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 and informative weekend learning about the sport of triathlon and practicing each of the four events – swim, bike, run and transition. Instructors included former...
Read MoreCreate 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 website on March 19. Create Your Reality Through Visualization By David Glover, USAT Level 1 Coach Positive thinking and planning in the months and weeks leading up to an...
Read MoreEating 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. On the bike I burned about 2130 cals, I took in approx 360, avg about 120 per hour. Is that enough or should I try and up the calorie intake on the bike. My own fault...
Read MoreMy interview on WHSV Ch. 3 about the Luray Triathlon
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 a news report on the event in which I had the opportunity to be interviewed: Page County Trying to Attract Tourists Luray, Va. Posted: 10:34 PM Mar 4, 2009 Last Updated: 3:25 PM...
Read MoreStrengthsFinder: 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 on our weaknesses. Through a series of questions, the test ranked me against 34 common talent themes, which the author describes as “a natural way of thinking, feeling or...
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