The Big Blue Square: A Tool for Optimal Sports Per... Photo: David finishing sub-9 hours at the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany in 2007 (Photographer: Courtney Johnson) This past year was an outstanding year for me as an athlete - I set personal best times in both the marathon and Ironman-distance triathlon while winning the Vineman Triathlon overall at the age of 36, an age when most athletes would be considered “over the hill.” There were a number of things...

Four Necessary Tools for Muscle Recovery and Injur... As a triathlon coach, pro athlete and race director, I am in contact with hundreds of athletes. One question that I keep getting asked over and over is: “I have developed some soreness in the muscles of my [insert body part]. How do I get rid of it?” Here are the four necessary tools for both reactive and proactive muscle treatment: (1) The Thera Cane Although it looks like it might appear in an adult...

“Train hard, rest harder, race hardest…!�... Photo: Me and my coach, Olaf Sabatschus “Train hard, rest harder, race hardest…!” - Olaf Sabatschus, professional triathlete and my triathlon coach Sage advice from one of the best long course triathletes in the world. However, the tendency for many athletes is to: “Train hardest and race hard!” and ignore the importance of the “rest” component. The result is a sub-optimal race...

The 4-Hour Workweek: a Must Read for All Time-star... “Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family, and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful work.” - A. J. Jacobs, editor-at-large of Esquire Magazine and author of The Know-It-All At a holiday party in December, I was telling telling a friend about a few of the great books I had recently read like Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly...

Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs…... Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs F******’ up the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign… – Tesla, Rock Band Photo: Sign along Rte 130 near Salem, SC and the NC border I snapped a picture of this sign with my phone today during my bike ride from my parent’s house on Lake Keowee, SC, up Rte 130 almost to the border of North Carolina....