I have the belief that, as the duration of your event increases the training becomes more simplistic. This applies if you're training for a 10-17-hour day of aerobic exercise, such as a long-course triathlon or IRONMAN. Many athletes are under the impression that there is a magical approach to training for an IRONMAN. The truth is there are no magic workouts, supplements, … [Read more...] about The Key to Success for Long Distance Racing: Consistency
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How to Determine Your Lactate Threshold for Biking and Running
In this D3 Triathlon Minute, Coach Mike Ricci answers some key questions about lactate threshold. What is lactate threshold? How do you test for it? What do you do with it? He outlines a protocol to find your lactate threshold for both biking and running. … [Read more...] about How to Determine Your Lactate Threshold for Biking and Running
Gear Review: SONR Swim Coach Communicator
As a triathlon coach, I want to be able to help my athletes improve technique in the water. Watching from the deck as an athlete swims, I can often identify a flaw in technique that could easily be improved with a cue (while they are swimming). Sometimes I can catch their attention from the side of the pool when they turn their head to breathe and, with some wild gesture, … [Read more...] about Gear Review: SONR Swim Coach Communicator
Use This Checklist to Become More Comfortable in Open Water
It’s water. H20. Pool or lake or river or ocean, it’s still water. Except for some folks, it’s not the same water in the pool as it is in the wild. If you are perfectly comfortable in open water, I am happy for you. You can just run into the water, dolphin dive like, well, a dolphin. Then you just swim away, breathing every third or fifth or 11th stroke and sail away like … [Read more...] about Use This Checklist to Become More Comfortable in Open Water
Training for a Negative Split
If you want to go faster, feel stronger, and pass more people at the end of a race; then you need to race negatively. I know it sounds a little, errrr, negative, but it is the key to a personal record. Let me explain. Racing negatively -- or negatively splitting your races -- has been around for decades. Most all world records from 5k to the marathon are run with a negative … [Read more...] about Training for a Negative Split
