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What should I work on in the off-season?   Once you finish the last race of your season, you have the opportunity to make an important decision: Do you take a complete break from triathlon? OR do you scale back...

An athlete/coach perspective on Ironman World Championship in Nice   On September 10, I had the privilege of racing in the Men’s Ironman World Championship in Nice, France. The question I have been asked often since I returned from the...

At the end of a pre-race "intro-to-tri" clinic for a large local kids triathlon yesterday, I had a mom ask me "So what do people do if they haven't come to this clinic? How do they know the rules? I...

As we near the triathlon off-season and get out of the whirlwind of racing and travel, it's a good time to look back on the past year, and ask questions about sport participation and why we do what we do in...

As athletes age past the Initiation Stage (ages 10 and under) and into the Athletic Formation and Specialization Stages (up through age 19), the goal generally becomes to create a more periodized training program for the individual or group. Periodization...

A lot of parents have heard recently that we are bringing a big run of Altra shoes into the Playtri McKinney Store (they are here, by the way!) including a run of youth sizes. It is extremely rare that I...

Time for a science lesson! Chances are you've probably heard of an athlete having some form of faciitis (plantar faciitis is one of the most common forms), or maybe heard coaches or doctors talk about foam rolling as a way to...

Parents, we try a lot of different techniques to teach our young athletes how to be process-oriented, team-focused, happy, long-term athletes. Much of what we do comes from or is inspired by resources from the Positive Coaching Alliance. This is...