Category: Smart Training
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How to Choose the Best Triathlon Race for You: 5 Things to Consider Before You Register
Not sure which triathlon to register for next? Consider your goals, experience, course fit, schedule, and ideal race-day experience before choosing your next finish line.
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Episode 5: How to Choose the Best Triathlon Race for You
How do you choose the right triathlon for your goals, experience, and life? In Episode 5 of Coach Erin Says, Coach Erin shares five important things to consider before registering for your next race.
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Episode 4: My Secret Sauce: The 3 Goals System for Triathletes
My Secret Sauce: The 3 Goals System for Triathletes What happens when you train for months, miss one finish-time goal, and immediately decide the whole race was a failure? For many Type A triathletes, setting one goal creates an all-or-nothing definition of success: Hit the number, and the race was successful.Miss the number, and the…
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My Secret Sauce: The 3 Goals System for Training and Race Day
My Secret Sauce: The 3 Goals System for Training and Race Day “What is your secret sauce that no one knows about?” That question came from one of my athletes, Keith. At first, I thought about all the little coaching details I could share. I could talk about pacing, race nutrition, workout execution, recovery, or…
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When Should You Skip a Workout—or Even a Race?
Not every skipped workout is a lack of discipline. Learn how to decide when to push through, modify your training, rest, or skip a race using a simple traffic light framework.
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Episode 3: When Should You Skip a Workout—or Even a Race?
How do you know when to push through a workout and when backing off is the smarter choice? In Episode 3 of Coach Erin Says, Coach Erin shares a simple traffic light system to help triathletes decide when to train, modify, stop, or skip a race.
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Why Easy Triathlon Workouts Feel Too Easy — and Why They Work
Why Easy Triathlon Workouts Feel Too Easy — and Why They Work Have you ever opened your training plan, seen an easy run, ride, or swim, and thought, “This cannot possibly be enough”? You are not alone. Easy workouts can feel almost suspicious when you are motivated. You want to improve. You want to prove…
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Episode 2: Why Staying in Your Zones Makes You Faster
Staying in your assigned training zones can sometimes feel like holding back. In Episode 2 of Coach Erin Says, Coach Erin explains why easy workouts are not wasted training and how every zone contributes to a smarter, more balanced training plan.
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Episode 1: Why Am I Always Hungry During Triathlon Training?
Feeling constantly hungry during heavy triathlon training does not mean you lack discipline. In Episode 1 of Coach Erin Says, Coach Erin explains why training changes your body’s fueling needs and how to respond without overcomplicating nutrition.
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Why Am I Always Hungry During Triathlon Training?
Why Am I Always Hungry During Triathlon Training? If you feel like you are constantly hungry during heavy triathlon training, you are not alone. And no, it does not automatically mean you lack discipline. It may mean your body is asking for more support. This topic came directly from athlete questions. One athlete asked why…
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When Your Triathlon Goals Get Bigger: How to Adjust Without Overdoing It
When your triathlon goals get bigger, the answer is not panic-training. Learn how to adjust your training, fuel your body, protect recovery, and chase bigger goals without overdoing it.
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First Triathlon Mistakes Beginners Make—and How to Avoid Them
Avoid common first triathlon mistakes with practical tips for training, pacing, gear, fueling, transitions, and staying calm on race day.