It’s been an incredibly busy few weeks around CTS, for the coaches as well as for me. Last weekend was the Trans Andes Boot Camp, two days of physiological testing and skills work followed by two back-to-back 5+hour mountain bike rides. After that I had a few days to recover before going to the Vail …
I'm very pleased with my first race of the year and I know my results were thanks to Winston and Carmichael Training Systems. I improved every category substantially (except for my first transition) and managed to place 8th in my age group (83 racers) and 55th overall out of almost 1,200. Starting with …
Kansas 70.3 Race Report by Jon Mullen After the long months of training and building, my first half ironman had finally arrived! This race was set in the cute little town of Lawrence, KS—home to the KU Jayhawks and the surrounding community. The town was awesome and the couple I stayed with was amazing and …
By Bill Plock Being fairly new to Team Trainright and with my first race coming up, something my yoga teacher said the other day really made me think about why I race. I love to compete, I want to win, but as someone past his prime, why do I continue to race? Remember when you …
Two weeks ago I was talking with a CTS Athlete about how his season of training and competition was going, and after a while it became clear that he’d gone from being very aggressive to being more passive during the past few months of racing mostly criteriums. This is actually something we see quite often, …
After competing in my first Olympic Tri of the season (Boulder Sunrise), I’ve been giving some thought to where I am and how I got here. And after some serious weighing of my experience: I really feel good about my fitness. This was a tough winter for me with respect to training. Back at the end of …
For those of us who did not grow up with gills, swimming fast can be a difficult skill to acquire. A great aerobic engine is important, but without great technique in the water you’re not going to move forward quickly. To become a faster swimmer in time for the upcoming triathlon season, now is a …
Deuces Wild Triathlon Festival in Show Low, AZ June 4th – 5th 2011 The annual Deuces Wild kicked off Saturday with half iron-distance and Olympic-distance triathlon events. The conditions were very windy and the temperature was creeping toward 90 degrees but Team Train Right had a strong performance with Erin Kennedy finishing 6th place overall …
So with my friend in mind, I packed up the car, left my house at 5:20am, just as the sun was coming up, and headed to Boulder with my teammate Amy- ready to race! I have one major piece of advice, that I learned the hard way this year, to anyone newer to the sport, …
Yay! A completed triathlon duathlon without a trip to the emergency room. That’s how it should be, folks. I really wasn’t too nervous going into this race, probably because it was a sprint and I was coming off of a month or so of good recovery from Galveston. I was just going out there to have fun …