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Fartlek And Interval Training: How To Run Faster For Triathlons
Faster Running For Triathletes With Fartlek And Interval Training First of all, a fartlek is not something that happened to you during your last training run because you failed to use the bathroom beforehand. We probably all agree that some words don’t quite work as well …
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How To Find The Perfect Pair of Swim Goggles For Your Triathlon
How To Find The Perfect Pair Of Swim Goggles For Your Triathlon To me, finding the perfect pair of swim goggles can be as hard as trying to decide what flavor of ice cream to get at Golden Spoon {my fav frozen yogurt place …
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What Is Borg’s Scale And How It Helps Your Triathlon Training
A New Tool For Your Triathlon Training Belt A couple days ago, I wrote a post about “How to Run Faster” by using a couple of basic techniques that require you to pick up the pace at different intensities – a little bit to a …
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Vineman 70.3 Triathlon
Even though he got hit by a car (every bikers nightmare), Doug not only completed his first half-ironman, but he ROCKED IT! And he finished the race with a smile on his face! Having trained for and successfully finished 70.3 miles, Doug has some awesome triathlon …
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What To Do WHEN You Get A Flat Tire… Triathlon Training Trials
Question: I enjoy the sport of Triathlon, including the many challenges it offers me, as well as, the opportunities for individual transformation available within those challenges. Each of the three events (swim, bike, run) carries its own unique set of tests, obstacles and variables. For …
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A Triathlon Training Triumph : How I Set A New PR!
We made it to California to watch Doug compete in the Vineman 70.3! Since we’re in the midst of our own triathlon training, we went for a run this morning… at 6:30am, (which was really 8:30am Nashville time). Now, I may be a morning person, …
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How to Run Faster Easier
Sure, everyone would love to be able to run faster and jump higher like the shoes promise. Especially triathletes and the kids that get picked last for soccer in the schoolyard. But the question is, if you want to run faster, are you also willing …
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Top Moves For A Triathlon Strength Program – Home Workout Experiment
Two nights ago, Jess had to work at the hospital and I was home alone…bored out of my mind. But I was in one of those moods where, even though I was bored, I didn’t feel like doing anything. Nothing seemed interesting. The only probem… …
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Triathlon Inspiration: Sweat Is Awesome
Fit Fluential posted this picture on Facebook the other day and I LOVE it! Especially since I’ve been sweating like a pig because of the 100+ degree weather we’re having here in Nashville! But Davey and I think that anytime you get out and work …
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Triathlon Training Hydration: Eat Your Water
Yup, you read it right. Our triathlon training tip for the day is to EAT your water. Let me tell you a little secret. I hate water. I’m not the type of person who enjoys drinking my 8 glasses a day. Water is… well, so …
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Be Brave… Sign Up For A Triathlon!
I have been so excited to see the movie, Brave. And yes, one of the reasons is because the girl has a head of amazing red hair! Anyway, Davey and I went to go see this movie and it was really cute and inspirational… in …
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Noticing the Resources Around You While Training For Your First Triathlon
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To date I {Doug} have participated in two Triathlon events, one sprint and one olympic. As I write this, I am training for a significantly longer event, the Vineman 70.3. Like many triathletes I sometimes find myself thinking I’m all alone as I train… thinking it’s “just me”. That is, up until now! This new challenge that I’ve taken on has revealed my need for additional resources beyond “just me”. So, here’s my question, if there were resources around you…resources that could support and help you as you train for your first triathlon… resources that could make a big difference on the day of your event…then what would it take for you to start using them?
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Meet Doug, Motivational Life Coach & Triathlete
We’d like to introduce you to our good friend and Life Coach, Doug Richardson. Doug lives in beautiful Santa Rosa, California with his lovely wife, Valerie. Doug and Val have an amazing, life coaching practice and you should totally go check out their website, Awake …
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How To Recover Faster From Your Tri Workout (Part Two)
In my last post Tri Workout Recovery, I talked about using stretching and self-myofascial release (or self deep-tissue massage) as tremendous tools to aid in recovery. I hope you’ve given them a try by now and found that they really do work! But there’s more to …
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Triathlon Training Mindset-Overcoming Fears
Confession: I have some triathlon training fears to overcome. Lately, for some unknown reason, I’ve been really scared to fall of my bike. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m an ER nurse and I take care of people who have had bike accidents and …
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How To Recover Faster From Your Tri Workout (Part One)
Here’s a thought: If you could recover faster after a workout, then you would be able to train for a triathlon harder and more often. Yes, that’s true…but there’s more to it than that. Have you ever looked at it this way? Recovery is just …
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Triathlon Core Strength Training Exercises
Triathlon Strength Training Core Exercises – Three or Four of My Favs… It’s finally Friday…! And I’m getting this training tips post up for you now so I can enjoy the weekeeeeennnnndddd! I did this post in relation to a past post about the importance …
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Why You Should Document Your Triathlon Training Progress
Davey and I went on a 4 mile run today to test out my new MapMyRun App. Well, Davey practically ran circles around me as I plugged along, but I did it and it’s great to see my triathlon training progress!I {If you have an …
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Spinning for a Tri Workout – How To Set Up Your Spin Bike
Not too long ago, I got hooked on doing spin class as part of my tri workouts. But for the first few sessions, no one ever showed me the proper way to adjust my spin bike. That’s my own fault because I don’t like asking …
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Your Tri Workout: How Spin Class Can Help You Train For Your First Triathlon
I don’t know about you, but sometimes, just sometimes, I have trouble pushing myself when it comes to my tri workouts. Well, maybe that happens more than sometimes. As if training for a triathlon isn’t hard enough, finding time to get to the gym or …
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