3 Reasons I’m Training for a Triathlon First you swim 1.5km. Keep in mind the last time I had had swimming lessons was when I was 6. During our honeymoon, Florian and I realized how much we loved being outdoors. This dude runs ultra-marathons up mountains and all that kind of kooky stuff. I confided […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-26-2018
A John Urchak Blog You scour the internet, pore over magazines and pester your triathlon friends to soak up every ounce of nutrition advice that might help you come race day. Nutrition can be the easiest thing to fix in your triathlon training yet can have the most disastrous consequences if executed improperly. While no […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-25-2018
The 10th Annual Soul Beach Music Festival hosts a press conference The Renaissance Convention Center hosted an exciting press conference attended by the Minister of Tourism, Transportation and Labor, Otmar Oduber, and the promoters of the Soul Beach Music Festival, Mark Adkins and Karl Welch, in which they jointly announced the stellar line up for […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-24-2018
Coach Norman and Nicole Villarojo: More than their Careers Norman Pascual, one of the most influential names in Philippine triathlon, and Nicole Villarojo, an executive in a top multinational company, are two individuals who have certainly proved themselves in their industries. Despite coming from different career backgrounds, Coach Norman and Nicole is a power couple […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-21-2018
Every Day Is Another Dumb Adventure If racing is a celebration of training, then my time at Vineman on Sunday was one big 6-hour, 34-minute, 54-second party. I went to the athlete meeting, got my wristband and packet, set up my T2 stuff, and lazed around the hotel until it was time for dinner with […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-20-2018
just another triathlon site As far as ‘not ideal starts’ go, this was up there! I woke up at 3.30am, made up my nutrition, had breakfast and started loading up the car. I’ve recently started using CurraNZ and had been advised to double up on Race Day, so threw those in too! Fingers crossed the […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-18-2018
Coach Gordo’s gTips: Tips for the Busy Triathlete Have a written plan in advance of your sessions; make your training time effective. Train at the appropriate intensity for your session goals; it’s tempting to seek to increase benefits by increasing intensity – however, your physiology is not impacted by the number of weekly hours you […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-10-2018
there is beauty within the chaos of life – my balancing act between FAMILY – PROFESSION – TRIATHLON In the past I had tried several and ran into more problems than benefits and typically just gave up the idea of swimming endless laps and drills with music. Designed for the serious swimmer – no dangling […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-07-2018
Colorado Triathlon Coaches Billy Edwards of Billy the Kid Endurance is the Boulder-based coach of the successful Naval Academy Triathlon Collegiate Team. Head coach, Nick Morrison, is a USAT certified coach and has worked with athletes to finish their first triathlon, qualify for Age Group Nationals, and even qualify for Kona. Ryan Turbyfill, Practical Coaching, […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-03-2018
Urban Triathlon Coming into this weekend, I had raced over the previously 2 weekends and this was the final race of a 3 week race block. There again was a relaxed preparation coming into this race, like the previous 2 weekends of racing. Out for an easy 15min run, by this time, it was getting […]