If you want to get back to training after a race, post-training and race recovery should be the most important part of your training program. However, it's …
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Breaking Down The “Taper”
Tapering for endurance events is crucial and can be challenging. It involves gradually reducing training load to allow for peak performance. The primary goal is …
Prepare for Triathlon Race Day Success
Are you feeling nervous or excited about your upcoming race? Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a newbie, race day can bring a mix of emotions. To help ease …
Recovery from an Injury is Similar to Training
Despite this major injury, I have remained relatively calm and mentally stable. I have let go of what happened and instead focused on what I can do to give …
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Reasons to Defer, Not Start and Not Finish
The decision to defer, not start (DNS) or not finish (DNF) your goal race requires backup planning and adjustments to your race day goals. It is essential to …
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How to use training zones
Training Zones are a way to classify and categorize training. They distinguish between variations of hard and easy. Some coaches use a 3-zone model, others …
How to Swim Faster With Stroke Drills
To get faster in the pool is not just about building fitness. Although, volume and intensity are key components to a good swim program, trying to swim further …
What are micronutrients?
Do you count, keep track, know if you are getting enough micronutrients, vitamins and minerals that help us get the best energy out of macronutrients (proteins, …
Birthday Workouts for Endurance Athlete
My high school swim coach used to swim his age in the number of 100s on his birthday and I started doing birthday workouts, in 2013, when I turned 40. For the …
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Don’t Train to Eat
In honor of National Nutrition Month in March, our t2Endurance Club Facebook group is raising awareness for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. As someone …
How to Put on and Take Off A Wetsuit
Steps on how to put on a wetsuit for your triathlon and open water swim training or competitions! Give yourself plenty of time and put on a dry body over a …
Baseline Fitness Testing
One way to monitor your progress in triathlon training is through fitness tests to help you assess your training paces, recovery, endurance, tempo, threshold, …
t2coaching: Benefits of hiring a coach
Are you looking for coaching or just a training plan? What is t2coaching? What is t2training? I started "coaching" 25 years ago. I use the term loosely cause I …
2022 Chattanooga 70. 3 Report from Sean
Pre- Race "I owe a lot to you and Dave, Wendy. Sure, I did the work required in each workout. But your training plans, podcasts, Training Peaks comments, …
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Dealing With Setbacks
No matter if you're a novice athlete training for your first triathlon or a seasoned World Champion, facing ups and downs during both the preparation and the …
Measuring progress with RPE, Heart Rate, Power and Pace
Whether you do a triathlon, cycling, running, or swimming, training zones are a framework of intensity that guide you in achieving performance adaptations and …
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Strength Training for Triathletes
Many athletes wait till they are 'out of season' to engage in a strength training program. They may be confused with what movements, sets and reps to do which …
Sighting in Open Water
If you don’t swim in a straight line, you can easily add 10-20% to the distance you swim. In an Ironman distance swim, that’s adds up to 400 meters. It …
t2coaching: Breathing Patterns in the pool and open water
Do you have a breathing pattern? Efficient breathing patterns vary. There is no right way, only the best way for you. In most cases, every 3rd or 4th stroke is …
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2008 Ironman World Championship
Come along with Colorado State's Wendy Mader, ('99, M.S., Exercise & Sports Science) as she remembers her run last October down Ahii Drive in Kona, Hawaii, …
Fundamentals of Coaching / Training
Restarting My Cycling Journey: Lessons Learned and Progress Made
Twelve weeks post my patella surgery, I embarked on a cycling journey. I started with a 5-mile loop that had its fair share of hills, although I had to dismount …
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Navigating Setbacks
In the world of triathlon, the path to success is often a winding one, filled with peaks of achievement and valleys of challenges. Two weeks ago, I had the …
Surviving Open Water Swimming
When I raced my first triathlon in 1992 in the warm brown Michigan water, I swam as fast as I could to get out, it felt gross. I did not wear a wetsuit and …
Avoid Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion Tips
I used to love training in the heat. I lived in CO for 21 years and moved to Georgia in April 2016 so have experience in both dry and humid climates If you …
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Functional and Non-functional OverReaching
The understanding of overreaching, overtraining, and the importance of finding a balance in training has evolved significantly over the years. In the past, I …
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