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I couldn’t wait to share about all the changes going on at Energy Lab. Check them out! By bethany It’s time to get fitter, faster, and further than ever before. Energy Lab can help by offering a comprehensive training option for starting off the season strong! Make your plans now- check out details below on our expanded race schedule, Power Up contest and new pricing! Here’s what you can look forward to: Expanded class series– Starting December 1st, we will be adding Monday mornings to our weekday lineup. That’s right, we’ll have classes now Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning …

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QOTW: Tips for Registration Season

By bethany It’s registration season! With the popularly of many of today’s events, especially IRONMAN events, you often have to register a year to several months in advance to claim your spot. The recent announcement of Chattanooga 70.3 led many to ask the question: How can I get in to a nearly sold out event? While I am neither an IRONMAN employee nor an Active employee, my husband and I do have a hundred percent success rate in getting into events which typically have sold out in five minutes or less including IRONMAN Wisconsin (both of us) and IRONMAN Florida …

IRONMAN Florida 2014

The Swim I was actually sad they cancelled the swim. It was so cold though. My teeth were chattering basically from the time I walked down to transition till the time I started the bike at 9 AM. In fact I had just started to put my wetsuit on when they said the swim was canceled. I had walked out to the pavilion in the back of the boardwalk and saw a boat getting tipped over by a breaker. Yowza… I didn’t get nervous till I saw that. It was definitely the worst I have ever seen it and I …

QOTW: How should I approach back to back IRONMAN races?

By bethany With the change in format of IRONMAN Florida this past weekend, many athletes are looking for another shot at IRONMAN sooner than they were expecting. I have heard from two athletes this week who are considering IRONMAN Cozumel which means only four weeks between events. Today’s question was specifically about how to approach this short window of time between events. The very short answer is, it depends. (Isn’t that always the answer?) It depends on what your volume was like before, if you have any injuries, and how hard you rode and ran at Florida. The good news …

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2015 Triathlon Coaching Staff

By bethany Energy Lab is proud to introduce our 2015 coaching staff! We are excited to bring some new faces on board. Each of our new coaches specializes in working with a different niche of athlete and together they comprise an extremely well-rounded and knowledgeable crew. In 2014 we worked with a variety of athletes from first time sprint triathletes to first time IRONMAN athletes. We also helped others take that next step and achieve 140.6 PRs. We also worked with Boston Qualifiers, 70.3 World Championship Qualifiers, and Age Group National Qualifers, and USAT World Qualifiers. Are you ready to …

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Working Your Weakness 2.0

By bethany Last year we posted a four part series on “working your weakness.” This year, it’s time to take it (and by it, we mean YOU) to 2.0. How do we do that you ask? This year we’ll be highlighting specific resources to help you make 2015 your best year yet! The triathlon season is winding down for the year and this is the time of year when folks start asking “What should I do during the off-season?” There is plenty of non-triathlon related fun to be had as well as not-so-fun obligations to catch up on, however this …