The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show
Promoting a healthy and positive experience for endurance athletes.
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The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show

Created with endurance athletes in mind

Created with endurance athletes in mind. Coaches Amy and Liz have a combined thirty years of coaching and seven decades of competing in endurance sports. They cover topics relevant to athletes at various levels of participation: those training for a personal challenge to those competing for an age group placement or race qualification.

 

The Triathlon Red Zone (and we don’t mean heart rate!)

What is this episode about?

INTRO 0-1:00

Wacky Weather strikes again!

What is the ‘Red Zone’ in Triathlon and why does it matter?

The ‘Red Zone’ is what Liz calls the chunk of time during a triathlon that includes the last 30-60 minutes of the bike, T2, and the first 20-30 minutes of the run. This period during a race has a lot happening and we also may be starting to get tired. It’s easy for athletes to lose focus and forget to manage their pacing, nutrition, and cooling strategies. This can cause problems later in the run because we’ve (accidentally) gone an ~ hour in the middle of our race forgetting to manage pacing, cooling, and nutrition. Following the plan is simple but it’s definitely not easy.  For a greater chance at success, we practice things over and over in training so it becomes habitual.

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