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ironguides: 10 Marathon Tips
02/25/10: Running a marathon is an exciting and big undertaking. Here are some fantastic tips to help you get the most out of yourself on race day!

1. Taper

A well-structured taper is essential to run a good marathon. It gives your legs a (Read More)

ironguides: The Pain Cave revisited
02/09/10: I wrote about the Pain Cave previously and gave you some tips for making the most of that little black place that emerges in your psyche when the going gets tough.

Let’s now turn our attention to the first thing that we encounter when (Read More)

ironguides: The Minefield that is Running Shoes
01/22/10: You’re due for a new pair of running shoes. ‘Where do I start?’ you may ask yourself.

Well let’s start off by dismantling one of The Big Myths: The most expensive pair of running shoes is not necessarily the best pair of running shoes for (Read More)

ironguides: Planning & Preparation Are Key for Every Triathlete
01/12/10: Proper planning and preparation are key elements to triathlon training and racing. An athlete’s time management and organizational skills play a huge role in their success or failure on race day. A day has only 24 hours and as a triathlete you must (Read More)

The Festive Taper: How to Train and Enjoy the Holiday Season
12/16/09: December has come around as rapidly as ever, bringing all the usual holiday activities around every corner with parties and social events filling our calendars. That results in compromised training opportunities for all of us. This is the Season to (Read More)

ironguides: Nutrition is Crucial to Improving Recovery But It’s Not About the Carbs
11/24/09: In sports nutrition we have always heard carbs carbs carbs: the importance of refueling the muscles after exercise to allow optimal recovery and maximize the performance in the next training session.

Is muscle refueling the path to optimal (Read More)

ironguides: Refine Your Mental Flexibility by Making the Most of Your Pain Cave
11/19/09: Mental flexibility or toughness is the key to success in endurance athletics. The best athletes know this: It is a matter of mind over matter - if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter.

We have all heard about the mystical “Pain Cave” in writings (Read More)

ironguides: You Don’t Need to Beat Your Competitors – Let Them Do It Themselves
11/13/09: You probably have that training partner who is not incredibly fast in the group workouts but is always delivering when it comes to race performance – beating the people in races that beat him in training.

When I was in Hawaii for the Ironman (Read More)

ironguides: Dawn Phenomenon & Glycogen Metabolism of Swimming
11/06/09: I’m working with an athlete who has recently been diagnosed as a diabetic and is training for an Ironman. He is also new to triathlons and all the training and logistics that come with it.

Last week I got an email from him about two problems (Read More)

ironguides: Want a PB? Think Like a Truck Driver
11/03/09: In order to have your best race ever, you need to think like a truck driver. This statement may sound preposterous but it holds more truth than you think.

For truck drivers to make a profit they must drive their trucks across the country as (Read More)

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