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Sunday, 24 March 2013 01:10
By Tim Deboom (triathlon.competitor.com)
(This article was originally published in the Jan./Feb. 2013 issue of Inside Triathlon magazine. - Cool art by Hunter King.)
Post-race depression, or the
Brian's Balls...
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Saturday, 23 March 2013 01:10
I've Got Energy Balls...
By Brian Maas (Brian's Cool Blog)
It is SO not what you think. This blog entry is about nutritional balls of energy. Nothing about having balls of endurance, which is a completely different subject for another day.
Whilst at Podium Boy's recent swim meet, one of the parents introduced me to a home concoction which everyone simply gobbled up, especially the swimmers. When I first looked at them, they sort of reminded me of what my dogs leave in the backyard. So, I was very hesitant to try them at first. I mean, have a look....
Carrying All That Stuff...
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Friday, 22 March 2013 01:10
By Greg Kopecky
(March 6 - slowtwitch.com)
Triathlons
Every Stroke Counts...
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Thursday, 21 March 2013 01:10
By Trismarter (for trifuel.com)
Swimmers like to count, and as triathletes, we too are swimmers. We count yards and meters. We count seconds (and even tenths of seconds!). We count laps. And we also count strokes.
Counting strokes is a bit mysterious to those new to and/or outside of swimming. Non-swimmers seem to be able to wrap their heads around distances and durations, probably because that is what we see when we watch a competition: a swimmer racing for 400 meters in 4 minutes. It's a pretty basic concept. However, counting strokes is not as black and white as that. When we count strokes, what we are doing is judging how efficiently we travel a distance in acertain duration. Stroke count is, then, a measurement of efficiency.
When we count strokes, we can make a few assumptions:
