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A nice article on Karlovy Vary and the history of the race, as well as Vendula's win:
“I really wanted to win on home soil but the race definitely didn't go as I planned. I was so surprised when I was first out of the water and then didn't really know what to do on the bike. As I was riding with an Italian girl for first 10k till she got dropped and I was in solo breakaway with still keeping the same time to the chase pack. I didn't want to waste too much energy because there's WTs Stockholm and Edmonton Grand Final. But I was only caught in the 6th from 7 bike laps. I was a bit worried that my legs won't be too fresh for the run but it worked well at the end.
It's always special to win at home and I'd like to thank the organisations for a great event and the people for cheering me. Karlovy Vary is a beautiful city with very tough and honest course.”
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Vendula Frintova won the ITU European Cup in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - CityTriathlon
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Great running mojo at this track in Olot Spain:
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Tommy Zaferes
Aptos native Tommy Zaferes removed any doubts on Sunday that he hasn't fully recovered from a scary medical event in late May. Zaferes — minutes ahead of other athletes in the elite field — won the eighth annual Tri Santa Cruz on Sunday in 1 hour, 39 minutes and 17 seconds.
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Article from TeamUSA.org on Olympic 4th Place Finishers featuring Sarah Groff:
While many athletes struggle with motivation after the emotional and physical build-up to the Olympic Games, those who finished tantalizingly close to the podium often replay “what-if” scenarios in their heads. Groff knew that she had put it all out there in London. But the race and Olympic experience flattened her, and she struggled in the final World Triathlon Series races of the 2012 season, finishing seventh in one and ninth in the final.
“I don’t think I’m going to forget it ever,” Groff said recently. “I would say it took me until the summer of 2013 to really regain momentum.”
Groff finally made the podium in London — in a WTS race in May 2014 — and despite a minor foot injury in June, is having a good build toward Rio.
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An interview with Jordan Rapp, with greater perspective on skipping Kona this year, background, and future:
Jordan Rapp announced this past weekend on his Rappstar blog that his Kona 2014 ambitions end now. He will instead focus on other events including the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Mont Tremblant and getting ready for Kona 2015.
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Junior/U23/Collegiate athletes, we have an opportunity for you, get in touch: http://www.jftracing.com/contact/
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Check out this short interview I did with our kit supplier TAYMORY in Banyoles Spain at a recent camp:
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Setting up a camera to record a run session:
I recently answered some questions for a written interview, and as the answers are often edited or don't appear in full, I thought it would be useful to post a few here:
What kind of training cycles (macro and micro) do you use ?
We generally don’t use traditional training cycles, and instead apply a consistent progressive approach, each one building on the last block of work, incorporating the majority of the elements of preparation year round.
Can you compare your current training group/method with previous groups you have coached.
My coaching practice has evolved over time in many aspects, however the principles of individual approach, and focus on doing the basics very well have remained the same.
How would you describe your training environment?
One where independent athletes are surrounded by like-minded, and committed athletes and staff, making it easy to do the work necessary to progress toward world class performances.
Do you incorporate the latest and greatest technology or take a more down to earth approach to training and recovery?
We use technology, in a simple and straightforward way, to add information, with which to make better decisions holistically.
How do athletes join your group? Do they come to you? Do you seek out athletes?
A combination of referrals from current athletes, inquires from prospective new athletes, and in specific cases we contact those who might be a good fit and could contribute to the group.
What are the key criteria you look for in a triathlete. Do you feel you can predict which athletes will be more successful and if so, what common characteristics do they exhibit, or is there no common formula?
Primarily it’s about attitude: driven to maximising preparation and performance, resilient to setbacks, able to be both completely committed to achieving success, able to have appropriate perspective, and finally enjoys the process of preparation and loves competition.
If you could summarise your group in less than 5 words, what would you say?
Surrounded by commitment, success is inevitable.
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A couple weeks ago I sat down for an interview with Jeff Scull from the Department of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University in Ontario, for a discussion on coaching, inputting on Jeff's research project entitled "Investigation into the motivational strategies among elite triathlon coaches"
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International Triathlon Coach Joel Filliol and Jeff Scull from the Department of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University in Ontario will be having a discussion on coaching, inputting on Jeff's research project entitled "Investigation into the motivational strategies among elite triathlon coaches"
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This video presentation by Malcolm Brown - Leeds based athletics and triathlon coach - to Olympic Triathlon medallists Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, among others - has outstanding insight into the Leeds triathlon environment - worth a watch.
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SkySports has an article on analytics in football "Future of analytics in football: Time to stop just collecting data and start making some decisions" following on a Sports Analytics Innovation Summit . 'Big data' is a trend in the technology industry, and also in sport, brought into the popular consciousness by the baseball book "Money Ball".
"It’s easy to collect data and feel like we’ve arrived."
While big money professional sports have taken to employing analysts to make sense of the data that is being collected, most coaches don't have access to that type of resource. With the increase in data available for coaches from new technology such as GPS, power meters, we can lose sight of what is important: using the data to make better decisions. Paralysis by analysis is a real problem for coaches, as well as increasing complexification of sport, using up bandwidth which might obscure a coaches' big picture thinking.
“Data is worthless. Only decisions have value.”
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