8 12, 2022

Look Back to the 2022 Triathlon Season So You Can Look Forward to 2023

By | December 8th, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

2 12, 2022

From Hit-and-Run to 3rd in the World: Lessons Learned from my Return from a Near-death Bike Crash

By | December 2nd, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

2 09, 2022

Every Race Can be a “Good” Race (Even if it was “Bad”)

By | September 2nd, 2022|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The 2022 USAT Age-group National Championships in Milwaukee two weeks ago was supposed to be a triumphal follow-up for Miguel Mattox and Jenna Haufler, two of the top amateur triathletes in the U.S. with whom I work (both have given me permission to use their names and tell their stories) who absolutely crushed it at [...]

29 08, 2022

Working Triathlete Podcast #3: How to Frame Expectations so They Don’t Ruin Your Race Day

By | August 29th, 2022|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I’ve been invited by Working Triathlete, one of the leading endurance-sport training programs in the U.S., to participate in a series of podcasts that focuses on the mental side of triathlon. In the series, we’ll be doing a deep dive into all things psychological and emotional in the complex and demanding sport of triathlon. In [...]

16 05, 2022

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

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

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 [...]

22 04, 2022

Dr. Jim Taylor segment on Global Triathlon Network

By | April 22nd, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I was in the UK doing some work with Global Cycling Network and Global Triathlon Network. Part of my time there was spent shooting segments on the mental side of triathlon for the GTN show with one of its excellent presenters, Mark Threlfall. To view this segment, click here. [...]

21 04, 2022

Top-secret Project with Global Cycling Network

By | April 21st, 2022|Categories: Cycling, Latest News, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment

I just returned from a week in the UK where I was working with Global Cycling Network, the largest cycling-focused channel on YouTube, on a new, exciting, and as-yet top-secret project (I'm not allowed to get specific about it yet). While in Bath, England at the GCN HQ, I worked with two exceptional individuals (image [...]

19 10, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Create a Slumpbusting Plan to Break Out of Your Triathlon Slump

By | October 19th, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

In my last article, I introduced you to slumps in triathlon; what they are, their causes, and some ways to prevent them. This article will focus on what you can do to overcome slumps that arise in the most effective and efficient way so you can get in the pool, in the saddle, and in [...]

5 10, 2021

Amygdala or Pre-frontal Cortex: Which Would You Rather Use?

By | October 5th, 2021|Categories: COVID-19 Crisis, Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Over my decades-long history as both a blogger, author, and public speaker (as well as being a Ph.D. in Psychology who sees clients), I have come to appreciate the power of words. I often hear someone say that “it’s just a semantic difference” when discussing the use of different words that are seen as having [...]

28 09, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Mental Rehab of Triathlon Injury

By | September 28th, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The sad reality of triathlon is that you either have or will have an injury that will keep you way from our sport for an extended period due to the demands that swimming, biking, and                   running place on the body. This topic is near and dear to me because in the last two seasons I [...]