Triathlon Swimming Advice
September 12, 2010
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www.napavalleyspa.com After breakfast we head back to meet Luna Chick Pro Athlete Cathy Chesky and four other awesome triathletes calling St.Helena home. A perfect opportunity to learn and gain perspective on what it takes. Thanks!! Sarah Gott Janet Todd Cathy Chesky Alison Jeffrey Chitra Samanta
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Ironman Triathlon Motivation
April 18, 2010
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Best compilation of Ironman and ITU triathletes around. Simon Whitfield Mark Allen Dave Scott Bevan Docherty Craig Alexander Kristin Sweetland Frodeno Gomez Alex Krievins and Josh Wilson Sweet Disposition Temper Trap
Tips for Open Water Swims
March 22, 2010
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You’ve trained in the pool all season, but are you ready for the open water swim? Discover a few simple techniques to help you perform at your best on race day. To help participants prepare for their sports activities, www.active.com also offers a range of online training tools and plans from fitness coaches and world renowned athletes.
Fast Transitioning Swim to Bike
March 2, 2010
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Improve your T1 time by mastering Dave Scott’s Techniques. Active.com’s thriving online community features original content and lively message boards with thousands of topics of interest to active individuals. Additionally, members can create personal profiles, share videos, post comments, ratings and more all at community.active.com
Triathlon, Karena & Katrina Team Hope
January 24, 2010
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ToneItUp Triathlon, Karena & Katrina raise money and awareness for ovarian cancer with ‘Team Hope’. Thank you to everyone that donated! ToneItUp.com had an amazing experience. Also thank you to Scott Sports… we love your bikes! Also thank you Rocket Science Sports for our suits, Zoot shoes and hats, Oakley glasses and Brian for filming us 
Trail Running Tips: Running Downhill
December 4, 2009
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Top trail runners Karl Melzer and Scott Mason talk about how to be more efficient running downhill. For more, watch PCTV online at parkcity.tv
Proper Form for Uphill & Downhill Running
December 2, 2009
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Learn how to perfect your running form on hills. To help participants prepare for their sports activities, www.active.com also offers a range of online training tools and plans from fitness coaches and world renowned athletes.
2008 Nautica Malibu Triathlon
November 1, 2009
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Jennifer Lopez missed the finale of PROJECT RUNWAY but she hauled ass in the 2008 Nautica Malibu Triathlon to benefit Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She joined Matthew McConaughey and Andy Baldwin by sea, land and wheel.
Triathlon Kicking Drills
October 25, 2009
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Use Dave Scott’s drills to maximize your kick potential. Active.com is the leading online community for people who want to discover, learn about, share, register for and ultimately participate in activities about which they are passionate. Millions of active individuals visit www.active.com each month to search and register online for races, team sports and recreational activities; interact with others who have similar interests; start online training programs; and access nutrition, fitness …
Why I Tri
July 25, 2009
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By: Lori Epstein 
I’ve been intrigued by the concept of the multi-sport discipline of triathlon ever since my college girlfriend completed a race the summer after we graduated. Courtney told me stories of rushing out of work to go swimming in a nearby lake with a fellow reporter from her newspaper. Running came easily to her (she was petit and trim; I’d be shocked if she weighed one hundred pounds soaking wet), and she had grown up riding her bike around the streets of Rochester. By the way she described it, it sounded like the best summer of her life. But I was too busy, and too out of shape to even begin to consider it for myself. Maybe later. I tucked her comments away in my memory vault.
When I turned thirty, I heard Courtney’s little voice in my head encouraging me to give it a whirl. Could this be the year? I was no marathoner, but I had been participating in a lot of New York Road Runners races in Central Park, so I could certainly handle the run part of a sprint triathlon. But the more I thought about, and the more I investigated local races, I came to the conclusion that since I didn’t have a bike (even though my die-hard cyclist girlfriend Paquita guaranteed me that I’d love riding in the city), and that I really wasn’t comfortable swimming in the East River, it wasn’t likely that I’d do one. I stuck to running in the park and assuaged my guilt by enrolling in horseback riding lessons and joining a gym to vary my workouts.
A few years later, I moved down to Washington, DC and met my boyfriend. An avid cyclist, Scott encouraged me to go out riding with him. He bought me a used bike from Craigslist and from the minute I hopped on, I loved it. I probably hadn’t been on a bike since I was ten years old, and it was the most whimsical, liberating, dejavu-ish feeling I’d ever experienced. I called Paquita to tell her I was finally in the bike club! I could practically hear her smiling through the phone: “Oh, Lori! It must be love if he got you on a bike!”
Scott and I took short rides on the bike paths in DC and Virginia and gradually built up my endurance for longer rides in the Shenandoah Mountains and other nearby valleys. The more comfortable I got, the more I started to think about doing a triathlon again. Scott and I talked about it and he confided that he’d always thought about it, too. But fearing his swimming was not up to par, he stuck to duathlon events highlighting his running and biking skills. Then one day, he gifted me with a one-year membership to the DC Tri Club. The gift came with the caveat that I didn’t have to do a triathlon, but that I could use the group workouts as motivation. And if I wanted (“No pressure”), I could work towards doing one in the future. I ran to the computer to Google “public pools, Washington DC.”
That was about eight months ago, and I’m currently in training for my very first triathlon. I’ve selected an all women’s event later this summer (if for no other reason than to avoid any inadequate feelings of being lapped by sweaty, six-packed men—now I’ll just feel inadequate as sweaty, six-packed women lap me). I’m nervous, for sure, but I’ve still got plenty of time to prepare for the event in August. My girlfriend Elizabeth has done a number of sprint triathlons (sprint being the shortest-distance race: 750-meter swim, 18-mile bike, 5k run) and is helping me train. We meet once or twice a week at 6 a.m. to ride for an hour and a half and we swim in the evenings at a free pool on Capitol Hill. I know there will be a lot more women out there at the race who will do better than I will, but I’m not going to concentrate on that. I’m going to focus on doing my best and finishing so that I can tell the next generation of triathletes that this was the best summer of my life.
Photo of the author and her bike, courtesy of the author
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