In the eight in my nine-part series exploring obstacles that are blocking your path to your triathlon goals, I showed you how negativity is a weight vest that weighs you down on race day. In today’s article, I will describe how you can remove the obstacles in your path to your triathlon goals. In approaching [...]
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related products: innovation, superior quality, and leading-edge performance. In a series of posts, I’m re-introducing these exceptional companies and people to you so you will consider adding what they have [...]
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related products: innovation, superior quality, and leading-edge performance. In a series of posts, I’m re-introducing these exceptional companies and people to you so you will consider adding what they have [...]
In the seventh in my nine-part series exploring obstacles that are blocking your path to your triathlon goals, I showed you how expectations, despite its positive appearance, can actually interfere with your performing your best and achieving your race goals. In this article, I will describe how the obstacles that I’ve just described previously in [...]
I’m approached by sports and technology companies frequently wanting to leverage my credibility and social-media presence to market their products. In almost every case, I decline their offers. At the same time, in my ongoing search for “really cool things” in my sporting life, I periodically discover products that clear the bar in what I [...]
In the sixth in my nine-part series exploring obstacles that are blocking your path to your triathlon goals, I showed you how having an attitude of “nothing to lose” will serve you well in your triathlon efforts. In today’s article, I show you how the previous obstacles I discussed in my series can create interfering [...]
I recently published this article on the power of mental imagery for COROS, the upstart sports-performance technology company that is challenging Garmin for preeminence. Here's the introduction to the article: Would you believe me if I told you that there is a tool so powerful that it can help you develop yourself technically, tactically, mentally [...]
The conventional wisdom among social-media experts is that social media is neither good nor bad; rather it is how social media is used that determines whether it is life affirming or life damaging. These same social-media experts (myself included) have been reluctant to speak strongly against these technology platforms for fear of being labeled a [...]
In the fifth of my nine-part series exploring the obstacles that block your path to your triathlon goals, I offered some insights into how you can let go of your fear of failure. In this article, I will explain how this process boils down to one simple belief: “I have nothing to lose.” Not long [...]
“Hi, my name is Jim and I’m obsessed with triathlon.” Yes, I admit it, I am 100%, over-the-top crazy about triathlon. A brief back story explaining how I arrived at this place of total absorption and immersion in our sport. In the early and mid 2000s, after achieving my goal of running under three hours [...]
