I Practice What I Preach: Pushing My Limits (Volume)
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 […]
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7 Reasons & 5 Ways to Get Out of Your Bubble
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 […]
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I Practice What I Preach: Don’t Violate the Law of Insanity During Your Triathlon Off-season
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 […]
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Two More Deaths in Our Triathlon Family
You might think that I’m going through some sort of morbid phase in my writing because of my last article about Another Death in Our Ski Racing Family followed by this one. Certainly, bad timing, though I don’t think there is a good time for death. But writing helps me grieve and I hope my […]
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20% Discount on BiSaddle Adjustable Bike Saddles
I have a question for you: “During bike rides, do your ‘parts down below’ ever get numb or just plain hurt?” I’m guessing most of you will say, “Oh yeah!” (said with a grimace and a groan). I have a long history of real discomfort in my nether regions when I ride either my road […]
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6 Reasons I Love The Feed
If you haven’t heard of The Feed, you probably aren’t an endurance athlete or you train on another planet (The Feed doesn’t deliver to Mars yet, but soon, I’m sure!). But, since you’re asking, The Feed is your one-stop shop for all your endurance-sport nutritional needs (plus, they have a lot of cool gear and […]
Read MoreAnother Death in Our Ski Racing Family
It was almost 7 years ago that I wrote about the death of two ski racers, David Poisson, a French downhiller, and, closer to home, Max Burkhart, a German athlete who was attending Sugar Bowl Academy, where my daughters used to go to school and where I was a long-time member of its Board of […]
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I Won a Prestigious Professional Award!
I’m honored to have recently been named the recipient of one of the most prestigious international awards in the field of applied sport psychology (not quite an Oscar or the Nobel Prize, but still pretty cool!). The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (the largest professional organization in our field) has named me the Distinguished Applied […]
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When Your Child Stops Ski Racing (or Any Sport): A Parent’s Guide to Letting Go
I received an email from the father of a 14-year-old boy who has decided not to continue his ski-racing journey. He wrote: “I am feeling super challenged this year with the transition (and honestly, it’s my ego getting in the way). Just wondering if you have any advice on how to transition out…” His message […]
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World Triathlon Championships Update #2 (Mixed-relay): Redemption and Reflection
I was not a happy camper after my disappointing performance in the Sprint event at the World Triathlon Championships last week in Spain (to learn more). As I noted in my last post, I’m not just happy to be at the World Championships and participate; rather, I do triathlon to compete and see how I […]
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