Do you find yourself swimming strong during the first part of a race, only to watch people pass you in the last 400m to the finish? Or do you blast the first half of a swim workout then slow down towards the middle or end of the session? The ability to sustain your swim speed close [...]
Throughout your training and racing, it’s important not to forget about the mental side of your game. Well planned race strategies, a strong belief in yourself and an unshakable confidence in your training will all contribute to achieving your goals. This is a photo of me during the 1994 Hawaii Ironman World Championships. [...]
Oftentimes when I see athletes running uphill during a race, they falter near the top and lose their form and speed. If you have a hilly race on your calendar or if your legs feel tanked every time you finish a hill session, then this workout will help. Today's Workout Wednesday powered by Bioastin will help develop [...]
Time and time again athletes tell me they are putting in substantial time on the bike every week but they haven’t seen any improvement. Usually when I ask them more questions about their training, I learn that they are riding for hours at time at the same easy pace, or joining a local group ride with no [...]
Getting faster on your run takes work and commitment. It's attainable but there’s no easy way to gain speed! But -- with the right training and purposeful effort -- you can achieve your PR goals. I’ve designed several workouts for swim, bike and run that incorporate "Swing Pace" efforts to help athletes learn pacing and prepare them [...]
I don't think I was ever as relieved to finish an IRONMAN than in 1983! At that time I was in an intense rivalry with Scott Tinley. "ST" had beaten me in February of '82, then I'd come back and won in October of '82. (BTW, his brother Jeff finished 3rd in both races.) The [...]
Slogging through laps in the pool is no way to get a faster swim split. A majority of triathletes swim at a steady, monotonous pace throughout their workouts. Their swim sets have no variability nor do they implement different distances and intensities. Doing slow and steady sessions in all of your workouts will only guarantee [...]
I refer to the gluteals as the body's "engine room". The glutes produce the power you need on the bike & run, and provide stability during the swim. If you're not sufficiently engaging your glutes, then you're probably overloading your hamstrings and quads. Have you ever been reduced to walking or have suffered cramps on [...]
