Welcome To Endurance CornerStart the process of achieving your triathlon goals with our world class triathlon coaches. Through this site, we have made available a free triathlon training library as well as over 1,000 searchable articles in our database. If you want to connect with us then consider attending one of our cycling-focused triathlon camps. Feel free to contact us with your questions and feedback. Your Best Bad Day
I have two bad race experiences that I will never forget. They molded me as an athlete and helped me make a decision to become the athlete I wanted to be. Long-Term Health and Exercise
Coping with Falling Short
As athletes, we put ourselves out there in a black and white situation where we are judged based on goals we've set and seeing if we can meet our goals by stepping on the start line. It takes a lot of guts to do that. Setting a goal and seeing it through can be a lesson in self growth far beyond what we imagined. 30-Minute Workouts
I always feel better after one of these. Expect or Accept
“Expect” follows close behind. Expectations can be dangerous and usually prompt disappointment. If I expect my son to sit still in his chair through the entire course of dinner, I’m setting myself up for disappointment, because 10 times out of 10, he won’t. Ironman Texas
Any Questions About Sport and Health?
Have a question about a recent health issue that impacts your training or racing? Have a personal experience that you think will benefit others but you're not sure how to translate it into a larger message for the triathlon community? Contact Larry via e-mail at lcreswell@umc.edu to share. Ironman Lanzarote
Managing Mental Fitness
Small Unit: A Woman's Tri Perspective - Part 1
Competitive Surf Entry Swim Start
Evaluating Early Season Performances
Rib Rehab
I crashed hard in October 2011. Despite having to cope with some dark days, I got a lot right with my recovery from that injury. Setting Yourself Up for Success
Getting Ready Early
Athletic Option Value
I’m a past champion of Ultraman Hawaii and the concept of doing less, doing the minimum, getting by... none of these are appealing to me. I’m all about more and I lose interest when winning isn’t an option. However, the concept of only needing 12 weeks to ramp myself up (and kick booty) is highly appealing to me. How can we put ourselves in a position so we always have the ability to scale up for a race? The Purpose of Early Season Racing
Am I Really Okay With This?
Or another question is, am I okay with letting go of a result? My last two articles focused on giving myself permission to let it go and re-evaluating the actual importance of all of it. Am I okay being slower than I used to be? Am I okay with not winning or at some point perhaps being in the middle of the pack? Learning from the Best
This week’s article is about the first point above and covers lessons from our most recent camp in Tucson. Our next camp is June in Boulder -- we cater to all ability levels and distances, including road cyclists and mountain bikers. The camp is priced excluding accommodation so you can scale up or down depending on your budget. Contact us with any questions. I’ll be there and I hope you can join me. Beta Testing Your Season
The last few years I have started beta testing my triathlon season. My Month on Mount Lemmon
High Performance Cycling - Specific Intensity: Progressive Threshold Training
I had a mental block that I needed to overcome -- a fear of blowing up. So I always rode with a psychological governor. It wasn’t until the end of my elite career that I overcame this limiter by completely exploding myself in an effort to win Ironman Canada! Aggressive aero positions aren’t optimal for me -- to generate big power, I need my elbows quite close to my hips and a relatively open thigh:torso angle. High Performance Cycling - Specific Intensity: Big Gear Training
Crazy Training
With this is mind, I'd like to share the greatest hits version of my crazy training, which may raise an eyebrow or two. Break to Breakthrough
In all those years, I completely forgot the emotional energy required to manage a start up. I am continuing my no drama management approach despite having moments that fluctuate from the flash terror of “this is going to be a colossal failure” to “what happens if it takes off?” Again I have learned that if I had known everything involved in a startup in a new industry, I would have never taken on this project. The best part about being overwhelmed in the information dump from a new industry is that the learning curve is steep, fast and perpetual. I love every moment of it. High Performance Cycling - Specific Stamina
These workouts are best done on flat terrain, with very even pacing with very few stops. Seek to build your endurance so that you can complete steady cycling volume equal to your total race duration (swim, bike and run). Playing to Our Strengths - Part 2: Understanding Long Term Development
I want to explore the second of these concepts in a little more depth. Ironman 70.3 Texas
Ironman 70.3 California
We'll be releasing new profiles over the coming months in advance of the 2013 event. First up: Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside. Change Your Life
A key selling point on staying clean is my experience that “getting fast” won’t change your life. If you compromise your ethics in the hope of benefiting from cheating then you’re going to be disappointed. While getting fast didn’t change my life, the transformation from fat to fit to fast completely changed my life. Via complete devotion towards my goals, I went far beyond what I thought feasible, then discovered that the goals didn’t provide meaning. What gives? |


Bad races -- all of us have them. With three disciplines, the odds for something to go wrong is pretty high. But what do you do with a bad race? Do you use it as an excuse for why you did not meet the goals you set for yourself or do you take what you learn and apply it to the next race? A bad race can serve a purpose but you need to look at it the right way.
I’ve been coaching athletes and tracking my health markers since 2000. It’s fashionable to think we are unique but I suspect you can group athletes into three categories:
There is an old expression: "Confidence lost, everything lost."
In our house, the “expect” word is comparable to saying “never” or “always” -- anytime those words come flying, it’s generally negative and usually prefaced by “You.” When, “You never... “ or “You always… “ comes flying, it’s predominantly in a negative sense and in the midst of less than desirable conversation (read: arguing!).
Our course profile for Ironman Texas in the Woodlands, Texas, provided by Sue Aquila.
Many athletes have health-related questions, but they aren't sure where to go for answers or -- all perhaps more commonly -- they forget to ask at their annual physicals. Endurance Corner's Larry Creswell, M.D., a cardiac surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, the author of
Small woman triathletes have unique physiologies and should approach the sport differently than their larger male peers. I believe you qualify as a small unit if you are 66 inches (5’6”) or less in height and under 135 lbs. Chances are you have a reputation as being a poor to okay swimmer, fine on the bike and a really good runner!
A skillful surf entry can save you minutes at the start of your race, or save the life of another. I am going to share some ideas that I picked up surfing, over four years as a junior lifeguard and seven years as a professional guarding beaches in California.
The triathlon season is starting to get underway here in North America and the weekends are filling up with events. If you live somewhere with a warm climate, you might be well on your way to peak fitness, while others are just starting to get their feet wet with competition. Assuming you did have a break in winter and you are only a few months into the new season, your approach to racing might be different than it will be later in the year.
Now that we are well into April and some of the early races have begun, I wanted to share some experiences and approaches for early season racing I have used with success. Most recently I had a large group racing at Oceanside 70.3 and although everyone was 100% motivated and fitness looked good across the group, I always have apprehensions about how “race” fit athletes actually are. Then again, sometimes early season racing opens a window to what needs attention for the remainder of the year.
Am I really okay with this?
People who know me know I get up to all sorts of crazy training. It is very rare that the weather stops me from riding. This week I set off on a bike ride in the pouring rain. Within minutes the rain had turned to hail, but I carried on as normal and ended up riding into a 20 mph block headwind through a hail storm which lasted 25 minutes.