Throughout your training plan, pay attention to daily nutrition and hydration. Note what works (and doesn’t work) for you in your day-to-day nutrition as well as what you eat before, during, and after workouts. This will help you formulate your 70.3 nutrition plan for race day. ...
Ironman requires a much more focused practice and plan for nutrition than shorter distance events. What digests well at the 70-mile mark on the bike often does not go down well at 100+ miles. During race day you can do far greater damage with a flawed or impromptu nutrition plan than th...
but I’m convinced it is far more critical than nutrition. I’ve been in races where I could literally feel my chest drying out from breathing so hard. You have to teach your body how to burn fat stores and using only water for a lot of your training is a good way to do it. If...
Last Monday was a trial run for what’s to come on race day…a mini Ironman. Once again I practiced everything I’ll do on the course from nutrition to clothing, pacing to mental strategies. I cannot sugarcoat this training day. It was tough. Actually, parts of it were brutal, mostly...
Nutrition Strategy: Nutrition was a part of my overall strategy that I had severely over looked during training. However after some last minute research I came up with something that seemed to work well for me as: I had no stomach upsets during the race ...
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Nutrition To start off — everyone’s nutrition needs are different. The one thing that will be consistent with anyone looking to go from 0 to Ironman in a year is this: You’re going to eat more during training for an Ironman than you do right now. ...
I plan on completing another Ironman triathlon, but it’ll probably be at least a couple years before I’ll be able to fully dedicate a year to training again. However, I will try and work in a few olympic and half-Ironman races in the next year. ...
I managed to stay steady throughout the entire bike ride, concentrating on my nutrition plan, anticipating corners, passing people. No woman passed me. I was happy with that, even though I had absolutely no idea which position I was in. I finished the bike in a record time for me and ...
Triathlon coaching and endurance training plans by Colorado USAT certified coach Kevin Konczak. Ironman, olympic triathlon and sprint triathlon coaching for beginner triathletes to advanced levels.