She Does Tri Camp: Big Success!...

“Wow!” is the best word that Krista Schultz and I could come up to describe how we feel after the inaugural She Does Tri Camp for Women in Warrenton, VA this past weekend. We doubt we’ll ever be able to get such a wonderful group of women in the future. They have set the bar extremely high for future camps. Beginning Friday afternoon and continuing through Sunday afternoon, the campers spent a fun-filled...

Create Your Reality Through Visualization...

I’ve heard it said that racing an Ironman is 50% physical and 50% mental. I don’t agree with that ratio for everyone but I do believe mental preparation and the right mental attitude on race day can mean the difference between a poor race and a great race for anyone. I wrote the following article about how to create a “great race” through visualization. The article appeared on the USA Triathlon...

Eating on the Bike – How Much is Enough?...

One of my clients who is training for Ironman USA in July emailed me today: Biked today. Felt great. Did 50 on the TT bike. Was able to maintain a pretty good overall avg. Lots of “Pathletes” out there today as you can imagine. Some are pretty wide and hard to get around. At least they are out exercising. So I did the brick and bonked about minute 21 on the run. Not sure why. I did quick numbers analysis....

My interview on WHSV Ch. 3 about the Luray Triathl...

Last night I participated in a tourism meeting organized by the Luray – Page County Chamber of Commerce. I was there to promote the Luray Triathlon to the Page County businesses. The Luray Triathlon, now in its fourth year, will bring in 1,200 athletes plus spectators to Luray and Page County on race weekend – August 15 and 16 – which brings in significant tourism money to the community. Below is...

StrengthsFinder: My Top 5 Strengths...

I took the StrengthsFinder 2.0 test online this morning. Written by Tom Rath based on Gallup’s 40-year study of human strengths, StrengthFinders 2.0 subscribes to the maxim: “You cannot be everything you want to be – but you can be a lot more of who you already are.” The central theme of StrengthFinders is that we’re better off focusing on and developing our strengths rather than focusing...