26.2 and 7.5 Weeks to Go

First and foremost… hearts and prayers going out to Texas and Houston. Ironman Foundation has asked that we share the relief efforts and what it is doing to help the community where many of its races are held. In a historic time of need, join us in supporting the Harvey relief efforts in three different […]

Ironman Boulder Brothers: Kyle and Brent Pease

Last week, I visited my favorite brothers, Kyle and Brent Pease, and got all the deets on their amazing feat at IRONMAN Boulder. The bros are BACK on the podcast, with the UPDATE from IRONMAN Boulder.  We have the scoop, we also have jokes, and then discuss what a “curb” is. 🙂 And then, like any […]

Giving up the Ghost with Sarah Hepola

I used to think that walking in high heels was difficult. Then I became a heavy drinker who wore high heels.  Then I became a sober person.  Not particularly in that order. I “celebrated” 18 months as a sober person a week or so ago. As a mile-marker, I had the honor of interviewing Sarah […]

A Change of Plans? Think Again.

I had a conversation with my coach last week that went something like this: Me:  I am going to take a breather from triathlon racing this season. Maybe I’ll do Augusta, but as of now, I am not sure. The fire in my belly for racing is just not there. I didn’t feel it spectating at […]

RIP: The Gift of “Running in Public”

I had a great talk with Josh Mathe yesterday for the podcast.  He’s the author of the new book, I, Athlete: How to unleash your inner athlete and supercharge your life! —-which talks about all the great things that we can do to help ourselves, well, unleash our inner athlete. I loved talking with Josh, and I’ll be […]

Keep Building.

Tony Robbins said in a recent podcast (I am paraphrasing) that in order for someone to be the tallest building on the block–there are two ways to achieve this end: 1. You can work hard and build the tallest building, brick by brick OR steel by steel–which takes incredible effort, time, money and energy. OR 2. […]

Career Death: A Love Story

I recently left the legal profession.  Note: I was not removed from the legal profession. Point of clarification there, people.  #notdisbarred I remain (and plan to remain) a licensed attorney.  You know, just so I can whip out a demand letter at a moment’s notice, remind people that truth is an absolute defense to defamation (cuz […]

It’s Good to Be a Bear

So I wrote an article a while back in Triathlete about when to know if you should say “no” to that race on the calendar.  Decisions, decisions. As I was thinking about Chattanooga 70.3 (coming up in three weeks), I began to wonder what in the world I was doing with planning to race that. […]

The One Thing Today

If we feel healthy, we act healthy. If we feel well, we are kinder to others, we have more to give. It builds on itself.  Happiness and health breeds MORE happiness and health. “BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE!? TODAY, I FEEL TERRIBLE!!!” When we FEEL terrible, other things also FEEL terrible. When things FEEL […]