Are you using Training Zones to guide your training and racing? If not, you are missing out on vital information to help you achieve your triathlon goals much more quickly. Most triathletes spend 6-15 hours per week training. You might as well...
Read morePLAN Your Race & RACE Your Plan
This coming week is about getting mentally and physically prepared for race day. Not much fitness can be gained between now and Race Day on Sunday. I encourage all my athletes to write out a race plan. Starting from Saturday morning before the...
Read moreAre you burning fat
Are you metabolically efficient? And what does that mean anyway? Metabolic Efficiency is the body’s efficiency of utilizing endogenous stores of carbohydrate and fat at different intensities and durations of exercise AND at rest. The ultimate...
Read moreMind . Body . Balance . Meditation
Where Performance Meets Balance: If you only train hard all the time, there will be a time where your body will tell you it has had enough. Here is one way I use and recommend to my athletes to ride the wave of working out and working “IN.” I...
Read moreRunning More is NOT Better!
By Coach Erinne Guthrie Many runners believe that the only way to get better running is to run more, run faster, run harder but this is simply not true. Especially when you are doing those exact things and the only result is injury and fatigue. ...
Read moreWorking in
This month is all about working in! Most of us are so focused on working out and training that we forget about the more important component of fitness which is "Working In." I learned the term "Working In" from my guru Paul CHEK and I became a...
Read more“Kaizen” One of Full Circle’s Core Values
Kaizen - Japanese for "improvement" or "change for the best," refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement. Setting goals, creating the plan to get there, following the plan and putting it all together on race...
Read more“The Iron Man Finish Line is easily the MOST awesome place on earth.” – Brad Hobbs
One of my swim group clients, Brad Hobbs and I met once a week for a few months before his Iron Man Triathlon. Recently, I emailed Brad to see how it went. Below is his reply: PROGRESSION Slow and awesome. Really...really....really....hot. 97-98...
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