1 Thing You Don’t Need To Do A Triathlon: Expensive Equipment
You don’t need expensive equipment to do a triathlon. This article offers some basic realistic equipment needs that make financial sense.
Triathlon Tips & Adventures
Getting a Wetsuit For Your Triathlon? Expensive Lessons Learned
I recently learned a very expensive lesson: buying a wetsuit manufactured outside of your own country can cost you a lot in the end. My wetsuit, which I scrimped and saved for to buy prior to IMAZ 2017, I thought was covered with a manufacture warranty. Coupled with the (up to then) great customer service…
Triathlon Training Tip: Affordable Recovery Tools to Avoid Injury
This last weekend, I spent Saturday on the bike for 40 miles doing basically hill after hill…after hill. Sunday, I went out for a run (Well, actually, a wog- click here for info on that!) on those same hills, for another ~12 miles. I also spent almost an hour in my Normatec compression boots on…
Triathlon Quick Tip: Chapstick- Don’t Cycle Without It
It seems so simple. Chapstick. But it is a lifesaver at about mile 60-75, when your chamois cream has worn away and you discover new seams in your riding shorts or cycling shoes that never before wreaked havoc with your skin. I have my favorite chamois cream- I make my own, actually. There are also…
Car-Proofing Your Run- What?!
In the last week, I have nearly been hit by a car twice on my runs. YES- I did say runs. Or in my case my preferred walk/jog (Wog– see here for more). Until recently, I thought cycling was the most dangerous leg of triathlon, based on the number of near car collisions I had…
You DON’T have to train a million hours a week to do your first Ironman distance race
How do I know? Because I did my first ever full distance IM last November. For years, the idea that training for an IM triathlon is a second full time job kept me from trying. I had kids to care for, a husband that has done multiple digits of Ironman races- trained long hours, I…
5 Dumb Moments in My Triathlon Races (and I survived to race again):
Forgot our racing wheels back at the apartment 30 miles away. In the parking lot. Yep- I wasn’t racing, my husband was. Back in the day, we lived in a small efficiency apartment. Just 500 square feet, including our bed, 2 road bikes, 1 tandem bike, a small kitchen, bathroom, and his brewing equipment. And I…
What I Learned About Eating for My First Long Distance Triathlon
Eat this. Don’t eat that. Eat exactly this every “x” minutes on the race course. Eat carbs. No, wait! Eat high fat. Wait. . . AGHH! How is anyone supposed to eat right for a long distance Tri with all this technical, math heavy (and expensive) diet advice! Answer: Is doesn’t have to be this…
Cycling accidents and the Morel-Lavallée Lesion- don’t tough it out
If you’re like me, you tough it out after a bike accident, if nothing seems broken at the time. If you’re moving, your first worry is about your bike. Then you’ll squirt you’re water bottle over the blood draining down your leg, then climb back on the bike (assuming your helmet didn’t hit). In my…
