Fears are something we all have in common, maybe not the fear of the same things, but we have all felt fear at one point in our lives. I recently had the opportunity to do something that I am pretty afraid of. As much as I love to ride my bikes, I am terrified of
Chances are you are either a morning person or you hate morning people. Well maybe not hate…but you are slightly annoyed by them. Does it matter whether you work out in the morning or evening? Is one better or worse? That is the question I often get asked so I thought I would address it.
“It’s not personal, it’s business.” That is the line Tom Hanks said to Meg Ryan in “You’ve Got Mail”. Yea, it is a chick-flick and you may not have seen it, but that scene has always resonated with me. Sometimes, for me, it is difficult to separate the two. Over the past four years that
I talk a lot about balancing life and endurance training all the time with our athletes. It is by far one of the most difficult challenges I see people struggle with on a daily basis. Sometimes I feel like I juggle things pretty well, but when a tragedy occurs, you rethink everything. Last week, my
I have always been fascinated by the human body. More specifically, what the human body is capable of doing. As I have been watching the Olympic Trials, Tour de France, and Wimbledon, it has been so inspiring to see how hard athletes train for one event. For many of these athletes, they have one opportunity,
Over the past 11 years I have coached and worked with all different levels of athletes; from beginners to advanced, and everyone in between. The one thing they have in common is they are all athletes. Some of them say to me that they are not an athlete, but that is where I disagree. Everyone
A year ago I was riding my bike on the trainer and watching Phil Keoghan’s documentary, “The Ride”, where he biked across the country on his 40th birthday. I knew then, just turning 39, that I wanted to do something really big for my 40th birthday. It is still a little hard to believe that
To persevere, Webster’s defines this as: “to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.” As endurance athletes we hear these words often, “persevere”, “go the extra mile,” and “keep your eye on the prize.” They are the words and phrases that help
Denial is a crazy thing in life and can be quite powerful. In all my years in the fitness business, I have seen many people in denial and only the lucky few break free and gain the benefit of learning so much about themselves in the process. To have success and live denial free, you
1/1/2014 The New Year is upon us and if you are like most people you are in the process of making resolutions about things that you are going to change in the New Year. The problem with resolutions is not when we make them, it’s do we keep them. In the December and January months
