You train your body to meet the physical demands of a race. You train your mind to handle the ups and downs you may experience on race-day. But how often do you practice the finer points of racing, like race pacing, nutritional planning and transition set-up. These all-to-often-forgotten elements can make the difference between a …
Archive for the ‘Transition’ Category
Top 10 Triathlon Transition Tips
One of my colleagues was looking at some of my recent race results, and wanted to know how I managed to have the fastest transitions in almost every event. Fortunately, transitions are the great equalizer. I may be a crappy swimmer and a mediocre runner and cyclist, but all of us have the same opportunity …
Finally back and loving it!!!
Each Year I say this will be the year and this is it to make it. And just like life is it always seems to step in front of me and slow things down or put things to a halt for awhile. This year was a bit different because the slow down came from an …
How to improve your transition times
Before we talk about triathlon transitions, I want to confess something. I am a transitions hypocrite. What you are about to hear from me, I myself have only recently begun to practice. I’m pretty good at some things in triathlon, but I have struggled with transitions. So this is a do as I say, not …