Meet My 2023 Partners: POC Helmets and Eyewear
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 gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore […]
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Meet My 2023 Partners: PowerBar Sports Nutrition
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 […]
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Effortless Swimming Podcast: Motivation & Fear in Swimming
I recently participated in another podcast with Brenton Ford of Effortless Swimming (the best swimming YouTube channel out there!). In the podcast we explore both motivation and fear in swimming, two topics that most swimmers and triathletes can resonate with. BTW, he’s been coaching me remotely and he’s amazing! If you want to improve your […]
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Motivational Tool #1 for Cycling and Triathlon: From The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology
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 […]
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You Blew Your First Run..Now What About Your 2nd Run
In my last article, I explored the psychological challenges of having a fast first run and then trying to duplicate it in your second run to have a fast race. In this article, I focus on the inverse, namely, having a poor first run and wanting to salvage the race (even if it’s just a […]
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Do You Protect or Express Yourself in Life?
We humans are very good at protecting ourselves from perceived threats. This reaction is the manifestation of our most powerful instinct—survival—which has developed over billions of years of evolution. This protective reaction has served us well for most of our existence (which began on the Serengeti about 250,000 years ago) when confronted with threats to […]
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So You Just Had a Great 1st Run in a Ski Race…Now What?
A racer I’m working with recently won the first run of a big race, but he struggled in his second run and missed out on a potential victory. His race day reminded me of a similar experience in my first college carnival as a freshman at Middlebury. I won the first run of the UVM […]
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Look Back to the 2022 Triathlon Season So You Can Look Forward to 2023
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 […]
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From Hit-and-Run to 3rd in the World: Lessons Learned from my Return from a Near-death Bike Crash
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 […]
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Parenting Q&A with Dr. Jim Taylor-Sponsored by MindJournal
Last night I was invited to speak as part of a TheMindsJournal.com series titled “Expert Mind Talks” on Facebook. I presented a parenting workshop followed by a Q&A based on three of my parenting books. I begin speaking at about 1:30 of the recording.
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