Archive for February, 2010
TrainingPeaks Member Profile: Kelly Covert, Triathlete and Working Mother
25 February 2010After first getting into sprint triathlons in an effort to work off a little baby weight, Kelly Covert now trains over 10 hours a week and works with her coach Mary Eggers to prepare for half-Ironman distance races.
What started as a weight loss project for Kelly soon transformed into an important community in her life. [...]
Ask the Experts: Long Runs After Long Rides, by Jeff Vicario
24 February 2010Question: I have a question related to scheduling my longest run. My legs often feel tired on my Sunday long runs following my Saturday long rides, I keep telling myself that my legs are going to be tired during my race so I should train them this way. Do you have any thoughts [...]
Outside Magazine Selects TrainingPeaks to Power the New Fitness Planner
23 February 2010Outside magazine, America’s leading active-lifestyle publication, today announced that it will launch the Outside Fitness Planner, an interactive web/mobile fitness and training tool powered by TrainingPeaks.com. The new program will allow readers to access the same expert health and fitness advice they have come to rely on from Outside Magazine along with world-class tools to [...]
The Overtraining Threshold, by Joe Friel
22 February 2010As the days are starting to get longer, now is a great time to be thinking about your upcoming season. Keep in mind this advice from Joe Friel on the dangers of over-training!
Throughout most of the training year the workload should be just great enough to produce stress marked by fatigue and adaptation, but not [...]
6 Reasons to Use Technology in Training, by Gordo Byrn
19 February 2010Have you ever stopped to consider why you use technology in your athletic life?
Here’s my answer.
1 – Learn Faster
I came to sport late in life, starting triathlon when I was 30 years old. Over the first six years of my career, I took my Ironman time from 11 hours to 8:29 and won Ultraman Hawaii. [...]
