triathlon training
Nothing magical about that, everyone deals with some cabin fever hereit’s hard to get outside, hard to get a workout, the house gets stale, the kids go crazy, everyone gets sick. For many years I have used a large paper calendar hanging in our kitchen to keep everyone organized. When I first started trying to plan races, I would look at my paper calendar, but it didn’t give me a global sense of how training and racing would intersect with other important events in our family life. It also was difficult to understand how all of the races we wanted to do would impact our training for other races, and how things like a week of night shifts or a family vacation would fall in a training cycle. Now you can see in the close up how we have some races pencilled inyou can also see some other stuff in therethe orange is the earliest date I might be able to start back swim trainingthe pink is my daughter’s last day of schoolthe black is the training anticipated based on Don Fink’s 30 week Ironman plan. The dry erase also makes it easy to ‘spitball’ race ideaswhat might work in a certain weekend, etcthe stuff on top of the June is just races I am contemplating or might try to fit in if I am healthy by then. I cannot emphasize enough how useful these two calendars together have beenit’s a cheap, low tech solution to organizing and scheduling 4 busy lives made busier by Mommy and Daddy’s insistence on not giving up our selfish pursuits. Although it can be complex, having everything laid out for everyone to see goes a long way toward keeping everyone sane and happy. I often read stories about how family members become resentful of Mommy or Daddy pursuing endurance sports, and it always seems to be the result of a lack of communication and a lack of ownership for everyone in the family. It’s not all puppie dogs and rainbows at my house, but at least everyone gets a piece of the calendar and it’s never a surprise to anyone else.
Tailored Living Project
A few of us were there and collected our pink stuff and headed into the mammoth rows of bike racks in the transition area and it was there we all started to feel a wee bit nervous. So we headed into a line of racks and hooked our bikes up and set up our transition areas. There is nothing like the photos you get when a bunch of exciteable women strut their stuff wearing all-in-one tri suits, googles and pink swim hats – very funny and just a little silly. Its amazing how many people seemed to be nervous about the swim leg – although I think I might not have just topped them all and probably was the slowest too. THE NUGGET!!! Just as I neared the end of the first lap I look to the bottom of the pool just wishing the swim leg to be over and there it was – motivating me to swim as fast as humanly possible before it surfaces or ends up as part of the general flow of water around us alla nugget. So off I go into transition to my bike and boy is it tough to put socks and shoes on with that much adrenaline pumping through your veins – kinda like going to run of the bulls and stopping to tie a shoelacenot easy hahaha. Then on go the accessoriesmy pimp’d out helmet, sunnies, spiebelt and off go I – not running because clearly I was still recovering from the swim. I can remember which ones but I had a few songs running around in my head and I just concentrated on those. So into the stadium I jogged, turned the corner and then hearing my beautiful family and my Goal Power support crew I sprinted as fast as my ever shrinking legs could carry me. I am so blessed with so many supporters and although my time was pretty rubbish I am quite proud of myself for how far I have come – I have come from being severely obese, cancer, thyroid issues, smoker, etc etc blah blah blahto doing not only a 3km, 5km and 10km runbut now my very first mini triathlon – on my own with noone swimming, riding or running beside me for support.
Endurance Planet
Endurance Planet is the premiere online destination for health-conscious endurance athletes who want to perform optimally in sport and take care of their bodies. Tawnee Prazak Gibson, MS, CSCS, CISSN, is a holistic health and endurance sports coach, triathlete/multisport athlete, writer, speaker, and the host and owner of Endurance Planet. She’s been involved in the endurance world for more than a decade, and is considered one of today’s leading experts in the field of endurance training, racing, strength training, sports nutrition and athlete wellness. Tawnee became an athlete early on in life, played volleyball in high school, and ultimately took up triathlon and endurance sports in her early 20s. She quickly moved up the ranks as a top-rated amateur triathlete with dozens of age-group wins and podium finishes, racing everything from sprint to 70.3s and Ironman. Like many female athletes, Tawnee also has faced her share of health struggles behind the scenes. He’s quite an endurance athlete, too, with a robust athletic resume that includes everything from competitive bodybuilding and tennis to an extensive career in triathlon and obstacle racing. Once Tamsin’s physiological health improved she was able to maximize her genetic potential and success as an athlete ensued. Close to 1,000 athletes have been through the Nourish Balance Thrive coaching program, from weekend warriors to Olympians and world champions, with hundreds of performance biomarkers available for each client. Brock uses his understanding of functional movement, endurance training, muscle building and the ever important balance between performance and health to help people all over the world achieve their goals and improve their quality of life. Ca and has appeared as a guest and co-host on many health and wellness podcasts, such as: this one, Ben Greenfield Fitness, Primal Endurance, and The Whole Athlete.
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