Performance Mindset

Pescara Ironman 70.3 — WE FINISHED!!!!

The long road to an intense and amazing race ended last weekend when Lauren and I both hit our goal to complete the Pescara, Italy Half-Ironman.

Home Stretch — The Abruzzo Half Ironman

Less than a week to race day. In fact this time next week I should have my first Half Ironman under my belt! Wow! These past few months have flown by. It feels like a blur. I have been planning a temporary move to London to launch a new business venture (more…

Recovery — Three Supplements You Should Consider Taking Now

Two days after the Brooklyn Half Marathon and I am feeling strong! Paying attention to recovery and self-care is netting gains in both an improved pace and less post-race discomfort. While there aren’t any magic pills that will…

Balancing the Downsides of Strength and the Benefits of Weakness

“Focus on your strengths”

Stop Giving Feedback and Start Asking for It — Building a Feedback Culture

Every second of every day, we are processing immense amounts of information. The feedback from this information dictates everything we do, both consciously and subconsciously. The amount of breaths we…

Digging In and Counting Down — 7 Weeks Left!

So yeah…less than 2 months to go until race day. If you’ve been paying attention, you would point out that we are actually 7 weeks out, meaning we have 5 weeks left to legitimately train and then 2 weeks to taper before we get to the start line.

Breathe Deeply, Feel Deeply

“Our emotions are held in our breath.”

In all of this training we are going through I feel like I am fighting daily struggles with breathing — getting winded in spin class, turning my head just enough to gulp in air and not just water when I’m in the…

Fitting In: Does It Matter?

This isn’t high school anymore. We don’t care what other people think about us anymore, right? I say, kinda.

I may be one of the rare exceptions to the rest of the western world when I say that I did not give a shit about what people thought of me in high school. I was so…