PG Triathlon Coaching

From the NFL to learning how to swim in May.. and now, tomorrow, Yusuf lines up for his first triathlon.

The sport may be new, but the discipline isn’t. He’s learned the swim, bought the bike, got fitted, built the volume, took a pretty solid detour with a bike crash a month ago, and then did what athletes do: adjusted, rebuilt, and kept moving.

Progress in a new sport is rarely a straight line, but that’s kinda the point. Tomorrow isn’t about proving he’s an athlete, he’s done that already. It’s about becoming a triathlete. And later in December, we will be celebrating his 70.3 debut in LaQuinta!

If you are out in Anthem tomorrow, give our man a big shoutout for having the courage to be a rookie again!

📸 Askia

Your $800 watch still doesn’t know how you feel! 😰VO2max, recovery, productive training, heart rate trends - all of these metrics can help us understand what’s happening, but most are estimates or interpretations built from incomplete data.

The metrics are useful data, but the numbers on your wrist are not the final answer. Use your watch to collect data, use context to make decisions!

IRONMAN advice gets dumbed down way too often.
The reality is, getting better at this sport isn’t about collecting random workouts or hacks, it’s understanding the physiology, managing fatigue, fueling, pacing, and building a training system you can actually absorb.

Slide through to read our top 5 things we keep coming back to with athletes, especially the ones who want to do more than just get through the day.

Also, sticking to useful advice and not just “don’t wear your helmet backwards”, that while it’s important for aerodynamics and photos, it’s probably been debated over and over again 😅

Squad work makes the dream work. 🤝

But really… triathlon can be such an individual (and sometimes pretty lonely) sport. So anytime we have an opportunity to bring people together, build some community, suffer alongside each other, and make the whole thing a little more fun, we’re going to push for it. The work may be individual, but it’s always better with a squad.

It’s almost Friday, which means race weekend is coming in hot! See who’s racing, where they’re racing, and send some good vibes their way! 🔥🏁

While long distance triathlon is our bread & butter, a few of our athletes still dabble - very well, we must say - with the shorter distances.

One of those stand out athletes is Daryl, who in a single weekend managed to get on the podium a couple times, across three events, including ending the weekend as the #1 ranked athlete on Team USA for the M65-69 AG at the Sprint Draft-Legal World Championship next year!

Congrats Daryl - we are always proud of your efforts!