comments : 20 My First Half Ironman Experience-A Slow, Fat, Old Triathlete. Here is my story of my first, and probably only Half Ironman. I’m an almost 52 year old, VERY Athena triathlete. I bought a shirt. “What do you call the person who comes in last at a triathlon? A triathlete”. Here is my … Read more
comments : 0 At the midpoint of the run I felt my calves start to cramp. How do I improve my cramping resistance and are there any extra training or exercise for me to improve on? Member Question from agicon2000 “I just finished my first half Ironman. I finished strong at 6:24 but my problem … Read more
Men’s professional middle-distance racing will gain another talented athlete from 2023 onwards, with the news that Germany’s Justus Nieschlag is changing track in his career. Multi skilled A regular on the WTCS and World Cup circuit for well over a decade, the Tokyo 2020 Olympian more recently has shown an incredibly consistent talent at the … Read more
comments : 2 When you head to the pool for a swim workout, do you ever wonder what you should be doing? When you head to the pool for a swim workout, do you ever wonder what you should be doing? Many athletes tend to think they only need to jump in the pool, swim … Read more
comments : 14 I lift my head to sight, thinking I must be pretty close to the first buoy already. My heart sank, I looked back and saw that I had only gone approximately 50 yards. This as going to be tough. Yes I did it, I actually did a triathlon. I decided to do … Read more
If you’ve been partaking in endurance training for any length of time, you will know that regulating the intensity of training is one of the fundamental components of good preparation. Sometimes we want to perform training at a high intensity in order to drive up stress-related adaptive pathways (2), but, most of the time, we … Read more
comments : 14 I have always wanted to do a triathlon to keep myself fit, and now I had my chance. I am turning 50 this year and I have always wanted to do a triathlon to keep myself fit. But the thought of having to do all three sports one after another without resting … Read more
New Year’s Resolution: First Triathlon First half or full Ironman? Click HERE! SPRINT AND OLYMPIC RACE DISTANCES Your first race will most likely be a minisprint, sprint or olympic race. Click Here for Iron distance information Sprint distances: 750 meters – 0.5 mile swim 20 kilometers – 12.5 miles bike 5 kilometers – 3.1 mile … Read more
comments : 26 Doing triathlons will help you re-energize your optimism about life and feel 30 again. I promise! At 53 I decided that I wanted to do a triathlon. The reasons were several. I had lost a brother to AIDS in 1986. What does that have to do with triathlons, you ask? Well, while … Read more
comments : 1 On a rocky (concrete) path to the stars. A cautionary tale of how to get hooked on triathlons I think the triathlon that got this all started was the one I did NOT do. A few years ago my wife and our neighbor decided to attack their bucket list and do the … Read more
