Post Triathlon Recap Part 2 of 7. I started writing up a recap of my event, and it kept growing and growing and growing. I decided to break it up. The purpose of the recap is give new people the thoughts and ideas they can use to help them prepare for their own future first […]
I think it must be the post race blues or something. Now that my race is long gone (one week), Bad habits are returning in droves. Q: How to break the Bad Habit Relapse? A: Take Action immediately. The sooner you can re-focus your actions on good habits, the quicker the bad habit will ride […]
Post Triathlon Recap Part 1 of 7. I started writing up a recap of my event, and it kept growing and growing and growing. I decided to break it up. The purpose of the recap is give new people the thoughts and ideas they can use to help them prepare for their own future first […]
I’ll do a race recap after I’ve had some rest. I’m so glad I did it this year, and I look forward to an even better time next year. As I said before, when you are a beginner, your first time is always a Personal Best! As always, how can I help you achieve your […]
How to achieve your Personal Best in a Triathlon? Step 1) Do it! Boom- you just achieved a personal best. One of the coolest things about being a beginner for a triathlon, is that your first triathlon is a Personal Best Time! So all I have to do is finish on Sunday. No problem. The […]
Triathlon 101 As I approach my first triathlon this Sunday. I am walking through the decisions I made in training for the swim, the bike and the run. First Step: Deciding to do a triathlon. What’s a triathlon like? Last year, my brother was doing his first ever international (olympic distance) triathlon. He’d done two […]
If you’ve been following along, I labeled 2010, my year of action. I was going to take action to achieve my goals rather than just talk about it. One of my major goals for 2010 was to lose weight and complete an olympic triathlon. I’m only 10 days away. (Any normal person would be freaking […]
“…Man this feels good. …fast, smooth, smile… Come on pops, Keep going… You can do it!… Fast, smooth, smile… I’m cruising today. FAST, smooth,smi–Oooowwww – Thunk!” Thoughts of Scott while cycling Tuesday, Aug 10 Wow, It took a nice nasty crash to knock a blog post out of me. Yes, after owning a bicycle since […]
I know in my last post, I promised an article on smiling. I still plan on publishing that article, but I decided to postpone it for a bit due to the heavy research lifting required. This post is short and sweet. I’m still training for my Triathlon in August. It is fun. Lessons I have […]
Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd… A short post for tonight. Tomorrow is opening day of baseball. If you read this early enough, you can catch the WFMT 98.7 in Chicago (or steaming live over the internet). WFMT is a classical music station in Chicago. I never much […]