Eric Harr: 10 Great Reasons to Do a Triathlon Although the reasons people do a triathlon differ, the benefits are universal. That’s what this column is about-it outlines the 10 benefits you can reap from training for and completing a triathlon. Nothing burns more calories than training for a triathlon. Training for a triathlon will […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-25-2018
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Spouse, parent, work, triathlon – 5am’s never felt so good. I work in the stock markets and my area, despite doing well, decided that they needed to cut costs and the method of cost cutting happened to be employee overhead. They let a number of good people go and my name happened to be one […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-24-2018
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How To Fit Training Into A Busy Schedule Unlike Professional athletes, who focus each day around their training sessions and recovery, we must try to fit in some training around an already busy weekly schedule. 2016 was my first year training for an Ironman, and it was my busiest year work wise. By letting someone […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-23-2018
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Triathlete Beth Gerdes’ training-friendly shrimp tacos Gerdes shared one of her weekly favorites: healthy tacos. What I’m eating: Shrimp tacos with jicama slaw. Whose recipe: These shrimp tacos are a recipe that was originally made for me by Jess Cerra when we lived together. 24 medium-size shrimp, de-veined with tail off2 tablespoons cumin1 tablespoon chili […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-22-2018
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Should Recovery Be A Daily Focus? As we begin to examine the various recovery options available to athletes, I can’t help but begin with my top pick, cryotherapy. My down time after a long race is noticeably shorter after a cryotherapy session. I began to notice that many cryotherapy providers were offering a daily cryotherapy […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-19-2018
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Confessions of a Closet Athlete: Central Valley Triathlon Club We’ve all struggled in one or more aspects of triathlon, but we continue to work on our weak points to get better. Quite a few people have told me that they would like to do a triathlon but that they can’t swim…don’t worry, we’ve got two […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-17-2018
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jendoestri It’s 2016 team application time! This is the time of year when teams and brands select the athletes they will partner with for 2016. If after doing your due diligence you are still unsure about the application process, reach out to the team and ask! Many teams accept athletes of all abilities and don’t […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-12-2018
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The Random Triathlete The Olympic is twice as long as the Sprint, the Half Iron twice as long as the Olympic, and the Iron is a several mile swim followed by over 100 miles of biking and then a full marathon at the end. The time limit for Irons is 17 hours so people don’t […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 05-11-2018
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Welcome to the blog of our Triathlon Challenge for Birmingham Childrens Hospital. After a nervous and very messy dash to Warwick Hospital we were told that if the bleeding didn’t stop in five minutes they would have to deliver the baby as both our lives were at risk. After five minutes the bleeding had slowed […]
Push Hard Multisport News for 04-22-2018
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Coaching Triathlon, Ironman and Multisport Athletes At the time there were very few triathlon coaches and no formal coach education programme in the UK. As soon as the then BTA offered the L2 award Simon applied, studied and qualified as one of the UK’s first L3 triathlon coaches. With a strong emphasis on working with […]
