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Rehab or Pre-Hab....
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Saturday, 06 February 2016 00:10
By Bethany Rutledge (triathlon.competitor.com)
Use this pre-season time to (finally!) focus on all the things you should be doing to become a better triathlete.
Though it can be tempting to jump right back into swim, bike, run preparation for 2016, there might be better areas to focus on in the off-season that could lead to more gains.
During the season, it’s difficult to focus on that extra 10 percent, which is why the winter is the time to do all the things you’ve been putting off. Sure, there are no prizes awarded at the end of the pre-hab finish line or...
Sleep is Good Stuff...
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Friday, 05 February 2016 00:10
By Marty Gaal (teamusa.org)
Sleep is a wonderful thing. It lets us recharge and wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to tackle another adventure. Or does it?
Your body needs sleep. But many of you are not getting enough of it. A recent review of insufficient sleep data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 35 percent of adults are not getting enough sleep. The data from 2009 shows that only about 30 percent of teens were getting enough sleep (70 percent are not getting enough). ...
Doppelganging & Engorged Orangefish...
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Sunday, 31 January 2016 00:10
Going Off Course - Have you met Inver Grove Heights triathlete Julie Feldman? She's lovely. She's also one of those people that, when you see her for the first time, you ask yourself, "Who does she remind me of?"
The reason for this is that she is a doppelganger. Not professionally, of course, though she probably could be if she wanted to. (Stand-ins and stunt doubles are pro doppelgangers, right?)
If you've read Stephen King books, you know what a doppelganger is. If you haven't, you probably think that it is a brand of .....
Data Geeking...
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016 00:10
Simple steps for evaluating your progress and planning for 2016.
By Jesse Thomas (triathlon.competitor.com)
In March 2011, I went to my first triathlon camp with coach Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness and was assigned a shared room with Sami Inkinen. I didn’t know much about Sami other than he was very fast (I’d raced him a few times as an age-grouper), very handsome (his remarkably always perfect hairdo was the target of far too many of Matt’s jokes) and apparently very smart (he had a Stanford MBA and had recently co-founded some real estate website named “Stevia” or something)....
"A Bit of a Chat"....
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Tuesday, 26 January 2016 00:10
January 2016 Interview - Professional Triathlete, Ruth Brennan Morrey
RBM is a 70.3 Ironman Champion with multiple 70.3 podium performances and is coming off her first professional performance at Ironman World Championships. Her previous sport background was as a Division I soccer player and Olympic Trials marathoner.
You can follow RBM's season on Twitter @rbrennanmorrey
Or on her website ruthbrennanmorrey.com
By Brad Mitchell (obsessivetripulsive.weebly.com)
Top triathletes seem to have the ability to hurt more and for longer periods of time. Do you think this is true? Is it more refined mental training or simply a higher physical level? ....
