One of the strangest and most effective tools I’ve come across to manage intense effort and exertion pain is something that we do often without realizing how powerful it truly is. Let me explain. A few years ago, I was working with a pro triathlete who was having a terrible track workout. She wasn’t hitting [...]
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 most in sports-related products: innovation, superior quality, and leading-edge performance. In today’s installment of Meet My 2023 Partners, I am thrilled to introduce you to my newest partner Firefly Recovery. Firefly [...]
Let’s be realistic. The primary obstacle to pushing your physical limits is pain. Your ability to tolerate and manage the pain you experience in your training will determine how hard, fast, and far you go, the gains you make in your fitness, and how you perform in races. So, the $64,000 question is: What can [...]
I just recorded the second of four motivational tools for cycling and triathlon. In this series, I explore in about one minute practical steps you can take to stay motivated early in the season when it’s cold outside for most of us and boring inside while riding on Zwift and similar platforms.
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 [...]
I just recorded the first of four motivational tools for cycling and triathlon. In this series, I explore in about one minute practical steps you can take to stay motivated early in the season when it's cold outside for most of us and boring inside while riding on Zwift and similar platforms. You can watch [...]
The 2021-22 race season is now in our rearview mirror (mine just ended after Abu Dhabi a full seven months after it started). You’ve likely either put your swim, bike, and run gear away for a much needed rest or significantly dialed back your training through the new year when you’ll ramp things up in [...]
If you would have told me 14 months ago that I would compete in the 2022 World Triathlon Championships in Abu Dhabi and come away with a bronze medal in the Super-sprint and a 9th place in the Olympic distance in my age group, I would have certainly told you that you were crazy. I [...]
I’m heading to Abu Dhabi in late November to compete in the World Standard-distance and Super-sprint World Championships. And, yes, it’s going to be hot, very hot. The typical daily temperature in the U.A.E. in November is around 95 degrees and the water temperature is in the mid-80s (no wetsuits there!). Without a doubt, the [...]
