ENDURANCEWORKS Triathlon Training and Racing Blog
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As service to the sport of triathlon and other endurance sports, we provide our clients and friends with articles that we feel will benefit them in their pursuit of personal excellence in triathlon, other endurance sports and life.
Five Strategies for Fitting Triathlon Workouts into a Busy Week
Triathlon Training Requires Effective Time Management Years ago when I was training for an IRONMAN Triathlon, I was doing my best to consistently follow a training plan. On one particular day, I had a track workout scheduled. I overslept that morning so was unable to...
7 Tips for a Superior Triathlon Run (Without Any Extra Training)
A Fast Triathlon Run Is Not Just About the Training A few years ago I was following one of my clients online as he raced in IRONMAN Lake Placid. He had a fast swim and bike but his run became slower and slower as he progressed through marathon finished with a run time...
5 Tips to Prevent a Bike Fail in Your Next Triathlon
Set Yourself Up for Success on the Bike in Your Triathlon "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin said it well. The simplest way to a better bike split is to not have a slower bike split by being forced to stop. Assuming...
6 Quick Tips for a Successful Triathlon Swim
Set Yourself Up for Success in a Triathlon Swim Looking forward to swimming alongside 200, 500 or even 2,000+ other athletes? Most athletes don't. Even with the self-seed rolling swim starts at IRONMAN Triathlons, there will be plenty of other athletes around you at...
5 Quick & Simple Last Minute Tips for Triathlon Race Day
Maximize Your Chances of Success on Triathlon Race Day "It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop." - Confucius It's race morning. This is it. You've done the hard work. Your many, many hours of swimming, biking and running have brought you here...
6 Race Week Tips for a Successful Triathlon Race Day
"Expect the best, plan for the worst and prepare to be surprised." — Denis Waitley It's race week of your goal triathlon race. You've done all the hard work by putting in the months and months of swim, bike and run training. You're tapering down your training volume...
What “Stuff” to Bring with You on Half or Full IRONMAN Triathlon Race Day
Long Course Triathlons Are Unique From Short Course Races Half and full triathlons are a different than shorter triathlons for a number of reasons: Massive amounts of athletes - more than 3,000 individuals will register for a typical IRONMAN race. It's a long day: 4...
Preventing Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramping with Spicy Food Extracts: Fact or Fiction?
What Is an Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramp (EAMC)? EAMC's can be defined as "painful, involuntary contractions of skeletal muscle that occur during or immediately after exercise and are common in endurance athletes."1 Possible triggers for cramps include: history of...
Why and How to Estimate Your Sweat Rate During Triathlon Training and Racing
How to Measure Sweat Rate During Exercise A triathlon client who is training for a summer IRONMAN Triathlon® recently asked me for an easy way to caluclate sweat rate. I started to write a long blog post about how to estimate sweat rate during a training session by...
View Recording of Mental Skills Training for Endurance Athletes Webinar
About This Mental Skills Training Webinar You've finished the swim and the bike. It's hot, your legs are tired and your body hurts. Now the run begins. What's going to get you to the finish line and a new PR? In a study of Olympic athletes, researchers observed that...
Five Ways for Events to Help Athletes Be Better Prepared on Race Day
How to Get Athletes Who Are More Confident, Well-Trained and Knowledgeable on Race Day As an organizer for endurance events like triathlons, marathons and century rides, you know that athletes sign up for any number of reasons including: peer pressure, a desire to...
View Recording of Racing a Full or Half IRONMAN® Distance Triathlon Faster Webinar
About this Webinar Are you racing a full or half Ironman® distance triathlon this year? This presentation is designed to provide you with tangible tips and strategies that you can use to achieve a faster finish in your full or half IRONMAN® distance triathlon. Topics...
Five Expert Tips to Becoming a Better Triathlon Runner
Become a Better Runner in Your Next Triathlon Becoming a better runner is a top priority with many triathletes. Becoming better isn't only about speed though. Proper running form plays an important part of becoming a better runner, and, if your form is off, your speed...
Announcing Our Next Webinar on 5/24: Racing an IRONMAN® Triathlon Faster
This live presentation is designed to provide you with tangible tips and strategies that you can use to achieve a faster finish in your full or half IRONMAN® distance triathlon. It's appropriate for both first-time and experienced IRONMAN distance athletes. There will...
A Review of USA Triathlon Rules for Triathletes
"USA Triathlon has issued a set of rules to maintain consistency and order from race to race across the country." — usatriathlon.org Not only do you have to train for three different sports in triathlon, but you have to know the rules for each sport plus transitions,...
Breaking Out of the “I Have to…” Pattern
“There is only one thing you have to do in life.” – Brad Rex, race announcer Brad Rex, who I jokingly refer to as my “uncle from California,” dabbles in a lot of different things: cycling, rowing, race announcing, sailing, environmental restoration, etc. Since meeting...
Krista Schultz Demonstrates the Mountain Climber Exercise
The mountain climber is a warm-up (dynamic) plus core stability exercise for opening up the hip musculature. Throughout this entire exercise you are working the deep abdominal and low back stabilizers. Coach Krista Schultz demonstrates.
Vary Your Run Speed to Become a Faster Runner
Are you feeling stuck at the same consistent running pace and wondering how to become a faster runner? A simple way to become faster is to vary your running speed during your training. Krista Schultz, MEd, CSCS discusses the importance of varying run speed to become a...
The Race Report AKA After Action Report Is Really not Just for Your Readers
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana When I finish an event like a triathlon or Spartan Race, I enjoy writing about the experiences and sharing the photos. When I first started doing triathlons in 1995, I would send out...
Lessons Learned from My First IRONMAN Race – IRONMAN Canada in 1997
“What do I need to know to train for and finish an Ironman?” “What do I need to do to go faster in an Ironman?” As a triathlon coach and a sub-nine Ironman-distance athlete, I hear these question a lot. I thought it might be interesting and helpful to others for me to...
Move First, Think Later; Avoid Paralysis by Analysis
In the words of one of my favorite Bikram Yoga instructors, Reggie Meneses: “Move first, think later. It’s very liberating. Avoid paralysis by analysis.” So what does it mean? As endurance athletes, we tend to over analyze the simple decisions we need to make. For...
The Top 5 Mistakes that Triathletes Make in IRONMAN Training
Since 1997, I have completed 28 IRONMAN-distance races and have coached and trained with hundreds of other athletes training for IRONMAN Triathlons. I’ve had the opportunity to observe (and of course make) a lot of mistakes so I thought it would be helpful for to come...
Learn How to Engage Your Core Muscles
The 29 muscles of your core - from the top of your chest to your hips including the front and back - provide the force to stabilize and move the body segments. The following videos with Krista Schultz, MEd, CSCS discuss the core area and show you cues that you can do...
The Mental Training Tactics & Strategies of World Champions
It's not (just) about doing the physical training. Performing at your personal race best begins well before race day with a race strategy, measurable short-term goals and specific mental training tools. In this special webinar presented for TrainingPeaks, Dave Scott –...
