TCMTRISQUAD

A regularly updated look at our team goals and progress for the season

How to qualify for the various age group world triathlon championships

by Emma Briggs, Co-owner of Endurance Explorers, providers of all-inclusive training camps. Fitness gains. Triathletes and cyclists...

Fabrice Kurmann rides his Trek Speed Concept onto the podium at the 2025 Santa Cruz 70.3 An excellent podcast from Michael Liberzon on...

Brand ambassador teams rarely accept youth participants At about this time every year (and it seems to get earlier and earlier) you will...

But, in my years coaching and observing hundreds of amateur athletes, time or availability to train or “busyness” is rarely the distinguishing factor in how much work gets done. What differentiates them is the motivation, organization and the importance, or focus, they place on training in their lives (prioritization).

Top three reasons why triathlon is particularly beneficial to your mental health

The below blog was written in 2011 and still holds water today! I've railed against chip timing that's come into prominence more and more...

When I take on a new triathlete, it’s always a goal to help make triathlon part of their lifestyle. Not an extra “thing” on their plate,...

As we get into summer and inland lakes and rivers start heating up, some races will pass the temperature requirement for wetsuits to be...

Emma Kleck has been participating in triathlon since August 2022, and joined TCM in June 2023. While a member of the squad, she has...

The importance of the physiological and scientific underpinnings of triathlon performance is often over-emphasized both by coaches, media publications and athletes themselves. How do social and psychological components factor in to the ultimate success of the amateur triathlete? A little while back I listened to a Scientific Triathlon podcast of Kerry McGawley , a top age group triathlete, who won her age group (45-49) at the 2023 70.3 World Championships. These podcasts usua

The reality is the Monterey Bay is cold all year round. I can't recall a time I've been comfortable ever swimming there without a...

So, you’ve invested in a personal triathlon coach to provide a customized training plan for you. It could be someone you’ve just employed or someone you’ve been working with for a while. It might surprise (disappoint) you that getting more value out of that appointment does not involve sending them off to do another coaching qualification. It could be up to you. As a coach, my goal when I design a training plan, far more important than finding the right balance of volume and

It was the year 2012. I was living in Chicago and went on a group run with some other triathlete friends. At that stage maybe about 25% of runners wore GPS watches. We set off and agreed to meet at a specific breakfast joint at the end. One of the runners reached the final destination after the run and proceeded to run several hundred yards up and down on a busy sidewalk in front of the breakfast place until her GPS watch told her she was at 10 miles. Either because her coach

As someone who's written hundreds of triathlon-specific (and I think pretty interesting) swimming workouts, it might come as a surprise...

UPDATE: Daniel Slosberg's latest investigation into the legitimacy of Nyad's swim "Diana Nyad Could Not Have Completed A Legitimate...

As of midnight tonight the San Francisco Bay Area will be under its second Shelter-In-Place order of the year. But unlike the first in...

...several organizers have not given up hope.

This question was reignited in me the other day when I was looking at the new Nuun Endurance formula that had begun popping up, which was...