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26 03, 2024

Lessons from Pro Triathletes: A New Blog Series

By | March 26th, 2024|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I am fortunate to be working with three outstanding professional triathletes who are also exceptional human beings (they have all agreed to allow me to introduce them to you): 1) Ruth Astle, from the UK, is a 3x Ironman winner; Lisa Tertsch, from Germany, is ranked 5th in the world by World Triathlon and is [...]

19 03, 2024

FOR SALE: 2018 S-Works Venge Road “Hyper-bike” (loaded with goodies)

By | March 19th, 2024|Categories: Cycling|Tags: , |0 Comments

I appreciate that is posting is a bit unusual, but, with my partnership with Argon 18, I have a truly amazing road bike to sell. This 2018 S-Works Venge Road “Hyper-bike” is as beautiful, sleek, and fast as you can get! It is loaded with extras that make the stock bike even better (see photos [...]

18 03, 2024

5 Steps to a Meaningful, Satisfying, and Joyful Life

By | March 18th, 2024|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

To what do you aspire? Who do you want to be and what kind of life do you want to lead? To be happy, successful, impactful, rich, famous, loved? We all want to find and experience that elusive “Holy Grail” that we believe will fulfill our aspirations. However, as is commonly expressed in both ancient [...]

15 03, 2024

Amazing Deal from deboer: Buy a Fjord 3.0 Wetsuit & Get a Tsunami 3.0 Swimskin Free

By | March 15th, 2024|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , |0 Comments

For those triathletes in need of a new wetsuit, or just want to get their hands on the fastest wetsuit on Earth (or rather, in the water!), deboer is having an amazing deal! If you buy a new Fjord 3.0 (the chosen wetsuits of Jan Frodeno, Kristen Blummenfelt, Chelsea Sodaro, and Gustav Iden), you get [...]

14 03, 2024

HUGE NEWS! Meet My Partners for 2024: Argon 18 Bikes-My Title Partner

By | March 14th, 2024|Categories: Cycling, Triathlon|Tags: , |0 Comments

I am absolutely beside myself with excitement to announce Argon 18 bicycles as my newest partner for 2024 and my "title partner" that will receive top billing in supporting their brand. If you're not familiar with Argon 18, they are a Canadian-based bicycle manufacturer that has been building exceptional bikes since 1989. Argon 18 is [...]

12 03, 2024

I Practice What I Preach: Clash Miami-Great Mind, Body Not So Much

By | March 12th, 2024|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I just returned from Clash Miami, part of the Clash Endurance series that is held at motor speedways in Florida, where I raced in the Sprint on Saturday and what I called the Olympic + (6 miles longer bike, 2 miles longer run) on Sunday. In a nutshell, my mind was in its best place [...]

22 02, 2024

Triathlon’s Holy Grail: Increase Your Effort & Decrease Your Pain in Training and Races

By | February 22nd, 2024|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The goal for every determined triathlete—the Holy Grail of our sport, you might say—is the ability to maintain or even increase effort and decrease (or at least minimize) the exertion pain you feel during hard workouts and in races. The problem, as we can all attest to, is that it is extremely difficult to resist [...]

13 02, 2024

Season-ending Injuries on the World Cup are Alarming (and How to Prevent Them)

By | February 13th, 2024|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , |0 Comments

What do Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturalt, Sofia Goggia, Corinne Sutter, Marco Schwartz, and several other World Cup ski racers have in common? They all sustained serious injuries that ended their seasons prematurely (except Mikaela who has missed several races so far due to a knee injury). As my title suggests, [...]

7 02, 2024

The Psychology of Sports Technology: Wetsuits

By | February 7th, 2024|Categories: Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment

When triathletes think about technology, they typically think about HR monitors, bike computers, power meters, GPS, and the like. Yet, sports technology has been around long before the invention of the silicon chip and the internet. In fact, every advancement that has enabled triathletes to swim (e.g., goggles), bike (e.g., aerobars), and run (e.g., carbon [...]

31 01, 2024

9 “Alignments” for a Healthy Relationship

By | January 31st, 2024|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

I always find it amazing that love relationships ever come to fruition and sustain themselves for an extended period of time. Relationships seem so complicated, particularly those of the romantic, “I’m looking for my soulmate” variety. There are so many aspects of a relationship that determine whether it works or not. And how do we [...]