Winter Is The Perfect Season

Winter is the perfect time to work on our limiters; the areas of our racing that holds us back the most.  For multisport athletes it could be swimming, cycling, or running.  For runners it could be endurance, force (the ability to maintain power on hills), or speed.  For some it may be a combination of these elements.  Regardless of the limiters we face they will continue to hold us back from our best performance if we do not work on them.

With as little as an hour a week of focus training (working on the mechanics of a discipline or an element of a sport) someone who has seen minimal progress in their racing can begin to experience break through workouts and see significant improvements in their times.  Many individuals believe that if they simply focus on speed, or running, that they will reach their goals.  The error in this thinking is that to reduce all training to a single focus overlooks the importance of their sport.  Great athletes who achieve understand that they must work on their areas of weakness to improve them, (you are only as strong as your weakest capacity), but that they must also continue to develop their strengths.

Winter is the perfect time to work on our weaknesses.  We generally have the time and we do not feel the pressure of race day just ahead.  TRAIN SMART, STAY FIT, HAVE FUN!

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