If you ever wanted to know what a day in the life of Javier Gomez was like, look no further. Enjoy this clip that briefly looks back at 2010 and then shows him at home in Spain.

In early May we hung out a day with Jan Frodeno in Germany and shared a picture gallery of that outing. Jan though spends quite a bit of time in Stellenbosch, South Africa and here is a video day feature of him there.

There are no junk miles. Only junk theories. And one junk theory is the notion of junk miles. If you have unwanted miles you’re preparing for the junk heap, just haul them over to my house, I’ll take them off your hands.

This is your final week. Your race is upcoming, you’re in the “taper” and the training is mostly done. Let’s talk a little bit about where you go from here, shall we?

The hard part is the training, and you’ve done that. The easy part is sometimes the part athletes forget to do: Where is the race? How do you get there? Is your equipment in good working order?

Performance increases are not straight-line, rather, they’re like the stock market: lots of ups, a fair share of downs, but up over the long haul Well, maybe that’s a bad analogy considering the past decade.

You’re nearing the end. You’re probably ready to race now. So, it’s mostly a case of hitting your taper, not getting injured, improving here and there, and staying enthused.

Your long swim week under your best (you did do this, didn’t you?), how ’bout let’s try switching to another event, and we’ll try to make some progress on the bike?

Swimming is a big fat hassle, until you’re good in the pool, and then swimming is the easiest leg of the triathlon, and when I say easy, I mean by far it’s the easiest.

Every now and then you’ll have an easier week, and some will be harder. Like this week. You are a bona-fide athlete now, and I’ll be treating you like one.

We’re going to start varying effort levels, week to week. But first, let’s talk about wetsuits. At some point you’ll want to consider investing in one.

Have you thought about what you’re going to wear in your first triathlon? No, I don’t mean whether the colors match. Rather, do you have one garment to swim, bike and run in?