Recently, I’ve become more and more interested in genetic testing and what it can tell us about our health as 23andMe, the Mountain View, California, based genetic testing company has received additional FDA approval for test interpretation. I’m particularly interested in how these types of companies interpret the raw data, how reliable it is, […]
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Concentration – The Role of Memory and Focus in Athletic Training and Competition
“90 Percent of the game is half mental” – Yogi Berra Dubious claims to Yogi Berra aside, the above quote doesn’t even make sense. However, I think what Yogi was trying to say, the mental game is key, the last athletic tool to be unlocked, and at the elite level, probably the most important. WHY […]
Neural Darwinism: 31 Billion Ways to Get Faster in Triathlon
Speed and Endurance, Fast twitch and Slow twitch, Nature verse Nurture, Genetics verse Training. We’re all born with a certain set of predetermined characteristics, but how predetermined are they, and what can be changed? In the next series of blog posts for Peak Triathlon Coaching I look at brain development and how we can (and must) […]
Triathlete: Lifetime
I have just returned from beautiful Mont Tremblant Canada (don’t worry, I’ll include lots of pictures) having just completed the Half Ironman on June 22. As I tell all of my athletes to write a race report, I thought I better practice what I preach. So here we find a description of the events of […]
Hips Hips Hips! My Trials with excessive Anterior Pelvic Tilt
2013 was not a stellar racing year for me. What was probably most frustrating was the constant starts and stops. I would think I was healing a little, then go for a run and find myself limping for hours after the workout. It pretty much began to affect all of my training. Biking was uncomfortable […]
Lake Placid Training Camp – Breaking the Doors Down
This past weekend Northeast Multisport (NEMS based out of Nashua, NH) held our annual triathlon training camp in Lake Placid, New York. Though I have been to triathlon training camps before, this would be my first one with NEMS and I was excited and a little nervous going in. I knew there was going to […]
Mont Tremblant Ironman Race Report – There and Back Again and Again
So here we are! My 4th IM, 3rd time in Mont Tremblant since June, first season racing for Peak!! My 2014 season began at 70.3 Texas in Galveston – decent race with an unfortunate crash on the bike after getting cut off by a car at an intersection (seriously, during a race with a cop […]
Trent’s 2014 IM Mont Tremblant Pre Race Report
Pre-Race: Felt good on Saturday before the race. Big breakfast & waffles! Eggs, bacon hash browns. Turkey sub for lunch and pretzels and fig newtons for the rest of the day. Lots of sports drink throughout the day. By 2:00 PM dropped off the bike and kept off my feet until dinner. Chicken and pasta […]
Fish out of Water – A Triathlete's Introduction to Cyclocross
Fish out of Water – A Triathlete’s Introduction to Cyclocross Since coach Colin has given us a recount of his first cyclocross race– I’ll give you a little history of my introduction to the sport. It all began last fall when a good friend of mine suggested I come along and watch a cyclocross race […]