Category: Newsletters

When TCSD club member Chayito Velez called me last summer and announced, “I know how to get us into Challenge Roth,” I was ALL ears, as I know that the oldest 140.6 mile triathlon in the world…

Sweat is your body’s mechanism to cool itself in hot environments. In fact, the more trained you are the better your mechanism to sweat and cool yourself. If you have a high sweat rate, it…

What is Ketosis? Essentially, ketosis is a metabolic state in which you’re predominantly burning stored fat for fuel and converting fat into ketones to be used by the cells…

It’s said that there are really four sports in triathlon – swim, bike, run, nutrition. Anyone looking for triathlon tips or advice on how to train will surely be told to train for those four…

Buying strong insurance coverage is a necessary evil. I often wonder if it is worth it to spend the money on skyrocketing insurance premiums. I hate giving my hard earned money to Insurance Corporations, because all too often I see these same organizations litigate deserving bicycle injury victims’ cases.

We live on a blue planet covered in oceans. Not only do they provide us with gorgeous venues for triathlon racing, they also account for approximately half of the oxygen we breathe…

Breathing is always happening, always with you; never stops, never rests. Breathing is the key to keeping alive and functioning. We take our breath very much for granted. We condition our bodies, we train our minds, and we manage our nutritional inputs, but we typically do not ‘work on’ our breath.