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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Use…

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:20:53 +0000

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta writes about how the new experiences of training for a triathlon helped him slow down and enjoy life. As people get older , there is this feeling that time is moving faster than ever. Studies have shown that this feeling is true across cultures all over the world, genders and borders. As a student of the brain, I have been trying to learn why this time-warp feeling is so prevalent. Of course, time itself is not changing, but it is our perceptions that change a great deal. As a child, days seemed to last forever, and you can probably describe in astonishing detail the first time you drove a car or a childhood summer. It turns out the first time you experience something brand new, the more attention you spend on it. You remember every little detail, and carefully store those details in your memory banks. It is that attention that seems to slow time down, and often make things more enjoyable. It is also one of the reasons we should always be having new experiences, especially as we get older. Truth is, I wasn’t thinking about any of this when I signed up to do my first triathlon in 2010. Mostly, I was nervous about a long open water swim, and worried I wouldn’t have the time to squeeze in all the training. My life was about to change in every way imaginable – physically, spiritually and psychologically. Within a few weeks, I started to play the role of an athlete in training. That involved preparing my own meals the day before, making sure my bag of gear was ready and setting the alarm for anywhere between 430 a.m and 530 a.m. Read more: Thechart.blogs.cnn.com

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Helen Jenkins Blogs About The…

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:30:17 +0000

Photo: Paul Phillips Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins, who is training in the Canary Islands, blogs about how she’s feeling with the Olympic games six months away. The Olympic opening ceremony is six months away today. After all the years of talking about London 2012, it now seems incredibly close. Yet, when I look at it in terms of my training plan, the weeks of competitions, it still seems there is a lot more work ahead – a lot more miles to cover on the bike, a lot more running, a lot more swimming. Like all the 550-odd British athletes hoping to be in London, this is not a glamorous time of the year but a very important one of which the public is probably not very aware. Out of sight and mind and before the competitive season starts in the spring, this is when we put in a lot of the work building up our core strength with the aim of peaking on that special day, which for me is the women’s triathlon on August 4. As far as I am concerned, life stops after that – I have not thought about what I will be doing after that day in Hyde Park, except maybe cheering on the GB men in their triathlon three days later. I have just arrived in Lanzarote for three weeks’ warm-weather training. The British squad were here before Christmas and I have come out for more work with my husband, Marc, who is my coach, and also here is one of our top men, Jonny Brownlee. Read more: Express.co.uk

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Man To Attempt Global…

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:22:57 +0000

Dan Martin will attempt to swim across the Atlantic from New York to France. Then cycle from France to Siberia. Then run from Siberia/Alaska to New York. In May 2012, Dan will embark on his biggest journey to date, the world’s biggest adventure to date, as he attempts a global triathlon – swimming, cycling and running around the world. This will include a grueling 5,700 kilometer swim in which he will attempt to become the first man in history to swim the Atlantic. He was originally going to leave in 2010 but required more funding and training. Dan will combine three feats that each alone would be an athletic accomplishment that could be achieved by few humans. Read more: Blogs.theprovince.com

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Two Triathletes Racing Olympic…

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:35:32 +0000

Zeiger won the 70.3 World Championships in 2008. Photo: Robert Murphy Who says all triathletes are “a jack of all trades, master of none”? Two female professional triathletes, Joanna Zeiger and Tyler Stewart, proved that they have single-sport prowess and qualified for the Olympic marathon trials in Houston tomorrow. They’ll line up with more than 200 women that met the high qualifying standards to compete (2:46 for the marathon, 1:15 for a half marathon, 33 minutes for a 10K). Being a part of Olympic trials is nothing new for Triathlete magazine “Fast at Forty” contributor Zeiger, who competed in the swimming trials in 1988, both the 2000 marathon and triathlon trials (where she qualified for the Sydney team) and the triathlon trials again in 2004 (pulling out during the bike due to back injury) and 2008 (she didn’t qualify but went on to win the Ironman 70.3 World Championship). Zeiger qualified with a 2:43:38 at the California International Marathon in December. On her blog , Zeiger says her two main objectives for tomorrow are: “1. Run the best race I possibly can on the day and 2. Savor the moment, because you never know if you get another chance.” Zeiger took a moment today to tell Triathlete.com what the experience means to her: “I am excited to compete because I love lining up with the best in the sport. Even though I have no chance of qualifying for the Olympics, I want to use the momentum from the day to propel me to a great performance.” Stewart is best known for her fast bike splits, but at the Santa Rosa Marathon in August, she surprised even herself when running a 2:45:14 to qualify for the trials. Stewart had a rollercoaster year in 2011, starting out with a disappointing finish at Texas 70.3, going on to set a bike course record of 4:42:40 at Ironman Texas (fourth overall), taking third at Ironman Lake Placid and winning Lake Stevens 70.3. Then she lost a good friend in August and her stepfather passed away the day after she raced the Ironman World Championship in October. Last summer, her brother called her and said he wanted to run his first marathon in New York City and asked her to do it with him. By the time he made that decision, the only slots left were $2500 charity slots, which Stewart didn’t think she would have time to raise the money for. She emailed the marathon race director who said, “We don’t typically do this, but if you can run a sub-2:55 marathon in the next four weeks we’ll let you in.” Her coach, Craig Upton, built the Santa Rosa Marathon into her schedule. “I honestly thought I would run three hours,” Stewart says. “But I went out and felt great. I didn’t even know what the whole Olympic qualifying thing was. When I crossed the finish line they said, ‘You qualified for the Olympic trials!’ and I said, ‘What? Excuse me? Whoa.’” She decided she had to do it. “How many times in your life do you get that opportunity,” Stewart says. “Do I know I’m going to go out there and be the slowest one? Yeah, but who cares?” In addition to her fast marathon, Stewart took on the challenge of her first 50-miler last month, and plans to compete in a 100-miler this year, with a goal of finishing in under 20 hours. Good luck to Joanna, Tyler and all of the runners competing in tomorrow’s race. For complete coverage of the trials, visit Competitor.com .

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“Old Wolf” Simon Whitfield…

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:33:16 +0000

Whitfield blogs that despite winning Olympic gold and silver, there are ‘some doubts’ about his abilities going forward. So confident

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Five Steps To Injury-Free…

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:00:26 +0000

The appealing thought of running as nature intended is a hot topic in the running community these days. Articles, blogs and websites about barefoot running are published every day, and the possibility that we have been misled by a calculating shoe industry to believe that dual density mid-soles, plastic bridges, gels and air bags were

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Barefoot Running: Can Barefoot…

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:31:39 +0000

Written by: Torbjørn Sindballe The appealing thought of running as nature intended is a hot topic in the running community these days. Articles, blogs and websites about barefoot running are published every day, and the possibility that we have been misled by a calculating shoe industry to believe that dual density mid-soles, plastic bridges, gels and

Leon Griffin: Day One From Abu…

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:07 +0000

Australian professional triathlete Leon Griffin will be sharing daily blogs from his trip to the inaugural Abu Dhabi Triathlon. Today, Griffin talks about his long flight from Melbourne, Australia to Abu Dhabi, and his first impressions of the area. WOW! The Middle East and ‘fog’…my first experience with the desert was not one I’d pictured in the

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admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:37:03 +0000

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cycling – wattage

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:56 +0000

Message posted by: Jordan R. Despite completing 1/2 IM distance, I have only recently read about monitoring wattage. Can someone shed light for me on if this is the best way to ensure you pace properly (ie. vs. just following RPMs)? Is there a recommended equipment to use? Is following your watt output essential in your opinion for training? What is the most basic rule of thumb for watts (for example, with RPMs, one knows to maintain a high rate of at least 80+). Even just a link to a good article is appreciated! To view the rest of the post, please log-in to www.ontri.com

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