Pro Ironman athlete Heather Wurtele not only won the inaugural Ironman St. George in 2010 but managed to be nearly twenty minutes quicker on the bike – all due to the dedication and commitment to her rigourous training regime. Here are some tops tips from heather as seen on Ironman.com along with a great video on packing for the big race.

When you’ve got a long day of training on tap, one involving all three sports, consider basing yourself out of your car or gym locker for the day.  Keep all food, clothes and gear for the day in one location.  It’s a great way to speed up the switch from one sport to the next and it eliminates any temptation to sit on the couch for 10 minutes (which can turn into a couple of hours).  Here are five ways it will help you reach your Ironman goal:

•    Helps teach you what works well nutritionally on a long day

•    Helps your body adapt to the changes from one sport to the next

•    Gets your training day over with sooner

•    Is easy to co-ordinate with your training partners, if they do the same

•    Helps your race day organizational skills (there’s a lot of equipment and food to deal with)

•    Keeps you from skipping the last workout in favor of that comfy couch!!

With race day coming up, try a few of these ‘non-stop’ days.  You’ll learn something.…More at Heather Wurtele's Non-Stop Training Day