1. You know you had a good workout when after weight lifting you have to get someone else in the gym to open your protein shake. 2. You know you had a good workout when your Garmin beeps and the alert asks you if you have traveled to another continent. 3. You know you had …
1. You relish the spontaneous nature of open water swimming. Whether it is leaping out of the water because you think a stick is a snake or having someone roughly the size of an NFL linebacker swim over top of you, it’s never the same experience twice. 2. You took up trail running because you …
1. You know you’ve lost your race day mental edge when you see another swimmer panic out of the corner of your eye and completely lose your focus. You roll onto your back and breathe like a steam engine until you see kayaks converging. A voice in your head says that will be the day. …
You Know You’ve Lost Your Race Day Mental Edge When Read More »
1. You try to motivate younger runners with quotes from famous athletes only to find they have no idea who you are talking about. They want to know why they would need to “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee?” 2. The newbie you helped train for his first triathlon and loaned a …
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Want to improve the quality of your workouts, rev up your motivation and grow your skills, train more with other athletes. Yes, it really is that simple. Whether you are swimming, biking, running, lifting weights, or working on core strength, you will make greater gains and have more fun if you can rope a friend …
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1. You look for a group exercise class to up your fitness game and get some peer support. You have trouble picking between death by kettlebell, pojo yoga, boxing your blues away, hardcore hula, and trampolines of terror. 2. You think better nutrition might be the answer so after a brief Google search you find …
1. More than once you have finished a race only to find an abandoned finish line and your significant other holding your finisher’s medal which they obtained by promising a blood oath to return if you didn’t make it. 2. After an entire year of training, you finish your first marathon. A friend asks if …
You’ve been wanting to try an off-road triathlon but you’re not sure where to start. The obvious answer is it starts with getting a mountain bike and learning mountain bike skills. Most off-road triathlons are still swim, bike, run and mountain biking is the biggest difference. For tips on getting a mountain bike see my …
1. You get out of bed thinking about your morning run. You are dismayed by tightness in your left calf, a cramp in your right quads, low back pain, and mild vertigo. You Google your symptoms and diagnose yourself with Cyberchondria. You decide to skip the workout and call in sick/gullible to work. 2. Before …
1. You buy a used Garmin Forerunner 310XT from a friend we’ll call “Dave” to replace your Timex Ironman watch. Immediately you notice changes in your behavior. You drive two miles back home because you forgot your Garmin. You run around the block 7 times to get from 6.67 to 7 miles. You can’t pee …
