Providing helpful advice on nutrition and training whether your doing your first Sprint, Olympic, Half Ironman or Ironman distance!
Building Your Mental Fortress By: Susan DuPont How tough is your mental fortress? Everyone thinks that an Ironman is all about one's physical fitness, a sheer test of human strength, endurance, and speed. But I'm here to tell you that it's not. … [Read more...]
By Danny Roe As triathletes, we push ourselves. On a daily basis we do things that other people would (and lets face it, with some degree of reason) deem absolutely crazy. Swim up and down a pool 80 times? Cycle kilometres in triple digits? Use … [Read more...]
1. What if I can barely even swim 2 laps? The swim is simply the bouncer that stands at the triathlon doors to keep the riff-raff out. If it weren't for the swim, there would probably be about a million more triathletes … [Read more...]
THE BIG QUESTION “Could I do that?” That was the phrase that I could not get out of my head as I stood in Madison, Wisconsin. It was raining as I stood there watching the finishers cross the finish line. It was my first ever experience … [Read more...]
By KatieRunsThis Yesterday was a celebration! I celebrated carrying my baby boy for 26 weeks (which, according to The Bump, makes Baby Key a nearly 2lb, 14in hothouse cucumber), and I also celebrated FINALLY becoming a triathlete! This was such a … [Read more...]
by Allison Fowler My name is Allison and I live in Charlotte, NC, USA. I'm a Christian, wife, daughter, sister, friend, photographer, and nanny. Although I've exercised regularly for more than 10 years, I would never have classified myself as an … [Read more...]
By Michelle Nicol I did my first triathlon on an ancient, heavy mountain bike. I’d made some concession to speed by changing the chunky tyres to semi-slicks, but it was still far from a lean mean racing machine. While the rest of the field … [Read more...]
by yaagTRI I've been competing, or should I say “taking part in”, Triathlon since 2008. I do so because I love the challenge, the experience and the atmosphere, the people I’ve met passing through, there definitely is a community spirit … [Read more...]
Introducing Rhys Chong and making the decision to enter your first triathlon My name is Rhys, I'm a physiotherapist based in London and completed my first Ironman in Switzerland last year. I've been asked by NewToTri to write weekly articles to … [Read more...]
by Guest Writer Christine Bertram February 2008. There I was: a moderately successful university level runner in her mid-thirties who had trained all winter and had just come within 15 seconds of her life-time best for a 10k. Crossing the … [Read more...]