FIVE MONTHS TO YOUR ATHLETES’ BEST HALF-IRONMAN-DISTANCE TRIATHLON


By Josh Wolf,


USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach


erable challenge, the long-distance triathlon speaks to the competitive spirit while striving to honor the work- life harmony for the majority of our athletes. In the past few years we’ve seen an enormous explosion of this race,


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he half-iron-distance triathlon race is booming. relatively ap- proachable, yet still a consid-


with WTC (Ironman) leading the way adding nearly a race a month in 2009- 2010. even in our company, endurance Management group, over half of our athletes are on a half-Ironman plan. If you haven’t come across an athlete who needs guidance in training for this mid-range triathlon phenomenon, hold on to your clinchers because odds are you will!


THE BIG KICKER: TIME even though training is less demand-


ing than say, a full-distance iron race, athletes who hold down a full-time, moderately flexible job (which you want so they can pay you!) are still going to feel the match burning on both ends. Add kids to the mix and you better hope that 1) the athlete uses an incredible energy drink or 2) you have


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