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Where Have All The [Nice] Triathletes Gone?
To the tune of the Paula Cole song, Where Have All the Cowboys Gone, I found myself asking the question: “Where have all the [nice] triathletes gone?” Here’s a group of them. ^^^ I also found myself interjected into a situation when I just wanted to work on a project, but instead I was dealing with […]
Tuesday Tri Tip #1: Mindfulness
Here’s the first post in a series of Tri Tips coming on Tuesdays here on the blog. We’ll be featuring tips for the everyday triathlete: you, me, and everyone in between. So, yesterday’s Motivational Monday post was for the kind of triathlete who, like me, prefers music when they’re training. And now you have a sweet playlist to […]
I Ran a 5k. And It Was Really Cool.
I spent exactly two days licking my wounds from Sunday’s blazing Ironman 70.3 Augusta, before I knew I needed a race and fast. My knees are hurting, but just in a scabby, bruised way–not an injury sort of way. So I got on the run calendar looking for a Saturday morning 5k that I could wedge […]
Sports Chiropractic and ART Therapy
Sponsored Post. FTC Disclosure Here. I have posted many times on social media that I have been “saved” by my friend, “Dr. Miracle Man Hands” (a/k/a Dr. Hamid Sadri of 1st Choice Sports Rehab). As a coach and a triathlete, I often recommend sports chiropractic (which here includes ART – Active Release Therapy) to my athletes […]
Ironman 70.3 Augusta 2016: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report
“I am relentless. I am unbreakable. I am unstoppable. This is good. This is great. This is awesome. I am relentless. I am unbreakable. I am unstoppable. This is good. This is great. This is awesome. I am relentless. I am unbreakable. I am unstoppable. This is good. This is great. This is awesome. This——-” SMACK. I didn’t even […]
“How to Survive Anything” – A Post about Fear
The Swim Bike Family headed to the lake yesterday for a little morning of fun, open water swimming and wetsuit testing, to be followed by lunch and a stop by Cabela’s (a/k/a where all things are Southern, fishing, hunting and camouflage). The Expert has decided that they (and I mean they) are going camping; so there were camping […]
One Thing to NEVER Say to a Tapering Triathlete
Here it is… The one thing to NEVER say to a tapering triathlete. (And chances are… it’s been said!) (For a companion post on how we, as triathletes, should hold up our end of the bargain, check out yesterday’s blog.) And…drumroll please: “I will be SO glad when this race is over and everything can go back to […]
Why Triathletes Rival Toddlers on a Scale of One to Selfish
As I rounded the corner to almost-taper this weekend, I thought about interesting things that happen during this pre-race twilight zone. Triathlon race season is a crazy time for the athlete and the family of the triathlete. Our significant others and family have undoubtedly been making sacrifices for us to make it to the start line. Sometimes these sacrifices are […]