You’ve been putting in the long hours and hard training. Now, your ‘A’ race is looming large on the calendar and with it, the need to taper. Does the thought of a taper cause you to take on a ‘Deer-in-the-Headlights’ look because you’re unsure how to do it? Continue reading “Your Taper Questions Answered!”
You’ve been putting in the hard work to get stronger and faster. Have you overlook the free speed that’s available? Here are a number of things that will make you faster that don’t require training. Continue reading “Be a Faster Triathlete Without Training!”
I’ve been an athlete for nearly five decades and while there’s quite a lot of published research that shows us an athlete will experience physiological deteriorations with aging, I’d never really experienced a significant performance loss as I got older. Or so I thought. Continue reading “Tips for the Aging Athlete”
Most of you have likely heard of RPE – Rate of Perceived Exertion – at some point. Many of you may have even done some training or racing using it. But in this day where power meters, heart rate monitors, GPS watches and data analysis software are the norm; is there any room for a subjective measurement like RPE? Continue reading “RPE – A Lost Art?”
The single biggest training mistake I see triathletes make – beginners and veterans alike – is they don’t have the courage to go easy and end up going too hard on easy days. Continue reading “The Courage to Go Easy”
It’s race day – and you’ve got nerves. Really serious nerves. Suddenly those nerves force you to have doubt:
“What did you do?”
“You’re not ready for this, what were you thinking?”
“My gosh, look at the size of those athlete – I can’t compete with them.” Continue reading “Race Day Nerves? – Don’t Be Afraid of the Cat”
Swimming is highly technical. Swimming doesn’t require great strength, it requires great technique. If you make mistakes, those mistakes compound upon themselves and suddenly, swimming is a tremendous challenge. Continue reading “Swimming Isn’t Hard”
I love swimming. My first athletic language was swimming. Swimming opened doors and took me places I never could have imagined the first time I participated in a formal swim workout. So, I experience both a sadness and an excitement when I hear someone lament their poor swimming. Sadness because I would like that everyone shares my joy of swimming and swims proficiently; excitement because every person that asks me how they can swim faster is another opportunity to help someone improve their swimming. Continue reading “My Swimming Sucks”
The first step in developing a proper race day fluid replacement plan begins with understanding your body’s true hydration requirements – knowing your sweat rate and understanding what it means. Continue reading “Know Your Sweat Rate”
You spent the winter working on your swimming. On race day, will you be able to navigate properly and take advantage of that new-found speed? Sighting is a skill that needs to be practiced regularly before race day. Here are some sighting tips to help prepare for your open-water race Continue reading “Sighting in Open Water”
