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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 [...]

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 [...]

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′ [...]

These tips are pulled from 220Triathlon.com. Some of the top triathletes in the world share their tips. I’d been thinking about sharing a bunch of random tips…stuff I think about when I’m [...]

A few months ago, you looked at your training plan and you were excited. Maybe you wrote it yourself or got it online or from a coach, but it appeared to be the perfect plan to nail that [...]

It’s May. “April showers bring…May races and June races and July, August and September races.” That’s not quite how the saying goes, but many of us are race-focused now. [...]

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you’ve had a safe and enjoyable holiday season! Winter is here in the Midwest. Windchill, this morning in Omaha, was 20 below zero. Ugggghhh. So, you know [...]

One of the keys to improving is careful, honest evaluation. For most multi-sport athletes, the season is over or almost over. I’d encourage you to sit down and take a careful look at how things [...]