Meet My Partners: POC Helmets & Goggles
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore […]
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Inside the Tri-mind: Exploring the Emotional Side of Triathlon
Emotions play a vital, yet often underappreciated, role in triathlon performance. In fact, emotions aren’t just important in triathlon, but, even more so, in our lives in general. Emotions give our lives and our triathlon participation texture, depth, and richness. Often without realizing it, emotions are what propel you in your triathlon life. Ask yourself […]
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Meet My Partners: Trieye Sunglasses with Built-in Rearview Mirror
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore […]
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Meet My Partners: Jakroo Custom Apparel
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore […]
Read MoreInside the Tri-Mind: Let Mindset Power You to Triathlon Success
“Mindset” is an essential and little addressed contributor to triathlon success and a mental area that has only come to light in my work with triathletes during the past few years. Let me preface this discussion by clarifying that my use of the word mindset is different from the use of mindset popularized by the […]
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Meet My Partners: Greg Rhodes, Ph.D., Exercise Physiologist & World-class Endurance Sport Coach
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore […]
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Inside the Tri-Mind: Take Control of Your Triathlon Focus
In my last article that, well, focused on focus, I introduced you to what focus is, its value in your triathlon training and racing, common obstacles to effective focus in triathlon, and how your focus style influences your triathlon efforts. This article will get really practical by showing you what you should focus on and […]
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Inside the Tri-Mind: Focus or Fail in Triathlon
Focus may be the most misunderstood mental “muscle” in the sports world and this misunderstanding can be a real challenge for triathletes. Most triathletes think of focus as concentrating on one thing for a long time. In fact, many years ago, a former world champion told me that she improved her focus by staring at […]
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Inside the Tri-Mind: Psych-up and Psych-down Tools to Reach Your Prime Intensity
In my second article in this three-part series in which I explore how intensity influences your triathlon efforts, I introduced you to how you can identify your “prime” (i.e., ideal) intensity. The value of knowing your prime intensity is that, before a race, you can monitor your intensity and evaluate whether your intensity, as the […]
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What is Your Prime Intensity in Triathlon?
In the first article in my three-part series exploring the impact of intensity on triathlon training and racing, I introduced you to what intensity is, how it affects you, how you can tell when you are either under- or over-intense. This article will focus on how you can identify your ideal intensity for triathlon and […]
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