Personal Best Volume 2 – Rotten to the Core Welcome to PB e-zine Volume 2. The response from our inaugral issue of this on-line magazine was overwhelming. Your kind words of feedback were heartwarming and made the efforts well worthwhile. Please keep the feedback and suggestions for improvement coming! In our first issue we [...]
Thanks to all those that took the time to complete our survey. The results are very interesting. When it came to the question of “what are you trying to prove?” The most common response (with over 30% of respondents) was attempting to get a Personal Best. This is consistent with the approach we are taking [...]
The focus for February is to continue building the foundation of your endurance base and to begin to build specific strength for swim, bike and run. This month we really want you to focus on core stability in addition to beginning to build strength in specific areas. We include suggested core stability and strength exercises [...]
Issue 1, Jan/Feb 2009 So you’re relatively new to triathlon and may be feeling a little overwhelmed by the accomplishment you are about to work towards? Because of the significant percentage of you that have signed up as choosing our race as your first Half-Ironman and some even being brand new triathletes (welcome to the [...]
On Strength Training For triathletes in the off-season, I believe it’s wise to allocate consistent effort in the weight room to develop strength and core conditioning. Such purpose is not to increase the size of your muscles (unless there is a reason to counter muscle atrophy for some individuals), but to improve the timing, coordination [...]
This second installment of ‘Enjoy the Ride’ will hopefully find you motivated, injury free, and ready to start the ramp into race form by summer. … just like last month. This time, hopefully you’ve determined when you can consistently venture down into your basement, your garage, or walk-in closet and hop on the trainer [...]
Each month we post an interview with pro triathletes in Personal Best (PB). This month it is an interview with World Ultra Distance Champion, Multiple Ironman Podium Finisher and Co-Author of Going Long GORDO BYRN. PB: Gordo, thanks very much for agreeing to share some of your knowledge with the athletes planning to compete at [...]
Since January 2007 I’ve competed in over 23 races in 16 countries and on 5 different continents; I’ve spent countless months away from home. One of the most common things people ask me is, “You’re so lucky, it must be so great to get to travel to all those wonderful places?” Racing the ITU World [...]
Triathlon is one sport consisting of three events, well four if you include transitions. It is very easy to over train for a triathlon as athletes seem to forget that although we are training for three events, we only have one body. The ability to recover is as important as the ability to train hard. [...]
Part One – Avoiding the Knife It was the summer of 2005 when my best friends from Edmonton had finally convinced me after years of nagging to enter my first triathlon, a Sprint. I was athletic as a child, actively involved in running sports, soccer, cross country and track and field. Biking [...]
