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How to Hold Race Watts Without Killing Yourself

How to Hold Race Wattage Without Killing YourselfYour ability to hold your targeted power on race day depends on how you have trained leading up to your race. While intervals are an essential part of your training, you shouldn’t alway push. Here’s one example (of many) comparing training wattage with race day power.

My Ironman Training During the Week is Completed Before My Kids Wake Up

I managed to fight and scratch my way to qualify for the Ironman World Championships the last three years in a row while still balancing a healthy family life. Riding bikes with my kids, going to soccer games, pool days, beach days and the list goes on.

Ironman athletes: If you struggle to run with a high cadence, treadmill running can help

Ironman athletes, if you struggle to run with a high cadence, treadmill running can helpToday I was reminded of the benefits of a treadmill for running workouts, especially when legs are tired. Wanted to remind you too. Background – my butt has been sore every week for the last 4 weeks. Legs have been pretty sore […]

Lessons From My 200 Meter Intervals. These Principles Apply to All Workouts and especially racing.

Improve Your Run Times With a Focus on “Transferable” and “Specific” Speed Work

I am a big proponent of doing a lot of short fast work on the run. By short, I mean 30 seconds to 45 seconds. This helps to significantly improve mechanical efficiency as well as running speed and turnover. Another big plus is the ability to get in much more quality time at a fast […]

Use Diagnostic Field Testing to Improve Your Ironman Results

Better Ironman Results in 2016 with these 3 diagnostic filed tests How was your 2015 season? Did you get the results you desired? Perhaps you finished the 2015 season with decent results, but you’re determined to make 2016 an even better season. Deep inside you know you’re leaving something on the table. Let’s make your […]

Your running ability off the bike in an Ironman depends on your bike durability. This workout will help.

In an Ironman and half Ironman, a great run result is a pace close to your stand alone half marathon or marathon time (7 – 9%). Nobody expects to run faster than this. Unfortunately, the drop off that some athletes experience falls in the 20% range and beyond. What’s your slowdown? Clearly, this slowdown is not […]

Orange County Ironman Triathlon Coach Offers Ironman Course

I am excited to share some of the training principles that we use to help our triathletes race faster and stronger at the half Ironman and Ironman distances. This Everything Ironman course is available in May, 2015. Registration opens April 21st. If you you don’t have an Ironman coach or triathlon coach to help you through […]

Making the Most out of Your Bike Trainer

Most people are well aware of the benefits of riding a trainer in the off season. The key for the best results is to make sure your rides are targeted. Check out this audio for 3 tips. Interested in more tips like this? Sign up here.

Great Sport Specific Strength Workout

If you are guilty of just riding or only doing high intensity bike rides, then you’ll definitely want to give this workout a try. The purpose of this workout is to develop on this bike strength. The intensity is not so much a cardio pump, but you should feel it more in your leg muscles. […]

Training With Power Webinar – November 27th, 2013

Do you have a power meter, but aren’t sure how to use it in racing and training? Considering a power meter for 2014 and want to know how to maximize it’s effectiveness? Join us for our complimentary webinar on November 27th for a look at everything you need to know about training with power. […]

Reach Your Potential in 2014

2014 Planning Workshop We’ll teach you how to optimize your training by looking at the following topics: What periodization model would work best for you – traditional or reverse Athlete Typing – knowing this makes a huge impact on how you should structure training Sample workouts from each of the key training blocks […]

Female Hormone Fluctuations and Impact on Perfomance

Women athletes, you need to check this out. Dealing with the high hormonal phase of your menstrual cycle when it coincides with an important race. There are some definite performance limitations, but with the right strategy you can effectively optimize performance. http://blogs.bicycling.com/blogs/fitchick/2013/09/11/i-am-not-a-small-man/

Ironman and Half Ironman Nutrition

While there are general principles to follow, nutrition has to work for your individual needs as an athlete. For me personally, the Osmo active hydration works very well. Dr. Stacy Sims, founder of Osmo, is a big believer in using liquids to hydrate and real food/solids for calories. However, this idea of “solid” nutrition may […]

3 Training Decisions that Will Sabotage Your Triathlon Season

Here are 3 training mistakes that will sabotage your triathlon season and limit your improvement: 1) Most of your rides are long and slow. Somewhere along the way we as triathletes were programmed to believe that longer is better. All of a sudden a 3 hour ride wasn’t quite good enough because your training buddies […]

Not All Triathletes Should Learn How to Spin

If you have a power meter and are aware of your functional threshold power (FTP), then you also know what cadence you typically ride at to produce that power. Athletes can reach their FTP through a lower cadence (80-85) and some hit their FTP at a higher cadence(96-99). This cadence is your “go to” comfort […]

Follow Up to – Why Long Rides Don’t Make You Faster

A few weeks ago I posted a write up about Why Long Rides Don’t Make you Faster and I had a number of follow up questions about this so I thought I’d take a minute to clarify a few points about high intensity intervals within your bike training. First, let me start by saying that […]

Why Going Long Doesn’t Make You Faster

Assuming you have some experience racing, the biggest obstacle to a faster bike split is your ability to ride at a higher intensity and NOT your ability to ride for a longer distance. It’s a mistake to assume that if you want to ride fast for your next Ironman, then you should practice riding the […]

Team FC Represents in Ironman Team Competition

Our top stand out performance was at Oceanside where our team took 2nd place in the Ironman team competition. As of right now, we are in 5th place out 180 teams. Here’s a look at the benefits of placing in the top 5 by the end of the season: You can earn points just by […]

Change in Power After Bike Change

I have been riding my road bike for about 2.5 months and I just recently raced it in my last half ironman. I noticed that my normal power ranges which I can hold on my TT bike were really tough to hit on my road bike -not only in training, but also in this last […]

Honu 70.3 Race Report – Joby Gutierrez

This was my first time doing Honu 70.3 I was excited to do the race, but more excited to get away on a vacation with Mia. As many of you know, I have been without my tri bike for a couple of months now. I enjoy riding my road bike, but when it comes […]

Improve Your Bike Speed

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Evaluating Your Hill Repeats

Make sure your hill repeats are targeting a specific intensity. Here’s a look at a session of hill repeats where I share some observations and tips. Want more information like this? Sign up to stay updated. Email Address

Meet Osmo – My Hydration and Nutrition Strategy

My nutrition and hydration strategy has significantly evolved since I first started racing Ironman distance over 8 years ago. All of this changed when I discovered Osmo Hydration back in July of 2012. Dr. Stacy Sims, the founder and brains behind Osmo, introduced a concept of “food in the pocket and hydration in the bottle”. […]