What should you look for when hiring a triathlon or running coach? What questions should you ask? Don't just go with the first recommendation. Make sure you interview a few coaches before making your selection. Here's are some questions you may want to ask the potential coach and yourself: What is your experience?...
Beginner Triathlon Training: My First Tri – The Galloway Captiva Triathlon
This was my first triathlon in Sanibel, Florida. It's fun to read these old race recaps because it shows you were you were and how far you've come. I hope you enjoy and share with me your first experience! The Capitiva Triathlon was held in September, 2014. ------ My alarm...
Beginner Triathlon Training: Race Anxiety Before the Captiva Tri
I've been training for the Captiva Triathlon for nearly three months. Marti DiPaola and I signed up for the race right after we completed the Brooklyn Half Marathon in May. We did it on a whim. After that, we both hired coaches -- different coaches. Training was rough For me,...
Beginner Triathlon Training: Transition Training
If someone asked me a year ago, what it takes to be a triathlete, I would have said, "Hmmm...someone who could swim, bike and run?" What I didn't realize is, there are two other disciplines to master -- transitions and proper nutrition/hydration. Both seem simple on the surface, but are actually...
Beginner Triathlon Training: On Being Obsessed
I started training for the Captiva Tri this past June. At first, I wasn't sure about the sport. I never swam nor biked much. I knew one thing - I loved to run. Once I hired a coach, I was still unsure. Is this something I like? It was a lot of money...
Beginner’s Triathlon Training: Running In the Heat
I've been running now for four years. This past year I completed two half marathons -- one in March and one in May. So running 8 miles is something I'm used to. But for some reason, today's run was treacherous! My coach had 8 miles on the Training Peaks schedule, so...
Beginner Triathlon Training: The Bicycle Dilemma
Learning to do a lot of new things has definitely been a challenge for me. I never would have thought that it would have been this hard to do a triathlon. No one tells you how hard it really is! When I saw the post about an upcoming Captiva Tri,...
My First Brick Workout
I got a call from my friend, Constance asking me if I were going to do the Brick over the weekend. "I hadn't heard about it," I told her. She said "you will." Later that day, my Coach called and told me Tri-Global, the tri team I recently joined, was going to...
Buying my first wet suit
My coach, Richie Caiazza invited me along with the entire team of Tri-Global, on a brick workout over the weekend. After talking with Bryan Krut of Open Water Swim LI, I realized I needed a wet suit and needed it now. Talking with Bryan Krut about Wetsuits When I asked...
Beginner Triathlon Training: A Weekend Workout
The weekend started with a bike ride along the Wantagh Parkway (south shore of Long Island) with my husband. He's much stronger than I am so when he lead, it was hard to keep up. We rode over two narrow bridges (which scared me especially since other bicycles were coming in the...