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 …
If I hadn’t already picked Stumble Thru as my Medoc trail name this year I would completely go with Shuffle Wrecker. In a two-week period I managed to wreck, destroy, ruin, render inoperative or otherwise trash two iPod shuffles. What was the method of destruction: fire, impact, drop from a great height, submersion into deep …
It’s time for another episode of Better Blogs in which I pass along the best information, inspiration and innovation I found on the web in the last month. There was a bountiful harvest of blogging goodness this May so for the first time I’m placing them in broad categories. Enjoy! Gadgets & Gear DC Rainmaker …
I am excited to bring you a 2014 REV3 Knoxville Half race report and gear essentials post by Steve Stout. Steve is a triathlete, cyclist and runner based in the Tri-Cities, TN. His race resume includes Ironman Louisville, Asheville marathon, Charlotte’s Thunder Road marathon, and three Medoc Trail marathons. He is looking to get into the …
I am thrilled to bring you this gym bag essentials post from Coach Brett, host of the Zen and The Art of Triathlon podcast. I have been listening to him for years: training tips, interviews, training log, race reports; he’ s got you covered. On the off chance that you are one of the six people …
I wrote this post as a natural followup to my bike essentials posts. Interesting enough I did a Google image search for “gym bag contents” and found that many bloggers have a post on this topic. Check them out. They range from organized, labeled perfection to gym bags exploding with gear. Contents: Starting on the left …
Thanks to Timmy Waites, head honcho at Rocky Top Bicycles for helping me put together this installment of bike essentials. The photo above shows his recommendations for a casual, couple-hour mountain bike ride. Starting at the back of the photo and moving left to right we have: water bottle, seat bag, fuel (Braaap bar and …
This installment of Bike Essentials comes from Janine Pleasant: Personal Trainer, Triathlon Coach, and Event Manager. She has completed over 100 triathlons from sprints all the way to a full Iron distance events. You can learn more about her by following this link to Tri Hard Fitness. Seat Bag Contents: Left to Right Patch kit for backup in …
Welcome to a new recurring feature here at SBS: Bike Essentials. The premise is simple: I ask triathletes, cyclists and mountain bikers what they carry on rides and why. First contestant: me. My main ride is Masi Vincere aluminium frame road bike with triple chainring and 11-26 rear cassette. Seat Bag Contents: Clockwise from top: Latex gloves: …
So for a long time I wondered just how useful GPS watches were. I certainly wanted one. I’m one of those people that almost never met a gadget they didn’t like. But I had two reasons for not getting one: the cost and the reviews. As the prices steadily came down, it was the reviews …
