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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 16, 2022

Transitions in Triathlon Matter, Here’s How to Nail Them

I think it’s unfair to call triathlons triathlons. By its very name, triathlon suggests that there are three events in the sport. However, as we all know, there are two other events that can have a big impact on where you end up in the results at the end of the day. Of course, I’m […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 11, 2022

Look Back to Last Season So You Can Look Forward to Next Season

The 2021-22 race season is now well behind you and you’ve likely storage waxed your skis and stored all your gear till you get back on snow (perhaps this summer). You’ve probably also pulled out your favorite non-skiing toys, whether mountain bike, golf clubs, tennis racquets, surfboards, or what-have-you. And the last thing you want […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 2, 2022

Dealing With Race-day Nerves in Triathlon: Global Triathlon Network Segment

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was in the UK a few weeks ago doing some work with Global Cycling Network and Global Triathlon Network. Part of my time there was spent shooting segments on the mental side of triathlon for the GTN Show with one of its excellent presenters, Mark Threlfall. I […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 22, 2022

Dr. Jim Taylor segment on Global Triathlon Network

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I was in the UK doing some work with Global Cycling Network and Global Triathlon Network. Part of my time there was spent shooting segments on the mental side of triathlon for the GTN show with one of its excellent presenters, Mark Threlfall. To view this segment, click here. […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 21, 2022

Top-secret Project with Global Cycling Network

I just returned from a week in the UK where I was working with Global Cycling Network, the largest cycling-focused channel on YouTube, on a new, exciting, and as-yet top-secret project (I’m not allowed to get specific about it yet). While in Bath, England at the GCN HQ, I worked with two exceptional individuals (image […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 20, 2022

Embrace Life as a Challenge to Pursue, not a Threat to Avoid

The ability to respond to our lives as a challenge separates us from our primitive forbearers because our evolved brain gives us the opportunity to resist our most basic instincts (though not easily). The fundamental goal behind the challenge response is to pause rather than act instinctively, deactivate the amygdala, engage our cerebral cortex, and […]

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