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Triathlon Training Tips: Breaking down the bike

14/05/13 - Lugging your bike box on and off trains, planes, buses and taxis can be physically and even emotionally exhausting before race day even hits. Let an expert who has to pack up and ship off for races every... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tip: Racing in Heat

08/05/13 - Some ITU races are known for their hot and humid conditions, like the quickly approaching Huatulco World Cup and this weekend’s World Triathlon Series in Yokohama. The heat can make or break an athlete... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Swim Exit

30/04/13 - This week, we take a look back at some essential triathlon training tips from the past. In this video, Olympian and 2011 ITU World Champion Helen Jenkins helps you out with some tips on swim exit and... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: The finish

23/04/13 - As the saying goes, all good things must come to a close. Today we bring you the last video in this series of Essential Triathlon Training Tips. There’s no other way to wrap it all up than to talk about... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: San Diego style

16/04/13 - In lieu of our regularly-scheduled Essential Triathlon Training Tip this Tuesday, this week we bring you some tips to conquer the age group races in San Diego courtesy of our partners at USA Triathlon.... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Run components

09/04/13 - He might not have been a triathlete, but the great boxing champion Muhammad Ali’s words to “float like a butterfly” are no less true for triathletes. While elite athletes appear to float across the... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Run core

01/04/13 - If we have said it before, we’ll say it again. A strong core is key to having a strong triathlon. It’s also important for preventing injuries, as well as staving off old ones, especially on the run.... |

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Essential triathlon training tips: Run safety

26/03/13 - This week, we transition from the bike to the run in the last chapter of the Essential Triathlon Training Tips. This week’s video is loaded with helpful tips on remaining injury free and staying safe... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Bike Technique

19/03/13 - There’s no doubt about it – training is key to a successful triathlon race. After all, if you don’t have the endurance to back up a two-hour event, that hill on the bike course will suddenly feel... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Bike Coordination

05/03/13 - There’s no doubt about it, singing a song in your head during a long, solo swim can turn a boring workout into an outright party. But did you know the same workout tip can be applied to the bike during... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Bike Core

26/02/13 - Improving your core strength is just a small way to vastly increase your capacity to crush the bike course. A strong core will help stabilize you on the bike, which will keep you from wobbling from side... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Bike Safety

19/02/13 - So far in the Essential Triathlon Training Tips, we’ve given you tips to get through your swim and transitions not only faster, but safer as well. Now that you’ve conquered those drills, it’s time... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Transition coordination

05/02/13 - It is no small secret triathletes should practice sighting on the swim. But did you know your line of vision is just as important in the transition area? Where your sight is focused can affect your... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Transitions

29/01/13 - As the saying goes, change is the only constant, which is especially true in a triathlon. There are frequent lead changes, equipment changes and discipline changes – just to mention a few. As in life,... |

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Essential triathlon training tips: Swim components

22/01/13 - This week, we take a look at the final swim tip of the video series. Now that we have reviewed swim safety, core strength and coordination, it’s time to put it all together. We told you last week how... |

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Essential triathlon training tips: Swim coordination

15/01/13 - After learning how to stabilize your core in last week’s video tips, it’s time to improve your coordination in the water. All that added power you gained from increasing your core work will go to... |

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Essential Triathlon Training Tips: Swim Safety

18/12/12 - Safety is the utmost important factor when training and racing a triathlon. Many athletes often find the swim the most daunting discipline of the three, as maneuvering in unfamiliar water amongst a sea of... |

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Essential triathlon training tips: Intro to swimming

10/12/12 - Both seasoned and rookie triathletes often find the swim a daunting portion of a triathlon, and for many good reasons. Staying calm in rough waters packed with people can be a challenge, especially when... |

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