Author: Dr. Jim Taylor

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Lessons from Pro Triathletes: Race-week Preparation

Today’s topic in my new blog series, Lessons from Pro Triathletes,, race-week preparation, relates to Lisa Tertsch preparing for the Paris Olympics in July, Ruth Astle getting ready for the Ironman World Championships in Nice and the 70.3 World Championships in Taupo, New Zealand, and Miguel Mattox getting set to return to racing after a […]

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Lessons from Pro Triathletes: A New Blog Series

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 […]

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

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 […]

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5 Steps to a Meaningful, Satisfying, and Joyful Life

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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, […]

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The Psychology of Sports Technology: Wetsuits

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 plates) […]

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