Benefits of Cross Training During Non-Triathlon Season!By Coach Sarah Portella   Triathlon season is over. Now what? Are you an athlete that is ready to pack it in for the winter and hibernate? My guess is probably not! While you might be tempted to throw the trainer away and donate your run shoes, those feelings only last for a little while before you are itching to do something. ANYTHING. The ending of triathlon season should be a joyous time. Don’t think of it as the off-season, but as an opportunity to try new things and exercise in different ways than you could during the peak of rac ..read more

Goal Setting for 2023: A Different Approach by Coach Sarah Portella It’s a New Year!  You’re reflecting on last race season and you have either signed up for your 2023 races or you’re still fine tuning your race schedule.  You for sure have an idea of what you want to accomplish during your races, but how are you going to get there? We all know that you need to set goals, right? It’s been pounded into us. But do you find that mid-way through the season, you’ve lost sight of those goals? Things are fuzzy and you might not know how to get back on track. Something I’ve been doing with m ..read more

Triathletes Need Community Too by Coach Sarah Portella It’s 5:59 a.m. and it’s dark and chilly. Several cars are parked in the parking lot with the engines still running, the inhabitants waiting until the very last seconds to leave the warmth their car heaters are providing. Their clocks flip to 6 a.m. and car doors start to open. Everyone takes in an initial cold blast of air and then the comments start flying around…why are we here?! But then, as GPS watches find their signals, the group takes off on a run and the cold is kind of forgotten as chatter starts, muscles loosen, and the pace slow ..read more

Triathlon Brick Session by Coach Sarah Portella With race season in full swing, race intensity sessions can help dial in your training and get you comfortable for race day efforts. I wanted to share a brick session that I like to use for my athletes training for sprint and Olympic distance triathlon.  While it is shorter in duration (just over an hour), it packs in a lot of key intensity work. A few of the key areas of focus with this session include: Transitions. You’ll constantly be transitioning from the bike to run and back again. I would set up a small transition area and really foc ..read more