General Training
General Training resources from around the web. Links to sites with articles and tips; self-coached triathlete resources and general triathlon training information.
GordoWorld ★★★★★
This is the online home of Gordo Byrn. For those who don't know Gordo, he trained himself into the pro tri world and along the way started up the Tri Forum, Epic Camps and coaching.
When Gordo first started on the web, he wrote a series of articles that are archive in his gtips section, and there are some great tips in there on training and racing.
Pedalling Efficiency: You Vs. Olano ★★★★★
If you ever need more inspiration to get busy with those pedalling drills on the bike to increase your pedalling efficiency, here you go:
The really interesting thing that this study found was that [...] there was a very strong inverse relationship between VO2max and cycling efficiency [...] One of the subjects was the just-retired Abraham Olano [...] he actually had a ludicrously low VO2max compared to the other subjects and even many amateurs, but he compensated for it by having the second highest efficiency rating.
Some of the True secrets of the top Pros in Triathlon By Roch Frey ★★★★
Roch Frey shares some of the attributes of the training done by Ironman Aces Peter Reid and Heather Fuhr:
Obviously I can not tell you there [sic] training schedule day by day, but I have narrowed it down to three important aspects, on top of the two of them having each being born with a huge amount of talent. Proper periodization, consistency and to some point the application of scientific training methods while still listening to there own senses are helping them reach that first place podium.
A lot of this sounds like the principles laid out in the training bible, but it sure is great to read about pros and how they apply the methods.
Training for Speed in Triathlon by Roch Frey ★★★
Roch Frey shares some tips for training for speed in each of the three sports we tri-freaks like to do. The goal of the drills he presents is to increase speed by training muscle fibers to fire as quickly as possible and efficiently.
Slowtwitch.com ★★★
Slowtwitch.com has been around for as long as I can remember. It has an active forum, some fresh material and lots of older stuff. It also boasts a large set of pro athlete interviews.
Be Your Own Coach ★★★
Josh Horowitz, a USCF Certified coach and an active Category 1 racer and the man behind Liquid Fitness, is writing a series on pezcyclingnews about being a self-coached athlete.
Self coaching isn't easy, though I'm sure many of us age groupers are self coached. At the time of writing, only the first part has been written, and a lot of what he writes can be found in greater detail in the triathletes training bible. It's always good to read this stuff again, and I'm looking forward to what else Josh has to say as the series rolls along.
