Michelle Cox's Blog (2)

Three critical components to plan for when designing a training prescription to improve your triathlon running. 1. Specificity - You must practice running after cycling, often called 'brick training.' Even the best runners will struggle after cycling if they have not specifically trained for the triathlon run. Brick training only needs to be done once or twice a week and you do not have to run the entire distance of the run portion of your race. A word of caution, don't overdo the brick trainin… Continue

Nothing will slow you down or stop you like heat and humidity. As the temperatures rise in June and July, so does the number of heat-related problems experienced by triathletes. Most experts agree that your body will acclimatize to heat and humidity--mostly in the first two to three weeks of exposure, and maximally after about two months. However there is a genetic limit on how much you can acclimatize. We can't all have the genetic gifts and ability that Dave Scott and Mark Allen had to tolera… Continue