A Return to Competition I recently received an email from an old friend – Mat Brick, a former multisport pro athlete who is now a sports orthopedic surgeon in New Zealand. In his days as a pro, back in the 1980s and ‘90s, Mat was a two-time World Champion in duathlon. Now he’s making an […]
My 5-2 Training Routine
Learning from History: Emil Zátopek and Roger Bannister’s intervals I recently read Today We Die a Little, a biography of Emil Zátopek by Richard Askwith. Zátopek was arguably the best runner in the post-WWII era and perhaps even the best the world had ever seen. While he led a very interesting life in Czechoslovakia during […]
Dryland Training
Training When Pools Are Closed Throughout the Covid pandemic, pools were closed nationwide and most triathletes were unable to swim for at least some of the time. When pools are closed, I advise triathletes to do some strength-endurance training at home with an elastic stretch cord. Training with an elastic cord must be done with […]
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