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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. Doing the Double, Two Days, Two Tris. Most people will say that racing a triathlon is tough enough to do and never consider getting up the next morning and doing another race, albeit a shorter one. They wonder why anyone would even consider it? The simple answer, because they can, and because the Race Director (RD) offered it. As races and race weekends have…. August 8, 2014. In Rants and Raves. To Shave or Not To Shave. August 1, 2014.
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Is There an Ironman Distance Race in Your Future? | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. Is There an Ironman Distance Race in Your Future? September 12, 2014. For a start, you should have the understanding that doing an Ironman is more about the journey to get to the start line than the finish line and hearing the voice of Ironman, Mike Reilly call out your name and announce that You, Insert Your Name Here, are an Ironman! At least one half Ironman distance race under your belt, preferably more. I want to do an Ironman so I c...
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Singing the Praise of Sprint Triathlons | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. Singing the Praise of Sprint Triathlons. October 3, 2014. The virtues of sprint or short course racing compared to even Olympic distance and especially half and full Ironman distance racing are many:. Given a regular training schedule, you can compete in a sprint distance triathlon without weeks and months of specific training. Your recovery time from the race is days not weeks. The cost is much less, although still not cheap. There’s no ...
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Training | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. Training advice and ideas. Speed Work on the Track, Why and When Should You Do This. To be the best Triathlete you can be, you need to swim with the faster swimmers, bike with the faster cyclists, and run with the faster runners. As Maverick and Goose proclaimed in Top Gun, I feel the need, the need for speed! We triathletes might similarly proclaim I have the desire for speed. So…. March 18, 2016. What Does Strength Training Mean to You?
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What Does “Strength Training” Mean to You? | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. What Does Strength Training Mean to You? April 3, 2015. The topic for discussion at the. Santa Barbara Triathlon Club. Body weight exercises,. Kettle bell workouts,. Neanderthal Fitness, etc. I think this is sage advice, not trying to force someone to do a series of exercises that in time they’ll stop doing them because they’re too hard or they don’t enjoy them, versus offering up the suggestion that with all the options we have, pick one...
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The Streak Continues, 25 Years and Counting | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. The Streak Continues, 25 Years and Counting. August 31, 2014. Back in the summer of 1989 the only connection I had to triathlon was maybe something I read in. Riding with one of the lead women, I think the switch got flipped and I was hooked. I like to say that a younger Fred would not have dealt with this so well (not to say that I did deal with it very well! And that finally I can accept that less is more. I’m just saying…. You are comm...
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The Practical Triathlete | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. So what exactly is a practical triathlete, isn’t that an oxymoron? Can the term practical even be associated with triathlon and triathletes, a sport that requires you to master (a loosely used term), three different sports executed back-to-back-to-back? On the surface, I would say no, but let’s look more closely at the word itself, practical. Triathlon is not just about the destination, it’s about the journey. Enter your comment here.
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Racing | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. Advice to help you on race day. Drafting 101: Riding with a USAT Official, Part II. Now that you’re familiar with the rules for drafting during the bike leg of a triathlon, Drafting 101: Riding with a USAT Official, Part I, with those in mind I once again asked Jonathan Lewis a few questions to help sort out what I was seeing. Fred: As a racer I feel like I see…. December 19, 2014. Drafting 101: Riding with a USAT Official, Part I. I want...
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Rants & Raves | ThePracticalTriathlete
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Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster. Miscellaneous thoughts and comments, about triathlon or off-topic. Singing the Praise of Sprint Triathlons. I don’t think it’s an understatement to say that the majority of triathletes start out in the sport by doing either a sprint triathlon or as part of a relay team. Once the hook has been set, most continue to add distance and time to their training, moving up to longer and even longer distance…. October 3, 2014. In Rants and Raves.
