“Kendjam- Heart of the Amazon” is a 15-minute film featured in the 64th edition of Catch Magazine. Catch Magazine is the online journal illustrating the world’s best fly fishing photography and film. The making of “Kendjam” took filmmaker Todd Moen and his angler deep into the Brazilian Amazon to meet a special group of people, … Leer más
Sarah Lucero is a former TV news anchor, a body builder, a 4x Boston Marathon finisher, a mom of 4 and a fitness entrepreneur who is now training for IRONMAN Cozumel in November. I’m very excited to share this interview with Sarah as she has such a diverse, fascinating background. Her ability to navigate both … Leer más
As I get older (I’m almost 50 now), I’m finding that I’m looking more and more for inspiration that getting older is not the end of the world and that I can continue to live a healthy and active life full of adventure and physical challenge. Triathlete Bob Koenig inspires me. Bob did his first … Leer más
In a previous blog post, we discussed recovery tools and techniques to help enhance recovery and your body’s adaptation to challenging workouts (i.e. training stimuli). However, there are also practices and techniques that hinder recovery. We suggest that you avoid the following: Hanging out in Public Places—If possible, avoid public places where you might come … Leer más
During a hard training block or training session, your body experiences physiological stress, which stimulates adaptation (increased strength and endurance) by the body to the stress assuming adequate rest and recovery are taken. Both sides of the fitness equation – training stimuli and resulting adaptation through adequate recovery – are critical. By using better recovery techniques … Leer más
I started to type up a response to this IRONMAN athlete’s comment in our blog and realized other athletes are asking similar questions so wanted to share my thoughts as a blog post. I am a sixty one year old triathlete. I am not afraid of working hard to achieve my goals but I did … Leer más
In our previous blog post (Part 1 of “Travel Tips For Racing a Triathlon in a Foreign Country”), we discussed the importance of arriving to your race destination at least a few days in advance, traveling with plenty of local currency, and preparing yourself for a foreign language. In Part 2 of “Travel Tips,” we … Leer más
Whether you have raced overseas before or you have just signed up for your first international triathlon, we have some vital tips for you to make your trip go smoothly so that you can have your best performance on race day. Even experienced triathletes and travelers have fallen prey to some of the most basic … Leer más
I love athlete questions, especially questions with answers that challenge the triathlon – and especially IRONMAN Triathlon® – culture of “more training is better.” A client of mine completed her first IRONMAN in Cozumel in November where she finished 2nd in her age group out of 39 (which is phenomenal). She decided to do another … Leer más
When I finished an event in the past like a triathlon or a Spartan Race, I would type up a race report and publish in my blog. The write up talk about things like: my pre-race routine, the chaos of a mass swim start, my nutrition mistakes on the run and trading off positions with … Leer más
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As long as you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the following popular diets that we’re going to discuss. Diet books (of which there are tens of thousands), diet websites, nutritionists, and even triathlon websites like triathlete.com recommend specific diets – some of which work for endurance athletes while others may … Leer más