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Sleep: The best budgeting you can do.
02/16/10: We’re all starting to get fired up for the coming season. And with that we start thinking about what we’ll do differently this year so that we can build on the successes we had last season and reduce any weaknesses. As a coach we’ve spent a lot of (Read More)

Demonstration of Competence, risk taking and the willingness to suffer
02/11/10: I was driving back from a race with a couple of friends recently and the conversation turned to what the difference was between success in an event and disappointment? In the context of this conversation we acknowledged that success can take on many (Read More)

A Mental Skills Profile: Improve Your Mental Mindset to Become a Stronger Athlete
02/01/10: One of the training documents that I share with new coached athletes is a MENTAL SKILLS profile. At the outset of our relationship as coach/athlete, I want them to become more aware of their mental skills: how they think and talk to themselves, (Read More)

Chuckie V: Train Belief
12/24/09: This morning, after peeling the skin back from my eyes and taking care of my typical Pee & Tea ritual, I turned on the old computer. There I received a great (Read More)

ironguides: Refine Your Mental Flexibility by Making the Most of Your Pain Cave
11/19/09: Mental flexibility or toughness is the key to success in endurance athletics. The best athletes know this: It is a matter of mind over matter - if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter.

We have all heard about the mystical “Pain Cave” in writings (Read More)

Jesse Kropelnicki: Sacrifice
09/28/09: One of the most dangerous things I sometimes see in the athletes I work with or meet is a mismatch between their race performance goals and their willingness to make the sacrifices it takes to reach them. By “sacrifice”, I mean doing something in (Read More)

Mark Allen: When Things Get Tough
09/14/09: There are thousands of tools to get you over those tough moments in races. Some require developing a plan in advance of the gun going off so that when the going gets tough, you keep going. The most talked about of these is visualizing your event, (Read More)

ironguides: So, What’s With The Shaved Legs?
05/20/09: As a male triathlete, I’ve often been questioned about the motivation for taking up a personal grooming habit that has traditionally been reserved for those with two X chromosomes. Most non-triathletes assume that we shave our legs to decrease (Read More)

The Training Bible: Triathlon Widows
05/12/09: “Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.” Billy Joel

Endorphins, (the exercise high), is there a cost involved?

A survey of Ironman athletes a number of years ago reported (admitted (Read More)

ironguides: Getting Your Zzzzzzss
04/08/09: Rest and recovery play a crucial role in keeping a triathlete training injury free. Whether you’re a top pro or an aspiring age group athlete, allowing your body the time it needs to refuel, repair and regenerate is absolutely critical. But this (Read More)

Alex "IronDoc" McDonald: Illiotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
04/07/09: The Illiotibial Band (ITB) is a thick band of fibrous tissues that runs from the anterior-superior (outside-front) of the pelvis, the iliac, down the side of the quad and inserts below the knee on the outside of the lower leg at the head of the (Read More)

Alex "Iron Doc" McDonald: Performance Enhancing Substances; and a Personal Note
03/16/09: It has been a while since I have found time to write my regular column here for Xtri.com. With the holidays and training over the last few months I have been a little busy. However, I am back now and plan to contribute regularly and continue to (Read More)

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