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It’s the holidays! Americans will spend billions of dollars buying gifts for family and friends. For the avid multisport athlete, they might get something multi-special to fuel their ongoing [...]

My wife and I were recently driving to Colorado for a week of R&R. On the drive we started talking about her father, who was an amazing man. Larry Giles. Raised in rural northern Alabama, his [...]

It’s October. World Championships time. Ironman. World Triathlon (formerly ITU). PTO. It’s fun to watch and for a few of you to participate. With Worlds in mind, I’m sharing a [...]

You can control many things in a race, such as your effort level, mindset, transition setup, nutrition/hydration, etc. Then, there are things you cannot control, such as the weather, the other [...]

I LOVE the bike leg of a triathlon! It’s my favorite part of the race by far. As I’ve raced recently, I’ve tried to take note of what NOT to do and what TO do to have the best bike split [...]

For those of us that live in the Plains and the Midwest, we made it through the long, dark winter and a cool, damp Spring. Summer is in full bloom, and so is race season! This is what we’ve [...]

OK, so race season is upon us. Finally! You show up for a race, you race, and then you look at the results. There they are. Some of the same names at the top almost every single race. Overall…and [...]

So, the month of May is here. I’m old enough to have been part of a neighborhood “gang” growing up. We were just friends, not a real gang. We’d play backyard games like, “Red rover, red rover, [...]

Often you hear these types of questions, “What would the ‘present’ you like to tell the 20-year-old you? What do you wish you’d known back then that you know now?” I started racing triathlons [...]

Triathlon, a unique combination of endurance sports, requires discipline, hard work, and a fearless spirit to succeed. While the sport may have its differences, it shares similarities with other [...]