Playtri Sarasota Blog

As in all sports, there are small things you can do to improve your performance on race day that take very little extra energy or focus. As a competitive age group triathlete for the past 18 years and as a...

Because endurance athletes tend to do most of their training outdoors, it is incredibly beneficial for your safety and performance to understand how much sodium you lose in your sweat and what your sweat rate is. The best and simplest...

 Whatever training device(s) you use (Garmin, Wahoo, etc.), getting the most valuable in-workout data requires some initial setup.   First, make sure you have the correct sensors to correct the data you will want to have in training. Recommended...

In Part One of our Freestyle Basics series, we discussed the initial part of the stroke, referred to as “the catch”. The next part of the stroke, and something that many triathletes may not know a lot about, is the...

Running faster is a goal for most triathletes and one of the ways that you can get faster is by running more. An excellent example of this is professional short course triathlete Richard Murray. During the pandemic, Murray increased his...

Cyclists and triathletes spend a lot of time on their bikes. And as a coach, I regularly get asked how athletes can get faster. Most athletes are happy to buy more aerodynamic components or gear. Many athletes are happy to...

How to have a great Ironman bike   The bike portion of an Ironman race can feel daunting if it is your first race. And if you have done numerous Ironman races you know how important the bike is for...

At the end of a pre-race "intro-to-tri" clinic for a large local kids triathlon yesterday, I had a mom ask me "So what do people do if they haven't come to this clinic? How do they know the rules? I...

For those who don't know, I'm a big Eric Lagerstrom fan - if for no other reason that that his efforts in video and data sharing give regular mortals and aspiring elites the opportunity to get "inside" elite races, and...