At some point every January a day goes by and suddenly I realize that another year has passed since my good friend Steve Issaris passed away this month back in 2003. At some point in your life as you get older, people start to leave you. Your grandparents, great Aunt, etc., but you hope that…
Each of us brings a different skill set to the sport of triathlon, and typically it is that of a single sport athlete. I wouldn’t want to guess the percentages of people that were primarily swimmers, bikers, or runners before they started doing triathlons, but I have a sense that most triathletes were not age…
January is upon us, hopefully you’ve taken a break since your last triathlon, followed the suggestions I made in Off-Season Training, and are now wondering how to get started on this year’s training plan. The time between now and 2-3 months before your “A” race is the time to focus on building/rebuilding your aerobic base,…
Lately I’ve been riding with different groups of riders and it’s been somewhat of an eye opener to see all the different riding styles. Eye opening because I’m seeing so many cyclists that are riding inefficiently and incorrectly, who have clearly not spent much time in and amongst better cyclists to have learned better habits.…
I look back on the past year and I see my life in transition, having been diagnosed with a heart arrhythmia in July 2012, I have spent a lot of time since then trying to resolve this issue. Changes in my job required major changes to my life and my workout schedule, while working around…
Acronyms, previously the domain of the military, the medical industry, and large businesses, you either love them or hate them. In today’s high paced world of immediate information overload, where phone calls and emails have been replaced by text messages and 140 character tweets, they’re here to stay. The problem is that sometimes we actually…
It’s December, you’ve had a long season of training and racing and your last race was in September. Since then you’ve taken a break, signed up for a couple of races next year, and now you’re wondering what you should be doing with your training this month. As this is a transitional point in the…
With the holidays upon us I thought I’d take a stab at some gift suggestions for the significant triathlete in your life, or to offer suggestions to your significant other to help them out. Being three sport athletes we seem to need a lot of gear and are always looking for some new way to…
People ask what’s the one thing I can do to improve my times and I tell them that the number one mistake that most triathletes make is training too hard on easy days and too easy on hard days. Simply put, each workout is designed to train either your aerobic or anaerobic system, so you train…
Note: This race report was previously posted on the SB Tri Club webpage, May ’13 Pre-Race My first Wildflower race was back in 1995, the first year I starting racing long course triathlons; I was the cyclist on a long course relay. Since then I have raced the long course four more times (with a…
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
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