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A New Year, a New Day
At the end of the outgoing year and beginning of the next, tradition tells us to make commitments and plans to improve in the new year. It’s a new year, with new opportunities and new possibilities to make ourselves better.…
Athlete Case Study: Karen Rice
Creative Training Yields Great Results in this D3 Athlete Case Study about Karen Rice We know that training in 2020 looked different for everyone, and as a coach, I had to reinvent the training game plan for each of the…
Use Your Brain (to Sort Out Misinformation About Our Sport)
I suspect there is at least one thing that everyone in this country can agree on, there is a lot of misinformation and outright lying out there in social media and in the news. We won’t all agree on what…
Athlete Case Study: Francois de Repentigny
In the fall of 2018, I started working with Francois, who lives in Malaysia. He was looking for a coach who could coach him using Power (using a Stryd Power Meter) vs. Heart Rate. I remember asking him why he…
Advice for the Remainder of your Off-Season Training
When it comes to triathlon racing, 2020 has certainly been an unfortunate year. However, we need to look forward – toward 2021. And as you think about the remainder of your off-season I hope you will draw inspiration from these…
Athlete Case Study: David Goforth
Motivation to take up the sport of triathlon and stick with it, is, let’s face it, challenging. Three sports, four counting the important strength training, a job, a family, friends, and a few other things are hard to work into…
Ring in the Holiday Cheer
As we enter the holiday season perhaps you are beginning to think about gift ideas for your favorite athlete or being asked what you would like as a gift this year. What’s not to like in giving or receiving gifts!?! …
Athlete Case Study, November 2020: Rupert Daniels
Consistency is Key to Fitness and Success At the very end of 2019, Rupert Daniels decided he was going to hire a coach to help him train for IM Italy in September. However, as is the case with all athletes…
Aero, Part II: an Aerodynamic Shrug
In July, I shared an article highlighting a conversation I had with Jesse Frank, Human Performance Engineer at the Specialized Win Tunnel, and shared his Top 8 recommendations to achieve better aerodynamics. This follow-up article goes deep on a simple…
Boost Your Nutrition to Boost Your Training
As winter approaches ever so quickly, NOW is your time to make important nutritional changes that will give your training a boost through the winter. There is no reason to wait until the New Year. To get started, take an…
Self-Inventory and your State of Readiness using TTM
As a coach, this past nine months of helping triathletes through a global pandemic has presented many new and unique challenges. At the forefront is the health and safety of my athletes, friends, family, neighbors, and the population as a…
Athlete Case Study: Boris Bourdin
COVID Lockdown to IM Personal Best To say this race season has been unique is an understatement! The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to athletes and coaches across the globe. One of my athletes, Boris Bourdin, resides in Spain which…
Finding Motivation
Adjusting to a New Life and Putting Things in Perspective The header photo seems to say it all about our situation right now in regards to training and racing. Lay back and enjoy it, go with the flow. I also…
Learn To Train And Race By Feel
We triathletes sure love our gadgets. We have power meters to measure our bike and run efforts. We measure and record our strokes per lap, RPM and cadence. While these tools can be useful to help us understand our…
Athlete Case Study: Mike Reed. “I’ve got it.”
“I’ve got it.” Those words were the first sentence of Mike Reed’s Facebook post on March 29, 2020. Of course, I already knew. It was early in this pandemic–before we knew what we know now. Certainly before we knew everything–triathlon…