Beijing Triathlon Blog

DIY splash proof swim schedule

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:14:53 +0000

Improving your swim time is all about drills. Sure you’ll have to make sure that you can cover a distance without sinking to the bottom of the pool mid-way, but if your aim is to get faster, you’ll have to get into resistance training.

Now, the instructions for these training units can get quite overwhelming. So it wasn’t long before I started looking for a way to get my training schedule water-proofed so I could take it to the pool.

My first idea was to print out and then laminate the instructions. I did that for a while, but apart from the fact that it takes time to laminate these things, the documents also tend to get soaked after a while.

That’s when I decided to go back to basics. Cutting out a piece of a plastic manila folder I had lying around in the office, I took a water resistant black pen and copied the instructions onto the sheet. This turned out to be the perfect solution. I can slap this piece of plastic to the side of the pool and have the information right where I need it. After the session I use some rubbing alcohol to remove the instructions and my handy little pool-side coach is ready for new action.

Time spent writing down instructions: 2 minutes.

Pools in Beijing

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:04:48 +0000

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PRINT: Global Times reports on Triathlon in Beijing

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:12:59 +0000

Journalist Li Ying of Global Times has interviewed a few local Triathletes for an article published during the ITU Grand Final in Changping, Beijing. She was kind enough to send me a link to the online edition of the article. For those of you interested in a very general introduction to Triathlon in Beijing, please follow the link or download the whole article as pdf from here. (Link to original article: Global Times)

Towel? Check! Packing list? Check!

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:42:24 +0000

Some people organize their life with lists and manage to get things done. I have only two lists and they only cover one aspect of my life, but they control it down to the minute.

I am talking about my training schedule, which is basically a very elaborated to-do list. And my race check list, which helps me to get to the start line of a race without leaving my essentials behind.

It took me a while to find a system that works for me. I started with a hand written list, which would usually be among the stuff I forgot to pack. Nowadays I have an electronic version in my pocket and am happy with it as long as power lasts.

You can find printable lists here, here or here. But having it on a piece of paper is not ideal as these things easily get lost or forgotten. I prefer to have my list in electronic version either on my notebook or on the smartphone.

If you own an iPhone/iPad, I advise you to install TriList. It comes loaded with a list which can be extended to your liking. It is one of the tools I really miss since switching to another platform. Read more about the tool here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tri-checklist-pro/id354949249?mt=8

Currently there is no similar tool for Triathletes on Google’s Android Platform. After a lot of trial and error I have found NoteEverything to be the only Application coming close to what I need. It allows to create check lists, but doesn’t do a great job at categorizing the lists. I had to create a check list for each discipline and save them as separate lists. Not perfect, but at least I have the essentials in my pocket come race day. Read more about the tool here:

http://www.softxperience.mobi/23-1-Note-Everything.html