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17 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: BiSaddle Adjustable Bike Saddles

By | February 17th, 2025|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, my backside and private parts are thrilled to introduce you to BiSaddle, a U.S. company that makes the first and only adjustable saddles for all types of bikes. When I decided to build my dream bike last year, I thought about what changes I needed to make [...]

15 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: SLF Motion Cycling Drivetrain Upgrades

By | February 15th, 2025|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I am thrilled to introduce you to SLF Motion, a company that designs and manufactures the highest quality cycling drivetrain upgrades (over-sized pulley wheels, ceramic bottom bracket). SLF stand for Smoothest, Lightest, Fastest. And they deliver big time! I discovered SLF Motion in 2021 as I [...]

11 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: eoSwimBetter Technology

By | February 11th, 2025|Categories: Sports, Triathlon|Tags: |1 Comment

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, my swimming is thrilled to introduce you to eoSwimBetter. I was recently introduced to eoSwimBETTER by Brenton Ford of Effortless Swimming as I looked for ways to be more competitive with the strong-swimming triathletes in my age group. Despite  my best efforts at improving my swim technique and [...]

9 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: Atomic Ski Equipment

By | February 9th, 2025|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to Atomic ski equipment, my longest-running partner. For anyone who is involved in skiing, Atomic is a brand that is well known as a world leader in our sport with a stable of some of the best skiers in the world including Mikaela Shiffrin [...]

7 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: SYNC Performance Ski Apparel

By | February 7th, 2025|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to SYNC performance ski apparel. SYNC manufactures the highest-quality performance ski clothing for alpine skiers. It clears the bar of what I'm looking for when I'm skiing: performance, comfort, style, and function. SYNC is also committed to supporting ski racing and helping young [...]

5 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: deboer Performance Wetsuits

By | February 5th, 2025|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, the open-water swimmer in me is excited to introduce you to deboer wetsuits, the most scientifically advanced wetsuit ever made. deboer wetsuits have been developed in collaboration with Olav Aleksander Bu, the Head of Performance for the Norway  Triathlon, the co-founder of Santara Technology, and the [...]

3 02, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: The Feed Sports Nutrition

By | February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to  The Feed. The Feed is your one-stop shop for all your sports-nutrition needs. From hydration to fueling, from drink powders to gels, chews, and bars, for training or races, from kids to age groupers to pros—for everyone who competes and aims to [...]

23 01, 2025

I Practice What I Preach: Pushing My Limits (Volume)

By | January 23rd, 2025|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Greetings from Las Playitas, on the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. Las Playitas is a true triathletes’ dream, with the most amazing 50m pool and open-water swimming, biking, running, and strength training. I’m here on the last day of my first-ever “tra-cation” (training vacation) during which I’m continuing my “Don’t Violate the Law [...]

4 12, 2024

7 Reasons & 5 Ways to Get Out of Your Bubble

By | December 4th, 2024|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

We humans sure like our bubbles. Not the bath or blowing varieties, but the psychological, emotional, social, and physical spaces that we create to feel safe and protected. Bubbles are actually an evolutionary thing that initially developed as a means of increasing our chance of survival. As we have evolved, there were five feelings that [...]

2 12, 2024

I Practice What I Preach: Don’t Violate the Law of Insanity During Your Triathlon Off-season

By | December 2nd, 2024|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

After an 11-year break from triathlon, I rejoined our sport in 2019 and have been a committed short-course triathlete ever since. For the past several years, I’ve been on pretty much the same training program, and it has served me very well, having worked my way up the ranks and having achieved national championship titles [...]