Training with a heart rate monitor is one of the most important things you can do for several reasons. First and foremost, your primary goal should be to train safely. Never begin a training regimen without first getting clearance from your phys ...

Often raceweek-mistakes are made that can have significant impact on race results.

For an event like the Ironman, training is done over many months and possibly an entire year. Endurance is built up over a long period.

There is nothing ...

Over my years of Ironman racing I've come to realize that attention to detail can have serious impact on how your Ironman race turns out.

Diet is no exception. There are lots of mistakes you can make in the final week, and during the race, t ...

No matter how hard you train for your first Ironman race, it won't necessarily guarantee that you will reach the finish line if you don't pay attention to details.

When it comes to your bike, there are mistakes that are made over and over ag ...

Stretching Is one of those grey areas that nobody seems to really understand. Sometimes I watch people stretching just before a race and you can just tell they are going through the motions--unsure exactly what it is they're doing.

I tried t ...

Your Ironman swim-equipment includes some items that are optional and some that are essential.

Optional for training are pull buoys, hand paddles, kick boards, and swim fins...

PULL BUOYS-Like most rookie swimmers with low body fat, my ...

Now its time for your Ironman-bike. Spin away from transition in a nice easy, relaxing gear. Watch out for other cyclists who will come flying by like they're in the last 500 meters of the the bike course. Stay over to the right. You may just pass ...

It's really here. It's race-week and the countdown to your first Ironman.

Hopefully, you have accomodations booked. I used to find that booking for six days was about perfect. I would arrive Wednesday and check in and leave the following Tue ...

The run-training portion of preparing for your first Ironman should be approached with caution.

This is one area where you stand a good chance of being injured if you try and do too much too soon. If you are an accomplished runner with a few ...

I know exactly what you'll be feeling when you get off that bike and begin run-transition. First of all, you'll want to throw the bike in the lake. Secondly, the chance of somehow finishing the marathon distance the way your legs feel right at tha ...

There are several run-equipment choices I feel can help you quite a lot in your quest for your first Ironman Trathlon finisher medal.

SHOES- Of course well fitting shoes are a priority. I've tried every sort of shoe you can imagine over the ...

This is the best way to approach the swim-transition.

The first thing that will happen when you stand up is that you will have a moment of dizziness. It is brief and normal. Don't forget you have basically been laying flat through-out the sw ...

Hopefully I can give you a few bike-training tips that will help you prepare for your first Ironman Triathlon.

I'll repeat what I said in the bike-equipment page. Be sure when you purchase I bike that it is the proper frame size for you. Als ...

I remember my first Ironman race-day right down to the smallest detail. Years from now yours will be permanently engraved in your memory as well.

I asked myself many times over the course of the training year what on earth I was doing. How c ...

Talk about a race that had humble beginnings. Just a handful of hardy souls who wanted to inject some excitement into their otherwise tedious lives and the Ironman triathlon was born.

What began on basically a dare in the mid to late 70's ha ...