When technique is mentioned in regards to triathlon, most people assume you’re talking about the swim, the run or nutrition planning. This makes sense because swimming is 80 percent technique (roughly speaking) and running also demands a great deal of time and energy...
In triathlon, the swim and the bike are really just a warm up for the run—an extremely tiring warm up but a warm up nonetheless. The run is where races are won and lost, PRs are broken or not, and where finishers are separated from DNF’ers (Did Not...
There are three positions to choose from while riding a triathlon bike: Down in the aero bars, Seated while holding the base bars and Standing. In a typical race, you should aim for spending the largest percent of your time in the aero bars, as this low profile...
Triathlon is not a team event. In fact, it can hardly get any more individualistic than triathlon when it comes to sports. Even runners are part of running or track teams, and swimmers race on teams as well. Because all of the hard work and determination is derived...
There is a misconception in endurance sports that periodization means separating the each category of training intensity—endurance (Zone 2), tempo (Zone 3), threshold (Zone 4), VO2 (Zone 5 or 5a) and anaerobic (Zone 5b/5c or 6) — into distinct time periods throughout...
