Why Swimming Is So Hard for Triathletes (and How to Get Better at It)
For most triathletes, swimming is the most frustrating discipline. Not because they are lazy or unmotivated, but because swimming is fundamentally different from cycling and running in ways many triathletes do not fully appreciate. Understanding why swimming is so challenging is the first step toward improving it. Why Swimming Is So Difficult We humans live […]
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The Psychology of a Cancelled Triathlon
I just got back from the 2025 USAT National Triathlon Championships in Milwaukee — and it didn’t go as planned. Not because I raced poorly, but because I didn’t race at all. Whenever something in sport doesn’t align with my hopes and expectations, I try to walk away with lessons that will help me — […]
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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 […]
Read More8 Steps to Making Peace with Your Past Self
At one level, I’m always amazed at how so many of us allow their past selves to have such a big impact on who they are now and how they think, feel, and engage with their world in adulthood. At another level, I’m not the least bit surprised because our childhood experiences that shape our […]
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Five Ways to Live a Balanced Life
There’s no doubt that living a balanced life is one of those highly coveted goals to which we all aspire, along with happiness, inner peace, and love. Yet, in this day and age, balance is also more difficult than ever to achieve. Between career, family, self-care, technology, and everything else in our busy lives, it […]
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The Psychology of Sports Nutrition: Fueling the Mind with The Feed
You may be wondering what sports nutrition, which is intended to fuel our bodies during triathlon training and racing, has to do with our minds. Well, the fact is that fueling and hydrating has as much of an impact on our minds as they do on our bodies. People often separate the mind from the […]
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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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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 […]
Read MoreSeason-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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Overcoming Swim Anxiety/Panic: Interview on IronmanHacks podcast
I was recently interviewed by Andrew Patterson, the host of the IronmanHacks, on the topic of swim anxiety/panic. On the podcast, I explain possible causes of these strong physiological and psychological reactions during an open-water swim and offer practical information and tools that you can use to overcome it. To listen or watch the podcast, […]
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