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19 02, 2022

Meet My Partners for 2022: Jakroo Custom Sports Apparel

By | February 19th, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

17 02, 2022

Our Unconscious and Conscious Minds Do Battle Daily

By | February 17th, 2022|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved and rational beings who think, feel, and act in ways that are intentional and reasonable. We hold this perception because it enables us to believe that we are “captains” of our lives and help us believe that we are in control of the choices we [...]

16 02, 2022

Remove the Obstacles to Your Triathlon Goals-#9

By | February 16th, 2022|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

In the eight in my nine-part series exploring obstacles that are blocking your path to your triathlon goals, I showed you how negativity is a weight vest that weighs you down on race day. In today’s article, I will describe how you can remove the obstacles in your path to your triathlon goals. In approaching [...]

14 02, 2022

Meet My Partners for 2022: TriEye Sports Eyewear with a Built-in Rearview Mirror

By | February 14th, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

10 02, 2022

Meet My Partners for 2022: PowerBar Sports Nutrition

By | February 10th, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

9 02, 2022

Negativity is like Wearing a Weight Vest in a Triathlon-#8

By | February 9th, 2022|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

In the seventh in my nine-part series exploring obstacles that are blocking your path to your triathlon goals, I showed you how expectations, despite its positive appearance, can actually interfere with your performing your best and achieving your race goals. In this article, I will describe how the obstacles that I’ve just described previously in [...]

7 02, 2022

Meet My Newest Partner: BiSaddle Means No More Pain in the Backside

By | February 7th, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

I’m approached by sports and technology companies frequently wanting to leverage my credibility and social-media presence to market their products. In almost every case, I decline their offers. At the same time, in my ongoing search for “really cool things” in my sporting life, I periodically discover products that clear the bar in what I [...]

3 02, 2022

Expectations Can Ruin Your Triathlon Race Day-#7

By | February 3rd, 2022|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

In the sixth in my nine-part series exploring obstacles that are blocking your path to your triathlon goals, I showed you how having an attitude of “nothing to lose” will serve you well in your triathlon efforts.  In today’s article, I show you how the previous obstacles I discussed in my series can create interfering [...]

1 02, 2022

Mental Imagery Can Unlock Your Endurance-sport Potential

By | February 1st, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

I recently published this article on the power of mental imagery for COROS, the upstart sports-performance technology company that is challenging Garmin for preeminence. Here's the introduction to the article: Would you believe me if I told you that there is a tool so powerful that it can help you develop yourself technically, tactically, mentally [...]

31 01, 2022

Is Social Media an Existential Threat to Civilized Society?

By | January 31st, 2022|Categories: Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The conventional wisdom among social-media experts is that social media is neither good nor bad; rather it is how social media is used that determines whether it is life affirming or life damaging. These same social-media experts (myself included) have been reluctant to speak strongly against these technology platforms for fear of being labeled a [...]