Beginner Triathlete - Beginners articles

I am going to discuss why we do it. If you understand why, then these detailed lessons and tips become much more meaningful.

Don’t give up just because the training is difficult. Don’t let fear win just because you find yourself uncomfortable.

Dog training techniques have surprising parallels to triathlon training and race preparation. All the lessons I THOUGHT were for my dogs started seeming very applicable to me! Here's what I learned.

So the first step on the road to becoming a triathlete starts out with a basic Decision. What is the Decision? It’s simple. You just decide to become a triathlete. Sounds impossible? Perfect.

After two years out with injury, will I come back better?

Triathletes share stories of losing weight, improving health, making new friends, relieving stress and beating addictions

Off-Season thoughts for new triathletes including indoor training, Computrainers, heart-rate training and strength training.

Feeling blah? Tempted to miss a workout? Here are some practices as well as on-the-spot tricks to get you into your workouts when you're just not feeling it.

A back of back of packer feels sympathy for the vast middle of the pack who never gets nearly as many cheers.

Doing triathlons will help you re-energize your optimism about life and feel 30 again. I promise!

Because triathlon can become a lifestyle, it can also become very complicated. But, it doesn’t have to.

A compilation of things I learned while participating in triathlon races.

Why do triathletes need a recovery week and why do we feel so bad during it?

This is an article about attending my first triathlon (as a spectator - I had never entertained the possibility of actually participating one before!), and how inspiring and motivating I found it.

An unexpected upside of completing a full distance triathlon