Bike Handling and Transition Practice

This is one of my favorite practices because it greatly increases my athletes' skills on the bike.

Here these athletes are practicing full-speed transitions.  For something that can save a few minutes of time in your race, most triathletes wait until race day to ever execute an actual full-speed transition.  I am standing in the road because I direct cyclists and motorists.  I facilitate so you can concentrate on one thing---your training.

This athlete is learning flying mount/dismount transitions with his shoes on the bike.  I am showing how to prepare the shoes so he can "nail it."

Here's Lauryn.  She is a strong swimmer and running, but she is new to cycling.  I am having her do some handling skills on grass.  When you are new to skinny-tires road bikes and bike shoe-clips, a few falls are inevitable.  Build your confidence on a soft surface where the falls are less painful.  I have have already nicknamed her Lau-RUN because she is going to be so fast at triathlons.