Book Review: ROAR - How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health and a Strong, Lean Body for Life When my coach told me about the book, ROAR - How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Female Physiology for Optimum...
Book Review: Forever at the Finish Line by Daniel S. Mitrovich
Book Review: Forever at the Finish Line by Daniel S. Mitrovich I've seen the statue of Fred Lebow in Central Park, but didn't know who he was. I always admired it but didn't think much about it until I read the book, Forever at the Finish Line - The Quest...
Fast-Track Triathlete – Balancing a Big Life with Big Performance in Long-Course Triathlon by Matt Dixon
Fast-Track Triathlete - Balancing a Big Life with Big Performance in Long-Course Triathlon by Matt Dixon If you're like me, you run a business, have a family and try to get everything in with limited time. Matt Dixon, prominent former pro-triathlete and owner of Purple Patch Fitness, has a new...
Jeff Galloway: Your Personal Running Journal — Logging Your Progress, Keeping Your Motivation
Jeff Galloway: Your Personal Running Journal -- Logging Your Progress, Keeping Your Motivation When I first started running nearly seven years ago, I kept a journal. I had heard that it kept you accountable. However, I couldn't sustain it. I wrote in it for the first two or three weeks...
Life’s Too Short To Go So F*CKING Slow Book Review
Life's Too Short To Go So F*CKING Slow Book Review Have you ever read a book that you just can't put down? Life's Too Short To Go So F*cking Slow -- Lessons from an epic friendship that went the distance by Susan Lacke is one of those books. Susan Lacke,...
Book Review: Women Who Tri by Alicia DiFabio
Book Review: Women Who Tri - A Reluctant Athlete's Journey into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession by Alicia DiFabio When I first thought about competing in a triathlon, I didn't think about how complicated or hard the sport was, I just jumped in. It sounded fun and how hard...
Book Review: The Champion Mindset – An Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness by Joanna Zeiger, Ph.D.
I just finished reading The Champion Mindset – An Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness by Joanna Zeiger, Ph.D. and I can tell you this was a book worth buying because it focuses on the one thing that we hardly focus on, our negative thoughts! Racing in triathlons is tough physically...
All New The Triathlete’s Training Bible by Joe Friel
All New The Triathlete's Training Bible - The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide by Joe Friel When you start out in triathlons, you don't realize the involvement of the metrics and the actual complexity of the sport. As you get involved and participate in several triathlons, you realize that there's...
Book Review: The Do Over — My Journey from the Depths of Addiction to World Champion Swimmer
I just finished reading The Do Over - My Journey from the Depths of Addiction to World Champion Swimmer by Karlyn Pipes with Tito Morales and I have to say, it's such an inspiring book, it's worth the read. It's not just a book about a woman who has...
Book Review: Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald
I wanted to learn how to get leaner for peak performance on my triathlons so I bought Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald on Amazon. I read the book quickly and had several takeaways I thought I would share with you. For starters, Fitzgerald talks about a six step plan in the...