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[This Tri AC race report comes from one of our athletes, who prefers to stay anonymous. She completed her first triathlon season in 2015. This report is about Tri AC, held on August 9, 2015, which was her third race of the season, and her first race in open water with current AND on a[…]
[This race report is from No Limits Athlete Stephanie Riis, who competed in the 2015 NJ State Triathlon – Olympic Distance. This was a tune-up race for her on her way to her first 70.3 at Timberman, 2015.] I asked Maria if she would be interested in this write up for her webpage because I[…]
“A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or mistake will save you a lot of pain. However, if you’re a person who knows it all, you’ve got a lot of heavy-hearted experiences coming your way” ~ Ron Carpenter Jr. This race report begins with my preparation for the race and learning from the mistakes[…]
[The following race report is from No Limits athlete Tim Byrne, who raced Challenge Quassy on June 7, 2015.] To be completely honest: I was not excited to race this one. At all. Three weeks prior to Challenge Quassy, I had raced at the Raystown half-distance triathlon, and had a painful and challenging run. While[…]
“No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever met someone who’s always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don’t exist.” ~Chris Hardwick Let me start my[…]
“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.” ~ John Wooden As many of you have done, I set a few endurance goals when 2015 began. Finish the Florida Double Iron in the top 3 overall Run 200 miles at Infinitus 72 hour race in Vermont Run[…]
We arrived in Tampa, Florida for the USA Ultra Triathlon Florida Double Anvil on Wednesday, March 4th. My parents were already checked in to the hotel and in our room they had left a card, which read: “May the sun bring you new energy by day, May the moon softly restore you by night, […]
Note: This race report is from one of our athletes Tim Byrne, who raced in the 2014 Ocean Drive Marathon. It was his first marathon – and what a day he had! I’ll let him tell you all the story. It’s great! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Ocean Drive Marathon is a point to point course that runs[…]
Twenty-seven athletes, representing 6 different countries, started the Florida Double Ironman (Anvil) Triathlon. Twenty-two of those athletes finished within the 36 hour time limit. With the support of my crew – Maria, my parents, and sister-in-law Tiffany – I was among those 22 athletes to cross the finish line after a 4.8 mile swim, a 224[…]
You have a few months until your “A” race of the season, and you are officially in the “base” or “general preparation” phase of training. Okay, so what the heck does that mean? In a periodized training plan, the base or general prep phase is focused primarily on building an aerobic foundation upon which you[…]
