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OK, so race season is upon us. Finally! You show up for a race, you race, and then you look at the results. There they are. Some of the same names at the top almost every single race. Overall…and [...]

So, the month of May is here. I’m old enough to have been part of a neighborhood “gang” growing up. We were just friends, not a real gang. We’d play backyard games like, “Red rover, red rover, [...]

Often you hear these types of questions, “What would the ‘present’ you like to tell the 20-year-old you? What do you wish you’d known back then that you know now?” I started racing triathlons [...]

Triathlon, a unique combination of endurance sports, requires discipline, hard work, and a fearless spirit to succeed. While the sport may have its differences, it shares similarities with other [...]

It’s January. Happy New Year! Good news for some triathletes. Not so much for other multi-sporters. Into which group do you fall? The “good news kids” love a fresh start and can’t wait to get [...]

So you read that and are tempted to think, “Yeah, right. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!” I don’t blame you. Flaky and false advertising abounds. Good advice would be: Be sure [...]

Most of us are done multisport racing for this year. Many are in full-blown off-season mode. I am. What’s the best thing to do in November? One of them is to take time to reflect on each race you [...]

They say a man can fix anything with just duct tape and…I can’t remember the other thing. Super glue maybe?  When people ask me about my training and racing, especially at 65 years [...]

This is a Part 2 to last month’s blog, where we talked about how to handle an injury before a big race. Here’s how it turned out. Ironman Boulder 70.3. Though my alarm was set for 3:45 a.m., I [...]

No, actually, that’s not the question. The question is, “rest and be healed or not rest and heal?” What are you getting at? I’m sitting here in a cabin at 7,464′ [...]