How Can Visualization Help Your Race?
I want you to visualize yourself crossing the finish line. It doesn't
matter if you're training for a sprint triathlon or an Ironman,
visualization can play a key role in your training. Visualization is an
excellent tool that is overlooked to often by many triathletes. Practice
visualizing the swim, bike and run legs individually. See yourself
jumping into the water...(read more).
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Sunshine State Soldier Ride Report
I headed down to Florida on Thursday evening for another Soldier
Ride event sponsored by the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). And
it was another incredible weekend with some very cool people. Not
to mention that it was in Florida, which was awesome...(read more).
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Honky Tonk Challenge Soldier Ride
I did an Ironman 4 weeks ago, a sprint triathlon 3 weeks ago and a
marathon last weekend. My schedule has been so full that it's been
tough to stop for a minute to take it all in. Until this past weekend
when I headed to Nashville for the Honky Tonk Challenge Soldier
Ride put on by the Wounded Warrior Project...(read more).
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Ironman World Championships Post-Race Report
After 14 hours of intense physical exertion, all of the Ironman starts
to run together pretty quickly. All of the excitement, the self-motivation
and the pain becomes one jumbled memory. But there was one
event that definitely stood out from the rest of the day. And I think it
sums up my whole experience in one short story pretty
well…basically to say that the long, grueling workouts and daily
physical exhaustion was worth it...(read more).
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Bike crash.
61 miles down. 19 to go. I was putting in an 80 mile bike ride
around a 20 mile loop in a pretty quiet part of Durham. I was
fatigued after the first 3 loops, but I had prepared well. I had been
eating and drinking constantly since I set out on my bike and I had
sat up out of the aerobars a couple of times to stretch. It was going
to feel good to finish this workout...(read more).
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A Half Ironman I Shouldn't Have Been Able to Finish.
I arrived in California with my triathlon gear and a crutch in tow to
keep some of the weight off of my artificial leg. I had had surgery on
my stump 2 months before where the surgeon had cut out a
neuroma from behind my knee. I went back to training just over a
month after the surgery so that I'd be ready for the ITU World
Triathlon Championships. My surgeon advised against it. My
parents and friends and family advised against it...(read more).
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Gutting it out when there's nothing left to give.
The wake up call came at 4:50 am. I honestly felt like I had just
fallen asleep. Oh, how I wanted to stay in bed. It's at moments like
these that I wonder why I take part in this sport. But I forced myself
out of bed, turned on the light and began my usual "morning of a
triathlon" routine. This routine always begins with food so that I can
get it down early enough to digest it before the race start. I downed
a bagel and a muffin and washed it down with a couple of gulps of
Gatorade. I then hopped in a cold shower to wake me up, put on my
triathlon suit and packed my bags...(read more).
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A Whole New Sport.
My main sport is triathlons. It has been that way for the past four
years, and it seems that each year I simply go out for a longer
distance. I've done sprint distance, Olympic distance, and a few half-
Ironmans, but this year I'll be taking on my first Ironman. The great
thing about triathlons is that they incorporate three individual sports,
with most people specializing in one. I was originally a runner - I ran
track and field with the US Disabled Sports team and cross country
for my high school. But years of tearing up my joints from trail
running, pounding the pavement, and dealing with prosthetics that
didn't fit forced me to back off the running and take up some other
sports, including basketball and various martial arts...(read more).
I want you to visualize yourself crossing the finish line. It doesn't
matter if you're training for a sprint triathlon or an Ironman,
visualization can play a key role in your training. Visualization is an
excellent tool that is overlooked to often by many triathletes. Practice
visualizing the swim, bike and run legs individually. See yourself
jumping into the water...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sunshine State Soldier Ride Report
I headed down to Florida on Thursday evening for another Soldier
Ride event sponsored by the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). And
it was another incredible weekend with some very cool people. Not
to mention that it was in Florida, which was awesome...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Honky Tonk Challenge Soldier Ride
I did an Ironman 4 weeks ago, a sprint triathlon 3 weeks ago and a
marathon last weekend. My schedule has been so full that it's been
tough to stop for a minute to take it all in. Until this past weekend
when I headed to Nashville for the Honky Tonk Challenge Soldier
Ride put on by the Wounded Warrior Project...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ironman World Championships Post-Race Report
After 14 hours of intense physical exertion, all of the Ironman starts
to run together pretty quickly. All of the excitement, the self-motivation
and the pain becomes one jumbled memory. But there was one
event that definitely stood out from the rest of the day. And I think it
sums up my whole experience in one short story pretty
well…basically to say that the long, grueling workouts and daily
physical exhaustion was worth it...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bike crash.
61 miles down. 19 to go. I was putting in an 80 mile bike ride
around a 20 mile loop in a pretty quiet part of Durham. I was
fatigued after the first 3 loops, but I had prepared well. I had been
eating and drinking constantly since I set out on my bike and I had
sat up out of the aerobars a couple of times to stretch. It was going
to feel good to finish this workout...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Half Ironman I Shouldn't Have Been Able to Finish.
I arrived in California with my triathlon gear and a crutch in tow to
keep some of the weight off of my artificial leg. I had had surgery on
my stump 2 months before where the surgeon had cut out a
neuroma from behind my knee. I went back to training just over a
month after the surgery so that I'd be ready for the ITU World
Triathlon Championships. My surgeon advised against it. My
parents and friends and family advised against it...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutting it out when there's nothing left to give.
The wake up call came at 4:50 am. I honestly felt like I had just
fallen asleep. Oh, how I wanted to stay in bed. It's at moments like
these that I wonder why I take part in this sport. But I forced myself
out of bed, turned on the light and began my usual "morning of a
triathlon" routine. This routine always begins with food so that I can
get it down early enough to digest it before the race start. I downed
a bagel and a muffin and washed it down with a couple of gulps of
Gatorade. I then hopped in a cold shower to wake me up, put on my
triathlon suit and packed my bags...(read more).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Whole New Sport.
My main sport is triathlons. It has been that way for the past four
years, and it seems that each year I simply go out for a longer
distance. I've done sprint distance, Olympic distance, and a few half-
Ironmans, but this year I'll be taking on my first Ironman. The great
thing about triathlons is that they incorporate three individual sports,
with most people specializing in one. I was originally a runner - I ran
track and field with the US Disabled Sports team and cross country
for my high school. But years of tearing up my joints from trail
running, pounding the pavement, and dealing with prosthetics that
didn't fit forced me to back off the running and take up some other
sports, including basketball and various martial arts...(read more).
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Your Race?
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Soldier Ride
Report
Honky Tonk
Challenge Soldier
Ride
Ironman World
Championships
Post-Race Report
Bike Crash
A Half Ironman I
Shouldn't Have
Been Able to
Finish
Gutting it out
when there's
nothing left to give
A Whole New
Sport
Visualization Help
Your Race?
Sunshine State
Soldier Ride
Report
Honky Tonk
Challenge Soldier
Ride
Ironman World
Championships
Post-Race Report
Bike Crash
A Half Ironman I
Shouldn't Have
Been Able to
Finish
Gutting it out
when there's
nothing left to give
A Whole New
Sport
