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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
“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 Read more…
Take a peak at Training Peaks charts. For the uninitiated beginner, all this data can be intimidating. You may think you don’t need to bother with fancy data and tracking. “After all, I’m just a beginner” While it’s true that you’ll improve simple by swimming, biking, and running more, there Read more…