Running

Often-overlooked areas of focus for new triathletes are running and biking technique. Most of us, whether new or experienced, often put a large amount of emphasis on swimming technique and either don’t know or neglect to work on proper running and biking techniques.

In this interview, Member Karen Tamson shares some golden nuggets on how to stay active and healthy in endurance sports like running, cycling, swimming or triathlon, even as we approach our 50’s.

Please share how you got the ‘bug’ to start playing endurance sports like triathlon or running?

Heart Rate Training.... is it necessary???  I would dare say no.  Now, before the community stops breathing because I have broken a cardinal rule of training, I want you to understand and know a couple things.  

1.  I am old school.  I graduated high school in 1985... long before heart rate monitors were common place in training.  I was a sprinter (400m) who became a distance runner, and later a triathlete in grad school.  I ran cross-country in high school for something to do.  

Courage..... a simple little word that embraces so much.   This blog is a little off the normal beat, but as we are bidding adieu to 2011 and welcoming 2012, one needs to reflect on the accomplishments and lessons learned and look forward to the adventures that are waiting in the coming months, for those of us who have the courage to seize them.  

Who is your coach?  Who do you reach out to when you have questions regarding running, training, setting goals, new shoes, or anything else related to our sport?  Who writes your programs?  All in all.... who is coaching you?

I ask this question because I recently ran into a former client who has now started a running group -- awesome! share the love of the sport-- and he is serving as their coach, (and charging for it).  Again... awesome!  Share the love.  

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you here on GOTRIbal!

I am sure many of you are experiencing some of the stress of the holiday-- from the traveling, to the preparing and cooking, to the eating-- Well, the eating shouldn't be stressful.

How do you combat that?  The stress that is.  This is the time of year that many people gain weight.  It is astronomical at times the amount of weight that can be gained between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  And training can suffer.  There are parties and gatherings, and shopping, and family and friends.  

Photo courtesy of Rick Kent.

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