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Top 5 Bike Repair Skills Every Cyclist Must Know

May 4, 2023 | By Tess DiNapoli

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Bike maintenance is unavoidable if you want to ensure your ride is safe and performs its best while commuting, out on the trails, or in competition. While the safe bet is to take your bike to a professional or a bike shop for more complicated repairs, there are some common DIY fixes any rider can master to make minor adjustments at home. Here's a list of five essential bike … [Read more...] about Top 5 Bike Repair Skills Every Cyclist Must Know

The Key to Success for Long Distance Racing: Consistency

September 14, 2022 | By Mike Ricci

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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

How to Determine Your Lactate Threshold for Biking and Running

September 5, 2022 | By Mike Ricci

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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

August 26, 2022 | By Dave Sheanin

SONR

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

August 24, 2022 | By Will Murray

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

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