to your progress — they are ...
As an age-group triathlete, you don’t have to run high mileage to be a good triathlon runner. If you want to run well off the bike, be bike fit. No amount of run training is going to deliver a great run for you in a triathlon without fully considering ...
It’s important to know when to take in calories during the day and in what form....
You’ve logged the miles and completed the training. But there’s a nagging feeling that you’ve forgotten something as race day looms. Oh yeah, your fuel plan! All too often, nutrition takes a backseat. Consequently, fueling-related challenges are common...
In the professional and amateur ranks of triathlon, from ITU sprint races to full IRONMAN events, the race is almost always won on the run. The shorter the event, the less opportunity to make up time lost during the swim and bike. For pros and age-grou...
Let’s call it the Hamlet moment, when triathletes bust into an internal soliloquy debating whether to train or not to train. Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the aches and pains of a multi-brick, or to set a new alarm and sleep, perchance to dream. We’ve ...
When it comes to running, triathletes tend to believe that more mileage is better — valuing distance over speed. There’s a tendency to view an IRONMAN finisher, no matter how slow, as more accomplished than a sprint competitor, no matter how fast the s...
Running is one of those activities that all of us think we know how to do, but unfortunately, many times we are doing it wrong. Let’s look at how we can reverse that and turn running into a lifelong sport....
One thing that makes triathlon so interesting is the diversity of the athletes who come to the sport.
Triathlon is not about how well you run but how well you swim, bike and run off the bike. Since running is the last of the three sports on race day, it happens to be where many race day disasters occur such as cramping, GI distress and exhaustion. Natu...
