We recently shared with you our Four Keys of Ironman Execution, four simple principles that have transformed the long course racing of thousands of athletes. We would like to now teach you how you can use these principles to assess your Ironman performance.

It's an all-too-common scenario in triathlon - you've signed up for, trained for, and completed your race. The finish-line pictures have been taken, the post-race parties and high-fives from friends are now past, the swim, bike and run sessions in your planned-out program are over, and suddenly you have a big, empty void in your life.

You feel depressed. Down. Unmotivated. Unfit. Lost.

Being an endurance athlete requires balancing many different and often competing time demands. For most nonprofessional athletes piecing together a daily schedule that includes work, family and community responsibilities, and workouts is a tough juggling act. The daily schedule item that often gets shortchanged is sleep. This is ironic and unfortunate in that sleep may be one of the most important things the endurance athlete can do on a daily basis.

Conventional wisdom and training practices have created a void between coaching of endurance sports and that of high-skill sports such as basketball and soccer.

It's June of 2010, and it's time to mark the 2.5 year anniversary of our ground-breaking race execution guidance. What started as an article after Ironman Florida in 2007 has now evolved into a true movement. Ironman and Half Iron triathletes of all ability levels are taking advantage of our proven race guidance achieving incredible results!