San Diego Indoor Cycling

Looking for a great San Diego indoor cycling classes designed for triathletes and road cyclists?

Check out the indoor cycling classes at Coastal Sports and Wellness.

Their San Diego indoor cycling studio uses the Computrainer Multirider system.

What's a Computrainer MultiRider system?

Just the best indoor cycling training device available!

Imagine being able to measure your week-after-week improvement from your cycling classes.

Imagine being able to ride the actual triathlon and road cycling courses that you're training for.

Want to ride the Kona Ironman race course?

What about Mount Ventoux in France?

Coastal Sports and Wellness has the video and the power settings to give you the most realistic indoor cycling workouts in San Diego.

IT Band Problems? Try the GRID Foam Roller by Trigger Point Therapy

If you're read our iliotibial band info, you know that one treatment we recommend is a foam roller for the IT band. (Go here if you haven't seen our IT Band stretches and exercise guide)

We've been impressed with the new Grid Foam Roller by TP Therapy Products. They have come up with a new design for the foam roller that I think will be pretty unique.
Read our review of the GRID foam roller on our website.

Best IT Band Stretches

Problems with the IT (iliotibial) band are a common source of knee pain in runners and triathletes.

The sports doctors in San Diego at Coastal Sports and Wellness have posted a new video on the four essential iliotibial band stretches that endurance athletes should be doing to prevent IT band problems.

See the iliotibial band stretching video or find out more about iliotibial band stretches

You can also find more IT band exercises and stretches at Painfreerunning.com

VO2 Max testing - Info for runners and triathletes

Confused about what "VO2 max" and heart rate zone training really means?

If you have been wondering if VO2 max testing can help your triathlon or marathon training, then check out this Youtube video by San Diego sports doctor John Martinez has he explains the basics about VO2max, VO2 max testing and heart rate training zones for endurance athletes like runners, cyclists and triathletes

VO2 max testing info

ITU Triathlon World Championship Series - Kitzbuhel Austria

Follow along with Dr John Martinez, a San Diego sports doctor, as he heads out to Kitzbuhel, Austria as part of the USA Triathlon sports medicine staff for the next stop on the ITU Triathlon World Championship Series race this weekend at TriathlonDoctor.com

Mac Brown Returns At Ironman Kansas 70.3

Professional triathlete and UCSD Triathlon Team coach Mac Brown returned to competitive triathlon racing last week with a 19th place finish at Ironman Kansas 70.3 triathlon. Mac had been battling a number of injuries that have kept him sidelined since Ironman Lake Placid last year.

Find out more about professional triathlete Mac Brown at his website

Tim DeBoom to Race 70.3 Triathlon Kansas this weekend

Two-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion Tim DeBoom will be on the start line this weekend of the Ironman 70 .3 Kansas Triathlon in Lawrence, Kansas as he continues his training towards October's Hawaiian Ironman in Kona, Hawaii.

Current Ironman Triathlon World Champion Chrissie Wellington is also on the start list.

Find out more at the Ironman 70.3 Kansas website

USA Triathlon Teams With Strong Showing In Madrid ITU Triathlon Series

The USA Triathlon men and women both turned in strong performances over the weekend in Madrid, Spain at the Madrid ITU Triathlon World Championship Series. Sarah Haskins lead the American women with a strong 5th place showing in her first race back after leg surgery, while Sarah Groff and Mary Beth Ellis crossed the line in 9th and 17th place respectively.

In the men's race, Jarrod Shoemaker turned in the second-fastest run split (only behind eventual winner Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain) of the day to jump from 27th place after the bike to a sprint finish for 12th place.

More video highlights of the race can be found at www.triathlon.org.

For more details about the days leading up to the race, check out the TriathlonDoctor.com blog by San Diego sports doctor, John Martinez

San Diego Sports Doctor in Madrid for ITU Triathlon World Championship Series

San Diego sports medicine doctor John Martinez, MD is in Madrid, Spain this week as part of the medical staff with the USA Triathlon elite men and women teams racing in the second of eight World Championships Series triathlon races. 

Follow along with his daily updates on TriathlonDoctor.com and some behind-the-scenes looks at the USA Triathlon team as U.S. Olympians Jarrod Shoemaker and Sarah Haskins lead the men and women's team with Mark Frett, Joe Umphenour, Sarah Groff and Mary Beth Ellis proudly representing the Stars and Stripes in what should prove to be an exciting race this Sunday, May 31st.

Follow the triathlon with live coverage at www.triathlon.org or on your local Universal Sports TV in the United States.

Steve Larsen-Professional Triathlete, Road Cyclist, Champion Mountain Biker and Father of Five - Dead at 39

From the TriathlonDoctor.com podcast...

Steve Larsen, professional mountain biker, road biker, triathlete, and more importantly, husband and father - died Tuesday evening after collapsing during a running workout in Bend, Oregon. Larsen was 39 and he and his wife Carrie have five children.

While initial reports suggested a heart attack as the cause of death, the prelimary medical examiner report did not demonstrate an obvious cardai cause and reportedly, further testing is being performed.

Larsen began racing as a road cyclist during the 1980s and was a member of the Motorola road cycling team in the early 1990s, including an appearance in the Giro d'Italia and a member of the 1993 US National team that helped Lance Armstrong to his World Championship title
Larsen then crossed into mountain biking, winning the NORBA National Cross-Country title twice in 1997 and 2000.

In 2001, he switched to triathlon, winning Ironman Lake Placid with a course record bike split and overall time. He went on to Kona that year and managed to shake up the leader board of the men’s race with a powerful bike split that saw him come from 10 minutes down after the swim to leading the race up until mile 9 of the run and finishing a respectable 9th place overall.

Steve Larsens unfortunate and untimely death serves as a painful and sad reminder that even those of us in apparent excellent health or physical condition are still at risk for significant medical problems. It's important that just because we led a more active lifestyle that we don't allow that to lull us into a false sense of security.

Remember that if you are concerned about a potential medical condition to be sure to discuss it with your sports medicine doctor - it could save your life.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve's wife Carrie and their 5 children. Its my understanding that a memorial fund has been established - you can find out more info about the memorial fund and where to send donations by going to either Larsen's online triathlon store at http://www.worldtri.com/ or to the website http://www.rememberstevelarsen.com/

US triathletes take top 6 spots at ITU Pan Am Championships

The US men's Triathlon team swept into the top 6 spots on Saturday at the ITU TU Pan American Triathlon Confederation Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Saturday.

The US Mens Triathlon team swept into the top 6 sports on Saturdat at the ITU Pan American Triathlon Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday.

First place finisher in the mens triathlon, Matty Reed was able to fend off a surge by fellow US triathlete Hunter Kemper to take top spot in the the elite men's triathlon race.

Reed was in the lead group throughout much of the race, emerging from the swim in a lead group of three which later included Hunter Kemper and Americans Matt Chrabot, Tim O'Donnell, Ben Collins and Canadian Andrew McCartney.

Reed quickly pulled ahead on the final leg of the triathlon during the 10 k run. Hunter Kemper made a strong push on the final portion of the run, almost running down Matty Reed at the finish, to take second place over Tim O'Donnell.

Former Under 23 US National Champion Ethan Brown rounded out the top American finishes with a 6th place finish. Brown looks to be in great early season form with his 6th place finish coming after his 2nd place finish last month at the ITU triathlon in Mazaltan, Mexico

ITU Pan American Triathlon Championships Results - Men's Elite Triathlon - Oklahoma City

  1      1 Matty Reed            USA            1:52:23
  2     21 Hunter Kemper         USA            1:52:24
  3     30 Timothy O'Donnell     USA            1:52:37
  4      2 Matt Chrabot          USA            1:53:32
  5     24 Benjamin Collins      USA            1:54:49
  6      9 Ethan Brown           USA            1:56:09

New Iron-distance triathlon in Denmark for 2010

Team Challenge has announced a full-distance triathlon (2.4m swim/ 112 mile bike/ 26.2 m run) for 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark currently scheduled for August 15th, 2010. While their website doesn't give much information about the triathlon, the rumor is that pro triathletes Torbjorn Sindballe and Belinda Granger have committed to the race.

TEAM Challenge currently has 6 races in its Challenge Series and the Denmark location will be the organization's 4th full Iron distance triathlon

Check out their website http://challengecopenhagen.com for upcoming news releases and future race registration

Who makes the best triathlete?

Want to join the continuing discussion on who is the better triathlete - swimmers, cyclists or runners? Then head on over to the Triathlete Coffee Shops latest podcast at http://www.triathletescoffeeshop.com/

Triathlon Strength Training Boot Camps in San Diego

San Diego triathletes!

You now have access to a top triathlon strength training programtaught by the San Diego personal training staff at Coastal Sports and Wellness.

The boot camp workouts run on Tuesday and Thursday evening and focus upon functional strength training exercises specific to triathletes and runners.

Find out the top five upper and lower body exercises that every triathlete and marathon runner should be doing on a regular basis to help increase speed and improve recovery from hard workouts.

Andy Potts takes Wildflower Long Course Triathlon Title

US triathlete Andy Potts turned in the third best ever time with a winning time of 3:59:41 at the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon last week beating second place Eneko Llanos by over 3 minutes.

Reinaldo Colucci, Jordan Rapp and Joe Gambles rounded out the top 5 for the men's triathlon.

A few big names had the misfortune to turn in DNFs at the 2009 Wildflower triathlon including Rutget Beke, Torbjorn Sindballe and Bjorn Andersson.