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Seasonal Training Plan Changes
4/28/2024 | As it gets warmer and the seasons are changing, so is your training plan. Here are a few tips whether you are gearing up for a race or just changing to more outdoor training.
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Seasonal Training Plan Changes

4/28/2024 | As it gets warmer and the seasons are changing, so is your training plan. Here are a few tips whether you are gearing up for a race or just changing to more outdoor training.

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Triathletes Fretting About Food Over the Holidays
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Gear Reviews

Nank Nank runner diver 2 pro
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For the price, they offer a lot of value, especially with the waterproofing and built-in storage. If you’re tired of your regular earbuds falling out or dying on you halfway throug[...]
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My first Tribike was a 2001 Canondale Multisport that I got used. It had a Stella Italia Flite seat and when I took the bike to the local Bike Mechanic he said that I got a really[...]

Race Reports

Valentines Parkrun
Really enjoyed Valentines Park - wide paths, fairly flat and very friendly volunteers
Authentic Athens Marathon
(5)
This was a bucket list venue. Greece is a wonderful experience, super affordable, and spectacular to view. The people are nice and I'll go again if I get the chance.
Heart Half Marathon
(5)
As a marathon runner, this should be on every bucket list. It's a spectacular destination, fun, and worth the trip. Greece is super affordable, with plenty to do and see.

Newest Beginner Race Reports

  • How I Became A Triathlete

    Published from the archives of member-submitted articles that were never previously published.When I saw my first triathlon competition on television in the winter of 2008, I was lounging on the couch in my oversized sweats, eating pepperoni pizza.  Out of shape, clearly not a nutritional role model, and with no a[...]

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  • First Tri - Mary Miller

       It was 2009 and I was going to turn 50 soon. I wanted to feel like I at least accomplished something in my life before I hit the big 5-0. So, hey, why not do a triathlon?! I was overweight by about 100 pounds. I trained by myself and followed one of Beginner Triathlete’s training plans, wh[...]

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  • First Triathlon - James Keefe

      It has been a bucket list item for me for years. Every time I started a new workout routine (or tried to), it has been geared towards completing a sprint tri. Three years ago, I even registered for a local race, but chickened out the night before. Thanks to a recent career move, around the start of the Ne[...]

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  • First Tri: A bit too cocky

    One night in mid February, I mentioned to my son that he ought to do the Xterra Xticer race at Oak Mountain State Park in May of this year. This should be easy – 200m swim, 11k mountain bike, and 2k run. He said he would do it if I would, so we registered and the challenge was on. I printed out the bike course fr[...]

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  • I finished. And it took something.

    I slowly approached the finish area of the Lewisburg, PA Sprint Triathlon. As I prepared to turn left at the approaching road and finish the last 100 yards in the direction of the large, red inflated finish tube, a volunteer stepped forward to tell me to continue straight ahead to the next street before turning left. "[...]

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