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By Erika Erickson Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius I’ve been trying to think of what to say in this blog post for 2 weeks. But my words don’t seem to capture or articulate all the emotions and sensations and half-formed thoughts swirling through me. Even now after the initial glow [...]
By Erika Erickson As an athlete, I struggle a lot with finding and maintaining balance in my training. This isn’t so shocking, because I struggle with finding balance also as a grad student, a friend, a daughter, a sibling, a roommate, a significant other, a…well, you get the idea – it’s hard to balance all [...]
Eric Bean MD, MS and Alex McDonald MD Ahhhh…the off-season! Finally a time for some well-deserved R&R after a long hard, and hopefully successful, season. At first glance, the off season is straightforward. Just do less working out and do it easier. And for most intents and purposes, it is a simple and straightforward [...]
By Erika Erickson Soon, my adoring fans, I will post the long-awaited season recap. Fear not. Or for those who dislike my lengthy recapitulations, perhaps it will be too soon. Regardless, together we can relive the highs and lows of 2012. But not today. In the meantime, let us suffice it to say that Austin [...]
9th Pro overall, 1st amateur athlete overall, FFT Ironman course record, personal IM PR, a ticket punched to Kona 2013, and an unfortunate lesson learned. That was how this year’s Ironman Florida turned out for FFT athletes Jay McCurdy (FFT Pro Development Team Member), Mike Lavery (FFT Madison Coach/athlete), and Andrew Hodges (Pro/FFT Athlete). It [...]
By Alex McDonald, MD Recovery is a broad term to describe all the small things we do as endurance athletes that allow us to train in a highly repeatable manner. The difference between “exercise” and “training” lies in the “details” of recovery. Recovery allows an athlete to maximize their workouts day after day which [...]
By Erika Erickson I just want to begin with a disclaimer. I hate writing race reports. In many aspects of my life, I can make a concise and logically ordered documentation of an event. In my week day job as a lowly grad student, I have to do this all the time. When it comes [...]
By Kirsten Korosec • Active.com Training to qualify for a spot at the Ironman World Championships in Kona can seem like an impossible endeavor, which would require too much time and create far too much conflict for the average athlete. And yet, the isn’t out of reach, even for triathletes who have family, work or [...]
By Kathrine Moose Warren I stole this title from the interwebs, but it fits me perfectly at the moment. Let me explain… My last post ended saying I had gotten a “big-kid job” in Colorado Springs. In a nutshell, things didn’t work out as planned, and though I am in the Springs, I am now [...]
We’re just a month away from race season! This is the worst time of the year for me. Everything is so close, but still so far away. Racing is just a few weeks away, but there are still plenty of painful workouts before then. The weather is trending in a positive direction, but there are [...]
By Erika Erickson As an athlete, I struggle a lot with finding and maintaining balance in my training. This isn’t so shocking, because I struggle with finding balance also as a grad student, a friend, a daughter, a sibling, a roommate, a significant other, a…well, you get the idea – it’s hard to balance all [...]
Often friends and training partners ask me what products and tools I use for training and recovery, so I thought I would share my list of favorites. These are all tools that I find most essential to training, racing, and recovering (other than my bike, running shoes and swim goggles!) I wanted this list to be [...]
From the time we’re in grade-school until we’re settled in our 20′s – some of us, even in our 30′s – we’re told that setting goals is a key, if not the key, to achieving what we want in life. Some people are better at setting goals than others. That is, they either knowingly or [...]
