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Newsletter September 10th, 2013 
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Dear team!   
 

There is a plan!

When we design your schedule, or when you attend the group sessions, there is a reason why we have you do specific exercises, distances or intensities.

We have a plan for each one of you to make you a better, faster and stronger athlete. We want you to reach your goals as much as you do. 

The process of becoming a better athlete takes time. At the beginning the improvements are big and very clear. With time, as you get faster, the improvements become smaller and require more work and more attention to every detail. This process can lead to an increased rate of frustration.   

There is no magic pill, it is all about consistency, technique, hard work, and patience. Another equally important component is the process of getting to know you...your needs, your weaknesses and strengths...and to learn to respect and adapt to your own progress. 

No athlete is the same, and even that athlete will not react the same way all the time.

As a coach, knowing the athlete, his / her personality, what motivates him / her, how the athlete responds to the training...is important to lay down the path to a successful training process. This again will be different with each athlete.

There is a thing called "over coaching", when coaches want to correct everything in one session. This usually creates more confusion, since the body will not instantly do what the mind wants it to do. You need to be patient and learn to adapt to the constant changes that are normal during training.

Never forget where you started and always appreciate what you've accomplished so far. It is normal to feel stuck sometimes, but when you see how far you've come, and you continue to work hard, with patience and perseverance, you can only improve and you'll reach goals you never though possible.

 

HAPPY TRAINING!
Bettina
COACH'S CORNER

When do listen to pain and when to ignore it? 
There is a fine line between pushing it to create a training effect, and causing injuries by overdoing it.
There are different scenarios to consider and there is also the individual situation of each athlete. 
It is not easy to do a self assessment, since endurance athletes, by nature, tend to lean towards ignoring pain and training more. 
 
The number one factor that contributes to an effective training is consistency. Injuries are the number one cause for inconsistent training. (We'll not talk about being lazy, because few endurance athletes are). So the number one goal is to avoid injuries. And since injured athletes are the most unhappy and frustrated people on earth, avoiding injuries is the number one priority for everybody! 

The brain signals pain when there is something wrong in the body. It can be something temporal and insignificant, but if it is ignored it can turn into a serious injury. Pain can be perceived in many ways and at different levels. Every athlete has a different tolerance to pain. Some athletes can feel excruciating pain and others non at all with the same injury or level of damage. This topic is very complex and there is not one rule to follow for everybody and every situation. 
Here are some common things to consider in case you feel pain during a workout and don't know what to do.
 
1) It is good that we can feel pain, so that we know what is happening in our body. 
2) Never take pain killers before or after a workout. You need to feel how your body is reacting to the particular workout.   

3) Rate the pain: 1 (no pain) to 10 (worse pain ever).  

4) From 1 - 3 continue your workout but with precaution, as long as the pain doesn't make you change your technique. If it gets worse as the workout progresses, then stop. 

5) From 4 - 10 stop!

6) If the pain goes away after you stopped, try again the next day. 

7) If it hurst again or the pain didn't go away, talk to coach!

 

COMING BACK FROM AN INJURY

1) When you are injured you should not do any activity that causes pain to the injured area.

2) When you are healed and start exercising again, you need to stop if you feel ANY pain in that area.

3) Even though you may be healed, the body can still feel pain because of weakness, stiffness or scar tissue.

4) If you exercise through pain you may re-injure the area or cause a different injury. Give yourself time to come back slowly.

 

Remember, it is a thousand times better to get to the race slightly undertrained and healthy then to get there supposedly "well trained" but injured. 

When in doubt... ASK YOUR COACH!

PRINCIPALS OF ENDURANCE TRAINING - CLINIC
September 11th

This clinic explains concepts such as VO2Max, Lactate Threshold, Periodized Training, Heart Rate, etc. and how the utilization of these contributes to optimize training and racing. 
 
We hope you will join us. If this clinic interferes with your training, and you are interested in coming, then let us know.
 
September 11th
6:00 PM
Destination Kona Store in Scottsdale
 
Please RSVP on the link below!
 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1383975758498529/ 
OPEN WATER SWIM - CLINIC #2
September 14th

Since the weather played a trick on us last Sunday, many missed the Open Water Swim Clinic. 
We still had a great group, but we will offer another clinic this Saturday to make sure everybody can practice.

Meet at  AJ's on Pima & Pinnacle Peak.
5:45 AM meet at the parking lot 
6:00 AM ride starts
Some people have a run afterwards, so we'll start the run from there.
Breakfast at AJ's 
12:00 PM carpool to Bartlett Lake
1:00 PM Open Water Swim at Rattlesnake Cove

PLEASE RSVP to [email protected]
UPCOMING racelab CLINICS
 
Principals of Endurance Training
September 11th - 6:30 PM
Destination Kona

Open Water Swim Clinic
September 14th - 1:00 PM
Bartlett Lake-Rattlesnake

Race Strategy-Soma & Lifetime Tri
September 18th - 6:00 PM
Triple Sports 
 
Open Water Swim Clinic
September 29th - 11:00 AM
Bartlett Lake-Rattlesnake Cove
 
Mental Readiness - Ironman & Soma
October 2nd - 6:30 PM
Destination Kona
 
UPCOMING races

September 
9/15     Open Water Swim 
9/22     Lifetime Triathlon  
9/19     Splash N Dash
 
October 
10/3      Splash N Dash 
10/6      Maggie's Run
10/13    Splash N Dash
10/19    Open Water Swim
10/20    Soma Half IM 

November  
11/9      Splash N Dash
11/10    Open Water Swim
11/3      NYC Marathon
11/3      Woman's Half  Marathon
11/17    Ironman AZ

December 
12/8      Tucson Marathon
12/15    Fiesta Bowl half marathon

 


 

Table of Contents
Coach's Corner
Principals of Endurance Training
Open Water Swim #2
Upcoming Clinics
Upcoming races
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GROUP TRAINING SESSIONS
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 THIS WEEKEND
 
Saturda
September 14th 
 
6:00 AM
BIKE RIDE
 
 
11:00 AM
BREAKFAST
 
 
12:00 PM
CARPOOL 
to Bartlett Lake
 
 
1:00 PM
OPEN WATER SWIM 

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Sunday 
September 15th
 
6:00 AM  
GROUP RUN

 

 

RACE

OPEN WATER SWIM SERIES  #4
 
 
10:00 AM 
SWIM SESSION 
ASU Student Recreation Complex 
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 NEXT WEEKEND
 
Saturday 
September 21st 

  

  6:00 AM
BIKE RIDE
CANCELLED
 
 
EXPO
Tempe Beach Park

  

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Sunday 
September 22nd

  

6:00 AM 

GROUP RUN 

CANCELLED

 

    

 RACE

TEMPE TRIATHLON

Tempe Beach Park

 

 

10:00 AM 
SWIM SESSION 
CANCELLED 
  
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