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These days, with so many influencers trying new fitness challenges, it seems like every day there is a new way to test your performance and fitness. Fitness challenges are a great way to motivate yourself to get in shape and achieve your fitness goals. There are many different types of fitness challenges available, so you … Read more
New York City Marathon: A Day In the Crowd I woke up at 4:00 AM Sunday morning at our hotel in midtown Manhattan, feeling excited and nervous at the same time. We choose to stay in Manhattan for access to work buildings, since the run was a part of a work organized fundraiser that also … Read more
Many triathletes find that the sport can get expensive rather quickly. The pursuit of aero bikes, buoyant wetsuits, and next generation running shoes is all great but if you spend 20 minutes getting it all on it defeats the purpose. We picked up some quick tie laces from Amazon and made T2 much easier. While … Read more
After doing an Olympic Distance triathlon two times, the first in a pair of lined running shorts and the second in a tech swim suit, it was time to make the jump to a wetsuit. The decision to move to a wetsuit was based on two factors. First was the race moving two months (June … Read more
The Apple Watch is one of the leading wearables for monitoring all sorts of daily activities. While many users already monitor the standard stats, like exercise minutes, stand hours, and estimated calories, there is much more that the watch can help with. One of those items is gym activities and weight lifting. Even though there … Read more
With a lot of time and effort, not to mention money, recently spent trying to train for a triathlon one commonly suggested way to buy some improvement has been a wetsuit. In meeting with my triathlon coach (check out the experience with a coach we wrote up here), she noted that I would “feel sooo … Read more
For most people taking a blood pressure reading is something that a doctor does. If you are older you may remember seeing a seat and cuff in a CVS or Walgreeens, it was a fun toy as a kid while waiting in line. These days taking a reading is easy to do at home. You … Read more
For nearly all 6U soccer coaches being a coach will be a new experience. With young players still getting into the game, and teams being led by parents and family members with limited or no coaching background, running useful drills can be difficult. There are ways to accelerate learning as a coach, including those we … Read more
After a long hunt trying to find a quality triathlon bike without spending $5000, online ads for the new A2 (pronounced A-squared) direct to consumer brand started showing up in my feed. Their primary bike is the SP, short for Speed Phreak, and was designed after the founder hit the same issue of too many … Read more
This article covers the experience of a mid (ok, late) thirties runner and dad who decided to take triathlon training seriously, and hired a coach. In it are discussed the process of finding a coach, developing and working through a training plan, setting goals, and ultimately racing. If you are considering hiring a coach, it … Read more