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 [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] Normally, I don’t (publicly) challenge what other coaches have to say. There are many ways to skin a beast, and even though I prefer certain things, other coaches get results in other ways. And that’s fine! I recently had an excellent discussion with a friend of mine on this topic. I’m currently building for the Great Floridian Triathlon, an Ironman distance race in late October. I posted on Facebook that I had completed a long run (about 2:20) that morning, and that, for most athletes would do wise not [...] I’m currently tapering for Ironman Wisconsin. What I mean by “tapering” is that I’m basically reducing the amount of training I’m doing significantly (30-60%) in order to remove the built-up fatigue in my body before race day. Love him or hate him, you can’t deny that his future participation in triathlon will be BIG news for the sport. If you thought it was hard to get into Ironman races at present, just wait a few years until Lance is [...] |
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