By Chris Carmichael With last week’s Ironman Arizona race, the year’s big events have wrapped up. And to everyone who competed in Kona, Coeur d’Alene and points in between, I congratulate you. If you’re like me, you’re likely going to sit down to a big meal with family this Thanksgiving and express your gratitude …
By Chris Carmichael The end of Daylight Savings Time always throws my training schedule for a loop. My late afternoon rides are over on account of darkness, and while it’s not yet winter, the extra hour of morning daylight still means heading outside in sub-freezing temps. This change is when my coaches and I …
By Lindsay Hyman Last weekend was the Kona Ironman, the big kahuna for thousands of triathletes around the world. On Monday, I asked several of the coaches who had triathletes competing in Hawaii what they learned from the pros and their athletes to see if there was any wisdom we could impart to those of …
I’m just back from a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas for Interbike, including a few question-and-answer sessions with athletes and cycling industry folks. There’s a lot of nervousness out there, although it’s not about the state of the industry. People are nervous about Fall and Winter, more so than I remember hearing in recent years. …
By Chris Carmichael With the countdown to the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, I’m sure many of you half-IMers out there are wondering if you have what it takes to complete a full Ironman or qualify for Kona. The answer is yes, and the truth is that competing in half-Ironman events gets you into …
By Nick White Training the body for 140.6 miles of effort takes its toll on the body, especially when you’re trying to fit hours of weekly workouts around an already busy life where family and work are higher priorities. The stress of swimming, biking, running, and that thing called “life” can pile, on leading, sometimes, …
By Nick White and Chris Carmichael The complexity of triathlon is one of its most alluring attributes. You can get started simply, but then your engagement with the sport continues to grow and develop along with you. For time-crunched athletes the complexity sometimes needs to be trimmed back; there’s only so much time and focus …
By Chris Carmichael Take a look at the transition area at any Ironman race and you’ll see some of the latest and greatest technology available and used by amateur athletes around: carbon-fiber bikes designed in wind tunnels, tear drop aero helmets, specially cut wet suits and lab-tested sports drinks and nutrition. Everything’s designed to make …
By Jim Rutberg, CTS Pro Coach By now you’re likely well into training for your next goal race, the one that will wrap up a great season in the next couple of months. And if you’re like many endurance athletes who measure their training in months, not just weeks, you may be dealing with an …
By Lindsay Hyman, CTS Pro Coach As a coach, it’s my job to find overlooked opportunities and strategies that lead to better results. One such opportunity presented itself as a result of gathering a lot of power data across a wide range of athletes, particularly when I compared an athlete’s power meter files from a …