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Are You A Tri-Dork? ...
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Monday, 18 February 2013 01:10
(ED. A very cool article by one of America's premier pro triathletes.)
An unscientific calculation of the triathlon cool quotient.
By Jesse Thomas (For triathlon.competitor.com)
One thing I
Seriously! You Gotta Do this....
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Monday, 18 February 2013 00:10
ICEMAN TRIATHLON IV - There are lots of great reasons to do the Iceman Winter Triathlon next Saturday. Here are but a few:
* It's in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is only 5-5 1/2 hours from The Cities (closer from other places!). Grand Forks is a really cool college town and the motels there are generally inexpensive.
* The event consists of classic XC skiing (skis can be rented for $5), mountain biking (bring your Fattie!) and running, after which you take a sled--or a saucer, or one of those plastic things that look like a miniature rowboat--to the top of a hill and slide down to the finish line. Cool beans, huh! ...
The Best is Yet to Come....
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Sunday, 17 February 2013 00:10
Triathlete / Physician / Camera Head,
The "Sarah Legacy"...
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Sunday, 17 February 2013 00:10
INDOOR TRI STUFF - Recently a guy asked us who we thought "was the heroiest triathlete in Minnesota last year." Our immediate reply was, "Sara Henekens."
"Why?" asked the guy.
Because we met her at an OptumHealth Performance indoor triathlon 13 months ago. She was pretty and nice and scared do-do-less. She was doing her first triathlon. An aficionado of food, she treated herself to an especially large breakfast after completing the event. Apropos of nothing, she wore a really cool hat.
Fast forward to September and check out the photo (L). That's Sarah finishing Ironman Wisconsin! How freakin' awesome and hero-y is that! From Zero to 140.6 in nine months!
The 2013 indoor tri season is underway and we know that there will be lotsa folks who will make the transition from the initial dabble in the indoor multisport experience to outdoor tri participation. Some will stick with sprints this summer. Others may try an Olympic race or two. A few may even do a half IM. And an even smaller group will make the supreme jump from the pool-trainer-treadmill to the 140.6, like Sarah Hennekens....
How to Suck Less...
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Saturday, 16 February 2013 00:10
By Tim Walton
Something to think about!
Certain patterns and trends seem play out with most swimmers, regardless of their natural swimming ability. Over the course of several hours of lessons/assessments I may see a national caliber athlete, a relative beginner, triathlete or an aspiring age group swimmer. During a lesson, regardless of the swimmers ability it is a near guarantee that I will be able to show a swimmer how to swim significantly faster. Why? The concept is not to show them any magical set, or additional effort, rather pointing out and showing the athlete areas of "how to slow down less" through improved technique. Incredible energy loss from a miss timed kick, indirect hand entry, deceleration in and out of walls, poor alignment, loss of momentum etc, are the key focal points to address. Keeping on track, online, engaged, directed, using basic principles of Balance, Streamline and propulsion are akin to the expression of firing on all cylinders. When you see athletes...
