When you’ve got a long day of training on tap, one involving all three sports, consider basing yourself out of your car or gym locker for the day.  It’s a great way to speed up the switch from one sport to the next, and it eliminates any temptation to sit on the couch for 10 minutes (which can turn into a couple of hours).  You’ll also find that it:

• Helps teach you what works well nutritionally on a long day
• Helps your body adapt to the changes from one sport to the next
• Gets your training day over with sooner
• Is easy to co-ordinate a day like that with your training partners, if they do the same
• Helps your race day organizational skills (there’s a lot of equipment and food to deal with)
• Keeps you from skipping the last workout in favor of that comfy couch!!

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