Adam Zucco - TrainingBible Coach and Triathlete

Practice makes perfect?

2009-11-02T20:18:00.000-08:00

It is often said “practice makes perfect”. Does it? It might. I was doing some research and came across an interesting study of ice skaters. Each ice skater was given 1 hour to practice their craft. One skater was an Olympic caliber skater, one was a very solid up and comer, and the final was a beginner. The Olympic skater spent their time practicing moves they have not yet perfected. The Up and

Kona 09

2009-10-11T00:19:00.000-07:00

my friend's Polar watch said it was 105 degrees today at teh bottom of Hawi, and it did not get below 100 until we finally reached the airport at mile 100ish. Everyone, Thanks for all the support. I really never write race reports, but Ill give you the down and dirty. Swim-Very hard swim. Got knocked around a ton. Saw a girl about 20 yards ahead of our group should out to catch her, took me

New uniforms!

2009-09-08T20:32:00.000-07:00

As I am finishing up some of my long rides and runs I am observing more and more soccer and football games forming with kids and parents getting everything out for these games and events. It has brought back so many memories for me. I can remember getting assigned to my team and receiving my uniform! I would wear that thing first thing in the am with intense anticipation for the game to come

Great things all around

2009-09-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

I just spent the last week with Simon Thompson. He is an amazing athlete but more importantly an awesome guy. He has become a life coach and was telling me the tremendous satisfaction he gets from helping people balance triathlon with family, jobs, and other pressures and still perform well. What he was saying rang so true. How many of you have ever been on a workout torn because you felt needed

The Pig Gig

2009-08-18T20:08:00.001-07:00

I just did Pigman Triathlon. It is an awesome race. It is reasonably priced, very well organized, tons of volunteers and aid stations, and even has an Elite wave that age groupers can do, as well as a time trial start for all others. I am in the middle of my Ironman training right now as well as playing a bit of catch up with my knee as I had suffered an injury which just started to feel better a

Camps down under

2009-08-14T20:33:00.001-07:00

Thinking forward to 2010 is a hard thing to do when 2009 is not finished. Unfortunately most of us have to as we are forced to do early registration on so many of our races. One of the things I like to do is a camp with athletes in Feb-March time of year. Most of us cannot train all year outside and it is a nice thing to get out of the bad weather and off the trainer. This year I have been

Southern Living

2009-07-03T17:40:00.000-07:00

I have spent the last week at my parent’s house in North Georgia. The riding here has been awesome. Here is a picture of the top of my climb today, on this descent I hit 50mph feathering brakes! Some of the kids I run into in the gas stations look at me in my outfits as if I were from another planet! It has been so funny. This would be such an awesome place for a TBC camp.Happy 4th of July

Simon Thompson

2009-06-24T19:18:00.000-07:00

For those of you who havent met Simon yet, here is a brief interview:

Tooth-less

2009-06-15T19:33:00.001-07:00

Was going to do a race report until BREAKING NEWS occurred today. My daughter lost her first front tooth. Does a race report stand up to news like this? No way! J

Phelps

2009-05-16T18:23:00.001-07:00

Looks like Phelps is trying out a new technique for his stroke. http://www.swimnetwork.com/videos/v/20090515/charlotte_men_s_200m_free_a_final-16541.html

St. Croix

2009-05-03T15:11:00.000-07:00

St. Croix was everything I was told it would be. There was not a cloud in the sky, it was close to 90 degrees, and of course windy. Let’s be honest though, that what we came for right!? I mean how upset would we all be (and internally relieved) if they had to circumvent the Beast because of road construction?Last month I qualified for Hawaii. I knew I wanted to do that this year but was very

Training a National champion

2009-04-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

With the break in the weather finally happening here in Chicago, I was able to get Ben Kaute out for a ride. He plans on defending his title this year at Nationals. I think he will.

2009-04-04T22:58:00.001-07:00

Today I did California 70.3 and things went very well. I decided to have Jim Vance coach me this year as it is always a great idea even as a coach to have an objective opinion to training. We really wanted to focus on my run, which is coming together quite nicely.My swim was 25 min. I felt strong throughout the swim and new I was holding a good tempo. Only thing was they sent my wave off last and

first race effort of 2009... done

2009-03-29T20:40:00.000-07:00

Today I dropped in a local San Diego race called “Super Seal”. It was a tough go as it really was one of the first race specific efforts I have had for the season. Remarkably the bike let me down a touch here but I tried not to panic. I pedaled more for cadence then I like to and tried not to panic. My plan going in was to run well and attack the first 2 miles and worry about the last 4 later. I

Spring and Power

2009-03-20T07:37:00.001-07:00

Spring is finally here and in the Chicago land area it looks like we may actually get one this year! Normally we go from winter to flood season then about 6 weeks of summer then back to winter. Here is hoping for the best.We had a fantastic camp last week in Arizona. Complete with talks from Joe Friel, underwater analysis from Jim Vance, run technique with Tom Manzi, and Bike handling and other

Still Alive.

2009-02-28T07:14:00.000-08:00

Wow time seems to fly. I sometimes wonder how people maintain these very detailed blogs, I just can’t seem to find the time to coach the athletes I coach, train, and oh yea be a husband and father.With life so crazy it becomes so easy to let things pass we don’t “have to do”. One of those things for me is my annual physical I get from my doctor. One of my close friends went in for the “Heart

What an awesome clinic we had!

2009-02-03T17:05:00.001-08:00

Check out the clinic we just did for athletes. It was a huge success. http://lindsayzucco-lindsay.blogspot.com/2009/02/pieces-of-puzzle.htmlRunning out of time today so I will stealt Lindsay's handy work for writting about it.:)A

Soledad Mountain

2009-01-19T21:01:00.001-08:00

I came out to San Diego to train with Jim Vance and get in some better weather. These are some of the pics I saw today. Awesome view from top of Soledad Mt.I also got to run on the board walk today by Mission Bay Blvd. I saw many things to include a guy who roller blades in SLOW MOTION. I need that guy to race next to me to make me feel faster.

2009-01-11T11:20:00.000-08:00

The charts you can use in WKO are extremely comprehensive as well as motivating. Below is a chart that compares any two date ranges for your mean maximal power output at any given duration. In this graph the yellow line represents the power my athlete was able to achieve a year ago. The dotted line indicates the power she was able achieve over the past 12 mo.! Wow what an improvement.It is cols

SIMON LEVERSHA!!! another PR.

2008-12-07T13:32:00.001-08:00

The last performance of the year is in.Simon started triathlon 2 years ago. He did an 11:10 IM that year. Earlier this year he went 10:20 at Arizona. We have been chopping away at his performances until yesterday. Yesterday at IM Western Australia Simon went 9:36!!!! 1:11 swim, 5:07 bike, then 3:07 marathon!!! Smokin fast Simon! I’ve seen you put a lot of effort in to the result. You deserve

ANOTHER IM PR!!!!

2008-11-23T16:24:00.000-08:00

I want to congratulate another athlete I coach. Dennis Druml started with me mid summer. Last year he went 11:33 at IM Arizona. We got him sub 11 at IM Wisconsin, and today he went 9:58 at IM ARIZONA!!!!! WELL DONE!! Now we just need to skip the bathroom breaks and you’ll have your next PR!

Camps, clinics, etc.

2008-11-23T16:20:00.000-08:00

Training Bible is working very hard to try to provide all of our clients with the highest level of service they can buy. We are currently working on a single day workshop for athletes. They will be able to come to these workshops for very low cost and gain a tremendous amount of information from this.TBC has some of the most qualified coaches in the industry and we take a lot of pride in that.

2008

2008-11-08T17:37:00.001-08:00

Wow, what a great season.I overstayed my welcome on the season just a bit, but it was a great ride and 2008 will absolutely be one of my favorites ever.One thing I learned was to really stay focused on your goals, and execute those. I had a goal as of June to do Kona. I decided to do Clearwater with some friends in Aug. it was not a bad move necessarily, but after Kona I really lost focus (

Why I coach

2008-11-02T13:25:00.000-08:00

Post race reports like this are so awesome. Liz, way to go. I am very proud of you!"Adam! 3:35....SICK TIME FOR ME!!!! oh, and a negative split! i felt awesome until mile 22.5. I wanted to push it once I got into Central Park, but it's just too hilly but I was very pysched just to hang on. :) THANK YOU!!! I truly owe it to you. I have run NYC 2x and never had so much fun. And never felt so good

some recent pics. Blog needed them im told. :)

2008-11-02T13:19:00.000-08:00

Simon Thompson as well as Craig McKenzie are two of my favorite racers. They are not only very competitive, but they are two of the best people you will ever get a chance to meet. I have been coaching Craig all year and we have finally worked out his bike power.Simon (Thomo) came to visit me for a few days in Chicago. He helped put on some clinics for the kids team. He was great. Just thought I