The best kept secret in coaching
Coaches and athletes, we are adjusting to a season that is “shifting” in many ways. We wanted to update you with a timeline and framework for you to shift your training, season and goals as we progress into 2020. While many details are fluid, here are some of the ideas on how things will be changing and what to potentially expect. Reframing the season can reveal new opportunities that you didn’t realize existed and even new future races to consider.
“What is the Tristar-man” This is a social distance event where you team up with your local Tristar Athletes and training partners to compete at the Olympic, half and full ironman distances. (You have the option to swim only, bike only, run only, bike and run only or do all three. (All proceeds to be donated to Dr’s without borders)
“What is the Tristar Half Ironman” This is a social distance event where you team up with your local Tristar Athletes and training partners to compete at the half ironman distances. (You have the option to swim only, bike only, run only, bike and run only or do all three. (All proceeds to be donated to Dr’s without borders)
Our team meets regularly via Zoom meetings to connect as friends, training partners and coaches. Here we get to know one another and cover important training and racing topics. Join in our live video feed, all broadcast calls are recorded for quality and training related purposes.
The Tristar network of athletes is global, that’s why at Tristar we have what we call Zoom Roulette. Throughout the season our team is invited to join one large meeting. Our head coaches then cluster athletes and coaches by geographies into small groups and into virtual video breakout rooms. The smaller groups are able to get to know each other and share their training and racing experiences.
Easy to join, with one link it makes it’s easy to connect from a phone (cell or traditional), tablet, laptop, or conference room.
Turn on your video. Our coaches and athletes believe face-to-face meetings are better for building strong training relationships.
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Tristar Athletes and friends have the opportunity to train and race together for a great cause!
All race entry fees will go to charity beneficiary God’s Love We Deliver, a NYC based charity that cooks and delivers 2.1 million medically tailored meals annually to people living with severe illness. The half marathon will have awards based on your ability and improvements on your functional threshold pace.
Congratulations to all of the athletes who raced our first VR 10K raising over $2025 for God’s Love Charity!
All race entry fees will go to charity beneficiary God’s Love We Deliver, a NYC based charity that cooks and delivers 2.1 million medically tailored meals annually to people living with severe illness. All meals are free of charge and filled with love; and they need our support as they are continue to deliver meals to the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. —Candy Yun, God’s Love Special Events
Welcome to Virtual Camp! VC runs from Thursday to Sunday and is designed to bring together the team for training opportunities from the comfort of your own training pain caves! No need to travel… just show up on zoom!
Thursday 12 noon PST kick off call to see other Tristars and coaches who will be attending camp and learn about the weekend and schedule of events.
All VC events are posted on our team calendar which can be found from the TristarAthletes.com home page upper right hand corner which takes you to the events page.
All start times and dates are local to PST.
How do I participate? All bike sessions and coaching Q&A will be held on a zoom room call. We will be leaving the zoom room open for you to meet up with coaches and athletes from different time zones.
What time do we start? The suggested time frames are windows for you to do the posted workout sessions in your training peaks plans. (everyone will be doing the same session calibrated to their ability and goals) Athletes will not be all starting at the same time but rather trying to complete the session within the open time slot on the calendar when the zoom rooms are open.
How do I zoom? You can access the zoom room here and setup your phone or computer so we can all see you riding! Please mute your microphone if you have background noise or are not needing to communicate. Huffing and puffing is a ok! …just not into the hot microphone ; )
During your rides we encourage you to talk, chat with other team members. We will also be featuring motivational video at the same time.
Coaching presentations; After your training sessions each day we have coaching Q&A planned for you. There is plenty of time for you to be able to shower up and come back to the same zoom room before we begin.
Have fun. This is a chance to work together as a team, build strength and relationships with your fellow Tristar Athletes from afar.
Can I run and zoom? Yes! Provided you have a treadmill and can get your camera setup, go for it.
Tristar Athletes, please find below our schedule of events for our Spring training virtual meeting 2/19 at 5:30-6:30PM PST.
0:00-0:10 WELCOME! INTRODUCTION TO THE TRISTAR COACHES AND HEALTH EXPERTS
0:05-0:10 USING ZOOM - Mic, chat, camera.
10:00-20:00 INTRODUCTIONS TO TRISTAR ATHLETES - Introductions, tell us your name, where are you from and what your goal/race is for this year.
20:00-24:00 2020 TRAINING CAMPS
25:00-26:00 TRISTAR CUSTOM TEAM GEAR
25:00-40:00 BREAK OUT ROOMS - Choose a breakout room and topic to learn more.
ROOM #1 “Not performing? How Tristar Athletes and coaches view progress”, Coach Megan Tobin
ROOM #2 “Raise the roof! FTP and your thresholds” Coach Attila Kelemen and Coach Suzanne Turner.
ROOM #3 “Spring racing and training, critical power, critical pace, critical heart rate” Coach Cliff Scherb, Coach Kyle
40:00-45:00 SETTING SMALL WINS FOR THE BIG FINISH - Coach Cliff
45:00-55:00 NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEAM TRISTAR ATHLETES
CALENDAR OF EVENTS, races teem meetings and training opportunities.
Total Team Training - Ironman teams, Strava, team social media through FB and Instagram.
Sponsorships for the ELITE and MENTORSHIP teams.
55:00-60:00 NEXT MEETING AND EVENTS, Q&A
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Here are the details of the gift card promo for your team! Black Friday Pacific gift card special- 15% off virtually no exclusions
Purchase Dates: November 29th- December 2nd
Where: In store and online
Restrictions: Virtually none except
NO Wahoo bikes, No Wahoo bundles, Gift Cards are good on in-stock bikes only, no used bikes
Expires: 3/1/2020
Feel free to send around. I do have some tri bikes in stock ready to roll. Including a P5 disc 54:)- stealth black
Tristar Athlete, we are a proud team of athletes and coaches. We work hard for you and your goals and to see you be a success! Would you be so kind as to share your testimonial and experience with our team?! Your testimonial will help continue to shape and deliver great coaching experiences for future athletes.
Please take a moment to fill out the testimonials form in your own words with as much or little detail as you prefer.
Run to South high for a 1mi timed time trial. An easy run to the track before hitting one hard mile at the track and then heading back to the beach. Have questions? Contact our coaches here or see you on our next run!
Who? Tristar Athletes Northeast team
What? Established in 2016, A hard but smart hard group ride of cyclists and triathletes organized by Tristar Jeff Schelppy
Where? Southern Connecticut, Darien.
When? See the ride details below
…After a long hiatus, the Cinderella Ride is finally back.
What exactly is a Cinderella Ride? It is a night ride that rolls at 9pm for 35-40 ish miles. You will be home by midnight or thereabouts (Cinderella, get it?) and face little-to-no collateral damage at the home front. That's a riding win for you!
Why ride at night? Because it's awesome. There are very few cars if any, you can ride center lane vs hard right, and it's like being a kid again and who doesn't want that?!?
Is it safe? Given I have crashed going uphill in broad daylight I would consider the Cinderella Ride "fairly safe". Riding at night requires a lot of lights, solid bike handling skills, and a sense for adventure. If you are no fun at all, this is not for you.
Are you serious? Yes. The first CR took place on 10/5/16 with 4 people..see the picture above!
• WHEN: Wednesday nights; rolling at 9pm
• WHERE: Holmes School, 18 Hoyt St Darien CT
• WHAT: 35-40 miles, back by 11:30ish.
• ROUTE: will be provided via Garmin for those that RSVP. Everyone riding is encouraged to have the route as it changes weekly.
• PACE: no drop.
• BRING: your favorite post ride refueling.
Hope to see you Wednesday night, Jeff
Our Tristar ELITE Coaching represents the very best in one to one instruction with our pro coaches. We start off by getting to know you one to one.
Andrea has been a professional dancer/althlete for more than 25 years. Her career began in musical theater performing in The Phantom of the Opera.
After that she joined the fiercely athletic Montreal dance company La La La Human Steps. Andrea then went on to perform both in Las Vegas and around the world with Cirque du Soleil. She also performed with Celine Dion in her Las Vegas residency for 5 years.
James Satriano, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and is recently retired from a 30 year career in public psychiatry with the New York State Office of Mental Health and as a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He retains his clinical faculty appointment in the department of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.
When it comes to racing the onus and pressure is on you; to perform at your best, but what if the pressure is not there? How do you keep the throttle wide open to raise the bar and have a great performance?
Race to your best ability for your stand alone 5K-13.1 race. View our pacing chart and guide for pace, training stress and intensity factor.
Coach Megan Tobin qualifies for New Zealand Worlds at Campeche 70.3. We sit down with her to learn more about her race and accomplishment.
Due to a lack of wind resistance while running on a treadmill, the effort of running on a treadmill at 0% incline is less than that of running on a level road at the same pace. Our Tristar chart can help you get an approximate equivalent effort for zones between running on a treadmill at different paces and inclines and running outdoors on a level surface. Learn how you can use the normalized graded pace incline chart to target different pace zones with slower uphill running efforts.
As the CEO and master of your mind, you determine and decide each day what thoughts are allowed to enter you consciousness and be acted on. Dont let self imposed limits stop you from long term and big goals. What if your true potential remains untapped due to mental limits? At Tristar Athletes, we find regularly that our athletes reach physical limitations imposed by their brains. What is actually possible may never happen because we don’t believe it can happen.
Tristar Athletes, we are closely watching races and training in the coming months. We would like to update you with our suggested plans for your race season and planning.
Tristar Athletes please find our Indian Wells 70.3/Palm Springs training schedule and race camp weekend course maps. For start times and addresses please see below.
4:00pm - Short easy run at camp arrival meet at team house 78750 Nolan Cir
La Quinta, CA, United States, run to La Quinta Park 78468 Westward Ho Dr, La Quinta, CA 92253
Video tape of your run for playback and review of the top form limiters for each athlete.
Run video analysis
Short shake out and video taped run
6:00pm-8:00pm Team Dinner; Misaki Sushi & Grill
46600 Washington St, Unit 1, La Quinta, CA 92253, United States
6:30am Team breakfast; Starbucks
78271 CA-111 S, La Quinta, CA 92253, United States
8:00am Swim video analysis Palm Desert Aquatic Center. (Note there is a $6/athlete entrance fee)
73751 Magnesia Falls Dr
Palm Desert, CA, United States
Video taped swim analysis of the top form limiters for each athlete.
Wetsuit demo of Deboer high performance wetsuits with Angela Shatz
Masters swim session - Tristar Coaches will provide a structured workout session as part of the video class.
10:00am-10:30am - Trader Joe's Pick up lunch and fuel; 46400 Washington St
La Quinta, CA, United States
Pick up a local lunch and bring it to the team house for video review of your swim and run form from the day before.
Team house location: 78750 Nolan Cir
La Quinta, CA, United States
To be well prepared for this long ride and race we have teamed up with Velofix San Diego / Pasadena. Please have your bikes tuned by these great mechanics!
Homewood Suites Hilton Parking Lot, facing The IRONMAN Village.
45-200 Washington St, La Quinta, CA 92253
12:30-5:00pm; Long rides, reverse loop of the Indian Wells 70.3 bike course
78750 Nolan Cir
La Quinta, CA, United States
Three ride distances and course options. 40K, 56mi and 112mi
Coaching: “how to change a bike tire in under 3minutes in a race scenario”
Strava route here.
To be held with the Tristar coaches and athletes racing the next day.
Camp only athletes will conduct their long rides.
6:30pm—8:00pm Team Dinner - Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
78-722 CA-111, La Quinta, CA 92253
Goal setting session for all Tristar Athletes.
How to select your goals and time frames to achieve them.
Goal setting
Sit down with the Tristar coaches over dinner and discuss how to set your goals for the season and steps required to achieve them.
7:00am Swim Start: Lake Cahuilla Recreation area; 58075 Jefferson St, La Quinta, CA 92253
9:00am Team Camp athletes Breakfast meeting prep for long run: Meeting at the team house. 78750 Nolan Cir
La Quinta, CA, United States
7:00am All athletes Breakfast meeting: Starbucks
78271 CA-111 S, La Quinta, CA 92253, United States
Post race analysis for racing athletes and an easy spin or run with the team.
Easy spin or run
Our Tristar ELITE Coaching represents the very best in one to one instruction with our pro coaches. We start off by getting to know you one to one.
Welcome to the mentorship team! Our mentorship team is designed for those athletes who need a customized training plan, group contact online with a Tristar Coach, and have a customized plan based on their goals and abilities.
Learn more about the benefits of the Tristar Athletes apprenticeship coaching versus other programs.
Tristar Athletes certified coaching program has been designed to shepherd those athletes or coaches who want to become not only the best athletes they can be but best coaches.
Kyle is an All-American triathlete looking to shift his focus towards coaching and helping other triathletes realize their potential, physically and mentally. He knows the impact an informed and empathetic coach can have an an individual’s life, and hopes to have a similar impact on the lives of others he will coach.
As the adage goes, there is no ”I” in team and I want to join your team, helping get you to the start and finish lines of your races. I enjoy creating individualized training plans that reward discipline and consistency as well as providing experienced guidance to achieve your goals." —Coach Suzanne Turner
"Consistency trumps 'big days'. Continuously making deposits in the fitness bank, as small as they may sometimes seem, will make a big withdrawal on race day that much more manageable. That said, every so often 'life happens' and some course-correction is inevitable - that's where the TriStar coaching approach, backed by science and experience, is guaranteed to make a difference." —Coach Attila Kelemen
Adam Daniels is a coach, ultra runner and triathlete based in Boulder, CO. Adam developed his passion for triathlon after many years as a runner and much encouragement from his peers to give it a “tri”. After suffering an injury, Adam started swimming and biking to satisfy his need for an active lifestyle. “It was a much needed break from the thousands of running miles logged training and racing. I developed a whole new competitive drive”. So Adam set out to take on the triathlon world.
Cliff Scherb – Internet endurance consultant is an active triathlete and head of the TriStar Athletes North American and Global Teams. As the founder and principal coach of TriStar Athletes LLC, he works with the ELITE and MENTORSHIP teams to help athletes, balance training stress, nutrition, and peak for top performances. Coaching for 15+ years with over 250+ life years of coaching experience, Cliff imparts this knowledge to aspiring athletes and coaches.
Haluk has been helping elite athletes achieve their maximum potential for over fifteen years. Haluk is excited to be part of the TriStar coaching team, bringing a wealth of racing and coaching experience to all of his athletes.
Our favorite Tristar run from SMOG! This long run starts from the beach and works up the dirt trails of Palos Verdes Estates, crests above Bluff coved before heading down to a flat run to Nelsons. The early part of the run may include some walking of steeper dirt path sections. The goal is to run to Nelson’s for lunch and Uber back. Total run is ~8-9miles.
I began competing in triathlons back in 2009. I loved everything about the sport and ate up all information available as a new student in the game. While training and racing fed my obsession, being self-coached presented several challenges, namely a performance plateau. I enjoyed a brief stint with a coach in 2011 that produced some desired results and overuse injuries that ultimately steered me away from coaching for another 4 years. While I tried to recreate the PRś achieved under a coach between 2012-2015, I simply wasn't getting faster, which was a problem.