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Martin Spierings
Can I Swim in the Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz in the Winter?
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...
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 17
- 7 min
How To Be Coachable
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...
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Martin Spierings
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Concentration, Music and Endurance Events
Concentration is one of the most underrated attributes of the endurance athlete. The ability to stay psychologically present in what you...
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Martin Spierings
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Measuring Your Improvement in Triathlon Racing
Unlike running, triathlon is a difficult sport to determine improvement in race performance using splits and times. While distances...
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Martin Spierings
- Sep 7
- 3 min
How To Swim In A Straight Line: Tips for Open Water
Not swimming a straight line between the buoys can cost you time in a triathlon. These simple tips can help.
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Martin Spierings
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Off-Season Triathlon Training: How to Stay Motivated
When we 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,...
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
Essential Swim Gear
TCMTriSquad’s list of essential swim gear for your pool sessions available through Finis Swim and Blueseventy. TCMTriSquad Members get...
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Martin Spierings
- Aug 28, 2022
- 2 min
Things To Do Two Weeks Before Your 70.3 or Ironman
There are some organizational things you can't leave until the last days of your 70.3 or Ironman triathlon. Learn from mistakes already...
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Martin Spierings
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
The Problem With Prescription
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%...
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Gunnar Roll
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Triathlon Strength Workout. At Home with Minimal Equipment
Strength workouts are an important part of triathlon training, but are often not a priority for many athletes. Strength training doesn't...
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Martin Spierings
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Planning Your Triathlon Racing Season
At about this time of the year, we start thinking about how many, what and when you want to race. You don't need to plan out every race...
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Should I Join a Masters Swimming Program?
As someone who's written hundreds of triathlon-specific (and I think pretty interesting) swimming workouts, it might come as a surprise...
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Martin Spierings
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
Fartlek revisited
Adding some interval training during this interminably long preseason can help prepare the body and add some variety to the monotonous miles
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Martin Spierings
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Dear Coach: Peloton or bike trainer?
Q: When needing to ride at home, is it better to ride my bike on the trainer or do the Peloton. I've been doing the peloton because I get...
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Martin Spierings
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Triathlon Training Is Not Canceled...This Time
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...
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Your Other Runs Are Probably Too Hard
The other runs should be the bulk of your program and the most common error is to run too hard or fast a pace.
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 21, 2020
- 2 min
Some Tips for Training with Baby
"Your life is going to change forever." I couldn't count how many times I heard that while my wife was pregnant. When Hayden "Bubsy"...
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
Triathlon Goal Setting: Mapping Out Your Season
The New Year is all about setting goals, and runners and triathletes are planning where and how much they want to race. Not every race of...
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 16, 2020
- 1 min
Tethered Swimming In A Small Pool
If you only have a hotel or play pool to choose from and want to maintain your feel of the water you can try this pandemic-era hack.
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Martin Spierings
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
3 Rules Of Triathlon Training
three simple rules that apply universally and might help guide a debutante who didn’t want to launch straight into hiring a coach.
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