Here’s another dose of Friday links and reading for you…it’s a wild one, so I hope you enjoy!
Remember my story of countless training hours leading to caffeine dependency, strained social life and, unfortunately still sub-par results? After the final attempt at Ironman, where I missed a slot to Kona by a mere seven seconds, I was beat. With literally no more available hours in my life to train, it was clear that I needed to reevaluate the rules and assumptions under which I had been training.
Watching the Winter Olympics has been a really inspirational experience for me. Sure the events range from the exciting to the (apparently) mundane, but regardless of whether people are racing through the air or exploring the limits of their physical potential, one thing is clear: this is the event of their lives, the world is watching, and they have only one shot.
I have been a coach for a long time. Well, at least a long time in the game of triathlon. While I by no means have all the answers, I have seen enough to have built my own “sense” of how things work for the athletes I work with. Rather, how my approach to training affects the folks who follow it.
Week 14 of the OutSeason and after a few days of just being aerobic and taking a slight down cycle, I feel a bit more human. 100%? Not yet. But certainly getting better in terms of work.
Sometimes too much gear is, well, too much. It’s cumbersome. It needs maintenance. It requires attention. It becomes an end in an of itself, instead of something to improve your training. In this post I am going to explore how to improve your training while reducing things to their most fundamental elements. Can you get better by process of elimination?
Weekly coverage on lifestyle, nutrition, exercise and other triathlon / endurance related topics.
Week 13 of the OutSeason happened, but didn’t really happen for me. Cumulative lack of sleep, despite two good nights this past week, has really taken it’s toll. I started with the best of intentions, but finished pretty weakly…I am just training to get training done. The only main set I am worried about is my sleep vDOT!
Recently released study data has shown that the people we associate with have an incredibly powerful impact on who we are. It seems that you are more than just what you eat; you are what your friends eat as well! What can you do differently now that you know?
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