Beginner Triathlete - Commentary articles

Incremental focus, competence building and careful self-talk are good paths to success

Just because it makes you want to cheer, here are some more video clips.

Four Kona athletes give us their race stories.

Robert Vigorito, the Mid-Atlantic Council Chair, discusses USAT and some of it's initiatives in 2011

A look at Beginner Triathlete members racing in Kona from qualifying to training to family.

Highlights of Beginner Triathlete Members at the Ironman World Championships

BT talks one-on-one with Kari Ebeling, race director of TriColumbia, 501c3 nonprofit hosting a variety of races in the mid-Atlantic region.

Watch Christina Robeson, Chris Bagg, Janda Ricci-Munn and Lisbeth Kenyon battle it out at the 2008 Multisport World Expo in this 10K indoor time trial.

CGI’s headline races are the New Jersey State Triathlon and Black Bear, which is a half-iron and Olympic distance race in the Poconos in early June. We interview the race director, Michelle Redrow.

If you ask beginning triathletes what they fear most, a standard response usually includes some reference to mass swim starts and bike crashes.

We interview Rev3 race director Eric Opdyke. Eric is going to bravely face the series of questions we’ll be asking several race directors this year.

BT amateurs compete in San Diego race on the world stage.

Mark will reveal blow by blow what took him from six devastating setbacks in the Ironman World Championships in Kona to the first of his six World Championship victories on the Big Island.

"After accepting the job, I asked Bill to put on my desk the entire major concerns that needed to be addressed immediately upon my arrival. I wanted the toughest challenges he could give me."

Excerpts from the full-length movie of three BT'ers following their dreams to Ironman. Josh talks about his Ironman dream in this episode.