Articles and Resources about Racing

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• view websiteIron How-To - Crucible Fitness

  Rich Strauss from Crucible Fitness writes up Iron How-To, which presents a comprehensive plan for race week and race day. Rich presents some great… Read More »

• view websiteMental Strategies for Triathlon

  Justin Maguire III provides a shortlist of books on sport psychology, and states: From my personal experience, the mental aspect of sport is the single… Read More »

• view websiteIronman Hawaii Taper - By Roch Frey

  Roch Frey offer some Hawaii Ironman specific tapering techniques, where this late season race requires a little bit of a different taper from early season… Read More »

• view website10 Ironman Taper Tips by Gary Bredehoft

  A few tips here with a different take, touching on the mental aspect of a taper, encouraging you to look over your training log when you feel that maybe… Read More »

• view websiteIronman Peaking and Tapering

  This article echos similar ideas to other tapering articles offered here in Centripedal: the three sports need different levels of rest, and during your… Read More »

• view websiteIronman Training - Triathlon Tapering

  Research has proven time and again, that for a taper to be effective, volume should be gradually reduced whilst keeping the intensity at pre-taper levels. This… Read More »

• view websiteFive Perfect Weeks to Kona:The Art of Tapering - IRONMAN.com

  Mark Allen sets the taper straight in this article: This is the period of your season leading up to a key race when you cut back your overall training… Read More »

• view websiteTaper Time

  This article offers up much of the same advice as many others, but nails it on the head when it states that What [tapering] means to each person seems… Read More »

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