Make Sunday Count

This tip is geared towards a self coached athlete who works full time.  Assuming you’re setting some weekly mileage or time goals for your training, use Sunday as your mileage count day.  Don’t plan any workouts for that day ahead of time, instead add up your weekly volume on Saturday evening and plan the following [...]

Avoid the bonk!!

Proper recovery starts as soon as your workout begins. Often we don’t maximise the quality of our training because we haven’t been thoughtful enough in planning our nutrition for the day.  As a busy triathlete, having healthy energy bars (Raw Food Bars,  Lara bars, VEL bars etc.), bananas, apples, trail mix… stashed away in the [...]

Find your flaw

We all have weaknesses somewhere.  You may not think your weakness is swimming, biking, or running.  You could be right, perhaps your weekness lies elsewhere.  Is it your discipline?  Is it your core strength or mental stamina?  Take a moment to think about what really may be holding you back from reaching a goal or [...]

Being Present

We’re back, but with somewhat limited internet access. We’re committed to keeping the daily tips going and adding some video tips as well. We appreciate your patience as we get settled down in California.

This tip is about patience and about staying present. Do you find yourself rushing through your morning swim workout, to [...]

Know Your Heart Rate

The next time you’re out riding or running, play a little game and try to guess your heart rate every 15 minutes or so.  Pay attention to how your legs feel, how hard you’re breathing, and what kind of terrain you’re in.  The more you do this the better you’ll get at predicting your HR [...]

Triathlon training and taking a day off

Don’t plan a day off, take it when you need it.

Like we’ve mentioned in several tips, consistency is your best friend when it comes to improvement in triathlon.  A great way to ensure consistent training is to avoid planning a regular day off.  Let your motivation and fatigue decide that day, not a planned schedule.

There [...]

Kill those germs

This is probably old news, but if nothing else take it as a reminder for the next time you travel to your race.  Putting all that time in for Ironman race day only to catch a silly bug druing race week happens all the time. Hard training suppresses your immune system so you need to [...]

Open water swimming

As race season rolls around, getting time out training in the open water is a great way to mix it up and give yourself a break from the black line.  However, it is very easy to fall into a leisurely pace that won’t benefit your race day goals.  To get around this you need to [...]

One legged cycling drill

This one is best done on a fixed trainer (ie. Not rollers – but if you can do it on rollers -you’re crazy awesome- or would like to see someone doing this on rollers, check the comments) and is a great way to break up an indoor ride.  There’s not much to explain, other than [...]

The 3 day rule

Going back to the topic of consistency with this short tip.  A good rule of thumb is to never let three days go by where you haven’t trained one of the three sports.  Being consistent in training as whole is great, but being consistent across swimming, biking, and running is also very important.  Keeping the [...]

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