The 10 most common mistakes made by age group triathletes and how to avoid them.

1. Neglecting Transition Practice – Don’t overlook the importance of transitions. Spend time strategizing how to set up your equipment and the process of moving from one discipline to the next. This can save you valuable time on race day.
2. Improper Fueling – Proper fueling is crucial for success in longer distance races. Experiment with different foods and products during training to find what works best for you.
3. No Structure to Workouts – Structure your workouts with purpose. Mix things up by adding intervals, drills, or focusing on technique.
4. Going Too Hard on Easy Days and Too Easy on Hard Days – Avoid getting stuck in one gear. Include hard, easy, and mid-effort workouts, pending training load and event, to keep challenging your body.
5. Ignoring Rest Days – Rest days are essential for recovery and improving performance. Incorporate regular rest days into your training program.
6. Peaking Too Soon – Plan your peak of fitness around your goal race. Don’t overtrain too early, as it’s impossible to maintain peak performance for an extended period of time.
7. Neglecting Strength and Mobility. Commit to 15 minutes a day focus on core, from hips to shoulders with includes glutes, abs from and back. Simple Movements can be found here.
8. Not Tapering for your Peak event.
9. Not training to your current current fitness level.
10. Paying a coach and not trusting them or following their workouts. Log subjective details and learn what is working and what and communicate with your coach

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