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 THIS WEEK´S P2 PLAN: it´s an EZ rejuvenation week for the P2 Team-especially for the Racine 1/2-iron finishers, AND Ironman Lake Placid finishers Marc & Erin Seaverson!
COMING UP: Coach Matt will lead an open water swim skills clinic at the Chisago Triathlon venue on Saturday, July 26th, at 1PM.
THE QUOTE: "on race day ... YOU do it, or YOU don´t "
The Performance Power (P2) Team has started training for the 2008 season. JOIN coach Matt Haugen and your teammates as the P2 TEAM celebrates its 6th season of boosting triathlon and marathon performance power. Former USA Triathlon National Teams Coach Matt Haugen leads five (5) weekly P2 Team training sessions that will enhance your movement efficiency, mental toughness, endurance, strength, and race day performance power. If you are interested in becoming a P2 TEAM member, come to 1 of our weekly training sessions, so you can meet coach Matt & your teammates:
TUESDAYS: 5:30 & 6:30PM: Track RUN
WEDNESDAYS: 5:30PM: Lake SWIM
THURSDAYS: 5:30 & 6:30PM: BIKE-RUN
SATURDAYS: 8AM: RUN & BIKE
SUNDAYS: 8:30AM: SWIM-BIKE-RUN
Coach Matt leads P2 triathlon training sessions from January through Ironman Wisconsin (September), & a 10-week XP2 Strength & Endurance training program from mid-October to mid-December. P2 sessions are held at a wide range of outdoor & indoor Twin Cities venues.
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P2 MINDPOWER TRAINING: race day confidence IS earned in practice. so treat your key workouts much like a race: review your goals, & spend a few minutes visualizing your upcoming training session; after your warm-up, do not talk or get distracted by others - instead, get immersed in the task at hand; push your muscles & mind to higher & longer levels of discomfort, & do your best to stay relaxed while pushing yourself; after a successful key workout, affirm YOUR mental & muscle strengths, & talk to yourself in strong & confident terms; before the day ends, write your accomplishment in your training log, so that you can both cherish the day, & later look back on the day to affirm your season´s progression.
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TRAIN YOUR MUSCLES and YOUR MIND: JUST like swim, bike, & run skills training, mental training skills need to be a part of every practice: at the beginning, during the most fatigue-loaded part of your session, & as you end your practice. IT IS the daily, consistent, frequent practice of setting goals, focusing, using positive self-talk, relaxing, & visualizing that allows YOU to use your mindpower automatically on race day. so practice what you desire to become ... so that on your focus race day, you CAN DO IT again. 
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EPIC WORKOUTS = EPIC RACES. P2´ers push themselves & their teammates at weekly team practices, & coach Matt is always present. There is a special energy & the right blend of motivation & competition when a team trains together. That is why the very best college & professional teams are at practice with their coach. An athlete needs to be pushed to faster paces & higher levels of discomfort in order to climb up the results page. When you know that you will train with your teammates & coach, you know that you have to expect more from your muscles & mind at practice. That is why P2´ers improve dramatically over time: they show-up at practice, they train with committed teammates, & their coach is there, watching them do it.
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The P2 TEAM Tradition
The P2 Team has been training and racing together since 2003. Former USA Triathlon National Team coach, 2:23 marathoner, & 8:41 ironman Matt Haugen started the P2 Team so that twin cities runners and triathletes could find the expert coaching and teammates they needed for race day success. Our P2 team culture is positive, supportive, & inspiring. P2 teammates are in their 20´s through 60´s, and range in ability & experience from first time triathlete to Olympic Trials qualifier. Come to a P2 Team session & find our for yourself.
MATT CHAT
"SUMMER RULES"
10 rules to lead you UP the results page
#1: WRITE YOUR RACE SCHEDULE IN INDELIBLE INK. systematic training plans, and physical & emotional peaks, are designed around firm race schedules.
#2: FOLLOW ONE TRAINING PLAN. a plan that is carefully designed by a certified coach, & one that makes you stronger, faster, more confident, & mentally tough for your key race.
#3: MAKE YOUR EASY DAYS EASIER. schedule 3 easy days each week, to promote recovery from, & to store-up physical & mental energies for your key workouts.
#4: AIM FOR SUCCESS IN KEY WORKOUTS. nail your key workouts to gain race specific confidence, & reinforce the skills & mental toughness that you will rely on on race day.
#5: MEMORIZE KEY WORKOUTS BEFORE THEY START. know the specific goals & details of key workouts, so you can rest & fuel your muscles prior to the start, and use mental skills before, during, & after your key workouts.
#6: PROCESS EVERY KEY WORKOUT. recall what you did well, affirm your physical & mental achievements specifically in a log, & set 1 goal that aims for future improvement.
#7: LISTEN TO YOUR MUSCLES & MIND. tune into your physcial & psychological energy levels daily, so you know when to push a bit harder, or when to back-off in order to prevent an injury, illness, or mental burnout.
#8: SHARE YOUR RACE GOALS CAREFULLY. personal goals are just that. keep control of your race day arousal, stress, & flow levels by telling a select few supporters your intentions.
#9: DO NOT MAKE YOUR RACE PACE THE MAIN GOAL. environmental conditions effect race speeds dramatially. instead focus on race effort & race place as you push onward. smartly pace, maintain mental composure, move efficiently, & talk to yourself in positive terms, as you focus on the present for 100% of the race distance.
#10: EVALUATE ALL OF YOUR RACES. learn from your experiences, & record data & reflections that will enhance future race performances. and look within yourself to define your efforts, before looking at race results to review your place and time(s). then write a few goals to direct future training efforts.
- coach matt haugen 5/30/08
"if your train hard, you (after resting) race good"
The home base for our Team is the P2 PIT
the P2 PIT is located in downtown St. Paul, on the ground floor of the Park Square Court Building, on the north end of Mears Park, at the intersections of 6th and Sibley Streets. Make a PIT stop soon !
400 Sibley Street, St Paul, MN 55101
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ALL 12 P2'ers BREAK THE 5 hr & 7 min barrier at the Racine 1/2-iron Gillian (4:52), & jMatt (4:25), lead a wave of P2 teamates, eleven who raced to personal best times: Karl (4:42), Campino (4:30), Badger Sue (5:04), TK (4:52), B-Hill (4:36), Jess (5:06), EJ (5:03), Megan (5:02), AAron (4:57), and Philly-dog (4:38) Micah "Turbo" won his division at the Heart of the Lakes Tri, placing 10th in the amateur division, & P2 Teammate April placed 12th in the women's amateur division. congrats to Marta Lewinski, who was 3rd in the elite wave.
P2´ers Erin & Marc Seaverson FINISHED IRONMAN LAKE PLACID on july 20th in 12 hrs 51 min, and 11 hrs 48 min, respectively. CONGRATS to you 2, for finishing 1 hour, and 1/2-hour+ faster than last year, respectively.
P2´s top finishes at the Life Time Fitness Triathlon: "Sachs" won the sprint division, "Badger Sue" won the master´s division, Ben was 2nd in his division, "D1 - Voss" placed 3rd in his division. on the same day, Black Jack Daugherty set a DIVISION RECORD at the Timberman Triathlon.
P2´ers McCann,
Williams, & Mutzenberger finished 3rd, 4th, &
8th overall in the women´s elite wave at the Waconia Tri on June 29,
and "Black Jack" Daugherty (below), finished 2nd in his division. 
P2´ers
Gillian Auslander (8th female finisher in 5 hrs 19 min), & Phillip
Falkner (31st overall in 4 hrs 52 min, & 7th fastest run of 1 hr 28
min), pushed to top finishes at the High Cliff 1/2-Ironman June 22
BOREN DOES IT AGAIN. P2´er
Jenna Boren finished 9th overall in the women´s elite division at
Grandma´s Marathon on June 21st. It was Jenna´s 4th top-10 finish at
Grandma´s.
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8 P2 men, & 4 P2 women, finished in the top-50 overall in the
1/2-ironman on june 14th. CAMPINO, M1, BEN, KARL, & B busted the
5-hour barrier, and AARON, SEAVES, EJ, D1, & TURBO busted under 5
hrs & 10 min, with BRIAN, SHANE, & EVANS also under 5 hrs 20
min. JESS lead the P2 women (14th overall) with a time of 5 hrs 27 min,
followed by MM (5:40), MK (6:07), & kb (6:08). In the "oly"
distance, ABBE was 17th overall in 2 hrs 42 min
McCANN WINS AGAIN, & P2 Teammates Lewinski & Williams join her in the top 6 at the Manitou Tri. K8
McCann was the women´s champion at the June 8th Manitou Triathlon. P2´ers Marta Lewinski
and Susan Williams were 5th & 6th overall, respectively, in the
women´s elite division (all 3 finished within 90 seconds of each
other). P2 Teammate Chris Sachs was 2nd in the men´s 25-29 division.
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P2 Teammates trained 16 hours in 4 days, at the 2nd annual Perforamnce
Power Colorado Camp (P2CC) on May 15-18 . P2CC´ers completed 2
training sessions each day, at elevations ranging from 6,000 to 9,600
feet. This physical & mental strength camp continues to contribute to success in our summer "A RACES".
3 P2 Teammates broke the 3-hour barrier at the Boston Marathon: Jenna Boren finished the USA Women´s Olympic Trials in 2:49, and Phillip Falkner (2:55) and Thea Fleming (2:57) ran their 1st "sub 3" when it counted most.
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Teammates closed-out a BIG month of "March-On!" training by finishing
the 4.5-hour "P2 REWIND TRI" (run-bike-swim) on the 29th
P2´er
Alex Hooke, 23, finished his first Ironman on Oct 13th at the Triathlon
World Championships in Hawaii, with a time of 10 hrs & 8 min. |
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