All too often, athletes don’t discover (or, perhaps more accurately) admit that they aren’t on track to reach the goals they’ve set until the inability to hit the goal is literally staring them in the face. A much more effective and enjoyable strategy is to conduct a Mid-Season Athletic Performance Review to assess ahead of time if you are on track to reach your goals. This allows you to recalibrate your training (and perhaps your goals) as needed based on where you actually are in your training so you have a higher probability of reaching a desired outcome.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/are-you-on-track-to-reach-your-goals-the-value-of-a-mid-season-athletic-performance-review

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A wetsuit is a great and valuable tool in open water swimming events and triathlons. However, there is too much emphasis on wetsuits being “necessary” for athletes to do multisport events. You don’t need to wear a wetsuit to do a triathlon.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-triathlon-wetsuits-when-and-why-you-should-skip-them

Resources:

• World Triathlon Competition Rules
• USA Triathlon Multisport Competition Rules
• IRONMAN Competition Rules

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Injuries are an athlete's worst nightmare. Fortunately, there is something all athletes can do to help significantly reduce their probability of injury. It’s surprisingly simple, though that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s easy.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-the-best-way-to-avoid-injury

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A big fallacy in the world of endurance sports is that longer is better. But longer races are not inherently more impressive, meaningful, or significant. Don’t fall into the trap that you must always do something “bigger and better” when it comes to setting goals for yourself.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-a-longer-goal-isnt-a-better-goal

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If you’re like most athletes, after you’ve worked consistently and diligently in training, you expect that that hard work will come to fruition on race day in the form of good race results. This is a reasonable expectation, but perhaps surprisingly, consistency and working hard in training isn’t enough to have a successful race. You must also execute the race itself well and in a particular way in order to achieve a desired result.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-why-race-execution-matters

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It can feel overwhelming - to say the least - when beginner endurance athletes are trying to decipher what they should do in their training. What is the best thing for beginner endurance athletes to do? The answer is simple, but it’s not easy.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-the-best-thing-for-beginner-endurance-athletes-to-do

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When temperatures rise, workouts feel more challenging. For some athletes, hot conditions can make workouts feel downright awful. Despite how difficult workouts in hot conditions can feel, there are some proven strategies that enable you to train and perform well in the heat.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-how-to-train-and-perform-well-in-the-heat

Sources:

Sims, Stacy. ROAR: Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life. Rodale, 2016.

Jeukendrup, Asker. Sport Nutrition, Second Edition.

Ferreira-Pêgo, C, et al. “Total fluid intake and its determinants: cross-sectional surveys among adults in 13 countries worldwide”. Eur J Nutr . 2015 Jun;54 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):35-43.

Saunders, Philo, et al. “Special Environments: Altitude and Heat”. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab . 2019 Mar 1;29(2):210-219.

Lorenzo, Santiago. “Heat acclimation improves exercise performance”. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2010 Oct; 109(4): 1140–1147.

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You’ll hear about how you “should do this” and you “should do that” in order to successfully train and reach your goals. There are an infinite number of things that you could do that would be beneficial. But you can’t - and shouldn’t! - do All of The Things. There are three things that are the best for endurance athletes to focus on. Beyond that, sorting through which things are most beneficial for you can be very daunting and challenging. How do you decide what to do?

Read this Coach Tip Tuesday:

https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-tip-tuesday-the-three-best-things-endurance-athletes-can-do

Sources:

Walker, Matthew. Why We Sleep. Scribner, 2017.

Williamson, A, et al. “Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication”. Occup Environ Med. 2000 Oct; 57(10): 649–655.

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