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 ….
How should you pick your very first (or next) race? There are so many races these days it can be overwhelming to choose. Plus there are the factors, of race distance or timing which expand or limit the options further. Let’s look at some factors to consider below: What’s the right distance? We all…
This week’s question came to use from Reddit user Reddit_at_work91 who asks I want to get a bit more accurate on my bike workouts (have just signed up to my first full next year), and thought some lactate threshold intervals would be worthwhile. What’s the best way to figure my lactate threshold heart rate out?…
This week’s QOTW comes to us from Reddit. User juderm asks the question below: If I stayed the same weight can I get a rough estimate of watts needed to achieve a certain speed this way? Stats from weekend race: Average power: 244 19.25 MPH 244 watts/19.25 mph = Equal to 12.6 watts for each MPH If I had…
This question was recently asked in the USA Triathlon coaches forum. “Avg. Pwr or Normalized Pwr? 140.6 and 70.3 races and training. I’ve been using NP for the last 4 years and have had a tremendous amount of success but have been seeing the trend move over to Avg. Power. I’m very curious to see…
Many triathletes are finishing up their last races of the season which means it’s time to pick a winter focus area. The great thing about running is that it’s the easiest to do with time constraints, you can do it anywhere, and it requires little in the way of specialized equipment.
“My recent training sessions have become significantly more challenging for me to successfully complete. At what point do you bail out or modify the session to something achievable during the day? How far do you let the current training session carry on with the knowledge it may influences your ability to complete the next day’s training session?”…
“I see my Garmin 920xt has a race prediction for running. I wonder what these are based on? My predictions are much faster than what I actually run. Anyone else see that?” -confidentjellyfish (via Reddit) If you have one of the newer Garmins you have no doubt seen (and possibly obsessed over) the Garmin…
As a newly coached athlete, it can be daunting to figure out what’s important in your training logs. While every coach values data and communication, some things just are not that important while others are critical. I can’t speak for all coaches, but I think most would agree with the following items below. First let’s…
