Five years ago this month my wife Ingrid had a stroke. It’s an event we sure wished we could have avoided, and we could have had we understood the warning signals. Since then I have thought about writing this article. It does not quite seem right to use the tragedy of a major illness to…
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Recipe for Completing the Perfect Workout Sometimes coaches and athletes have different ideas about what makes for a great workout. As a coach, the easiest part of my job is posting a workout. As an athlete, the easiest part of your job should be doing them. Sure, some workouts are really, really tough and some…
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Case Study Male Athlete’s Statistics: Height: 6’1 Weight: 200 lbs Race: 70.3 Galveston, TX Report: The athlete hydrated every 10-15 minutes averaging 30 oz of fluid an hour totaling 75 oz on the bike portion. Took in about 480 calories an hour (288 from liquid, 192 from gels). Total sodium intake per hour was 1160…
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It’s funny, but it’s one of the most common questions I get during the last weeks of training before the season’s first race is “How can I be sure that I’m ready?” Well… If you’re not ready by now, there’s not much you can do. There is a TON of good advice out there on…
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Whenever improving technique is a goal, a good coach will usually suggest a set of drills to help isolate a particular part of the big picture. Although they are a HUGE part of training in swimming and running, they just aren’t as prevalent in cycling – ESPECIALLY mountain biking. So if you’ve been wanting to…
Read MoreIt’s hard to think about indoor training when you are starting your morning workout with a view like I am today- (the turquoise and blue waters of the Bahamas). However, if you want to make a significant improvement in your bike split, cycling indoors, at least for your testing and higher intensity workouts, is the…
Read MoreStrategies for getting used to running off the bike when starting triathlon or taking on a new distance. The old saying that practice makes perfect is bit overstated, when in reality, the quote should be “Perfect practice makes perfect”. Preparation is the key to racing your best in triathlon and nowhere is more important than…
Read MoreIvy Koger, USAT Coach If you’ve done an Xterra, you understand as well as all of us that there is just something different about how much the bike portion takes out of you. (If you haven’t done an Xterra, sign up for one. I promise you’ll love it.) Running off the bike is hard enough…
Read MoreTime for your Spring Bike Tune-Up! But What does your Bike really need? Daylight savings just flipped to “exercising-after-work-mode”, and spring is right around the corner. Depending upon where you live, you may be looking forward to regular outdoor bicycle rides again for the first time in a while. But before you buckle up that…
Read MoreI first wrote this article for Slowtwitch in 2004. At that time very few companies made Compact Cranks with FSA the only one selling well. The response from some of the Guru’s of the sport on the Slowtwitch Forum was to say the least scathing. I knew I was right and after getting support from…
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