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  • May 06, 2013

    Cycling: Are you using a functional threshold power number that is too low?

    Cycling: Are you using a functional threshold power number that is too low? Cyclists that train with power meters are familiar with the various time trial protocols that determine threshold power or functional threshold power. What I want you to be keenly aware of is that you should do your time trial on the same type of course where you plan to do most of your intervals. If you do your threshold power time trial on a completely flat course, riding all-out for 20 minutes you will produce a certain power number. If you have access to a 20-minute steady...

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  • May 06, 2013

    Cold water wetsuit swim tip

    If you’re competing in cold water, take a thermos of warm (not hot) water to the swim start with you. Just before zipping up your wetsuit, pour the warm water into the suit. With a layer of warm water next to your body, you don’t have to heat up the cold lake water that seeps into the wetsuit the first few meters. It is good to practice this in your triathlon training too.

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  • Apr 30, 2013

    Sometimes weather doesn’t cooperate

       You might have your race plan strategically laid out, training went well and then you get a glimpse of the weather forecast.    Rain.    Ugh.    Not a little rain, but rain the entire day. Ugh.    Roger Anderson had that exact scenario unfold at the Big Frog 65 last weekend. Rather than  wringing his hands and fretting about something he couldn’t change, we made plans for the possibility of bad weather.    We had light weight clothing options, warm fluid in the hydration pack and waterproof options like baggie corners over his toes, large latex gloves to...

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  • Apr 29, 2013

    New Website!

     Welcome to the new website for Gale Bernhardt Consulting! Watch for blog posts to help you train and race to your full potential.   You can subscribe to news feeds for the blog at this link.

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