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Week 3, 4, and 5 (JAN12 to FEB 01)

Well not everything goes as planned but you can try. I ended the 2nd week of training with a broken chain. So, first order of business was getting a new chain.

But wait if I am getting a new chain I might as well get that Aero Chainring from Wolf Tooth that I fancy… and the 50-tooth at that, moving up from 46.

Now I run two sets of wheels on my bike. Road wheels and Gravel wheels. The Road wheels have a 10-30 set up and the Gravel Wheel have a 10-36 set up. So that means two sets of chains. I was able to find the 114-link chain at a local shop called Broward Motorsports… and the 120-link chain somewhere else.

Then my SRAM Rival rear derailleur broke. .. hmm….mmm…mmmm. Ok possible upgrade?

I run SRAM AXS using Blips, but my bike is not UDH compatible, but…. but that means my bike is New Old Stock compatible.

And YESSSSS. I managed to upgrade to SRAM Force rear derailleur, Found it at another local bike shop. this time Cycle Limited up in Boca.

The next week I flew out to Colorado to do a little bit of work and back to Fort Lauderdale the next day.

Consistency is difficult to hold right now… but will try… I am working to keep one session that I repeat twice per week. A bike session that focuses on both Power and Threshold.

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4-week Program for Peak Performance

It is time to bring your final preparation into focus. I will help you check those boxes.

Having been a coach since 1999 and having worked for athletes at IRONMAN® events for the past 5 seasons (including Worlds in Kona and St. George), I know what it takes for athletes to be fully confident on race morning.

This 4-week program is set up to start three weeks out from your event and end one week after. In addition to the time that I am evaluating your needs, I will spend up to 5 hours of One-to-One On-Line time with you. We will go over your…

  • Peak/Taper
  • Event-Day Performance Plan (given your current fitness)
  • Event Travel Plan
  • Event-Week Run Sheet
  • Post-Event Review

You also benefit from being part of the GoTravelGoActive Level 3 Program, which includes TrainingPeaks Premium & TrainingPeaks Virtual.

This 4-week block is set up to prepare you for your Event Day(s) and runs $350. You do have the option to start earlier or carry on after with the training at $125/4-week block.

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On Location

Once on location, you can contact me anytime, and in some locations in person, to help you manage your experience. See an updated list of events where I will be in person here.

The amount of support I will be able to provide on location can vary depending on the circumstances and for this reason is not considered in the cost of the Performanceblock.

If your event is an IRONMAN® or IRONMAN®70.3®, I recommend using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See below)

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2026 GoTravel GoActive Club Events

Here is where GoTravel GoActive is heading in 2026

GoTravel GoActive will be heading to several IRONMAN® events as an IRONMAN® TriClub. These are events where coach Bryan is scheduled to be on location. In preparation for your event get with Bryan to set up your…

  • Event-Day Performance Plan
  • Event-Week Run Sheet
  • Event Travel Plan

Bryan will be racing in a couple events, working at others, and will support GoTravel GoActive members as best he can at each location. For more information on joining the club please click Here .

  • Dates where Bryan will be working with Nirvana Sports Travel
  • Dates where Bryan will be Participating

IRONMAN® 70.3® Puerto Rico

Scheduled for March 15th, 2026 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have been to this destination multiple times and I find this place simply magical. Puerto Rico is a tropical Caribbean destination that does not require a passport (from United States citizens)

Bryan is participating in this one and will try to help out club members as much as possible

IRONMAN® Texas

Scheduled for April 18th, 2026 in The Woodlands, Texas. IRONMAN® Texas is centrally located around the Woodlands Waterway. Spectator friendly and close to an abundance of hotels, restaurants, movie theater, and shopping mall.

Byan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® 70.3® Gulf Coast

Scheduled for May 9th, 2026 in Panama City Beach, Florida

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Jacksonville

Scheduled for May 16th, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Kärnten-Klagenfurt Austria

Scheduled for June 14th, 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Frankfurt European Championship

Scheduled for June 28th, 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Lake Placid

Scheduled for July 19th, 2026 in Lake Placid, New York

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® 70.3® Maine

Scheduled for July 26th, 2026 in Augusta, Maine

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® 70.3® Wisconsin

Scheduled for September 12th, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Wisconsin

Scheduled for September 13th, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Maryland

Scheduled for September 19th, 2026 in Cambridge, Maryland

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® World Championships

Scheduled for October 10th, 2026 in Kona, Hawai`i

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Florida

Scheduled for November 7th, 2026 in Panama City Beach, Florida. IRONMAN® Florida is centrally located around the Pier Park. Spectator friendly and close to an abundance of hotels, restaurants, movie theater, and shopping mall. Then there is the Panama City Beach with waters of amazing color.

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

IRONMAN® Cozumel

Scheduled for November 22nd, 2026 on the island of Cozumel, Roo, Mexico. I have been to this destination multiple times. It is a great destination and event.

Bryan is participating in this one and will try to help out club members as much as possible.

IRONMAN® 70.3® Florida

Scheduled for December 13th, 2026 in Haines City, Florida

Bryan is working for Nirvana Sports Travel at this location. Come by the Nirvana tent in the IRONMAN® Village to check in with Bryan. You should consider using one of the IRONMAN® Experiences provided by Nirvana Sports Travel to complete many of the tasks on your Event-Week Run Sheet in addition to receiving some extra perks. (See more details here).

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Week 1+2 (JAN 01 to JAN 11)

I needed to get back into a routine

My birthday is December 29th and this year I will be turning 50. I want to be fit again by the time I am 50. So here it goes… fit by fifty. Using an event as a motivator. Participating in IRONMAN Cozumel on November 22nd.

Starting off slow… trying to get all the hick ups out of the way. Building a weekly routine that includes heavy session on the bike and a morning at the beach.

The heavy session on the bike is on the indoor trainer…. The goal is to improve both my power and my threshold on the bike. I implement something I call the Double Bubble. Something that involves Z4 and Z5 Sessions. (My Z4 and Z5s explained here). It’s about two hours long including Warmup and Cooldown. The Zone 4 sets are 4-minute intervals (like intervals on the running track) and the Zone 5 ranges from 1-minute down to 30 seconds and would be like strength session on the squat rack.

The Beach sessions first hour is a strength session on the beach, the second hour is a triangle swim course in the water with water the conditions give me.

The 2nd week was looking good until I was heading home… as I was heading up the incline of the bridge my bike chain decided to give up on me…

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Coached Ocean Swim

Coached Ocean Swims at the Fort Lauderdale beach are on.

Sessions are on Saturday and Wednesday mornings. Picture above shows swim course set out using three marker buoys off the Fort Lauderdale Beach.

The Coached session is on a course that is around 150-160 yards… The buoys are placed in line with the same three palm trees on the morning of every session. The course is dynamic as it is open to swells and currents.

The structured session is a combination of developing your Swim-Form and Open-Water Swim-Skill. Your coach will be observing swim form and may pull you aside for some personal instruction.

Sessions are on Saturday and Wednesday mornings at 9:45am at Tower 16.

Access to these sessions starts at $30/4-week block and comes with some additional perks. Check out the Extra perks here.

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Access to the beach at Tower 16 is right off of street parking and just down the road from Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.

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Functional Strength on the Beach

Starting fresh in 2026 with Functional Strength sessions on the beach. Picture above is one view of the workout area (from the plank).

Sessions start at Tower 16 on the Fort Lauderdale Beach promptly on Saturday and Wednesday mornings at 8:00am and finish around 9:00am.

The session includes a circuit of exercises that covers the full body and is supervised by a coach with qualifications focused on both Strength and Endurance but has an ultimate goal of developing the sustainable healthy life.

Access to these sessions starts at $30/4-week block and comes with some additional perks. Check out the Extra perks here.

Access to the beach at Tower 16 is right off of street parking and just down the road from Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.

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