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<br />TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-61026768217083070052017-01-12T21:04:00.002-08:002017-01-12T21:04:26.839-08:00Picking Races
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As the race
season quickly approaches. Some Pros are racing as early as this weekend. I
thought I would put up a little post on how I choose my races and what are the
biggest factors.
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This is my
third year of racing the 70.3 circuit as a professional, so I am still finding
the perfect balance for myself. Last year I raced too many races to close to
each other. So the proper amount of time between races will be the backbone to
my choosing my races in 2017. In 2016 I had a couple of races one week apart
and too many races two weeks apart. In 2017 I will be making sure I do not have
any races one week apart and very few races two weeks apart. I also will be
making sure I have large gaps between racing blocks, to get in longer training
block. I will be looking to race no more than 10 times this year and probably
only 8 of them will be 70.3.</div>
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Once I have
figured out how many races I want to do and the general spacing. I then look
for races that are a little more to my liking. I always want to make sure I am
ready to be competitive at any kind of race, flat, hilly, hot or cold. But I do
lean a little bit more towards hilly and cooler races. I also really like to
pick races in Canada if they are available. Home field advantage ;)</div>
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The next
deciding factor if there are two or more races around the same date is the cost
to get to the race. Then I look at what kind of prize money each race has. It
is a fine balance between the cost to get to a race and the amount of prize
money offered. If there are two races on the same date with the same amount of
prize money I will usually choose the race that will be easier to get to and
less expensive. This is when the business side of racing comes into effect.</div>
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Lastly I
will take into consideration the level of competition I will face at each race.
I do not want all the races to be fluff races. I want some to be very
competitive so I can race against the best in the world. </div>
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Here is what
my last two years of racing have looked like and what 2017 may look like.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Race schedule
2015</span></b></div>
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Mar 15 Los
Olas Olympic</div>
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2 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Mar 28 California 70.3 </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">4.5 weeks to next race</span></div>
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May 2 St.
George north champ 70.3 </div>
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7 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">June 20, Mont-Tremblant 70.3</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2 weeks to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">July 5 Challenge St Andrews</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">5.5 weeks to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Aug 16 Timberman 70.3</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2 week to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Aug 30 70.3 Worlds Austria </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">3 weeks to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Sept 20 Cozumel 70.3 </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2 weeks to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Oct 4 Silverman</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Oct 25 Miami 70.3</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2 weeks to next race</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Nov 8 Austin 70.3</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Race schedule
2016</span></b></div>
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4/2
California Oceanside</div>
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2 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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4/17 New
Orleans</div>
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3 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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5/7 St
George</div>
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4 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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6/5
Raleigh </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 week <span style="color: black;">to next
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6/12
Victoria</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next
race</span></div>
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6/26 Mont-Trembalnt</div>
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3 weeks<span style="color: black;"> to next race</span></div>
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7/17
Racine </div>
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3 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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8/21
Timberman</div>
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2 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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9/4 World
Champs 70.3 Mooloolaba</div>
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3 weeks <span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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9/24 ITU
Oklahoma LC Wolds</div>
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<span class="aqj">4 week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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10/30
Austin</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Possible Race
schedule 2017</span></b></div>
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3/19 Puerto
Rico Ironman 70.3</div>
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2 <span class="aqj">week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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4/1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oceanside Ironman 70.3</div>
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3<span class="aqj"> week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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4/28 St.
Anthony Olympic</div>
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6 <span class="aqj">week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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6/4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Victoria Ironman 70.3</div>
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3<span class="aqj"> week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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6/25 Mt
Tremblat Ironman 70.3</div>
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4<span class="aqj"> week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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7/23
Challenge Iceland</div>
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7<span class="aqj"> week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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9/9 70.3 Ironman
70.3 World Championships Chattanooga</div>
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2<span class="aqj"> week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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9/23 Lake
Geneva Escape Olympic</div>
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2<span class="aqj"> week </span><span style="color: black;">to next race</span></div>
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10/1 New
Orleans Escape Olympic</div>
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TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-6616307043864483712017-01-05T20:15:00.001-08:002017-01-05T20:15:45.529-08:00It is just January 5.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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New Year is upon us it is time to start putting everything into place for the
2017 season. Picking my races, finalizing sponsors and getting training
rolling. For the first part of the year I will be based in Poway California
working with the Triathlon Squad. This will be very important to setting up my
year and getting all the right pieces in place. But I still need to remember
that it is just January 5 and there is a long season ahead of me.</div>
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On January 5
I had a very solid day nothing crazy. I save those efforts for race day.</div>
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I did a 5300m
swim with some pulling and 12x150 on 2:10 to cap it off. I am rolling with a
very good group in the water. Everyone is dedicated on going as far as they can
and there is no messing around. We all are there to get better and become great
athletes. This is something that I really thrive off of. I love the
competition.</div>
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Soon after
the swim I was off to do a nice 50min cruise run to shake out my legs from
yesterdays workout, just a few miles in the rain.</div>
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After that I
spend a little bit of time working on sponsorship contracts and getting
everything worked out. I do not mind this kind of work too much it is nice to
build up relationships with the companies and people I work with.</div>
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Then I am
off for a 90min bike ride in the rain.</div>
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Nothing to crazy it is just January 5.</div>
TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-5926554557034677942016-12-29T21:18:00.002-08:002016-12-30T07:44:51.200-08:00Best of 2016:<style>
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Best meal:</div>
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The best
meal I had in 2016 is hard call I have had so many great meals and fun times
with the people I have dinned with. But I have to go with my dinner after
Ironman 70.3 Mt. Tremblant it was just an out of this world home cocked steak
dinner and tasted that much better after a hard days work.</div>
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Best race:</div>
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This has to
go to Ironman 70.3 Victoria. It was the Ironman race I lead the bike portion of
the race and was able to hold onto my lead to win the race.</div>
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Longest bike
ride:</div>
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This year my
longest ride was 5 hours nothing to amazing. It is more important to stay
consistent than have amazing mega days.</div>
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Best concert:</div>
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I train a
lot and allow myself a few days to let loose. The best consort I went to this
year was Digital Dreams. Such a great light show and fun time.</div>
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Most
exciting travel location:</div>
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The coolest
place I travel this year was to Sydney Australia. I too some time to be a
tourist and see all the sites.</div>
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Coolest
moment:</div>
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For me the
coolest moment of 2016 was meeting and getting an autograph from Tony Kanaan. I
have started to get into F1 and IndyCar. It was really cool to meet one of the
top drivers and lean what it takes to make it in another sport.</div>
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Craziest moment:</div>
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The craziest moment in 2016 was when crash at Oceanside 70.3 it really put a dent in the season but i was able to bonus back from it and have a good year.</div>
TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-37920627980883308102016-12-22T12:02:00.000-08:002016-12-22T12:02:10.189-08:00Bike Development
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After doing an article on the evolution of my swim I thought
I would do the history and development of my biking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Biking was the first sport that I got into with my
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started mountain biking
when I was about eight years old, I road for fun at first doing the occasional
O cup and 24 hour race with my dad. It was a great way to stay active and learn
so very key bike handling skills at a young age.</div>
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When I started running at the age of fourteen I truly found
my competitive spirit. It was a very logical path to start racing duathlon and
triathlon. But for first few years I did not ride much I just wanted to run.
After racing a few kids of steel races on my yellow full suspension mountain
bike I finally made the call to go full on in the triathlon world. </div>
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Luckily my mom had a steel Opus bike that fit me when I was
sixteen and allowed me to race in my first draft legal race at Junior Nationals
in Brampton. This was my first real triathlon. After this race I was hooked and
just wanted more. During this time I was doing a lot of riding with the higher-level
age groupers. They were strong enough to push me on the bike. At this time I
was riding about three to four a week with a long ride of about 90min. It was
difficult to do much more than that with school.</div>
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Once I had been in the sport for about two years I purchased
my first bike, a Tarmac that I still have. The bike took me threw my entire
junior career. When I was a junior I road with my teammates that were all
around my age. At this time Sean Bechtel was the man we all looked up to on the
bike. He taught me a lot of the skills that allowed me to excel on the bike. During
this time I had upped my biking miles I was still biking about five times a
week but longer rides and more specific workouts. Every week we did a brick
workout, an individual time trial and a long ride. </div>
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Being a poorer swimmer at the time I was always playing
catch up on the bike. This really forced me to develop my bike skills at an
early age. Which paid off when I went into the longer non-draft racing.</div>
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The next big change was when I got to University. By this
time I had a matured as an athlete and was ready to take on some big bike
miles. I also had a little more time in the day to ride and get in 3 workouts a
day. This allowed my bike rides to become much longer probably biking closer to
six times a week. Also having a longer summer break allowed for better training
and recovery during the hardest training blocks. I still was coming out of the
water near the back of the field. But now I was strong enough to bridge the gap
to make it to the lead bikes. During this time my three best biking moments were:
at Junior Nationals where I biked from the chase pack to the lead pack and
still had the gas to run into second. At the Edmonton world cup I came out of
the water in about third last but was able to close the gap between myself and
the leaders, I then ran into the top 15. Then there was my last ITU race at the
Huatulco world cup where I came out of the water with Tyler Butterfield and
almost dropped him going up the hills. In the end he played his hand properly
and dropped me but it was a very good glimpse into what the long course
triathlon would hold.</div>
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I was 23 when I chose to make the switch into non-drafting
Triathlon. This was the last year of my university degree and the perfect time
to make the switch. The bike training changed for sure at this point. There
were a lot more rides that were close to 100km and two specific bike workouts a
week. The biggest change was getting us to holding the TT position for hours on
end. But once I had that under control it was just time in the saddle.
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After university I switch over to Paulo Sousa squad. Under
his guidance we added in the occasional double ride days but not a whole lot
different from what I was already doing. The key now is to make sure every
workout has its purpose. There are no more ‘garbage miles’ on the bike. There
are every few easy bike rides in my training program now.</div>
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I really look forward to seeing what I can doing in 2017 and
how far I can push myself. My first race of the year is scheduled for March 19,
2017.</div>
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I have to thank Sean Bechtel, Nat Faulkner, all my
teammates, Barrie Sheply and Paulo Sousa for helping me become a better athlete.</div>
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I wanted to talk about my swim development over the years
and how I have gotten to where I am in the water and where I want to go. As the
70.3 distance gets more competitive it is becoming more important to have the
full package Swim/Bike/Run.</div>
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Ironman and 70.3 distance first appeared the run was the most important part.
Nine times out of ten the fastest runner would win the race. Over time the bike
started to become very important. With athletes like Lionel Sanders, Sabasion
Keanly and many other made the bike more important. Now with the 70.3
attracting more athletes the swim is starting to play a larger roll in every
race. Races are having large groups and if you miss the lead group in the swim
the race is much more difficult. This is best seen at the Championships races.
With swimming being the area that need the most improvement I need to make sure
I do not fall behind as triathlon develops and evolves.</div>
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I started swimming at about 16 years old. In the swim world
this is very late. Pure swimmers usually start at the age of 8-10 years. So I
was a little behind at the very stare and had no control in the water. I could
keep my head above the water but that is about as fare as I could get. </div>
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The first thing I did was start working with a swim club.
The first club I joined was the Dorado Stars. It was right beside my High
school. It was the perfect location since we had 2-3 morning practices a week.
I fully immersed myself into the swimming culture, swimming eight times a week
and all the strokes. This helped to jump start my swimming a little but I still
was getting my butt kicked by 13 year-old girls and swimming in the lane with
the eight year olds. You really need to let go of your ego at the start. It is
a long process to develop your swimming. There were a few times that my coach
told use that the lane I was swimming in may as well be filled with dirt
because that is how poorly we were swimming, great times but lots of long hours
in the water. As I finished my high school stage in my life I had worked my way
up to being able to swim with some the of girls that were closer to my age but
I was no were near the best of them.</div>
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I then went on to Mcmaster university were I was lucky
enough to have formed a great relationship with the varsity swim coach Andrew
Cole. He allowed me to train with the varsity swim team and further my swimming
skills. I feel that it played a huge role in moving my swimming forward. I had
all the assets that the swimmers had and had so many great teammates to emulate.
When I started I was probably the slowest in the pool. But after 5 years of 8-9
swims a week with the team I became a decent enough swimmer to hold my own
against most of the women on the team and some of the men. I was no where near
as good as I needed to be but I had come a far since I started.</div>
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The next big step in my triathlon swimming was connecting
with Paulo Sousa’s Triathlon Squad. This move allowed me to work solely on my
freestyle. Since we all were triathlete instead of the swim group. This was the
right time in my swim development to focus solely of freestyle since I had
built up enough muscle from doing years of IM. Doing only freestyle lowed me to
cut back one the over all time I spent in the water which in turn gave me more
time to recover and work on running and biking.</div>
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I still have a lot of work to do to get to the point I want
to be at. I will continue to follow Paulo’s guidance and see how far I can go.<br />
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I have been
hearing more and more about rollers over the last few weeks. I have been on and
off them over the years but this winter I am going to use them a lot more.
After riding them for a few weeks and talking to Lionel Sanders, I think they
are a very useful tool. As any training tool they have their advantages and
disadvantages.
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The first
thing that people have trouble with is getting over the fear of falling off.
Yes it is a fairly daunting task, having only 2 feet of room to play with, as you
are balancing on two wheels. They key is to stay relaxed. The best way to start
is by setting up the rollers in a door way so that you have something solid to
hold onto until you are up to speed. The door way also gives you something to
grab onto if you feel you are falling off. Once you have gotten going it is all
about not over correcting, if you start drifting to one side do not freak out
and over correct. All you need is a little touch to the handlebars or to lean
the direction you want to go, and you will float over to that side.</div>
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Once you
have the skill it really does not leave you. I got on the rollers for the first
time in about three years and probably only the fifth time I have ever ridden
them. It was just second nature. It also is not that scary when you fall off.
If you are in the doorway you will just grab the frame and burn some rubber off
your tires. I fell off twice when I started to use then for the first time this
year, you just ketch yourself then reset.</div>
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As a
training tool I think it is useful because it keeps you very engaged threw the
whole ride. It also makes the hard effort that much more realistic and taxing,
because you have to stay focused on your balance as well as pushing a big gear.
I personally have a set of rollers that do not have any extra resistance. So
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Personally I
have found that once you get around 450watts on the roller or short 30 sec
efforts they are not as effective. The very short and intense efforts takes so
much out of you, so they are better done on the trainer where you can focus
just on the effort. My rollers also start to vibrate when I get around 450w. So
that is a little freaky. For all the effort that are around 300-350watts or
lower the rollers are amazing they just add another level of reality and
engagement that the trainer does not have. </div>
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It also
takes a little bit of time to get confident riding the rollers in the TT
position but again it really comes down to staying relaxed and not over
compensating any movements. I am now playing around a little bit with standing
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I would
recommend rollers to any one who is looking to add more to there winter
training.<br />
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I am going
to try to start posting every week. Some of these posts will be about training
and some about my experiences as an athlete. </div>
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TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-32588659557648382702016-12-04T19:27:00.000-08:002016-12-04T19:27:06.586-08:00First week back.
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This is the
first week of my 2017 training and we are doing things a little differently
than in the past. The next month or so will be a slow build into my full
training load. It works out perfectly because I will be in Canada during this
month and it will be easier to run on the treadmill and trainer here. It is
very important to build into you training properly and not get too excited when
the season starts. The season is long, for me this season will last for about
11 months and it is key to not burnout. During the first few months I will
building up my training load and I really like to do a little in more of my training on the treadmill
and trainer. It just keeps everything very controlled.</div>
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I will be in
Canada until late December and during this time I will be work on my base
fitness without a lot of intensity. There will be a fair bit of running on the
treadmill at this time. The main reason is to deter any injuries from running
outside in the snow. The treadmill also allows me to add aspects to my training
that I would not be able to do with out the. Like locking into a pace
and holding it. It also gives me the ability to work on strength with long up
hill portions of running.</div>
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The swim has
and always will be a very important part of my training. This year to start of
the season there will be a lot pull focused working. This will build a very good muscular base that I can build off of to develop more speed.</div>
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On the bike
I will be adding in the rollers for this month. I have not done this before and
I think the roller will add another level to my cycling. Next week I will talk
more about my roller experience.</div>
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Overall the
first week has gone very well and I am excited to start the season.</div>
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After a nice
three weeks of down time, it is time for me to get back to work and start
training for the 2017 season. In those three weeks I had some time to look over
the 2016 season as a whole and see what I will do differently in 2017.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I would share my thoughts on
2016 with you and give you a little glimpse into what 2017 will look like. </div>
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2016 was
full of high and lows like any year but it had few more crazy turns than
expected. The year started out well with a very strong block of base training
down in Poway California to prepare for a full race schedule. I was planning on
upping the number of races I did this year to 12 so there were a couple of
races right on top of each other.</div>
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This did not
really work out in the end and actually I only did 8 full 70.3 races. One I had
a nasty crash in, one I flatted in and two were turned into duathlon do to the
weather. I found that I struggled racing back-to-back week and need more time in-between
races to train. These means that I will have to start my season a little
earlier and end it a little later.</div>
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In 2017 I
will race a little less with more space in-between races. This will allow me to
focus more on each race and prepare properly. I also will not be making a large
trip to Australia in, which will allow me to stay on an more manageable time
zone and cut down on my travel. I will be getting back to the basics in 2017. I
want to continue to keep improving all aspects of my sport but putting a heave
effaces on the swimming. I saw some improvement this year in swim but not the consistency
I wanted. I need to be coming out the water closer to the leader on a regular
bases.</div>
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I need to do
all the little things now. Everything will add up to make next year even
better. I will be working on my nutrition in races and training. How I can
better recover from workouts to be more consistent threw the season and stay
injury free. Consistency will be the cornerstone for my 2017 season.</div>
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Last week I
made a trip to Miami this is the third time I have raced here. It was the
second 70.3 race I ever did and the first course I broke 4 hours on. So it has
a little more of a personal connection to me than other races.</div>
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Downtown
Miami is an interesting place to try and train. Luckily I had an understanding
of the area and new where to go do my biking and swimming. It was a little
cooler than usual the day of the race, which was very nice since Miami can get
really hot and sticky.</div>
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I had one of
my best swim ever at this race. I never felt out of control and was with in
reach of the leaders for the whole swim. It was the first time I have been able
to see the lead paddler threw out the whole swim course. Even with the swim
being long I exited the water just over 30 seconds down from the leader. I was
able to have a very clean start that set me up in a good position around the
first corner. With 55 pro men in the race it was very similar to the large
groups of swimmers in ITU races. I was able to stay very relaxed for most of
the swim and make moves when I needed to. Only on the last 300m did I start to
feel labored. This definitely was a first for me and I look forward to repeating
it.</div>
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I jumped onto the bike in about 11th place. I was in a
position I have not been in before being so close to the lead swimmer. I was
able to see the lead group and new that I needed to try and make my way up to
them. That is were the medals were and I needed to be there. I pushed into a
biking zone that I have not gone before and road one of my fastest times if not
the fastest. But I still was not able to bridge the gap.<br />
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I entered into the run in 8<sup>th</sup> place and was just
was not able to get my run legs going. I lost a couple of positions after a
hard fought run and finished in 10<sup>th</sup>. It was not the result I was
looking for but I will move onto the next one.<br />
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Next up will be 70.3 Austin on Oct 30. This will be the first time I have tried to race two 70.3 one week apart.<br />
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Nutrition is
a very important part of the puzzle when you are trying to get everything out
of your body on a day to day basis and then asking it to do the unthinkable on
race day. Personally I have not even really thought about my nutrition until this
year.</div>
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When I was
racing ITU and in University nutrition did not even enter into my train of
thought. My nutrition then was eat enough no matter what it was cake, cookies,
meat and the occasional green thing. I had a couple of races go up in flames
because of these bad habits. </div>
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When I
started to race Ironman 70.3 things started to change, slowly at first. First I
got my race nutrition under control then I moved onto getting my day-to-day
nutrition figured out. Here are some things I have learned and use to keep my
body going. </div>
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Lets look at
race nutrition first. A couple of rule I work with are 300-350 calories an hour
on the bike and 200 calories an hour on the run. These numbers will go down the
sorter/faster the race is. Water/electrolyte is based of how hot the weather is
and how much I need but roughly 750ml and hour.</div>
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Sprint:</div>
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For me these
race are under 1 hour so I would really only be looking to drink. I might put a
little bit of 1<sup>st</sup> Endurance Liquid Shot or a Gel into my water
bottle but that would be it. Your body has enough energy stores to get threw
90min of work without taking in any food.</div>
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These races
would be in the 2 hour range. So I would be looking to take in about 200
calories on the bike and maybe 100 on the run if I needed it.</div>
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Half:</div>
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This is when
nutrition starts to become a real factor. These races are about 4 hours
(24-26min swim, 2:05-2:15 bike, 1:10-1:20 run). </div>
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-I like to
take eat something right before the swim about 100 calories. </div>
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-On the bike
I take in most of my nutrition as 1<sup>st</sup> Endurance Liquid Shot they
come in a handy little flasks. I take in about 100 calories every 20min so 300
calories an hour. If you take in much more your gut will shut down and you will
not get any nutritional value from your food.</div>
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-For the run
I look to take in about 200 calories about 50 calories every 5km. I use 1<sup>st</sup>
Endurance Liquid Shot but I like to water it down so that it is easier to take
in with out water. </div>
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Long Course
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For the long
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-A gel
before the swim, 300 calories an hour on the bike and 200 calories an hour on
the run.</div>
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I have not
raced an Ironman.</div>
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When it
comes to my day-to-day nutrition there are a few things that I have found
really help. It is so important to eat with in 30min of your workout. I think
the biggest trap that we have fallen into is protein. Protein is important in
our diet but we have been pushed to take too much and have forgotten that
simple carbohydrates are just as important, carbohydrates or the energy that
fuels our body.</div>
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I have
started to make large batches of rice/pasta/quinoa so that I have a
carbohydrate ready right after my workout. Once I have had some carbs I will go
and get some protein. It is simple but it works.</div>
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On top of my
regular diet I take a few supplements to make sure my body is healthy. The most
important one is Regenurex, it is a powerful <span class="s1">antioxidant and has
anti-inflammatory properties. This helps my body stay healthy and ready to go.
To keep my immune system strong and healthy I take probiotics. On top of those
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I raced the
ITU Long Course World Championship this year. It was the longest race I have
done o date a 4km swim, 120km bike and 30km run. The race fell three weeks
after the 70.3 worlds championships in Australia. It was going to be a very different
race.</div>
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Long Course
Worlds was in flat, hot and windy Oklahoma City. It is not called tornado
country for nothing. Even the morning before the race the winds were strong and
turning the water up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I knew
that everyone was in the same boat. </div>
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The swim was
crazy it probably was one of the choppiest swims I have been in outside of the
ocean. The waves were hitting us from the side and it was like a washing
machine out there. With such a long swim I knew that no matter what happened I
had to keep pushing and stay as close to the leaders as possible. About half
way threw the first loop that all went out the window and it was just about
getting the swim done and onto the bike. The wind had blown some of the
sighting buoys away and there was a big gap where all you could see was water.
I was blown of course and became very disoriented to the point were I had to
pop my head up too see where I was. Finally after a struggle I made it onto the
second loop. The second look was a little smother since I knew what to expect
but there still were a few times when I had to look around to find my next
sitting point. After the race I talked to a few other pros and it seemed that
every one was in the same situation getting pushed all over the place.</div>
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When I
finally got on dry land I new that it was time to get stuff done. I had a lot
of time to make up, but I could not just go crazy on the first few km with such
a long ride ahead of me. I built into the bike and slowly caught a few people
as I went along. It was very important that I stayed hydrated and ate properly.
For this race I aimed to take in 300cal an hour on the bike and drink as much
as needed. I used 1<sup>st</sup> endurance liquid shot with caffeine added to
it for my nutrition. At every water station I made sure I cooled myself down
with water. I was able to hold myself together until about 100km. </div>
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Then my body
just fell apart. I started to get a head ach and could not focus. All I could
do was keep moving forward fighting against the wind. As the bike came to an
end I was able to catch a couple more people.</div>
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When I got
onto the run all I could think was, ‘I need to fight for every place in this
race.’ The run was a survival, you just had to keep running and picking people
off. I was able to work my way up from 17<sup>th</sup> to 12<sup>th</sup> place
on the run. I just had to stay on the gas and never back off. It was so nice to
race of my country again under the maple leaf.</div>
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was a good day but I am always looking for more and I will be looking to build
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TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-60228605711553564502016-09-16T07:41:00.002-07:002016-09-16T07:41:24.867-07:00A trip half way around the worldOn Sept 4 I competed at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in
Mooloolaba, Australia. It was the first time I have traveled this far.
This in itself was a learning experience. I landed 9 days before the
race and set up at Michelle Bremer's house about 20min away from the
race site. I cannot thank C3, Alto, Regenurex and my homestay Michelle
Bremer enough for making this trip possible. Arriving this early allowed
me to get used to the time change and the climate in preparation for
the race. There are a few tricks to getting use to time zone change,
which I will talk about more in another post but the most important
thing is to get onto the local time right away when you land.<br />
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The racecourse had an ocean swim, with the first half of the bike
course on flat highway roads going into some very steep hills on the
back half. The run was fast with two larger hills every loop. I spent a
lot of time in the ocean that week feeling out how to swim in it. This
was important for the exit since there could have been some rough surf
on race day. My early arrival also allowed me to ride most of the bike
course. I moved over to a hotel close to the race site about 3 days
before the event so I could get to the start line more easily.<br />
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On race day I was very excited and ready to go. The morning was calm
and the ocean was a glass lake. I did my normal run warm up, after I set
up my transition. I find this really calms me down and allows me to
think clearly on race morning. <br />
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The swim start was very chaotic. After they had announced the top ten
there was not very much time for the rest of the field to make it out
to the start line. I was not in the position I wanted to be in when the
gun went off, but no matter what, when the race starts I am ready to go.
I put my head down and just went for it. In about 200m I had
reconnected with the group. The sun was in our faces so I relied on
following the people around me.<br />
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At about 800m I was still in contact
with the front main pack. Over the next 200m the group was pulled apart
and the leaders pulled away. I stayed with a smaller group trying to
minimize the gap. I exited the water about 1min down from the front pack
of 24 people. It was my best swim of the season so far.<br />
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After a long transition run I was onto the bike and ready to bring
back as many people as possible. I quickly overtook the people I had
been swimming with. At about 10km into the ride Trevor Wurtele pulled up
beside me. We exchanged a few words and continued racing. Keeping the
legal 12m back Trevor and I traded turns on the front doing our best to
bring people back to us but when we saw the 24 person group go by at the
turn around we knew this was an uphill battle. I never gave up putting
it all out there, trying to bring myself into striking distance of the
leaders. But the world championship is unlike any other race on the
circuit and I was not able to catch the lead group. As the ride came to
an end I was able to catch a few more people.<br />
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I put all I had left in to the run and by the end I was able to work my way in to 28<sup>th</sup>
place. It was not the result I was looking for but I will be building
on this as I go into the end of 2016 and into 2017 season.<br />
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Since it was the first time I had been in Australia I chose to spend a
little more time there after the race to see the sights. Ashley and I
went down to Sydney to check out the iconic monuments and see some
koalas. It was really nice to do a little tourism and see where the
first Olympic triathlon was held. We were able to do a few boat tours,
see the Opera House, get to the zoo, go whale watching and eat some good
food.<br />
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Even with all the sight seeing I still had to keep up my training
since I have the ITU long course world championships on Sept 24. I am back home now ready to rock the rest of the season.<br />
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Pictures taken by: Ashley Rayner<br />
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<br />TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-89382238548006035932016-08-03T07:53:00.000-07:002016-08-03T07:53:32.378-07:00History of the Mohawk
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Appearances are important in all aspects of life, if you are
going in for an interview, working at a job or a professional athlete. They are
part of your image. People will judge and connect with you based for of your image.
As a professional triathlete my image is also my brand.</div>
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There are two key pieces to my brand at the moment that I am
building. The first that I will give a little story about is my haircut. I have
chosen to express image through having a mohawk. I have been racing with a
mohawk haircut for 6 years and it is part of my race ritual now. I will not
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It started in second year university, after going through my
high school long hair faze. It was time to move on. I went up to one of my room
mates and said cut my hair into a mohawk for the up coming track meet. At that
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Later that year before 5k Around the bay race I chose to cut
of the mohawk. The day before the race I ran into my varsity XC captain. How
said, ‘Taylor you cut your hair! Why? That was the source of your power…
Welcome to the slowest day of your life.’ Surprisingly I did not have a very
good race and from that day forth I chose to never race with out having mohawk.
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Through the years of my racing career I have kept the mohawk
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Ironman 70.3
Racine was a crazy race. </div>
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The day
before the race was perfectly sunny weather, but by the time race morning had
rolled around that had changed. A massive thunderstorm was on it way. I did not
change any of my routine that morning just incase the race did go off as plained.
I was up at 4am and at the race site by 5am. I went through my normal set up
and started off for a 15min run. When I got back Ironman had decided to delay
the race till at least 8:00am (the scheduled start was 7:00am) and they remove
the swim portion. I was fine with this and started to rap my head around racing
a duathlon, when the first storm hit. It was a few minutes of heavy rain. I hid
in a tent with Robbie Wade, another pro. When that storm had passed the race
organizers announced that another large storm cell was on its way with lightening
and they would announce what was happening at 9:30 with a planned race start
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It was only
about 7:50 at this time. With a storm on the way and having eaten breakfast almost
4 hours ago, I chose to go to Starbucks with a few other professionals from the
GTA area. We got some coffee and a little to eat. It allowed us to stay warm,
dry and get a little food before the next attempted race start.</div>
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We got back
to the race site around 9:20. It looked like the storm had passed and there was
some blue sky. We were told due to the late start of the race the bike would be
shortened to 31miles and the run would stay at a half marathon 13.1miles. </div>
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We then were
told that the pros would have a mass start on the bike. Starting at the base of
a steep little hill. Most of the pros were not pleased with this. It would have
been a dangerous way to start the race and there would be a large amount of
drafting going on. We argued to have a rolling TT start, where someone started every
30seconds. This did change the dynamics of the race but it was the fairest way
to do it.</div>
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Since I was
ranked 8<sup>th</sup> in the race I would be the 8<sup>th</sup> man off the
line and 4 minutes back from Lionel how was ranked 1<sup>st</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The officials did let us out to have a
short 10-15min bike warm up. Finally it was go time!<br />
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It was a
very different feeling starting on the bike. The crowds were there, all eyes on
you. I felt a little shaky standing there on the start line watching the clock
tick away the seconds, till I started. I just kept thinking stay calm, just
clip in properly and do your job out there. 3…2…1…go. I was into my clip
smoothly and out of the saddle climbing up the short hill. It was nice to have
people to chase up the road. I chose to build a little into the bike since
there was a lot of cross winds and rough roads conditions.<br />
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In the first
2miles I saw Tim Don walking back with his bike. It looked like he had gotten a
puncture and was out of the race. He stayed around for the whole race cheering
on the rest of the field, a true sportsman. I stayed focused on avoiding holes
and putting down the hammer. Drew Scott passed me about 10miles in he had
started 30seconds behind me. I new if I kept him in my sites I could out run
him. After playing with the wind and bumps on the road for 20miles I passed Paul
Matthews and Luke Bell. I then started to mentally prepare for the run. I made
sure my transition was clean and quick.</div>
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I went out
onto the run knowing that I was in the race but with the TT start I did not
know what position. I had to run smart and fast. I opened up quickly getting my
legs turning over. I could see Drew Scott up the road and focused on catching
him. Tim Don and Andrew Starykowicz where giving out splits. I new Paul Ambrose
and Richie Cunningham were 30 seconds up the road but had no idea where the
people behind me stood. I passed Paul Ambrose and Richie Cunningham about 6km
into the run as Paul Matthews ran past me.<br />
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Since Paul
Matthews started 30 second ahead of me I had 30seconds on him even though we
where running side by side. I guessed I was close to the top three, either in
third or fourth position at that point. For the next 10km I sat on Paul making
sure he did not get away from me. At the far turn around about 6km from the
finish we noticed that James Hadley had been making up time on us and he very
well could be beating us. I put in a last ditch effort to try and bring back
the ‘virtual’ James Hadley who was now in third place. I gave it all to see if
I could bring him back in the final 5km, but in the end he took 3<sup>rd</sup>
place by 42seconds. I finished in 4<sup>th</sup>.</div>
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Over all it
was a good day. I stayed positive through out all the crazy changes and placed
reasonably amongst a strong field.</div>
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I am back in
Caledon for a month now to prepare for the Ironman 70.3 world championship in
Australia on Sept. 4. I will also be racing Timberman on Aug 21 to sharpen up
for worlds.</div>
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Mt.
Tremblant 70.3 was the last of my three race month. I really enjoy this event.
Mt. Tremblant was my first podium in a 70.3 race and the race that showed me
that I could thrive at the 70.3 distance. My pre race week was a little
different going into this race, with TV interviews and sponsorship appearances.
I think it is very important to give back to my fans as much I can, it makes
Triathlon more exciting for every one. </div>
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The build up
to the race was phenomenal about 5min from the start an F-16 did a fly by over
the start. Setting the stage for the race!</div>
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The swim was
fast with a few new swimmers in the mix. I was able to make my way out of the
craziness of the start and moved into the lead of the chase group. The lead
group slowly got a gap of about 90 seconds by the end of the swim but I was
pleased with keeping it at that with some very strong swimmers like John Rasmussen,
Jarrod Shoemaker and <span class="entity4v1s">Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches</span>
leading the charge. I exited the water with Trevor Wurtele, Chris Leiferman and
Cody Beals on my feet. I was ready to give it all on the bike.<br />
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As the bike
started it was clear that Trevor Wurtele, Cody Beals, Chris Leiferman and myself
were going to be the main chase group. The race was playing out as I started to
chew into the top swimmers lead. Lionel went by us at about 20km and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rolled the disc, trying to go with
him. I found that his pace was to hot for me and I had to let him go. I led the
group as an official gave us splits to the other athletes up the road. We where
brining them back slowly. At the 50km mark Trevor Wurtele made a move and I
just could not react. For the next 20km I work very hard to bridge the little
gap that had formed between the group and myself. I was able to reconnect at
70km but I was spent. I dropped back into my own pace to prepare for a solid
run. I got off the bike in 7<sup>th</sup> place.<br />
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I worked my
way through the run. I caught TJ Tollaksonn in the first 5km. I split the run
up into 7km sections breaking the run in to thirds. I new that the run was
going to be a war of hydration in the heat and I paced myself for it. By the
11km I had moved into 5<sup>th</sup> position. I dug deep to hold of 6<sup>th</sup>
place while I tried to reach 4<sup>th</sup>. I was able to stay in 5<sup>th</sup>
from the rest for the race and I am pleased with this result.</div>
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I will be
taking a lot away from this race and applying it to my future events. Next up
will be Ironman 70.3 Racine on July 17.<br />
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TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-19875313996112154682016-06-15T09:35:00.001-07:002016-06-15T09:35:33.495-07:00Victory in Victoria!<style>
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Victoria was
the second race of my three-race series in June. After a disappointing flat in
Raleigh one week before, I was very fired up to get back out there and prove
myself.</div>
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I hopped a
flight straight from Raleigh and arrived in Victoria one week before the race.
This was the first time I had tried racing on back-to-back weekends. It seemed
to work well, thanks to a very helpful homestay.</div>
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In the week
leading up to the race, I was able to learn a new skill. I learned how to drive
a standard vehicle. It made for a very interesting week. But as I have learned
over the year, part of being a professional triathlete is being able to go with
the flow and get the job done no matter what happens. I was invited to sit on
the pro panel and to be part of the kids’ run again with my good friends Trevor
and Heather Wurtele.</div>
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On race day,
I was ready to go, acclimatized to the time zone and area. The race was insanely
early even for Ironman: a 6:00 am start. But luckily the time zone change was
in my favour. After a 3 am wake-up and my morning routine, I was race ready. It
looked like it was going to be a cool day, starting at 10<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">°</span></span>C and getting up to 14<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">°</span></span>C. I chose to put a
plastic bag under my race suit to stay warm on the bike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The swim had been shorted to about
1500m. The swim went of as usual. I chose to start on the right side is the
sallower water and jockeyed for position early on. By about 400m the race had
strung out with a group of two-three people up a head and myself in a small
three man group following. I exited the water about 1min down from the leader
and was ready for some redemption on the bike after last weeks flat tire.</div>
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As I was
taking my bike off the rack Trevor Wurtele arrived at his bike. I knew I had
about 10 seconds on my main competition of the day. At the start of the bike
there was a little jockeying as we settled into our own race paces. I quickly
moved myself in the lead of the race by 10km. I then started to settle into a
grove preparing myself for when Trevor would arrive. By 20km Trevor arrived as
he went by I new that I had to stay with him if I wanted any chance of winning.
For the next 40km not much changed. Trevor led and tried a few surges but he
could not get away. I stayed in second responding to Trevor’s moves and Nathan
Killam sat in third.<br />
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At 60km I chose to take control of the race and put in my
own attack. Trevor could not respond and gap started to form. The hunter soon
became the hunted! At 70km I put in another big pushed up the largest hill on
the course about 2km. I entered into T2 with in first place. I had never had
this happen--it was very interesting to be following the lead car. </div>
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As I
dismounted my bike, I slipped on my shoe and hit the deck. Luckily I was only
going 10-5kph so I was able to bounce back quickly and continue the race unharmed.
(The bike is fine too.)</div>
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I headed out
onto the two loop run around the lake on the gravel trails with a 90 sec on
second place. I pushed the first loop and as I ran through the woods all I
could think was Trevor is out there don’t you dare slow down. By the half way
mark I had extended my lead to 2min but then Trevor start to chew into that
nice lead of mine. At the 19km I got a glimpse of how close Trevor really was
at a short out and back section and that really did scare me. All I could think
is you have come this far don’t you dare let it go, fight for it. In those last
2km I really had to dig deep. In the end that is really what makes a win worth
it, having a serious competitor that pushes you to new levels and Trevor did
that. I crossed the line in 1<sup>st</sup> place. It was such an amazing
feeling with the crowds there watching. </div>
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I am heading
back to Caledon the for the next two weeks to prepare for Mt. Tremblant 70.3.<br />
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After a
rough race in St. George Utah I had a month to get in a really good block of
training. I was based in Caledon for that month and it was the perfect time
with some very nice weather.</div>
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I was
feeling ready for a big block of racing with Raleigh 70.3 on June 5, Victoria
703 on June 12 then Mt. Tremblant on June 26. I have never tried to race three
times in a month and I am very excited to push myself to the limits. </div>
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First up was
Raleigh 70.3, it was hot and humid in Raleigh North Carolina. Raleigh was amazing
with a lot of green, it really reminded me of Caledon. I was able to check out
the course before hand. The bike looked amazing with rolling hills and smooth
pavement.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In the days leading up I had the privilege to lead the kids
run and sit on the pro panel. It was a great experience and the kids had such a
good time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The morning of the race was perfect warm and
looking like to would be cloudy. In the race I had a very strong swim. I was
able to get out to the front and hold on to the lead group for a very long time
until it finally strung out. I exited the water in 5<sup>th</sup> place only
1min down from the leaders. I was having a very good day and by the mile 5 on
the bike I had moved into 3<sup>rd</sup> place with the top two in my sites. I
was preparing to over take 2<sup>nd</sup> place and on my way to the front of
the race when I got a flat tire at mile 6. I quickly started to change my flat
but when I went to fill up my tire with CO2 it did not fill properly and I was
not able to fix the flat. Sadly that was the end of my day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I know I have the fitness and I will be racing again
this coming weekend in Ironman 70.3 Victoria looking for some redemption. I
will be learning as much as I can from this race and bring it into the next
one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I will be back to Raleigh next year for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Huge thank you to my home stay Stephen and all my sponsors.</span></div>
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TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-88806054211274154882016-04-20T15:16:00.000-07:002016-04-20T15:19:02.796-07:00A Come Back<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just like
any sport Triathlon has a lot of ups and down. You really do not know what will
happen in a race. As professionals we prepare as best as we can for all kinds
of situations, but at the end of the day a race is a race and anything can happen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first
race I competed in this year was Oceanside 70.3. I was v<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e</span>ry anxious to start
the season off on a good note. I raced well at Oceanside last year and had
spent some time in California preparing for the race. It was a strong field of
athletes and I was looking forward to testing myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I
prepared my transition area it was nice to catch up with a Trevor Wurtele who
was raking his bike next to mine. As much as it is serious business out on the
racecourse I am very good friends with some of my competition. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I lined up in a good position and was in contact with the
leaders at about the half way mark of the swim. But eventually the group pulled
away and I had to fend for my self for the rest of the swim. I entered
transition about 1min and 40 second down from the leaders, which was about
20second faster than I had been last year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The bike was very interesting. I could see the group up the
road and tried desperately to work my way up to them. As the race went on the
top cyclists like Sebastian Kienle and Lional Sanders went past me. I focused
on riding my own pace and having a good run. But sadly as I rounded the last
corner in the bike a photographer was on the course and took me out. That was
the end of my day with the bike broken and I had lost too much time to
continue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the next two weeks I had to get everything sorted out
for the next race. I did my best to keep a positive attitude. My amazing, bike
shop Caledon Hills Cycle had me back on a bike in three days. Once that was in
place I just had to make sure my body was recovered and ready to race in New
Orleans 70.3.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One week out from New Orleans I started to feel better. I
was able to do a few fast run workouts and swim properly. I was ready to make a
little come back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The race at New Orleans was flat and windy they were
registering wind up to 37kph on the course. This was going to change the day.
In the swim the start was a mess since the gun went off as we were lining up. I
put in a hard swim in some very choppy water but came up short off from where I
had wanted to, about 2:30 down from the leader and in 9<sup>th</sup> place.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I quickly got into a grove on the bike it was an out and
back course with a head wind the whole way out. I was able to push a higher
power going out and work my way into 4<sup>th</sup> position. On the way back
home I just put my head down and road with the wind getting up to 60kph on some
sections. I did not see TJ Tollakson on the side of the road with a flat tire.
So, as I entered into transition I thought I was still in 4<sup>th</sup> but in
reality I had moved into 3<sup>rd</sup>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I could see Matt Chrabot 2min up the road from me and new he
was my target. I had no idea how far away Andrew Starykowicz was so I
just focused on catching Chrabot. The run was an out and back as well but this
time it was a tail wind going out and head wind as we returned to the finish
line. I slowly brought back Chrabot one-step at a time and by the10km I had
passed him. Starykowicz was about a mile ahead at the half way mark. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the way back to the finish line and into the wind Chrabot
clawed his way back to me and sat on my shoulder. I led the rest of the run
just steps ahead of him thinking, this is going to come down to a sprint and I
need to be prepared for it. We both were slowly gaining on Starykowicz but he
had built up such a lead on the bike that he was out of our reach. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kilometer
after Kilometer went by and Chrabot was still there. As we came into the last
Kilometer of the race it was show time, with about 800m to go I put in a
massive surge and broke away from him. As I entered into the last few meters of
the run Chrabot was nowhere to be seen I had dropped him and put just under a
minute between us. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am very happy with this result after the tough couple of
weeks I was able to get the job done. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you to the Triathlon
Squad, <a href="http://www.c3online.ca/">C3</a>, <a href="http://www.kinetico.ca/water-softeners/premier-twin-tank-softener.aspx">Kinetico</a>, <a href="http://www.royalcontainers.com/">Royal Containers</a>, <a href="http://www.caledonhillscycling.com/">Caledon Hills Cycling</a>, <a href="http://www.saucony.com/en/country">Saucony</a>, <a href="http://www.blueseventy.com/" target="_blank">BlueSeventy</a>, <a href="http://www.compressport.ca/">Compressport</a>, <a href="http://www.smithoptics.ca/">SMITH Optic</a>, <a href="http://vorgee.ca/">Vorgee</a>,
<a href="http://www.polar.com/ca-en">Polar</a>, <a href="http://www.riplaces.com/">Riplaces</a>, <a href="http://www.truestartcoffee.com/" target="_blank">TrueStart</a>, <a href="http://jim-reid.com/">my parents</a> and Friends, for making this happen.</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.5pt;"></span></div>
TAYLOR REIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411347964004805790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187254433953240756.post-14113892962530372612016-04-14T10:43:00.001-07:002016-04-14T10:44:07.028-07:00The benefits of Coffee<style>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A lot of use love coffee and we must have in the morning. But did
you know that the caffeine in coffee could give you a performance boost. At the
right levels, caffeine can improve your training and races. There are three
proven advantages that caffeine has:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Improving focus & mental performance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Increasing physical endurance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Reducing rate of perceived exertion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But there has also been studies done that
show caffeine can help you recover. I will get into that later on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To have these effects on your body the
caffeine levels must be correct and taken at the right time. The right amount
of caffeine is different for every person. But studies have shown that </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2-3mg per kilogram of body weight is optimal for sports
performance. Having too little caffeine won’t impact your training at all, but
most of us are familiar with the side effects of having too much. For this
reason it is important to track the amount of caffeine you are taking in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I personally like to use caffeine pills before a race because I
know the exact level. I will be trying a new kind of coffee called </span><a href="http://shop.truestartcoffee.com/?rfsn=196042.7ce54d"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">TrueStart coffee</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> that gives
you the caffeine levels in your coffee. Since it is very hard to know how much Caffeine
you are getting in a cup of coffee there are just so many variables like the
type of bean, the roast, altitude, the weather, and more. It gets even more
complicated when it comes to roast and ground coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Caffeine takes about 45 minutes to fully be absorbed and has a half-life
of 5.7 hours. I personally like to take my caffeine about 1 hour before I
workout or race to make sure it has settled in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There are two tips of Caffeine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Type 1 – Synthetic Caffeine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Found in traditional energy drinks, gels and
pills</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-The great thing about synthetic caffeine is
it is regulated, so you know how much you are taking in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Synthetic caffeine is it gets absorbed
through the digestive system much faster than naturally occurring plant
caffeine .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Synethic caffeine options also tend to come
hand-in-hand with extra sugar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">(TrueStart, 2016)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Type 2 – Natural Caffeine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Caffeine is naturally found in coffee, tea,
cocoa and approximately 60 other plant species</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-The great thing about natural caffeine is it
gets slowly released into the bloodstream, providing more sustained energy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-Natural caffeine is it is unregulated, so
you don’t know how much you’re getting. A single cup of coffee can vary
from less than 20mg to over 300mg caffeine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">(TrueStart, 2016)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Caffeine has also been shown to help with recovery. The study was
conducted on seven high-level endurance cyclists who partook in four sessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Glycogen, the muscle’s primary fuel source during exercise, is
replenished more rapidly when athletes ingest both carbohydrate and caffeine
following exhaustive exercise, new research from the online edition of the <i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Journal of Applied Physiology</span></i> shows. Athletes who
ingested caffeine with carbohydrate had 66% more glycogen in their muscles four
hours after finishing intense, glycogen-depleting exercise, compared to when
they consumed carbohydrate alone, according to the study, published by <b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: normal;">The American Physiological Society</span></b>.’
(</span>Hawley<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, 2008)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The study used very high levels of caffeine to get these effects, 8
mg per kilogram of body weight. That is about 5-6 cups of strong coffee.
Further research is needed to see if lower levels of caffeine have similar effects.
But any reason to have another cup of coffee right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sources:</span></div>
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Hawley, John
A.<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> (2008). The American Physiological Society. </span><a href="http://www.the-aps.org/mm/hp/audiences/public-press/archive/08/24.html"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">http://www.the-aps.org/mm/hp/audiences/public-press/archive/08/24.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">(2016). TureStart. </span><a href="http://www.truestartcoffee.com/learn/train-harder-for-longer"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">http://www.truestartcoffee.com/learn/train-harder-for-longer</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(2016). TureStart. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.truestartcoffee.com/learn/caffeine-uncovered"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">http://www.truestartcoffee.com/learn/caffeine-uncovered</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>
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Beyond
training: A day in the life of a professional triathlete.</div>
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I thought I
would give a little insight into what a Professional Triathlete does on a daily
basis, beyond their training. There is a lot more to a professional triathlete’s
day than training, eating and sleeping. A usual day of mine consists of three
workouts, or about 4-6 hours of actual training, but in reality my workday is
8-10 hours long. The day mainly revolves around swim times, since these are
fixed. All the other workouts and things I have to do are built around that. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wake up and have breakfast. While I am
doing that I check my e-mails and social media to see if anything has come up
over night that I need to address right away. Then it is off to the first
workout (usually a swim or a run). When I am home in Ontario the pool is about
20 minutes away, so not a bad drive. </div>
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The first
thing I do when I return from the swim is eat some food. Then it is back on the
computer to work on a sponsorship proposal, write a blog post or look for a
possible sponsor I can contact. In the early and late part of the year a lot of
my time is spent going back and forth with sponsors and ironing out contracts.
This can be a drawn-out process, and the athlete must find the right balance of
not asking for too much but also not selling out. Some of the top pro’s will
have agents to do this work. But I enjoy this part of the sport.</div>
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Then it is
off for the mid-day workout. After eating lunch I usually see if I can come up with
a good social media post. Most of them come to me while I am in a workout or
just spontaneously, but I need to put some time aside to make it look good, to
check that everything is spelt correctly and to make sure it is appealing to my
audience. With contractual obligations revolving around my social media I also
need to make sure I cover all the bases in that respect. Next, I spend a little
more time working on sponsorship proposals, sponsor phone calls or writing
articles. If I am lucky I may sneak in a little nap. If I miss that nap then
coffee is my savior.</div>
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Then I am
off to do my last workout of the day. My evenings are usually spent doing some
foam-rolling. If I have a video on the go I will usually work on that or
anything that has not been completed. I also like to keep the evening a little
more free to socialize with family and friends.</div>
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Sometimes I
get the opportunity to give back to the community by giving a talk, running a
workout or volunteering at a race. These are very enjoyable and a nice change
of pace. It is very important to me that I give back to the people who support
me and that I help nurture the next generation of the sport.</div>
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I am sure
you have heard every story about how to eat right and what not to eat. There
are millions of diets and foods that are unhealthy for you. But I am going to
give you a little glimpse into what I have in my fridge. Remember I am training
4-7 hours a day, now let us begin.
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We will
start with some of the basics. I have milk sitting in the door beside the
juice. But this is not just any old white milk no this is chocolate milk. I use
it in my cereal in the morning and just to drink after workouts with a pinch of
salt added. I find it is a lot easier to drink than regular milk and a great
post workout drink. I like to keep eggs handy for my second breakfast, after my
morning workout. There usually is not a lot of time until the next session so
it is something easy to make. When it comes to green things I keep broccoli,
asparagus, peppers and salad handy. I can usually mix these things up to add to
my lunch and dinner. For meet I like to really change it up but ground beef,
sausage and chick are great. There are a lot of different dishes that can be
created with them. I really like to keep ice cream on hand for those hard days
when I cannot get in enough food no matter how hard I try it fills in an gaps.
Cheese and yogurt are usually in there too. The cheese for sandwich’s and the
yogurt is a good snake food that can be mixed with other things. When it comes
to sauces I am a big fan of sweet baby rays BBQ sauces and caesar dressing.</div>
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Some staples
I have in the pantry are, Coffee! Could not live without it. I keep some tea
for the end of the day when I am winding down. I like to keep a big bag of
chips around. I like tortilla chips mainly because they have a good amount of
salt and are an easy carb to take in even before a workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the topic of carbs pasta is a staple
for dinner. I have cookies in there too. But they usually do not last for very
long especially if they are Oreos.</div>
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I went down
to California on January 11 to kick start off my season. With this being my
first year of training after I have finished my University degree. It is very
exciting to be able to spend a large amount of time in the warm weather to
prepare for my 2016 season. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
spent the first 6 weeks of my training in Caledon just getting back into the
groove of things and putting in a large amount of base miles.</div>
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Once I got
down to California the real work started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Paulo put me right to work with the group that consists of some top USA
ITU triathletes. This group is very key to my training giving me some top end
people to train with. There is always some one to push me on the hard days.</div>
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The
California weather has been cold in the mornings but it quickly warms up. It is
very nice to be outside on my bike and just working hard. During this camp I
will be focusing on my swimming. So that I can start to make up some ground on
the lead swimmers and come out of the water in a better position. We have up my
swimming to 8 times a week. Matt Macory and myself have been great training
partners working hard in the water. Tuesday and Thursday we get up at 8 am for
a 5km swim set and then at 3pm return for a 3km technical swim work. With this
kind of swimming I have seen some major improvements and I really look forward
to putting them to the test on April 2 in 70.3 California. </div>
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and run we have just been getting in the work. It is just a matter of staying
injury free. There are two hard bike and run work outs a week. The rest is just
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