Triathlon is an absolutely amazing sport to be involved in! And it can also feel like it is all consuming especially if you are training for a longer distance race and/or training for high performance. If you are looking for...
The race season hits at different times of the year for different athletes. Some of you may be wrapping up your season at the beginning of October with Playtri Fort Worth or the Waco 70.3. Others of you may be...
When most triathletes think upgrades, they think carbon wheels or power meters or new aero bars, but tires are usually an afterthought. Using the correct tire and tire pressure for the type of riding conditions and course can make your...
Moving up to long distance racing is a rite of passage for many triathletes. Long course triathlon is embedded in the minds of many middle aged triathletes who first got exposed to triathlon through watching the yearly replay of the...
jiAre you burned out? Beat up? And still no breakthrough on race day? If you are experiencing this, then the answer to improving your performance isn’t to train more or to train harder? The answer is to shift to targeted,...
“Abby” missed out on qualifying for 70.3 Worlds a while back by a couple of minutes and was devastated. (Under the new age graded qualifying standards, she most likely would have qualified.) She was incredibly consistent in her training, going...
I had a post-race conversation with an athlete of mine a while back about a 70.3 that went totally awry. He was flabbergasted. He trained hard. He did 90% of the prescribed workouts, strength sessions, and recovery. He tracked his...
As an active triathlete and coach, I often get questions about things people can do to eke out that extra 1% of performance improvement. More often than not, my response is to tell them to focus on nailing the 99%...
Triathlon has always had a do-it-yourself mentality. In fact, this mentality is part of what attracted me to the sport over two decades ago. In the early years of racing triathlon, I had so much fun trying to figure things...
