Outdoor Diva’s 2012 Race Report By Tea Chand I’ve never had so much fun racing. I’ve done a lot of it this year. For me, the biggest benefit to racing as often as you can is that everything becomes habit. Yea, I’ve learned how to deal with different situations. Even more importantly, everything becomes a…
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For May, our MIX1 Athlete of the Month is Kathleen Steffe! Kathleen swam, biked and ran herself to 2nd place in the 50-54 AG at Ironman St George earlier this month. You are probably thinking to yourself, “Well, she’s 50, she’s been doing this a while and has tons of experience, of course she was…
Read MoreThe Estrogen Factor By Amanda McCracken, USAT Certified Coach The sport of triathlon is booming and female participation is a contributing factor. Currently, 37 percent of membership for USA Triathlon (USAT), one of the main governing bodies for the sport, is female. What’s more, the women in the 35-50 year old age-groups make up one-third…
Read MoreWhen sat down to write this article I ran to my closet and started rummaging through my tri gear to see what kind of experienced recommendations I could share with all of you. Interestingly enough I found a mixed variety of tri clothing, including some men?s tri clothing. I?ve made purchases based on recommendations by…
Read MoreWife, Mother, Career Woman, and Triathlon? You are a wife, mother, and career women, in addition to other roles you play. You have gotten involved in triathlon now because you don’t have enough things on your plate already! (Yeah, right.) As it goes with “us” type A, goal-oriented, driven women, a couple of sprint distance…
Read MoreSugar and Spice, Can They Race Nice? by Amanda McCracken When I am faced with a situation in which I fear risking a friendship in the wake of competition, I vividly remember a fall cross country race when I was 14. In previous races that fall I would consistently run the majority of the race…
Read MoreWomen’s Riding 101 Have you ever wondered if you would ever get comfortable riding your bike? Would the discomfort of sitting on the saddle ever go away? Just know that you are not alone in making the adjustment to sitting on your saddle for long periods of time and wishing the ride were over. With…
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