Triathlon training, equipment and tips from a wannabe/dilettante/family man.
I’ve been training hard, and eating (fairly) well, maintaining my weight etc. They say you shouldn’t reward these efforts (or the goals they produce) with food, as it’s kind of counter-productive. Let’s pretend, for the sake of this post, that I’ve been following that advice and have rewarded myself with a more ‘retail’ type set …
First things first! The winner of the free entry to the 5 Peaks Terra Cotta Trail Run is Casey Barreto! I’ll be contacting Casey via twitter/email to send her the code. I’m participating in the #MotivateMe Monday link-up being run by Fitness Cheerleader and Running Rachel; the link-up is “a place for us to share …
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In an effort to keep some momentum in my writing and posting (I’m a little stalled on a Lightning Kid post), I’m going to do a Friday Five post with 5 things that could be their own posts – and probably will be in the future. Rather than beat myself up about my inability to …
Happy Canada Day!After the 5 Peaks – Heart Lake event, we headed to Burlington for our race kit pickup. The best race kit pick-up systems in triathlon have you report to stations in order, with big numbers to identify each station. This is probably doubly important with dealing with kids. I was really impressed with …
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We closed off our September of Family Races with the Family Fun Fit Beaches Best KOS Duathlon for Shark Boy (with me acting as coach and chaperone). We had a lot of fun doing this event last year, and for days afterwards, he was asking when he could do a ‘triaflon’ again (still working on …
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Bracebridge will be my last triathlon of this year. I decided I couldn’t do any more triathlons until I can make bike rides of 2 hours or more a regular part of my lifestyle. I knew this about a week before the race, and to be honest, I found it liberating. I love triathlon and …
I always see these motivational images on blogs and Pinterest. I don’t always like them… so I decided to make a few of my own. I’m not much of an artist, I hope it’s the thought that counts. Too many of these motivational images praise pain over common sense. Remember, He who fights and runs …
So many ideas for new posts, so few opportunities to get them done. Some of these ideas will take a little research, so for now, I thought I’d just tell you about the weekend, or at least the fitness/active parts.We celebrated both boys’ birthdays with a kids party this weekend, and for some of the …
I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! I was lucky to run into this blog post from Outside magazine, about how parents can train. Having a family makes training for running races or triathlons hard, but when your partner or spouse has their own goals, it can add yet another wrinkle. My wife is …
It’s probably already getting to be too late to be plotting out my race calendar, as the training plan will follow from that – even one of my loosely structured ‘plans’ is in danger of never truly forming. I have some favourite races, but I don’t want this year to be ‘Been There, Done That’ …