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Heartrate Monitor Relevance...
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Sunday, 14 April 2013 01:10
Some experts believe that power meters and speed and distance devices have made heart rate monitors irrelevant.
By Matt Fitzgerald
Heart rate monitors took the endurance sports world by storm in the early 1990s. The practice of heart rate monitoring appealed to cyclists, runners and triathletes as a way to make their training more precise and scientific. By the late
Rocks Are Hard...
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Saturday, 13 April 2013 01:10
Rocks are hard, and other lessons I learned while in Arizona over Spring Break...
This Coach/Triathlete is Learning to Mountain Bike (and you should too)
by Rich Van Sickle
USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach
Over the past year I
Inspiring Ann...
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Friday, 12 April 2013 01:10
(Photo L - After completing her mini-sprint and a brief rest, Ann McCarthy was back on her feet and ringing an orange YWCA bell cheering on a friend.)
Ann McCarthy: Triathlete in the Olympian spirit
By Tom Couillard
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games and author of the Olympic Creed, must have been an athlete in the spirit of triathlete Ann McCarthy. He wrote:
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well."
McCarthy has struggled and fought well. So well, in fact, that despite knee replacements in 2009 and 2010, rotator cuff surgery and ankle issues, she has completed two indoor mini-sprint triathlons at the YWCA of Minneapolis. The most recent was Sunday, April 7.
Michelle Loves Coffee, Wind & Warm Weather...
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 01:10
ED. - Minnesota's Premier Ironwoman's Road to Kona...
By Michelle Andres (teamandreskona.blogspot.com)
What I
What Ironmaning Does to Your Bod...
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 01:10
The following story explains exactly what the body goes through over 140.6 miles of racing. This story originally appeared in the January/February, 2009 edition of Inside Triathlon magazine.
By Matt Fitzgerald
From the outside, swimming, cycling and running appear as movement. But from inside the triathlete
