Beginner Triathlete - Scott Tinley's Writings articles

Tinley's take on the motives behind Lance Armstrong's return to triathlon and what it will mean for the sport

As endurance athletes, by definition we must go to our borders to find our center. There is meaning in suffering, we tell ourselves, but not in stupidity.

The grand pull to Kona is both a product of our sport's mythology, marketing, and the intangible desires that each create.

Multisport athletes don’t have to look like cover models from some cheesy sex-and-abs magazine. You just have to be comfortable in your own skin however logo-d or clear.

Stripped of its three-figure entry fees and five figure bikes, when the gun goes off it's still a bunch of crazies doing three sports for a thousand reasons.

I didn’t used to like to run slow. You begin to recalibrate your needs and wants and if-only you could jog an easy two miles, three times per week. Running is a gift.

Our response to injuries are perhaps more telling of our personalities than our plans to heal them. It’s not so much a case of denial as it is disbelief. We are multisport athletes. We don't get hurt.

Tinley on triathlon, aging, and the attitude of a masters athlete

And you thought triathlon was just a sport that requires swimming, cycling, and running.

Balancing the triathlete you are with your vision for the triathlete you could be.

It started like this: In the third week of August 1976, three things happened that altered my life forever. And they all took place within a mile of where we sit tonight.

Scott Tinley on working to play, or playing at work.

Part One: On Speed, Desire and Age. There are some advantages to running slowly. Now, give me a minute here and I'll try to think of one.

To succeed in a multisport event is to sign the entry form and show up to the start. If you put but a toe in the water consider that a bonus. This sport is hard.

It's a lot easier to be really fit and fast than really healthy and happy.