I love telling someone in America that you ran a 10K race. They proceed to say “Ooo how far is that?” you reply in a smug British way, hoping that they would ask, “it’s like 6 miles”.
What does the warmest day in the past 4 months call for? A hike up a mountain, of course after Tim’s 2 ½ hour trainer ride this morning. Little did we know we would learn that our boys are “city boys” and view the outdoors different than we did at their age.
We headed out planning to just walk up the wooden steps to the top of the mountain behind our house and then make our way down for lunch before naps. Thankfully it ended up being much more. The adventures began when Titus found a “secret path”, which is a dirt path rather than the wooden stairs up the mountain. We could not spoil his fun, so Tim let Titus lead the way...
So, you work full-time, you have a family, and you want to train for an endurance sport or other activity. It is no easy task to balance the three and dedicate as much time to each as you want.
We have put together a few tips to start, or maintain, an active family lifestyle. Not every family is the same, we realize that, so here we are some general ideas to get you started.
To be honest I think this is a very silly rule, what benefit does wearing a shirt while on your bike provide? Part of my naivety comes from racing in the USA during the late 90’s and early 2000’s then taking a decade break from the sport. As a competitive swimmer, I admit that I am desensitized to being half naked. Well let me back up, besides an abstract idea of decency, there is no NEED to wear a shirt on the bike (I challenge someone to explain to me a legitimate reason for amateurs to wear a shirt during the bike) but rules are rules.So there I was in my first triathlon in Korea...
This was the season ender and a relatively high-pressure race for me, my nerves were quite calm and I was even joking and laughing before the start....
.....The motorbike official rides up alongside me, about 15km into the ride, and hands me his cell phone as I am climbing one of the major climbs of the course!...
...Steve Prefontaine has a great quote “somebody may beat me, but you are going to have to bleed to do it”....I was now a poor gazelle being hunted by a lion ...
...The sport of Triathlon(# lifelesson) is not about being entitled to a perfect race.