A couple of days ago, I had our multisport team run hills instead of the customary track workout. It was a fantastic workout that demonstrated a few key ideas that every athlete should fold into their longer hill workouts. Continue reading
Training
How Do World-Class Old Guys Stay in Shape
Who doesn’t love Fauja Singh? Any guy who can run a marathon at 100 years old is pretty impressive. But this post is about folks a little younger (in their 60’s and 70’s) who run a whole lot faster. Think sub-3:00 marathons at 70 years old. For the past several months, Canute’s Efficient Running Site has been running a series of posts on how exceptional older runners stay in shape and train. It is definitely a fantastic read. Here’s a quick recap of what I learned– plus my take on how to be a great older runner. While I can’t give you any advice for living long enough to even be in Fauja’s age group, I can tell you how to train to beat him.
Day 6 Update: Kinetic Revolution 30-Day Challenge
A few days ago, I signed up the Kinetic Revolution’s 30-Day Challenge. I’m now up to Day 6– the end of the first phase. Here’s what I’ve been up to so far. Continue reading
How to Do 8-Second Uphill Sprints
In the past, I’ve recommended that multisport athletes do short 8-10 second uphill sprints. It’s part of my general training program and overall philosophy towards training. Jason Fitzgerald over at Strength Running just put together a post and a video that describes how to do hill sprints. My comments after the break. Continue reading
An Amazing Workout: Some More Thoughts on Lactate Clearance and Tempo Efforts
A few days back, I had an amazing ride on my favorite course in Carnation, Washington. It’s a 12-mile loop that takes me just under 30 minutes to complete– but time isn’t the important number to me. It’s all about watts. I repeat it twice (2 x 30min). Even though I was tired going into the ride, I blew away my PRs. Here’s what happened, why I think it happened, and how you might be able to use some of this training goodness for your aging body. Continue reading
Racing Smarter with a Power Meter
Part of being faster when you’re older involves being smarter when you’re older. Of all the sports in triathlon, the one that has benefitted the most from technology is cycling– and no piece of modern cycling equipment (except possibly aerobars) makes as much of a difference as a power meter. Here’s why you’re just giving up a podium spot if you don’t own one and use it effectively in your training and racing. Continue reading
Why You Should Consider (Really) Short Cranks
A while back, I was visiting with my physical therapist and chatting with him about my aching hip flexors. I had recently raced the Washington State Time Trial Championship and noticed right after the race that my hip flexor ached whenever I had to raise my thigh. He mentioned that he was shifting a number of triathletes towards much shorter cranks– about 165mm or shorter. In his experience, this made a lot of sense because it reduced the very acute hip angle at the top of the pedal stroke. Given how my hip flexors were killing me from raising my knees up to my chest 5,400 times (90 rpms for about an hour) only a few days earlier, I couldn’t help but nod enthusiastically in agreement. Continue reading
20% off Compex for USAT Members Until End of Month
Wow, this is timely. The morning after I posted my review on my experience with a Compex EMS, USAT sends its members a notice that they can get 20% off Compex EMS devices at http://www.shopcompex.com by using code “USAT2014”. Offer expires September 1, so hurry!
Recovery Nutrition on the Cheap
Athletic nutrition is a a ridiculously complex topic that I won’t claim to fully understand. In fact, I’m a bit of a nutrition idiot. For the most part, this doesn’t hurt me— I think that long-course or IM athletes are the ones who really need to treat race day nutrition as a “fourth event” in triathlon (or a third event in duathlon). But I do have some ideas about recovery nutrition and I think I have some of this down pretty well. The purpose of this short post is to share a quick tip for making this cheap and easy.
Product Review: CEP Clone
Running and cycling everyday can be pretty hard. For the last few years, there are two tools that I use to keep my body feeling fresh. One of them is CEP Clone compression gear.
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