Open Letter To ESPN

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  Open letters are becoming common place on this blog, but this one is directed right to the Executives of ESPN who have shunned us endurance athletes. You may be asking where this is coming from and I’m about to tell you.  Yesterday I went for a 30 minute run as part of my training [...]

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Time To Pay The Piper

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It’s time to pay the piper.  That is a statement that has been going through my head for about a week and a half now.  I am telling myself that because on May 19th when the gun for Ironman Texas goes off I will be paying the piper.  I will have a day that shows [...]

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An Open Letter To Ironman Competitors

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This open letter was not written by me but I found it on a Facebook page that I belong to regarding Ironman Texas.  A fellow participant posted it there and it was so well written and struck so close to home that I wanted to repost it here and on the Cook Train Eat Race [...]

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IronWill

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IronWill is my new branding campaign for any Iron-Distance race.  I may even start a whole movement behind this because becoming an Ironman take just that: Will.  You have to be willing to sacrifice time with family and friends.  You have to be willing to sacrifice your Saturday and Sunday afternoons at the very least. [...]

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Mental Toughness Thursdays

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Mental Toughness Thursdays are going to be my version of Thankful Thursday or Three Things Thursday.  Since Ironman training started I have found Thursday to be the toughest day of the week to train.  It is my hump day in that all the training and working leading up to this day has added up and [...]

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They Have Started…..

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As if on command, they have started.  What is they? They are the nightmares and bad dreams of triathlon.  Last year before 70.3 California the dream and nightmares I had read so much about did not happen to me.  Maybe because I did not know what to expect in that first race but they never [...]

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Trust! When?

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Trust is defined by Merriam-Webster as follows: a:assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something b: one in which confidence is placed I bring this up in regards to training and specifically speed.  At some point we all started at X:XX/mile pace and overtime steadily improved and are now running at Y:YY/mile [...]

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Internal Turmoil

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Yesterday I was driving to an appointment with a client and was listening to sports talk radio.  I love listening to the Dallas Sports Talk because these people are crazy about their sports.  People say that New Yorkers are nuts and passionate about their sports but NYC doesn’t hold a candle to those here in [...]

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Have I Become Addicted? by Karen Bahamundi

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I may have become addicted to running and racing, possibly even triathlon…..eggads!!  As I sat on the couch last night – I was trying to remember everything I planned that I needed to do, and realized I planned a doctor appointment for Monday morning. My first thought was not dreading the doctor , it was [...]

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Triathletes Are Not Selfish

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There is this underlying theme that triathletes are selfish because of the amount of time necessary to train.  There is the 4-6 hour bike ride on the weekends, there is the 2-3 hour run as well.  There are hours on end spent at the gym swimming and lifting.  Let’s not forget the amount of money [...]

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