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 Read more…
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…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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. Read more…
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 Read more…
In part one of these series we discussed what’s generally important when tracking training data. Here we explore the most important training data to track in each sport. Which Metrics Matter in Each Sport? Which ones matter and which ones are just extra noise? Here’s what to track Read more…
Thinking about adding a road bike to your arsenal? Wondering if it’s worth it? Triathlete Magazine recently posted last year’s article, “Why Triathletes Should Consider Buying A Road Bike.” In this article, we explored six ways a road bike can help you. For many years, I only had a tri Read more…
This week’s QOTW was inspired by the question asked by most beginners at one time or another. Variations of the question include “Is my heart rate too (fast, slow, high, low). ” Here, we seek to get to the root of the issue which is heart rate without context. Read more…