Working on run form is important. With these 3 simple drills you can teach your body to improve your run stride and efficiency, as well as muscle activation patterns. They don’t take long, 5 minutes at the most. Throw them in as part of your warm up, during a recovery walk/jog, or at the [...]
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If you have a deep end in your pool, a great way to work on your kick is to do some vertical kicking. Keep your body nice and straight and move your feet as your would normally – there is a tendency to increase knee bend too much while vertical kicking. A good set [...] Today’s tip is brought to you by the letters C and V. As in Coach Chuckie V.
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Learning to pace yourself in training is the best place to start. Find a 3 or 4 lap route in your area where the total distance ads up to ~180km. You could even make it a 2 x 90km loop. Your only goal for that long ride is to have each lap faster than the last. Don’t make it easy on yourself by lallygagging the first lap or two, pick an approximate HR or effort at which you think you may want to race an Ironman. Once you’ve got your numbers, think back to where you may have gone wrong or where you could go faster. Can you still run off the bike? Did you take in enough calories? Try doing this ride 3 times before your next Ironman and you’ll learn some valuable lessons BEFORE race day. Continue reading Pacing an Ironman bike
Quality sleep is one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of triathlon training. It is the time where that nasty stress hormone cortisol finally stops getting produced, human growth hormone is released and your body repairs itself. It can definitely be difficult to get enough of the shut eye with work, family [...] It is great to have big goals and to push yourself hard to reach them but it is important not to dwell on your shortcomings. As an athlete it pays to develop a selective memory. Learn from your mistakes, but remember the good stuff. It is easy to leave the pool frustrated that you [...] Does it feel like you don’t have enough time in the day to get the training you want done? Try keeping a log of everything you do during a week. Keep track of how long it took you to do a typical activity, and I guarantee you’ll find something that surprises you. For me, [...] |
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This is probably the hardest thing to learn to do well, everyone struggles with it. Letting go of your ego and the thought that “the bike is my strength, I need to make up time” is important. If the bike is your strength, then know by going the same pace as your competitors (or perhaps slightly faster) you are going to come off the bike feeling far better than they will.
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