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10 Things Not to Say to a Triathlete
Oh, October. That wonderful time of the year when most triathletes begin the off season and take some time to rest and do something other than swim, bike or run. Chances are, your arms and legs aren’t the only things that are tired—if you’ve been on the multisport scene for any length of time, you’re also likely tired of hearing the peanut gallery chime in with some of these common questions and declarations. Here's how to respond. Just remember to be nice.
1. "All you ever do is work out, don't you have a life?"
Why yes, I do. Nothing makes me MORE alive than bringing back childhood through swimming, biking and running while enhancing them with the competitive spirit.
2.…
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Tri Find
The World's Largest Listings of Triathlons and Multi-Sport Events.
How to train for a triathlon at home, according to an Ironman coach
Despite the very outside nature of each activity, training for a triathlon can still be done from the comfort of one's home and doesn't have to be a complicated venture. You don't even need an elaborate plan or a personal trainer to get it done, either.
Thinking about training for a triathlon?
Whether you're a lifelong fitness enthusiast or returning to exercise after a hiatus, training for a triathlon could be a welcome way to focus your workout. These competitions, which combine swimming, bicycling, and running, have grown in popularity in recent years, including among older adults. According to USA Triathlon, the sport's governing body, more than 40% of all members are in the 40-to-59 age group — and some are in their 80s.
Too Much Training Can Tax Athletes' Brains
Researchers found that after several weeks of overtraining, athletes became more likely to choose immediate gratification over long-term rewards. At the same time, brain scans showed the athletes had decreased activity in an area of the brain involved in decision-making. The finding could explain why some elite athletes see their performance decline when they work out too much — a phenomenon known as overtraining syndrome.
Why Your Next Challenge Should be a Triathlon
Marathons are old hat and Ironman races are, quite frankly, tantamount to self-flagellation but triathlons occupy the happy medium in endurance sport.
A Triathlon Junkie Works Out in Wind, in Water and on Weekends
Tony Pritzker is always training to keep up with his schedule of Ironman and Half Ironman events.
A Triathlon That Takes Friendships to the Extreme
Nobody really wants to pay a couple hundred dollars to get shoved underwater by the flailing hordes during the swim portion of the race, or knocked to the pavement during the bike leg. So, equipped with wet suits, bikes, sturdy trail shoes and a few energy bars, my rugby pals and I decided to head into a secluded part of the White Mountains for the D.I.Y. Tri, free of charge.
Covered From Head To Toe, She Finished The Ironman
If she can get through this, then maybe future athletes can focus on their training, instead of on what they'll wear to the starting line.
Extreme Triathletes Could Be Putting Their Hearts at Risk, Study Finds
The most significant factor appears to be how hardcore these specific athletes were.
Forget Triathlons. It’s Time for Aquabike.
For triathletes who hate the running part, there’s a new sport that offers a path to glory.
Futureproofing triathlon: expert suggestions to improve health and performance in triathletes
The “triathlon”, a sport that combines swimming, cycling, and running disciplines into one event, has always been viewed as challenging to the human body and spirit. The unique physical challenge of three distinct modes of exercise packaged into one event is key to its past, current, and future popularity.
How Triathlon Got Hot
Triathlon soon evolved from a sport pursued solely by elite endurance nuts to people from all walks of life, all ages, all abilities, from places as far and wide as Albania to Zimbabwe. Within three years of the broadcast of Moss’s finish, Hawaii Ironman entries doubled. Ironman triathlons are now held around the globe...
Ironman Triathlon
NPR's Tom Goldman reports that this weekend in Hawaii 15-hundred masochists will set-off on sport's toughest challenges. . . the 18th Ironman Triathlon. This race is a gruelling 140 mile test of swimming, biking and running that test the endurance, courage, and pain thresholds of each of the entrants. For many, the reward is just to be able to say "I did it."
It's true! Triathletes are tougher than the rest of us
Triathletes can tolerate more pain than the rest of us, a new study confirms, which helps explain why they would swim, then bike, then run, all because they want to and not because they are, perhaps, being chased by a bear.
Secrets from Triathlon Training: How to Find Extra Hours in the Day
To squeeze in workouts, maximize your time, from the morning commute to evening TV.
The Case of the Unhealthy Triathlete
As a triathlete, your training likely keeps you in good physical shape, right? That's what I had always assumed.
The impact of triathlon training and racing on athletes' general health
Although the sport of triathlon provides an opportunity to research the effect of multi-disciplinary exercise on health across the lifespan, much remains to be done. The literature has failed to consistently or adequately report subject age group, sex, ability level, and/or event-distance specialization. The demands of training and racing are relatively unquantified.
Thinking about training for a triathlon?
Careful preparation — including a consultation with your doctor — can help you stay safe.
Training and Competition Readiness in Triathlon
The large number of training sessions and overall volume undertaken by triathletes to improve fitness and performance can also increase the risk of injury, illness, or excessive fatigue. Short- and medium-term individualized training plans, periodization strategies, and work/rest balance are necessary to minimize interruptions to training due to injury, illness, or maladaptation.
Triathlon: three sports in one – but which is the key to Olympic glory?
Is one of the disciplines more important than the others? Is there room for tactics? What external variables may influence the results?
What Completing An Ironman Triathlon Did For My Confidence As An Entrepreneur
Training required a regimented schedule and strict focus with little margin for error. It meant waking up every day and blocking out life’s noises and distractions to get stronger and faster even in the midst of moments of self-doubt. It meant finding ways to cram in workouts, sleep and nutritious meals whenever and wherever. More than anything, training for this race meant pushing myself well outside of my comfort zone to see just how mentally tough I could become.
What’s it All About? Five Lessons Learned At My First Triathlon
A few weeks ago, I took part in my first sprint triathlon. I came home with only a T-shirt and a goody bag full of free stuff, but I did learn a thing of two about myself and about competition for the average woman athlete.
Why Are Triathletes Dying?
Recent fatalities point to crowded waters and unchecked heart conditions — and have racers taking precautions.
Why Is Swimming the Most Deadly Leg of a Triathlon?
Although deaths are rare in triathlons, most of them occur during the initial leg, when competitors swim for distances ranging from 750 meters to 3.9 kilometers.
10 Things Not to Say to a Triathlete
Chances are, your arms and legs aren’t the only things that are tired—if you’ve been on the multisport scene for any length of time, you’re also likely tired of hearing the peanut gallery chime in with some of these common questions and declarations. Here's how to respond. Just remember to be nice.
Three Health Benefits of Triathlon Training
Now, I am certainly not oblivious to the fact that triathlon training and racing can negatively impact your health due to things like overtraining, overuse of specific tissues or simply pushing the body too hard in hostile conditions. Athletes hire me as a coach, in part, to help them avoid these things. With that said, triathlon is a healthy sport to participate in due to its positive impact on our cardiovascular health, brain health and bone health.
Triathlon
Looking to stay up to speed on the go? Whether you’re out and about or in the comfort of your own home we’ll be sure to keep you updated with all the latest news and thoughts of the elite triathletes all the year round
3 Disciplines Racing
Bottom line, when you paticipate in a 3 Disciplines event you are not only getting passion but almost un-paralelled Experience and ultimately that is what you are paying for.
BeginnerTriathlete
Everything you want to know (and then some).
Living the Tri Life
Celebrating 33 years of racing!
Tri Girl Chronicles
I’ve been a runner for over a decade but in 2012 I made the jump by participating in my first triathlon and I’ve been hooked ever since. Follow me while I chronicle my training, races, and life. I hope to show others what an amazing sport triathlon is and to inspire you to give it a tri!
Tri-ing to be Athletic
Welcome to MY BLOG!! Join me on my athletic misadventures as I plunge into the world of triathlon training. I have never been proficient in swimming, biking or running, but I decided--pretty much on a whim (and a little peer pressure)--to give it a go. It took me two years to get to the point where I was able to actually finish a sprint distance triathlon: 800 metre swim, 20 km bike, 5km run.
Tri247.com
The objective of the website is to produce the most comprehensive, professional and independent resource for triathlon in the UK - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Trinewbies
Your total triathlon information source.
TriSwimCoach
Former All-American Swimmer Reveals His Proven Methods That Have Helped Thousands of Triathletes To Slash 5-10 Minutes Off Their Triathlon Race Times…
220Triathlon.com
220Triathlon.com is the website of the UK’s best-selling and longest-standing triathlon magazine. It’s the essential resource for expert triathlon training tips, plans and programmes, nutritional advice for endurance athletes, triathlon and duathlon race reports and listings, triathlete profiles, triathlon gear reviews, interaction with the multisport community and much more.
Blisters and Black Toenails: Adventures of a Racing Junkie
These are my adventures as a runner, triathlete and limit pusher.
British Triathlon
The British Triathlon Federation is the national governing body for the sport of triathlon in Great Britain. The British Triathlon Federation's members comprises Triathlon England, triathlonscotland and Welsh Triathlon.
ColoradoTriathlete.com
Your news source for triathlon in Colorado since 1999.
Cort the Sport
Journey of a late-blooming endurance athlete, triathlete and marathoner.
Hungry Like The Wolfgram
Amateur triathlete. 6x Ironman. Kona qualifier. Power geek.
Ironman
The latest race previews, recaps, and announcements from the world of IRONMAN
Swim Bike Mom
You. Can. Go. Go forward. Move. If you move, no matter how slowly, you are passing all the people who aren’t moving. Go take your dreams. They’re yours for the snagging.
Triathlon Australia
Triathlon Australia is the official National Sporting Organisation responsible for the management and delivery of the sports of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon, paratriathlon and multisport within Australia.
Triathlon Canada
Triathlon Canada is a national organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the sport. Our team of dedicated professionals is committed to the same expectation we have of our athletes and coaches who represent us: being the best in the field, whether it’s on the race course, in the training environment or in the offices and boardroom.
USA Triathlon
USA Triathlon is the sanctioning authority for more than 2,000 diverse events ranging from grass-roots to high profile races nationwide. The organization works to create interest and participation in a variety of programs including camps, clinics, races and educational opportunities.
You Signed Up For What?
All things running, triathlon, fitness, healthy living, traveling, & being a working mom of 3 little kids.
All3sports
All3sports sells the industry’s leading tri products with one of the largest in-stock inventories available on the market today. This includes all the top brands of triathlon gear, including triathlon bikes and equipment, swimming, cycling, running and triathlon apparel.
Athlos Triathlon
We are a specialist Triathlon Shop stocking top brands in the sports of swimming, cycling, running & triathlon. We have friendly staff who are happy to chat and advise you on your triathlon journey, and we have a dedicated section on our website for related tips and information.
Bike and Run
We are a specialist multisport store catering for Cyclists, Triathletes, Runners and Swimmers.
DC Rainmaker
Thanks for stopping by (or re-stopping by)! Here’s a short little background on who I am, and what this blog’s all about. I’m just a triathlete and runner like you: I run, I bike, and I do something resembling swimming. And at the end of the day…I blog about it. But other than that last detail – I’m just like you (unless you blog too, in which case we’re the same).
DC Rainmaker
I swim, bike and run. Then, I come here and write about my adventures. It’s as simple as that. Most of the time.
The Tri Store
You don't need to be a triathlete to shop here and we are a specialist bike and running store as well as being one of the leading tri retailers in the UK. So whether you swim, bike, run or tri we are sure you'll have a great time when you shop with us.
TRI UK
TRI UK is the UK's largest triathlon retailer and mail order specialist.
Triathlete Sports
Triathlete Sports is one of the most comprehensive sources for swimming, biking and running products. Whether you are a competitive triathlete or a novice wanting to get more active, Triathlete Sports can help you go the distance and reach your fitness goals.
TriSports
Welcome to TriSports.com- the online and retail triathlon superstore, created for triathletes, by triathletes.
Wiggle
Wiggle has always taken pride in being more than just a retailer; it works with brands, individuals and of course customers; to develop the best range, delivery and services in the tri-sports market place.
XTERRA
XTERRA is a global brand that champions the outdoor endurance enthusiast in their pursuit of relentless adventure. Going on our 23rd year of international racing, XTERRA is home for authentic race experiences and trail-tested gear for your journey.
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