“The secret to success is in the planning, not the plan.” As logistics planning continues, use of the optimal credit card, airline and travel options continue to be considered. Hotel was booked months ago https://hotel-escala.de/. Focus will shift to getting the equipment planning done and with some luck getting my race wheels ZIPP 808 andContinue reading “IRONMAN FRANK. LOGISTICS PLANNING FEB 2022”
Category Archives: Strength
POST SEASON training, HEALTH, fitness and RECOVERY for your best 2022 triathlon season
What to do in the post season or some call off season. No such thing as off season for triathlon
FUNCTIONAL FEEDING
When choosing a car, whether replacement, first car, new car, used car or a vehicle of a different style, what is it that we use for aid decision making? When buying a new swim wetsuit, a new bike, new running shoes for that all important 2021 triathlon season or the first Park Run of theContinue reading “FUNCTIONAL FEEDING”
The Health Hypothesis
Peaceful, clean, low stress, beautiful, relaxing. Healthy
Question : What is Health and why should we care?
Questions about what constitutes excellent health. First part of a multipart series culminating in some great advice
NUTRITION DILEMMA – SO WHAT DO WE DO?
“One person’s meat is another’s poison”, Titus Lucretius Carus coined this expression in the first century BC, “quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum” (what is food for one man may be bitter poison to others). This is surely ancient wisdom that seems to fit the current dilemma, which could be called the “DietaryContinue reading “NUTRITION DILEMMA – SO WHAT DO WE DO?”
A story about Mark – From sick to healthy
Can Mark reevaluate his life at 72 and regain health before it is too late?
The Women’s Endurance Summit
Wow! What a lot of great information by some excellent speakers. This seminar, put on by USATF as a level-3 Coaches seminar on women’s endurance running was a great success. Covering topics like biomechanics and form analysis, using latest tools like “Coaches Eye” http://www.coachseye.com/ to easily record video and quickly analyze. I will be tryingContinue reading “The Women’s Endurance Summit”
NEW YEAR – Doing too much too soon
It’s the new year and a new you! Take care out there as we all set out on our quests to be better, stronger, faster and probably skinnier! I posted about the risks of under-eating and the risks for us all of RED-S (relative energy deficiency syndrome). Intake of sufficient nutrients is important for athleteContinue reading “NEW YEAR – Doing too much too soon”
What gives out first in IRONMAN
After years of studying and coaching IRONMAN athletes a common fatigue theme is clear and it is called many things by different people and this plague and nuisance manifests itself as a shorter stride length. So what you say, well so what indeed, but who wants a shorter stride or even a stride that graduallyContinue reading “What gives out first in IRONMAN”