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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 18, 2025

Positive Self-talk for Triathlon Training and Racing

Perhaps the most powerful mental tool to build your confidence is positive self-talk. What you say to yourself away from triathlon, when you’re training, and during races impacts what you think, how you feel, and how you perform in training and on race day. Whatever you think more of—whether positive or negative—will determine the road […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 14, 2025

Make Every Day a Good Day of Triathlon Training

One of the most frequent comments I hear from the triathletes I work and friends I train with is: “I had a lousy day of training.” This statement was almost always accompanied by a variety of emotions that are neither pleasant nor helpful including frustration, anger, worry, doubt, and disappointment, and, occasionally, despair. Moreover, I […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 March 24, 2025

Transitions in Triathlon Matter, Here’s Now to Nail Them

I think it’s unfair to call triathlons triathlons. By its very name, triathlon suggests that there are three events in the sport. However, as we all know, there are two other events that can have a big impact on where you end up in the results at the end of the day. Of course, I’m […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 March 17, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: FORM Smart Swim Goggles

In today’s installment of Meet My 2025 Partners, I’m beyond excited to introduce you to FORM smart swim goggles. First, some back story. I didn’t grow up swimming; I was firmly placed in the “non-drowning” category. I didn’t do my first lap or side breathing until I was well into adulthood. I suffered from what Lionel […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 March 14, 2025

Confidence is the Key to Race-day Success

For most of us, the off-season prep period is over (I had my first race a few weeks ago) and our conditioning and training regimens are becoming increasingly race specific. All that hard work since the end of the 2024 season has been devoted to increasing your strength and stamina so you can go hard […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 February 28, 2025

Meet My Partners for 2025: Razor-Tune Electric Ski Edge Tuner

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, I introduce you to Razor-Tune, an electric ski edge tuner. If you’re a ski racer, the parent of a ski racer, or just a committed skier, you know the importance of sharp edges. In the old days, skiers used a file and stone to sharpen their […]

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