By Dr. Trev Williams The Doctrine Training Method – Racing with a real life. I’ve been involved in competitive sport for more than half my life now. For me, some noticeable things have happened to the sport of cycling, running, and triathlon. No matter how awesome I think a bike looks one year, they just [...]
By Kyle Marcotte Little things that make you faster on the run, that don’t require (that much) training. Speed laces: Speed laces such as Yankz will take MINUTES off your race. This replaces hundreds of hours pounding on the pavement to improve a couple of minutes. Baby powder or Vaseline: Pre-loading your running shoes with [...]
Off Season and Pre Season Tips For Triathletes By: Calvin Zaryski coachcal@criticalspeed.com Now that the 2010 triathlon season is approaching fast, it is time to evaluate your success based on goals made early last year. For most of us, we want to be faster and clean up the mistakes made either in training or in [...]
PB: Kyle Marcotte, thanks for agreeing to be our Meet the ELITE athlete this month. Now I have known you for years, but despite your numerous Ironman podium finishes, many of our athletes may not know you. Where are you from? And what is your athletic background? Kyle: I was raised [...]
1. Wear one pair of synthetic socks. Don’t wear cotton socks. Synthetic socks wick away moisture and help prevent blister formation and cold feet. Wearing two or more pairs of socks regardless of fabric is often a mistake (see item 3 below). Try placing duct tape over the toes of your running shoes to keep the wind [...]
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 [...]
