Top 5 Strategies to Improve Your Bike Climbing

Top 5 Strategies to Improve Your Bike Climbing

Many riders struggle on climbs. The challenge of going uphill on a bicycle is one of the toughest you’ll face as a cyclist. No matter what type of cycling you do, hills are an inevitable part. Being a good hill climber is essential in a race – that’s usually where you...
Why You Shouldn’t Compare Yourself to Others

Why You Shouldn’t Compare Yourself to Others

We compare ourselves to others all the time. They are more accomplished, more attractive, more disciplined, more passionate, smarter, stronger, more athletic, and wealthier than me. While comparisons may be good to help motivate us, often it leaves us...
6 Best Swimming Drills for Triathletes

6 Best Swimming Drills for Triathletes

Of the three disciplines in triathlon, swimming is usually the most difficult to master. Because there are no solid contact points like running and cycling, there are many degrees of freedom and lots of opportunities to create problems. You should challenge yourself...
How to Peak for Your Goal Race

How to Peak for Your Goal Race

Being truly ready for race day is harder than you think. If you think cutting your mileage in half, taking more rest days and running, swimming or biking faster than your target race pace is the way to do it, you’re mistaken. Dramatically reducing your speed and...
6 Reasons You Aren’t as Fast as You Could Be

6 Reasons You Aren’t as Fast as You Could Be

As a professional triathlon coach, the answer I get asked most often is “why am I not getting faster?” Triathletes usually see great performance increases in the first couple years of training, but then their performance plateaus.  Approaching the half-way point...