10 Tips for Your Triathlon Off Season
There are three ways of approaching the triathlon off season - stop exercising, get fat and lose your edge; keep training, burnout and get injured; or let the body recover, build your base and race better next year. This article is about the last of these. When I develop a triathlon annual training plan – measuring out the [...]
Ironman 70.3 Ireland – Galway Course Review – 2012 – Dan Speed
Triathlon Name Ironman 70.3 Galway Triathlon Date Sunday, September 2, 2012 Who Are you? Dan Speed - Triathlete who has just finished his 3rd season. favours the bike who struggles on the swim and survives the run! Race Category. M25-29 Country Galway, Ireland Why did I do this race? I did this race as I wanted [...]
The Fog of Triathlon Training
When we’re training for a triathlon we can often enter a thick fog without realizing it – this is never good for your performance – here’s how to recognize it. What Do you Think About When Training? As an endurance athlete and coach people often ask what I think about while swimming, cycling, or running for long periods of time. I [...]
11 Thoughts To Get The Mind Right to Race Triathlons
Here are 11 thoughts that it’s worth having before and after a triathlon that will help you race better and get more enjoyment and satisfaction out of it. I’ve written about athletes who train great but fail to produce time and time again in a race. There are many reasons why this might happen – [...]
4 Essential Fear-Relieving Tips for the Open Water Swim
Fear is a factor for many triathletes during an open water swim. It’s natural to feel nervous about the swim, especially if you feel it’s not your strongest discipline. Even if you consider yourself to be a strong swimmer, sometimes thinking about the length of the swim, having to deal with a mass start, or [...]
Triathlon Overtraining: Five Warning Signs
Lots of triathletes train too hard: to over compensate for the times when they haven’t trained consistently and to reach that performance level that they “need”. Here Susan DuPont lets you know the five warning signs that signal a triathlete heading into over training. Why Triathletes Overtrain Most triathletes are haunted by the constant paranoia that taking time [...]
Time Trialing for Triathletes
Time trialing is something that all triathletes do in a triathlon – but we rarely go and take part in stand alone time trials. Here are some tips on how to warm up for a time trial – though for sprint and Olympic triathlons you could easily incorporate some of the tips into your warmup. Time Trialing [...]
Blenheim Triathlon Course Review – 2012 – Jenny Zaremba
Triathlon Name Blenheim Triathlon Triathlon Date Saturday, June 9, 2012 Who Are you? Jenny Zaremba - A classic weekend warrior: I find getting the balance of traiming across the three disciplines and juggling the rest of life, work etc pretty challenging. So I sometimes feel like I turn up with more enthusiasm than preparation! Race Category. [...]
How to Race Ironman Lake Placid
Ironman Lake Placid is one of the best Ironman Triathlons. Beautiful and terrible at the same time it is one of the Ironman races that should belong in every triathlete’s bucket list. Here Maria Simone gives advice on how to make the most of your day on the Ironman Lake Placid course. Racing Ironman Lake [...]
How to Master Your Fear of Open Water Swimming
Mastering your fear of open water swimming is key to enjoying a triathlon. The mind can play tricks on you as you swim. I often live in fear of being eaten by sharks, have worried that there’s been an earthquake whilst swimming and have panicked when attacked by a leaf! Conquering these swimming fears is [...]
Core Training for Triathletes
There is much misinformation out there about core “strength” and core “training.” Triathletes have been misled by years of improper training guidance, including any number of popular core (fad) “strength” programs that are at once deceitful in their marketing promises, and often very harmful. If you are an triathlete interested in good health AND better [...]
How do You Finish 400+ Triathlons?
Here’s an interview that we did with Mark Kleanthous – finisher of more than 400 triathlons and author of The Complete Book of Triathlon Training. 400+ Triathlon Finisher 74 xMarathonFinisher 33 x IronMan Finisher 2 x Double IronMan 1 X Triple IronMan Mark has covered more than 6,000 miles swimming 170,000 cycling and 51,000 miles [...]
Homemade Healthy Sports Drinks and Gels for Triathlon
As triathletes we are often concious about our bodies and health. When it comes to race day we stuff them full of factory produced, totally artificial, processed sugars. Richard Wygand, a raw food, vegan pro triathlete has a couple of alternative recipes for sports drinks and gels that will do the job on race day, be healthier [...]
A Holistic Approach to Triathlon – Raw and Vegan and Pro
Since I started racing (2004) I always knew that nutrition played a big part of the game. I went to several nutritionists with different kind of approaches. In all of them I had trouble, recovering, with hydration, fueling and so on. Since I always liked the natural approach of things, and I was vegetarian for [...]
HITS Hunter Mountain Half Ironman Course Review- 2012 – David Smith
David Smith reviews the HITS Hunter Mountain Half Ironman course. A tough course because it goes up a mountain but all the more satisfying because of that – and with great race organisation! Triathlon Name HITS Hunter Mountain Half Triathlon Date Sunday, June 10, 2012 Who Are you? David Smith- I race about 10-12 Triathlons a year. [...]
Achieve the Ironman Time You Want: 10 Tips That Will Help
Maybe this is your first Ironman, or perhaps you have already completed ten. No matter the distance of triathlon, I see everyone from veterans to first-timers making a few key mistakes. I hope my 10 tips will help you achieve the Ironman time that you deserve. 10. Water Stations Aren’t Just For Drinking. Use water and ice [...]
Harriman Olympic Distance Triathlon – 2012 – Eamon Foley
Eamon Foley reviews the Harriman Triathlon in New York State with its super hard and technical bike course Triathlon Name Harriman Olympic Distance Triathlon, NY Triathlon Date Saturday, May 19, 2012 Who Are you? A USAT Level 1 triathlon coach, Eamon coaches with Team in Training and Tri Latino in New York City. He strives [...]
BeyondTransition Needs Your Help
It’s time for a progress update to let you know what’s happening at BeyondTransition. Thanks for all the support that everyone has shown over the year so far. Since the relaunch of BeyondTransition in February we’ve been trying to help triathletes race faster and smarter through: Great race guides for Iron Distance Races Cool Triathlon focused tweets [...]
IronKids Florida – 2012 – Summer Kanstoroom
Summer Kanstoroom reviews IronKids Florida in its new 2012 venue in Haines City, Florida – much improved over the previous Disney Venue Triathlon Name IronKids Florida Triathlon Date Saturday, May 19, 2012 Who Are you? My name is Summer Kanstoroom. I am a race age 14 youth elite triathlete from St Petersburg, FL. I train with the [...]
Capital of Texas Triathlon – 2012 – Chris Arrington
Chris Arrington Reviews the Capital of Texas Triathlon. “The best part was how spectator friendly it was” Triathlon Name Capital of Texas Triathlon Triathlon Date Monday, May 28, 2012 Who Are you? As a triathlon noob, I did this race as my first official tri. I’m a husband, soon-to-be father, and a military man. At [...]
