A large part of 10Hours training success – for long distance triathletes – is the ability to put in some Big Week training. While a ten-hour week will adequately prepare athletes up through the Half Iron / 70.3 distance, an additional training investment will pay big dividends on IM race day. As I have written [...]
Thanks to all of you who are interested in the 10Hours approach to training…I really appreciate your emails and comments. Your input has only confirmed that a time-centric, real-world approach to successful training is desperately needed. Lucky me. Just so you know that I have actually been hard at work here in the freezing New [...]
It’s that time of year when folks are in transition. Some are living in the past, enamored with their exploits in 2005. Others are already into heavy training for their A race — in September 2006. And others are stuck in neutral, just eating a lot or doing their default training (i.e. whatever they like [...]
As I mentioned in the previous post on consistency, the reason the pros are successful – aside from being amazing athletes – is their daily dedication to the art of triathlon. A quick look at the top age groupers will reveal the same thing…aside from a few amazing athletes, the folks who get to Kona [...]
There is a perpetual quest for the perfect brick or run workout…some folks spend inordinate amounts of time trying to unearth the training secrets of the triathlon gods. This drive extends from insecurity: “Sure my training is good, but it would be better if I could only do what that other guy/gal is doing.” This [...]
Just a quick note to say that I spent a bit of time updating the swim pages in the wiki. I have so much to say about the swim, but typing it all leaves something to be desired. One of these days I’ll put the finishing touches on that Swim eBook I wrote last year [...]
It always amazes me how folks spend serious amounts of energy trying to get more out of less. Nowhere is this more evident to me, as a coach, than in the elusive lunch hour. If you don’t believe me, try hanging around downtown Boston between 11:30am and 1:00pm on any given workday. Folks are literally [...]
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