Womens Triathlon Blog

CEO Challenge Triathlon

Anne — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:06:23 +0000

Are you an ultra-achiever? Here is the tri event for you. Not only do you push your limits but you can also meet others like you.

For the first time ever – a CEO Challenge event for women only! Open to women CEOs and business owners who want to meet like-minded women business leaders over a weekend of triathlon. Dinner on Saturday night, VIP treatment for family / friends on race day, and lots of opportunities to share experiences with women who have a passion for running a business, and being healthy.

You don’t have to be an athlete

Anne — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:57:17 +0000

I read short this article (“Trust me, if I can do it, you can do it” , Post-Bulletin) and it was pretty good, but this was actually the most important point.

You don’t have to be an athlete to participate in triathlon. That’s the beauty of it. As long as your goal is to finish and have fun, everyone can give tri a try.

If you are beginner and starting to get overwhelmed with the task ahead, let it go. As long as you are giving it a real effort and training, you’ll probably do a lot better than you ever thought.

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TV’s ‘Biggest Loser’: A Big Loser

Anne — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:25:20 +0000

Great article about the real goals of exercise and weight loss…

From Beginner Triathlete

The Athlete’s Kitchen
Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD

As I write this article, I’m watching The Biggest Loser on TV. Many people have been asking my opinion of this popular show, so I feel obliged to scream out: It’s terrible! It’s horrible! It’s abusive! I also feel like throwing my shoe at the TV. Here’s why—

The messages in The Biggest Loser are all about deprivation, denial, starvation, and punishment. Exercise is akin to torture. Food is the fattening enemy. The participants use sheer willpower….

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE.

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The Real Appeal of the Triathlon

Anne — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:34 +0000

Remember when you were little, on those perfect summer days. Maybe you were on vacation, maybe you had access to everything in your neighborhood. Those days you went to the pool or the beach and splashed and swam and played. Then you rode your bike home or to a friends or just up and down the street. Then you ran and played chasing games. At some base level, the thought and the act of doing a triathlon relives that kind of joyful play. I know that’s what first attracted me. “Hey I love to swim and I love to bike. Running’s OK but it’s fun with my friend.” Part of the triathlon is that summer day of your childhood. Think about that next time you’re on the 3rd K of your 10K run and smile!

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When you’re ready to quit.

Anne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:01:46 +0000

Are there time when you are competing in a triathlon, or even during a grueling training session, when you think “OK, I’m done. I don’t need this” ? I know these times come to me. But triathletes get through these thoughts. We ignore them, muddle through them, shout them down, whatever it takes.

I love this quote by champion triathlete Natascha Badmann of Switzerland. She has won the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. Badmann, who by the way, is a married social worker with a daughter, trains up to 35 hours a week. Three times a year she goes to the Canary Islands to train where she has to deal with the heat and fatigue to prepare herself for Hawaii.

“Everyone who does a triathlon comes to that place where the inner voice says, Why don’t you stop? You’re tired,” says Badmann. “If you realize it’s all in your mind, then you can try to manage it. I wasn’t born that way I work at it every day.”

If you’ve ever seen her race, you can see she has a positive, friendly attitude. But it helps me to know that even top triathletes work on the mindset too.

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