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Are You That Guy?
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Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:10
By Matt Dixon (triathlon.competitor.com)
Through his 20 years of coaching, Matt Dixon has identified five common triathlete archetypes that, despite best intentions and total dedication, fall short of realizing individual athletic potential. Could you be making the same mistakes?
I believe that it is too common for athletes and coaches to place a singular focus on the simple accumulation of training miles or hours without considering the critical supporting elements that facilitate successful training. Aspects such as fueling, sleep, recovery and healthy eating habits are often considered mere afterthoughts, with the greatest barometer of training success measured simply in “how much.” This proves costly for many amateur athletes, as most have to balance...
My Other Season...
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Friday, 22 January 2016 00:10
By Ruth Brennan Morrey (ruthbrennanmorrey.com)
Happy New Year! The year of 2016 will encompass two exciting sport seasons for me. In no particular order of importance they are, a) triathlon season, as a professional athlete, and b) U9 girls traveling soccer season, as a youth soccer coach. In my last post, I spoke about my own coach search, and important qualities I valued to ensure continued athlete development. This post was actually not intended to be a post, but I was encouraged by a few parents that I share my recent pre-season, “Letter to Parents” with other families who are balancing youth sports within their family/triathlon life. My outlook on youth sports, in general, could be its own lengthy post, but this letter captures some of my opinions. As most people say, but rarely people demonstrate, sport participation is so much more than outcomes. Fostering a deep intrinsic enjoyment of physical activity, growth mindset, physical/emotional development, and integration of life skills is what it must be all about. Self included, we can’t wreck this wonderful opportunity for our kids–it happens way too often....
2015 in the Rearview Mirror...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016 00:10
2015 – First Pro Year in Review
By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)
Well it’s 2016 so it’s about time to reflect on my first year racing as a pro. Following Austin (back in November) I took two weeks completely off: no swimming, no biking, no running and no strength work. I honestly can’t remember the last time I ever took that much time off since I started swimming competitively at age eight. It was definitely a good mental and physical break before building back into some solid training for 2016.
It’s hard to recall all the way back to early March when my season began in Clermont, Florida, seventeen races ago. With the Lifetime and 5i50 series crumbling last year my season became a random mix of short course draft racing (including a super sprint), non-draft Olympic racing and an intro to 70.3 racing, something I definitely wasn’t planning. Here’s a quick look back at my schedule/results from the year:
- March 7th, Clermont Camtri ITU Draft Legal, Clermont FL, 10th
- March 14th, Sarasota Camtri ITU Draft Legal, Sarasota FL, 8th
- March 15th, Las Olas, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 2nd...
Lady Beast!
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Monday, 18 January 2016 00:10
By Amanda - aka Tough Muddette (toughmuddette.com)
We have another Everyday Inspiration interview! As you know, an Everyday Inspiration is someone who inspires me (and likely others!) to keep pushing on in my quest to live a healthy, whole, happy life. These inspiring folks are day in, day out living their lives with an extreme investment in themselves, and are committed to healthy habits that work for them. Every single day.
You guys, I found this awesome lady from my amazing daycare provider. You just never know how you will cross paths with people, you know? She was telling me about her cool friend who was in Australia about to compete in some big race, and how she was so proud of her. Then she keeps telling me about this lady, and you can tell she is SO PROUD ...
New Years Resolution Stuff: Part I...
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Saturday, 16 January 2016 00:10
By Steve Jonas (teamusa.org)
Some folks make New Year’s resolutions and some don’t. One reason that the “don’t do it” group doesn’t is that failure to keep has not been an uncommon experience. This column, Part I of a two-part series, contains some general principles for resolution-making that in my experience can help you to succeed. Next month we shall turn to some particulars, particularly in the area of mobilizing motivation.
For starters, don't be put off in making a New Year's resolution by previous failures in keeping resolutions. There are many reasons why we fail other than the lack of will or lack of dedication or some other internal fault upon which we often put the blame. Often it is, rather, that we fail to correctly go about the resolution-setting process in the first place. In other words, more often than not when we fail, we have set...
