RACE REPORT: Great Floridian Triathlon.

SWIM: 1:19:42 (Rank: 107/216)
T1: 5:44
BIKE: 7:01:32 (Rank: 89/204)
T2: 6:34
RUN: 5:29:44 (Rank: 100/178)
For my second Ironman race, I chose the Great Floridian Triathlon, primarily because of it’s close location to Gainesville and secondarily because of the challenge it offered.  Though the GFT’s course changes every year, it always offers lots of hills on the bike and [...]

My Great Floridian Iron-distance Triathlon Race Strategy.

This Saturday, I’m racing the Great Floridian full distance triathlon in Clermont, FL.  Here’s my race strategy:
LOGISTICS: the GFT is logistically quite simple.  It’s less than 2h from Gainesville, which means I only need a one night hotel stay.  That, in addition to the race being a non-Ironman ™ branded race, means I’m saving a [...]

RACE REPORT: Florida Challenge Half Ironman (and another race two days later??).

With my Ironman race (the Great Floridian Triathlon, or GFT) in approximately 6 weeks, I decided to race the Florida Challenge half distance race as a prep event.  The hot weather and tough course would give me a chance to practice race execution, nutrition, heat management, etc–all the good stuff required of a successful GFT [...]

My Half Ironman race strategy for this weekend.

I thought I’d post a bit about my race this weekend.  I’m doing the Florida Challenge half distance race down in Clermont.  It’s a non-wetsuit swim, bike over some tough rolling hills and a HOT run with minimal shade coverage.  Here’s what I’m thinking (along with some tangentially related pro-tips):

Equipment: most likely no wetsuit.  Bike [...]

How to be a stylish triathlete OFF the race course.

You’ve done the training.  You’ve logged hundreds or thousands of long miles and your body is, to be honest, looking pretty good.  Your body fat is low and your muscles are toned.
Now, you have to figure out how to look good outside of your tri shorts and wetsuit.  T-shirts, shorts and flip-flops are comfortable, but [...]

Top 10 tips for navigating an open water swim.

For many triathletes, the swim can be one of the most stressful parts of a triathlon.  With anywhere from 50-2600 people churning up the water around you, it’s understandable!
Here are some tips to help you get through the swim calmly and quickly:

Get in the water at least 5-10 minutes before you start and warm up [...]

Top 10 sources of triathlon related information.

When determining the best product to buy, or the training habit that will gain you the most time on your competition, it’s extremely important to consider the source of the information you’re considering.  For every accurate source you find, there are tens, or even hundreds, of sources that will try to sell you biased or [...]

Top 10 ways to look totally badass at a triathlon.

When racing a triathlon (no one simply “participates” in them, you have to be a RACER or you don’t count), one of the best things you can do to boost your skills and demoralize your competition is make it appear that you’re a total badass.
Of course, you’re already a badass, so these tips are about [...]

How to travel with your triathlon bike.

Now that you’ve selected a racing bike that fits your budget and body type, you’re looking forward to actually taking your new awesome bike to races.  However, this presents some logistical difficulties.  Bikes are big and relatively fragile, they don’t fit (easily) in some small cars, and airlines gouge the heck out of bikes checked [...]

Long bike and long run both on the weekend? Bad Idea.

Doing the long run mid-week and the long bike on the weekend is a Much Better Idea.
Here’s what happens if you do your long bike on Saturday and your long run on Sunday:

Your Sunday run consists of poor quality, slow, painful miles.  You’re too tired to maintain form or run at anything above “easy” pace.
Your [...]

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