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Be Careful Out There...

Monday, 15 April 2013 01:10

Let's Be Careful Out There.... (thank you, Phil Esterhaus)

By Amy Bauch (http://amysrunningaround.blogspot.com)

Spring is in the air and it it time to get the bike off the trainer and back on the road!

NOT!

I write this on April 11th -- a date far enough along the calendar that we SHOULD be able to be out on the roads, but alas, in case you haven't heard, Minneapolis (and much of the midwest) has been the victim of a very lousy spring. Rain, cold, wind followed by more rain, cold, wind and today -- yes, today, the city received 7 - 10 inches of wet, heavy snow.

What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, the weather was warm, lakes were open, people were out on bikes, and golfing and living large....

Heartrate Monitor Relevance...

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...

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

triforit.com

Over the past year I

Inspiring Ann...

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.