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CoachAJ replied to the topic Swim Headaches in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 4 months ago
Sit wherever you are, pinch your nose and breath in and out. I get a headache just for doing it for about one minute. Ditch the nose plug and see if this helps. If not, then concentrate more on your breathing. You might be doing something different 10 minutes into a continuous swim than you think you are….
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Swim Headaches in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 4 months ago
My guess is that your headaches are coming more from your breathing. Since it appears that they are starting with your continuous swims (and not your other workouts), this would more likely point to your breathing while continuous swimming. Are you holding your breath? How often are you breathing? How are you breathing in? Breathing out?…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Raleigh 70.3 on 6/3/18 in the forum Ironman Program (IMP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 4 months ago
Fantastic feedback, Jon! This is exactly why we do tune up races and you summarized your lessons learned and experiences perfectly! First off, congratulations on a job well done.
I would like to talk to your points.
- Yes, please dial back your IM bike one notch. Most people push the bike just a little too hard and this is why most at…
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Training in the heat in the forum Olympic Distance Program (ODP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 4 months ago
Great feedback Victoria!
I think the one thing I would add to this is stay hydrated. Most athletes will require additional fluids (on top of your minimum of 1 bottle per hour) to make up for the additional sweating. This is where adding in an electrolyte supplement will be necessary as well since your body needs electrolytes to absorb your f…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Ironman Program (IMP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Great feedback David! As you mention, Ironman training and racing comes down to nailing your nutrition and pacing so start practicing those lessons learned.
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Great feedback, Victoria! This will help everyone struggling with how tight the wetsuit is particularly this early in the season.
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Thank you, Lauren, for your feedback! Lots of good lessons learned here. One of the reasons why you do a non competitive race like this is to figure out things like your wetsuit situation. Is your wetsuit really too tight or do you just need to practice in it? Many people feel like their wetsuit is too tight during their first race of the sea…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Olympic Distance Program (ODP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Thank you Elizabeth for your participation and feedback! Yes, breathing in open water is different than breathing in the pool. So now you know what you can work on and where you can gain more practice!
That said, this swim should have given you some endurance confidence as well. It seems the swim was more like 2200-2500 meters. Of the dat…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Ironman Program (IMP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Great feedback Rob! That see saw is key to Ironman racing 🙂
Pleased that you had some good wins here too. It’s hard to race an Oly when you are training long and slow. So nice work enjoying some victories in a short course race. Thankfully, getting out the rust and finding those areas where you still need to work is exactly why you take on…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
And congratulations to Lauren for taking home the win in the Peasantman Oly! Way to go speedy!
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Olympic Distance Program (ODP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
What a weekend! Very impressive turnout from the ODP! Thank you for making the effort to attend the clinics and participate (especially a long swim!) in the race. So…
- What lessons did you learn?
- What went well?
- Where do you still need to work?
It was great to see so many faces out there. Hope it was a great training weekend for all!
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
What a weekend! Very impressive turnout from the HIP! Thank you for making the effort to attend the clinics and participate (especially a long swim) in the race. So…
- What lessons did you learn?
- What went well?
- Where do you still need to work?
It was great to see so many faces out there. Hope it was a great training weekend for all!
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Ironman Program (IMP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
What a weekend! 2/3 of you turnout this past weekend. Very impressive! Thank you for making the effort to attend the clinics and even participate in the race. So…
- What lessons did you learn?
- What went well?
- Where do you still need to work?
It was great to see so many faces out there. Hope it was a great training weekend for all!
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CoachAJ started the topic Strategies for Optimal Run Performance Seminar in the forum Clinics 6 years, 5 months ago
STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL RUN PERFORMANCE SEMINAR
Location: West End Library – 2301 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (near Foggy Bottom – GWU metro station; Also accessible from Dupont Circle and Farragut North metro stations)
Date: Monday, June 11, 2018
Time: 6:30PM
RSVP: Register Here
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CoachAJ started the topic Save the Date: Strategies for Optimal Running Performance Seminar – in the forum Ironman Program (IMP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
In case you cannot attend this clinic at Peasantman (which will be an abbreviated version of this clinic), please join us June 11th!
STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL RUN PERFORMANCE SEMINAR
Place: West End Library – 2301 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (near Foggy Bottom – GWU metro station; Also accessible from Dupont Circle and Farra…[Read more]
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CoachAJ started the topic Save the Date: Strategies for Optimal Running Performance Seminar – in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
In case you cannot attend this clinic at Peasantman (which will be an abbreviated version of this clinic), please join us June 11th!
STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL RUN PERFORMANCE SEMINAR
Place: West End Library – 2301 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (near Foggy Bottom – GWU metro station; Also accessible from Dupont Circle and F…[Read more]
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CoachAJ started the topic Save the Date: Strategies for Optimal Running Performance Seminar – in the forum Olympic Distance Program (ODP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
In case you can’t attend this clinic this weekend at Peasantman (and it will be an abbreviated version), please join us on June 11!
STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL RUN PERFORMANCE SEMINAR
Place: West End Library – 2301 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (near Foggy Bottom – GWU metro station; Also accessible from Dupont Circle and F…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Olympic Distance Program (ODP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Here’s hoping this is the last time I will need to send along a correction or update 🙂
I believe that’s the old bike course that was sent out in the Athlete’s Guide (and I copied to the forum). The race director will hopefully send out a correct link today or tomorrow to everyone participating in Peasantman. Either way, here is the current cu…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Half Ironman Program (HIP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Here’s hoping this is the last time I will need to send along a correction or update 🙂
I believe that’s the old bike course that was sent out in the Athlete’s Guide (and I copied to the forum). The race director will hopefully send out a correct link today or tomorrow to everyone participating in Peasantman. Either way, here is the current cu…[Read more]
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CoachAJ replied to the topic Open Water Swim Clinic (Nutrition & Run Performance Clinics) – May 5th in the forum Ironman Program (IMP) for Paid Participants 6 years, 5 months ago
Thank you for the update David! We will get this nailed down soon enough. If anyone wants to start earlier, please post here so you can form a group perhaps.
See you this weekend!
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