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Tim O'Donnell who won the elite division (doing everything twice as fast as me) said during the awards that today was the hardest swim he had ever done and he had never been more happy to exit the water. On the longest section of the swim we swam into the current and in addition the water was...

We just finished our final briefings. It's fun to just sit back and watch the various country's athletes file past. First South Africa, then the French, Great Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia and on it goes. There is a pleasant energy in the room and when the talk ends and it's time for...

The first event of the ITU World Championships was held today with an impressive group of athletes tackling a swim and run. The event is designed to draw the community in and to let them utilize the course that will feature the world championship on Sunday. Athletes as young as ten years old...

As I'm preparing to leave the house to teach a 5:30 am cycle class my usually quiet neighborhood is stirred by the sound of sirens. I look out the window in time to see a fire engine and police car streaming past. My ninty-two year old mother-in-law and my sister-in-law who suffered a stroke both...

I recently completed writing the book Exercising Values so you can imagine how discouraging it was to learn that only ten percent of people who buy a book actually read it. I hope that I might beat those odds because Exercising Values is designed with your busy life in mind. It is a quick read...