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Stuff About Embracing Pain...& Results....
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Sunday, 17 May 2015 00:10
BONUS STUFF: WEEKEND RESULTS
Gear West Duathlon - LINK
Land Between the Lakes Du - LINK
TRF Sandford Health Tri - LINK
LESPRIT De SHE - LAKEVILLE - L
Take your performance to the next level by learning to embrace discomfort.
By Mackenzie Lobby (triathlon.competitor.com)
Compared to the general populace, multisport buffs are as tough as they come. There’s even research to back up that contention. To gain an understanding of what accounts for that tenacity, a new study sought to examine the important link between pain and performance. Indeed, those who are able to push harder and longer are usually the ones who end up atop the podium on race day.
Published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers had a group of cyclists perform sprint interval tests on bikes, giving them either 1.5 grams of acetaminophen (pain reliever, aka generic Tylenol) or a placebo prior to exercise. They then monitored their power output and heart rate during each sprint, finding that when they took acetaminophen, the participants had a significantly greater mean power output....
Controling What She Can Control...
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Saturday, 16 May 2015 06:10
By Liz Hichens (triathlon.competitor.com)
After sitting out last month’s World Triathlon Series Cape Town event to focus on training, American Gwen Jorgensen again showed her dominance with a win Saturday at the World Triathlon Series Yokohama race. The victory was her ninth straight in the WTS, 12th overall in the WTS and her third straight at this Yokohama race. It also propelled her back to the top of the WTS rankings.
Jorgensen kicked off her day as part of the lead group out of the swim. From there, she remained in the front pack throughout the entire 40K bike ride with all athletes riding cautiously through wet, rainy conditions. As soon as the women hit the run...
Simple Keys to Success...
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Friday, 15 May 2015 00:10
By Charisa Wernick
Often when people ask me what the hardest workout I do is, I reply that it’s not a single workout at all. The hardest part of training is doing these workouts day after day after day. In other words: consistency. Doing a hard workout once brings small benefits. But being able to do hard workouts consistently month after month, in short, yields results.
Putting in the time
A large part of training for a long-course triathlon simply involves putting in the time. It can be easy to get caught up in intensity and heart rate zones or watts, and these training tools can definitely help improve performance. However, many times simply spending time swimming, biking and running consistently will lead to improvements in racing.
Six-time IRONMAN champion Heather Wurtele says consistency is probably the most important aspect of her training, and is responsible for her consistent improvement over the years. "I think people assume that they have to have these epic sessions—and of course there is a time and place for high- ...
"I'M SLOWING DOWN"...
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Thursday, 14 May 2015 00:10
By Ben Ewers (benewers.blogspot.com)
St. George 70.3 Race Report - I won the 65-69 age group with a 5:38, but slower than last years 5:32 on an easier weather day. So, what is happening?
Well, I'm just getting older. It's tough to compete at the "old" end of the "older" age groups. In a prior post I compared the relative performance of the best age-groupers as a function of age. I did this utilizing the USAT ranking system, and the USAT statistics for 2014 reaffirmed the general trend of an accelerating decline after age 40. To further smooth the recent 2014 USAT statistics, I averaged the scores of the top 5 ranked athletes in each age group. The results were as shown below:
AGE-GROUP MALE FEMALE(1)
20-24 104.3 102.0
25-29 104.6 104.1
30-34 105.3 103.1
35-39 105.8 103.7
40-44 103.9 101.7 ...
Faster Transitions...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2015 00:10
By Joan Scrivanich (usatriathlon.org)
We all want faster times at our next race. Think about how much training you have to do in order to speed up in the swim, bike or run portions of your next race. You need to plan the right workouts at the right time in order to peak for your A race. Now think about the work required to have a smooth and efficient transition. The work required to get your transition times down is easier compared to the work that’s required for getting faster in the other disciplines. Faster transitions in a triathlon will give you a faster overall race time; it’s “free speed” during your race. And those seconds you save could mean a place on the podium.
So what are some ways for you to get through transition quickly? Transitions are not something you can just put off and figure out on race day. A smooth transition requires practice to gain both efficiency and familiarity. All of these tips should be practiced during training, before attempting it during a race....
