11 05, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: Let Your Mind Guide Your Training

By | May 11th, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

As I wrote about in a previous article, the most common means of assessing how your training is going is how your body feels. If your body feels good (e.g., rested, illness and injury free, sleeping well), keep pushing. If your body doesn’t feel good (e.g., tired, hungry, sore, sick, injured), then it’s time to [...]

2 05, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: 2023 USAT Multisport National Championships

By | May 2nd, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

As I noted in my last “I Practice What I Preach” post, I was feeling a fair amount of anxiety and worry in the weeks leading up to the 2023 USAT Multisport National Championships in Texas that was held less than two weeks ago. Those nerves were coming from “outcome expectations” I had created in [...]

17 04, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: Tempering Expectations

By | April 17th, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Let’s begin with an exercise: I don’t want you to think about a pink elephant. What did you do? Well, you thought of a pink elephant, of course. But don’t think about a pink elephant, don’t think about a pink elephant, don’t think about a pink elephant! Does that help you not think about a [...]

10 04, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: Listen to Your Mind

By | April 10th, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

In two recent posts, I discussed the training and race situations in which you want to listen to your body and when you want to ignore your body. In this article, I’m going to share with you some ideas about listening to your mind. I’ve just finished my fifth week of a six-week high-volume, high-intensity [...]

6 04, 2023

I Practice What I Preach/Psychology of Sports Technology: My Latest FTP Test

By | April 6th, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This article offers you a “two-fer!” I will describe my own personal experience with bike fitness testing while also highlighting the psychological benefits of the technology behind it. I’ve been doing FTP testing for three years now. Since beginning to work with my coach, Dr. Greg Rhodes, the last two tests involved a more sophisticated [...]

3 04, 2023

New Custom Jakroo Triathlon Suit

By | April 3rd, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

I'm beyond thrilled to introduce my new Jakroo "TeamUSA" triathlon suit. This custom-designed kit will be my training and race suit for my 2023 triathlon season. I'm proud to represent my country and Jakroo, as well as all of my partners (see below), in wearing this incredible suit. Thanks to Brian Opsal for seeing the [...]

3 04, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Training

By | April 3rd, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

It’s 5:15am. It’s cold (around 42 degrees), still dark, and I can hear the rain pummeling the roof of my house. I have a challenging swim workout planned (6x75, 5x200, 8x50 hard) at the local outdoor pool. How much do I want swim at this moment in time? Well, you can probably guess. This experience, [...]

30 03, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: Mental Marginal Gains

By | March 30th, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

In my last segment of my “I Practice What I Preach” series, I explained that you don’t always want to listen to your body when you’re training and racing. The reality is that, if you did, you would slow down or stop when you started to experience high perceived effort or exertion pain. Instead, you want [...]

27 03, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: When Not to Listen to Your Body

By | March 27th, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

As I indicated in my last segment of “I Practice What I Preach,” you definitely want to listen to your body when it’s sending messages of injury to you. Moreover, you want to listen when your body is whispering, so you don’t have to listen to it when it’s screaming at you (then it’s too [...]

23 03, 2023

Listen to Your Body Follow-up: Not What I Had in Mind! ;->

By | March 23rd, 2023|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , |0 Comments

I saw this cartoon in the New Yorker and thought it was karmic timing with my last post. The cartoon gave me a good chuckle because there are those times that I feel the same way!