Why You Need a Run Gait Analysis
Runners! One thing I highly recommend to do with me is your Run Gait Analysis. This is a short little test (about 15 min) that we do at the track. If you are working with me remotely you can have someone do your videos for you at the track and send them to me. Usually with your test I take 4 to 5 videos including one from the front as you run toward me, one from behind as you run away from me, and both lateral right and left views. I set the camera in SLO MO and video you fro
When You Cut It Too Close to the Swim Cut Off
When You Cut It Too Close to the Swim Cut Off For an Ironman, swimmers must complete the swim in 2 hours and 20 minutes. For the 70.3 distance race, that cut off is 1 hour and 10 minutes. If swimming is not your forte, or if your time is way too close for comfort to either of those cut offs, then read on for some suggestions! First of all, in order to get faster in the water, a swimmer must 1. reduce drag as much as possible ,and 2. have the greatest forward propulsion as pos
How to Regroup After a Race Gone Wrong
Several years ago, I signed up for a Sprint race series in Charleston, SC. You had to compete in 3 of the 5 races offered throughout the summer in order to be eligible to compete in the championship at the end of the summer. This was a great little series with a lake swim, a fast and flat bike ride, and a semi-shady run around the state park just a few blocks from the ocean. I went up to this race with several triathlon friends and I couldn’t help feel a little bit of pressur
