Why not use some time this week to reflect on how your career is going now, and what, if any, changes you want to make in the next year? I wrote this post last year and it provides some questions to aid in your reflection, as well as some resources if you are thinking about [...]
I looked at different potential future races recently and get excited about the places that I could travel and the things we could see. What's an exciting travel race you could do in the next year? How would it push you in your training - or just to enjoy the process and life along the [...]
In my second year as race director for the Aukeman Triathlon, I offered packet pickup throughout the week at specific times and locations. In the five previous years, athletes had to attend a briefing the evening before the race and get their packets then. I put this new information on the website, on the registration [...]
I saw a little girl in her nice dress, maybe 4 or 5 years old, take a huge spill in a gravel parking lot. Face. Forward. Fall. The other preschoolers were sprinkled around the grassy area, with the teacher a ways off. I waited for the screaming, and for the teacher to scurry over and [...]
If he gets a better response than you, when you think you did the same thing, you can get defensive. Or, you can ask what he did differently? And maybe it isn't even about you. Maybe the circumstances were just different.
When I decided I wanted to do my first half-ironman (70.3) race, I realized that I would have to fit two workouts in on some days of the week. Three disciplines, 2 workouts in each per week, plus a couple of strength workouts, equals eight workouts. At the time I'm sure I wanted a rest [...]
If money were of no concern and you were still limited to 24 hours per day but had ultimate flexibility with your time, what investments would you make into your TriLife? Go nuts and write out anything that comes to mind. Get at least 30 ideas down on the page. Your answers may surprise you. [...]
Author I shall allow to remain anonymous: "I think most of us are familiar with the two spaces after a period." I just learned that an organization I'm writing for requires two spaces after a period. I thought surely this was an arcane carry-over back from the time I was in elementary school and just [...]
Our questions have the power to shape those around us. Questions can elicit a feeling of shame. Or hope. Or encouragement. It's easiest to see in the curiosity of children who look to adults and moderate their behavior based on the responses of adults around them. But we don't lose that malleability as we age. [...]
Came across this fun article from someone who has traveled the world and explored different pools. It's a fun read. It is difficult enough for me to figure out the pool etiquette in my own community, and I do find myself extra daunted when I travel within the US. This rings true for me for [...]
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