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Get Organized for Race Week
A good friend always sends me the same email the Monday before the following weekend’s big event: “It’s race week!” Race week can and should be exciting. The hard work is done and the only thing really...
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Balancing Life, Not Triathlon
Does your life function inside the bubble of the triathlon world or does triathlon fit inside the bubble of your life? Stripping away everything-triathlon from my world, I’m a husband, father,...
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Speak Up
Many of us carved out most of the day on October 13 to sit in front of a computer and watch the best compete against the best in the Ironman World Championships. I’m certain that the thoughts and...
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A Broader Perspective on the Past Year
When we look back and reflect on the season, the practice usually encompasses jotting down a list of what worked, what did not work, what training you enjoyed, and what training you forced yourself to...
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Challenge Your Strengths
I’d bet that most who are on this site reading this article are highly motivated athletes who enjoy the process of learning a little everyday. Many of us are into the off-season (or what I think is...
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Find Your Motivator
What are your dreams? If you love what you do, motivation comes easy. I love the training; the races are just small celebrations of the hard work and consistency in training. When races fall off the...
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Expect or Accept
In our house, the “expect” word is comparable to saying “never” or “always” -- anytime those words come flying, it’s generally negative and usually prefaced by “You.” When, “You never... “ or “You...
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Ironman Lake Placid
Our course profile for Ironman Lake Placid in Lake Placid, NY, provided by Coach Brady DeHoust.read more
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Don't Think Too Much
It’s the night before the big race. Dinner is done, you’ve had some downtime, and now you’re climbing into bed a little earlier than your normal bedtime to try and squeeze in a few uninterrupted hours...
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Ironman Los Cabos
Our course profile for Ironman Los Cabos in Los Cabos, Mexico, as provided by Brady DeHoust.read more
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Understanding Perceived Fatigue
Most of us have heard of “Rate of Perceived Effort” (RPE or PE). A solid understanding of your own PE is an underlying advantage in the ability to train and race. But do you understand your Perceived...
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Let it Go
For the vast majority of us who have moved on to indoor rides, trail running, and sledding with the kids as “active recovery,” this period -- right now and for the next few months -- could very well be...
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Purposeful Eating
Over the past 10 years, the eating habits I’ve adopted have come in very small pieces. If I think about how I ate 10 years ago versus how I eat now, the major difference would be the purpose of the...
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Adjusting on Race Day
When the canon fires on race day, there’s a plan in place that is assembled through months of training. Unfortunately, there can be, and often are, hiccups in the plan.read more
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