Aside from the handful of athletes racing late season Ironman distance triathlons, for most of us the off season is here; it’s time to review your season and make plans for improving your training and racing for next season. Maybe you’ve already made plans for all your “A” races, now’s the time for an honest…
I was just reading an article on Active.com on how the top age group duathletes can run and ride so fast. Consider this: At the 2010 USA Triathlon National Duathlon Championships in Richmond, Virginia, the age-group champion and overall fastest time was 1:30:39 for a course that consisted of a 5K run, 38K bike and…
We meet some of the most fascinating people at the races. Equipment and physical problems are at their purest in racing. Racing pries us loose from our desks, teaches honesty through humility, and its fun. We like all those things – people, problems, honesty, and fun. Oh yeah, you can eat like a pig the…
Fred Maggiore – USAT Level 1 Coach Most triathletes with even a little experience have heard the term brick workout, even if you’ve never done one. You can research the origins of the term, but basically it means any two workouts done back-to-back to simulate race day conditions. Most typically this means a bike-run brick,…
Fred Maggiore – USAT Level I Coach Does stretching or doing yoga make us faster triathletes? Of and by itself no, else every “A” type triathlete would be doing it 3-6 times a week. I’m sorry to have to tell you, but the only way to get faster is by consistent and periodized sport specific…