Unless you’ve taken a running hiatus, you’ve noticed that it’s summertime, it’s hot, and running is lot tougher right now at a given pace! If you’ve set your running heart rate and pace zones in the past then read on. If not, visit Joe Friel’s Lactic Threshold Heart Rate primer and make sure you’re using accurate zones as a starting point….
You’ve spent countless hours training for your race. Don’t neglect getting your bike ready, too! Get your bike ready for riding now to minimize distractions later! Besides a pre-season tune-up, there are a number of small details best sorted now so your training won’t get derailed later! Check out these worthy time investments so…
As a cyclist, I’m a strong hill rider. Shouldn’t I use that to my advantage and try to beat everyone up the hills? We’ve all seen that guy or gal muscle up a roller with lightening speed only to watch them reach the crest and soft-pedal, or worse, coast to the bottom. Unless the…
Looking to get to T3 a little quicker this year? Perhaps you’ve hit a plateau, or feel like there’s a missing ingredient in your approach. When manipulating the basic ingredients, or tenets of training- volume, frequency, intensity and duration, there are literally thousands of different combinations. If your running is stuck in a rut, a…
“If you’ve been training for awhile, you’ve certainly tried to incorporate or at least heard of periodized training. The common wisdom mandates you progress from general to specific training over the course of the training cycle. But what does this really mean? If you’re training for Ironman or Half-Ironman the answer may be surprising…” …
This weekend at Energy Lab we’re hosting a Tackle a Tri in 2018 seminar. We would love for you to join us! In preparation for this event, we’ll be sharing some tips on tackling your first race over the next few days. Join us on Saturday via facebook live or in person for our event!…
After a few rainy cold weekends, even die hard winter riders start thinking about the possibility of indoor training. Here we explore the basics on how to get started with riding on a trainer for those who haven’t used one since the original trainer or ever. So perhaps you’ve considered hitting the trainer this winter,…
Anyone know some great, relatively comprehensive, list of currently popular / classic songs to run to, with 180/90 BPM? Anyone willing to share their personal favorite 180/90 BPM running songs here? Energizing and/or upbeat? I’m working on my cadence. Thank you in advance!! – JKSMDR It’s likely that at some point you’ve thought about your…
This post was updated on October 26th. As we head into the winter months, many athletes are thinking about tackling a winter run focus. Running is a popular choice, in party because it’s time efficient and easy to do anywhere. Plus, shoring up a run weakness now can pay dividends come next triathlon season ….
After the recent exciting IRONMAN race weekend we’ve been getting a lot of questions akin to “Do I have what it takes to complete an IRONMAN?” “What should I expect?” We’ve attempted to answer the top three questions below! If you’re signed up for your first IRONMAN recently or plan on it, chances are…
