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MarkAllenOnline Accepting Resumes For Its 2010 Elite Triathlon Team

by Liz Hichens

MarkAllenOnline, the leader in triathlon coaching, is currently accepting triathlon resumes from US based athletes who would like to be part of this elite team for 2010.

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Countdown To Kona: Ironwar (1989)

by Features

With the Ironman World Championship set to take place 20 days from today, we take a look at back at each race from the past three decades. Today, we go back to 1989 and the year Dave Scott and Mark Allen swam, rode and ran shoulder to shoulder. All of the following photos and text [...]

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Countdown To Kona: The Pass (1984)

by Features

With the Ironman World Championship set to take place 25 days from today, we take a look at back at each race from the past three decades. Today, we go back to 1984 and the moment Dave Scott shocked the crowd and passed Mark Allen with less than nine miles to go. All of the [...]

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Mark Allen Cancer Auction Features Zipp 808s

by Liz Hichens

Two triathlete and Masters swimming families dear to MarkAllenOnline have had their very young children diagnosed with cancer. The organization decided to try to make a small difference and help these kids and families fight the awful disease. You can help by donating directly to the families or participating in an online auction featuring Zipp [...]

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Balance the Imbalance – Part VII: Pace Your Race

by Liz Hichens

Written by: Mark Allen
Over the next few days Mark Allen will explain the best way to balance the task of maintaining a high level at your strongest sport, while also improving in your weaker sports. In this edition, Allen explains why not going all out in your strongest sport can benefit your weaker sports.
There is [...]

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Balance the Imbalance – Part VII: Positive Image

by Liz Hichens

Written by: Mark Allen
Over the next few days Mark Allen will explain the best way to balance the task of maintaining a high level at your strongest sport, while also improving in your weaker sports. In this edition, Allen explains the benefits of simply replacing negative statements with positive ones.
Just because you may not have [...]

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Balance the Imbalance – Part VI: Core Movement

by Liz Hichens

Written by: Mark Allen
Over the next few days Mark Allen will explain the best way to balance the task of maintaining a high level at your strongest sport, while also improving in your weaker sports. In this edition, Allen explains how focusing on your core can improve your performance in all three sports.
I just mentioned [...]

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Balance the Imbalance – Part III: Range Of Motion

by Liz Hichens

Over the next few days Mark Allen will explain the best way to balance the task of maintaining a high level at your strongest sport, while also improving in your weaker sports. In this edition, Allen the importance of understanding the ranges of motion your body goes through in each sport.
All three sports have ranges [...]

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Balance the Imbalance—Part I: Intro

by Liz Hichens

Written by: Mark Allen
Over the next few days Mark Allen will explain the best way to balance the task of maintaining a high level at your strongest sport, while also improving in your weaker sports. In this edition, Allen explains why finding the perfect balance is so important.
We have all seen what happens to the [...]

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Triathlon Training: Using A Heart Rate Monitor

by Training

Written by: Mark Allen
Learn more about the basics of doing heart rate based training from Ironman world champ Mark Allen.
How hard to I have to workout? How far do I have to go? I workout 2 hours every other day of the week and I still can’t lose those last 10 pounds. Why [...]

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Planning To Peak: Organizing Your Race Schedule For Optimal Performance

by Training

Written by: Mark Allen
Still working on getting your training and racing underway for the 2009 season? In this article, Ironman world champ Mark Allen provides advice on getting the training process started, as well as planning races for the season.
To get through the year and race well when it counts will take some planning. [...]

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