Five years ago I ran the 2010 Morris Broadband DuPont Forest half marathon. In many ways this was the race that really started my journey into endurance sports. My race report for that event was my 1st real SBS blog post. It’s still up on the site. It was my 1st half marathon and my …
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I enjoyed the Well-Built Triathlete by Matt Dixon and found it informative and thought provoking. I particularly enjoyed his sections debunking the myths of triathlon swimming, cycling and running. This is not meant to be a comprehensive book review. I’m mostly going to talk about how Dixon’s views challenged my own and some training changes …
Last November I found myself once again at Waid Park in Rocky Mount, VA, facing a 0.950423 mile loop with one “hill” and a 24-hour time limit. I was taking my second crack at the Crooked Road 24 Hour Ultra. I was hoping to use the lessons I learned from the 2012 race to push …
I’ve been thinking a lot about motivation this week. Mainly because I seem to be lacking it. In my world motivation seem to either be an all-you-can-eat buffet or a closed taco stand without much in meal choices in between. My mental landscape seems to feature waterfalls and desert vistas and not much else. I’m …
I have a confession to make. Lately I’ve found myself staring at this one triathlon bike. I know we all do it but it was different this time. It wasn’t online, or in a magazine or in a catalog. It was in my garage. I swear I don’t know how it got there. Okay let …
The snorkel is easy enough to use but it does have a bit of a learning curve. You inhale using the snorkel and exhale through your nose. The included literature says that children and some adults may need to use a nose clip initially. I don’t think a nose clip is necessary but you may …
Welcome to February or as I like to call it the “do-over” month. You know how it works. In December, you tell yourself that come the New Year things will be different. You’re going to be more serious about workouts, eat a more nutritious diet, keep an up-to-date workout log, etc. Then you look at …
It’s time once more for my top 10 endurance sports lessons from last year. My 2014 race season began in March with the St. Paddy’s Day Dash & Bash, Greenville, SC, and ended in November with the Crooked Road 24 Hour Ultra, Rocky Mount, VA. In between were multiple 5K races, three sprint triathlons, my …
This marks my third year at Medoc Trail Races. It’s always a high point in my season and always a little different. For example, this year the night before the race, participants got an e-mail from the race directors advising us that recent rains had caused Little Fishing Creek to exceed its banks with roughly …
I’m thrilled to begin a series of posts for beginning triathlete with this guest post on transition etiquette by Kit Hayes. Kit is an avid triathlete and trail runner. Some of her recent races include: Iron Mountain Trail Run, Lake Logan International Triathlon, Turtle Crawl Triathlon, Beach2Battleship and Enka Triathlon at Biltmore Lake. Here’s a link to …
