Hi folks, welcome to my chatter! People who follow this blog regularly may have noticed my tendency to hesitate to take a physicians advice until their advice earns my trust. The same is true of triathlon coaches. My recommendation to all with respect to sports as you age is that you educate yourself, obtain all relevant inputs that you comprehend, and select your life's course accordingly. If complete trust ... Read more
FitOldDog Seeks First Time Triathletes For Open Discussion Group – I’ve Made Most Of The Mistakes So Why Not Share Them?
"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. If you stay in the center and embrace death with your whole heart, you will endure forever." Tao te Ching by Lao-tzu, translated by S. Mitchell. Hi folks! Welcome! I'm currently building a business, Old Dogs in ... Read more
Think Global But Eat And Race Local, And An Effective Running Tip From My Son
Hi folks! Welcome! Use other runners to pull up your pace as they go by, it really works. Just try to hang in behind them for as long as you wisely can, with the accent on wisely. I like to build local races into my training plan, and local food into my eating plan, because it just makes sense. Plus you meet some great people and enjoy wonderfully healthy food. What's more local than your own garden, in ... Read more
Keeping An Old Body Or An Old Truck Moving Is Pretty Much The Same
Hi folks! Welcome to my thought for the day! Exercise or training strain? Stop, study, solve, fix it, then back on the trails again. Every year I drive my old Chevy truck up to Lake Placid for the Ironman race, using a small town car here much of the time, and I really love that truck. We've had lots of adventures, cooking along the way, but it keeps breaking down as it gets older (and so do I). There are ... Read more
It’s The Clock, Not The Wall, That’s Your Friend When Training In The Pool, But A Fickle Friend!
Hi folks, welcome! My swim coach and friend, Rick, now has me convinced that solid conditioning is key for the swim, and improved technique will come along behind if you watch what you're doing. The clock plays a big role in swim training, and it seems to change speed all the time. If you are trying to make a hard set, say 500s broken, the clock gets faster and faster, both when you are swimming and for ... Read more
Winter Training Begins With A Race To The Death By Prognosticating Woolly Bears
Hi folks, welcome! Bike riding tip of the day: if you carry pepper spray to dissuade unfriendly dogs from interfering with your ride, take care to go to the back of the peloton when you use it. My friends weren't happy to ride through that irritant cloud, but at least it demonstrated how well the stuff works. Those lovely fall bike rides are here at last, and I certainly enjoyed our easy spin this morning. ... Read more
Arch Supports: When Does A Tool Become A Crutch?
Hi folks, welcome! We need tools to assist with weak areas of our bodies, but once the issue is corrected beware turning a tool into a crutch. In the process of providing advice (not medical advice!) to a customer suffering from plantar fasciitis related to weak arches, I agreed to write a blog post on the subject of arch supports. In the process of writing, I found that I had already written on the subject a ... Read more
Your First Triathlon In Your Fifties? A List Of Eleven Training Tips From FitOldDog And Should He Buy An AeroWalker?
Hi folks, welcome to my cogitations! Got to love triathlon! I guess I've completed a bunch of triathlons now, including six Ironman distance races, and every time I meet those (can I say middle-aged?) guys struggling to finish their first Ironman, I think, "If only they hadn't done (or had done) such and such, and they'd be feeling a whole lot better," so I thought I'd hand out a little gratuitous advice in ... Read more
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