Jason Sreedhar

@ Justin
Honestly I feel like swimming in super windy, super choppy conditions is something you can only truly get used to through practice, so kudos for actually grabbing it by the horns and taking full advantage of the opportunity. If you end up doing an early/late season windy race next year (looking at you, Rumpus in Bumpass), you’ll be so…[Read more]

@Brian

Definitely second Coach AJ’s thoughts on taking 1-2 weeks off (can’t take off the beer/cookie weight if you don’t put it on). But I start getting restless after that, so these are the things I usually prioritize for a couple months (AJ may disagree!):

• Doing what I feel like: If I wake up and feel like going for a run, I go for a run. If…

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Nothing to add here, but congrats Brett! 2020 has been an actual dumpster-fire, so kudos for making something out of it!

@Brian that’s not a terrible idea. I’d be a little careful going from running in the heat (aka high heart rate) into the swim, but I’m sure it’ll work out fine.

But the Fairlington Tri also reminded me of this. Hopefully yours doesn’t get cancelled! 🤣

Not necessarily a tri, but I’m looking at doing a 10k as a time trial later this year (one summer humidity is over). I haven’t run a pure 10k in years, so I’m hoping even a decent performance will be a PR for me. So between that, an early fall FTP test, and maybe a swim TT or a maybe zwift race…..I’ve still got a decent amount to train for…[Read more]

Hi Brett, can give some general tips on this (have done it ~10 times):

• Bike flights: I’ve found this is actually better for moving than it is for racing. The shipping times can be off by a couple days (early or late), and you don’t really want your bike showing up before/after youre at the hotel/airbnb. Plus it requires some lead time without…

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I’ll go next!

Technically I still managed to get one race in this year (and somehow podiumed?), but I’ll give my learning points from the year of no racing:

1. Biggest lesson from this year is that consistency is king/queen! I’ve been spending as much time as I can on the bike during this period and can definitely feel it paying off. Since I sta…[Read more]

I’ll go next!

Technically I still managed to get one race in this year (and somehow podiumed?), but I’ll give my learning points from the year of no racing:

1. Biggest lesson from this year is that consistency is king/queen! I’ve been spending as much time as I can on the bike during this period and can definitely feel it paying off. Since I sta…[Read more]

Technically I still managed to get one race in this year (and somehow podiumed?), but I’ll give my learning points from the year of no racing:

1. Biggest lesson from this year is that consistency is king/queen! I’ve been spending as much time as I can on the bike during this period and can definitely feel it paying off. Since I started really…[Read more]

Congratulations Megan!! 🍾🎉🎊🎉🍾

@Romain Remember you don’t have to swim…..you get to swim 😀

Just remember to take it really easy when you’re out there (including some back floating) and you’ll be fine. No structure, just fun.

Yup, its been mostly easy riding to minimize the overuse injuries. I had a slight achilles flare up while running a couple weeks back (mostly just soreness), so I’ve been using easy cycling to maintain some of the fitness while I build back the run volume (gradually).

@jorge bragging rights! With the amount of trash I talk, I gotta at least try…[Read more]

With a couple of friends we created a little bet amongst us on who could ride the most consecutive days in a row for May (30 min minimum). So between normal training plus shorter spins on the other days, I’ve been really focusing on building time in the saddle.

Plus, as much as I’ve always hated zwift, it’s not terrible as a motivational tool.

Hi team,

70.3 FL (April) was cancelled and IM basically gave us a series of options. They allowed free transfer to one of 4-5 different races in the fall (IIRC Maine, Augusta, NC, Memphis, maybe one more), or a rescheduled 70.3 FL date (Dec). But no refunds.

Not sure if the BR race directors will go the same way, but just wanted to give everyone…[Read more]

A lot of online fitness classes (I’ve seen yoga and beach body, hoping others will follow suit) are free or significantly discounted for the next few weeks. Since I’ve got a few extra bucks, I’m also hoping in on Zwift for the next month (or however long it takes).

Also, you can never do enough medial glute strengthening, so I’d recommend…[Read more]

If it were me (oh wait…it is!):

1. More time in the saddle: given the particularly low injury risk to indoor cycling, getting a zwift account and slamming the trainer sounds like a pretty good bet.

2. At home strength: plenty of body weight exercises to do at home, so I’ll be smashing some medial glute exercises.

3. Swimming dryland…[Read more]

As of this morning, UDC was still open for masters swim.

That being said, I think basically any clinician/healthcare provider would highly recommend you not go to a pool in the current context. Chemicals in the pool water are relatively weak (think about when a kid poops in the pool and we all have to get out– and those are just regular gut…[Read more]