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TriBL Coaching Quick Tips

Ben’s racing and training tips. Check back regularly for updates and additions

Swimming

  • Always carry a grocery bag or similar to help put on your wetsuit. Legs and arms slide in much more easily.

  • In a mass start don’t be shy. If you are a reasonable swimmer try to stay in a pack and benefit from the draft.

  • Always carry a tinted pair of goggles. A rising sun can render you blind and make sighting impossible

  • Other than being on the correct side of the buoys at corners most races allow you to swim ‘inside’ the course

Biking

  • Know how to change flat tire

  • When weather permits always ride without socks

  • Make sure you train with fluids that are available on the race course

  • Don’t load a bike down with 3 or 4 bottles in a race. Longer races give you refills and a shorter race shouldn’t require that much fluid. It becomes dead weight

  • Use drafting laws legally and to your benefit on a crowded race course

  • Always wear eye protection. Clear lenses if required

  • My tips on how to run the NYC marathon

Running

  • For short races learn to run with no socks

  • Always wear a hat in hot races. It’s great for holding ice against your head

  • Be familiar with the fluids that a particular race is going to supply you with

  • Where a course winds be sure to run the tangents. It makes a difference

Favorite NYC Biking and Running Routes.

All these are mapped beginning from the George Washington Bridge