Building a Road Map
I’ve recently been looking over some of my old training data and trying to apply it to training for three sports instead of one (swim/bike/run). I thought it might be a fun idea to share a little bit about how I track my training/racing.
TrainingPeaks.com
TrainingPeaks.com is an awesome resource for tracking training and metric data. One that I’ve been using for a long time in conjunction with WKO+. Thankfully, both utilities work incredibly well with triathlon. Essentially, TrainingPeaks.com allows you to both plan workouts and then go back and analyze data as well as gauge fitness. This includes things like power/heart rate data, GPS, and your own personal description of the workout. You can track race data as well, but it’s not quite as robust as it should be. The main issue is handling multisport files. Read more
The Pain Cave
There’s been a lot of change in my life the last couple of weeks. Not only have I converted full-time to triathlon, changed my bike fit and moved to a new apartment. The first order of business has been finding appropriate training routes, which has been difficult given the new suburban area I now live. All is not lost though, this new-found challenge has given me motivation to try something new in my training. Trainer work! Read more 
A new sport, a new fit!
Given my recent conversion to triathlon, the first order of business was to get the fit on my tri bike dialed in. In road racing, you’re generally not on your time trial bike for very long, almost never are you on it for more than an hour and 90% of the time, it’s less than 30 minutes. As such, you can ride the most aggressive and uncomfortable position that man has ever seen. Read more
The Aid Station 