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Team Integration for the Lone Wolf
Triathlon has always been a loner-type of sport for me, training and racing done solo for personal enjoyment. Sure, there have been occasional trainings with friends, but mostly it was me alone doing the bulk of the work. Things changed when my family started coming to races, but the training continued to be a solo…
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The Glucose Yoyo
Diabetes turns glucose reading into an art form. You can prick your fingers, you can wear a CGM, but after a while you get to know your rhythm, when you’ll be up and when you’ll be down. But sports can really throw things off, to the point where you feel one way but your readings…
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Race T-Shirt Etiquette
Every triathlete has a collection of race t-shirts. They might be technical shirts or cotton shirts, but they all proclaim a specific race in bright flashy colors that you wouldn’t want to wear in public. But we wear them to races, don’t we? A sometimes, but not always, subtle way of bragging. We do it…
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Pre-Race Ritual and the Law of the Day Before
Race weekend is always a hectic time. Given the amount of preparation needed for a triathlon, and then all the logistics required to be at the start line ready to go, it is a wonder we don’t all have nervous breakdowns prior to the swim. Countless hours of training for a single goal, then travel…
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Open Water Swimming – Keep Your Head Up!
This morning I did a bit of open water swimming at Playa Alcaravanares with the wetsuit. Open water swimming is a totally different animal than doing laps in the pool, more relaxing and less drill focused. And you get to pee in the wetsuit. I don’t know why, but triathletes are conditioned to pee in…
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Racing with the Kids
Many races require an overnight stay, sometimes several nights, in a hotel near the event location. The logistics of racing usually focus on early morning and award ceremonies happen later in the evening, and these early/late times never seem to fall in line with flight schedules. Plus for bigger races you usually need to arrive…
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Pool Swimming and Wearing a CGM
The life of most triathletes is full of training – in the pool, on the trainer, on the treadmill – for those winter months when Mother Nature ceases to accommodate our athletic addiction. Lane swimming is great for training, allowing coherent structure and timing over a fixed distance. Great. Except if, like me, you wear…
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