Tri Beginner‘s Luck

It’s officially Summertime! While some of ya’ll will race through to fall without even a little break, TBI will take a break from making fresh episodes, as we rest, recover, and rejuvenate before we hit the fall season strong.   Our team has voted and we are bringing you all a replay of the  IG Popup lives and our most popular episodes.  A dream deferred has become a dream realized.  Next to the d...

It’s officially Summertime! While some of ya’ll will race through to fall without even a little break, TBI will take a break from making fresh episodes, as we rest, recover, and rejuvenate before we hit the fall season strong.     Our team has voted and we are bringing you all a replay of the  IG Popup lives and our most popular episodes.    In this episode of Tri Beginner’s Luck, we have the plea...

It’s officially Summertime! While some of ya’ll will race through to fall without even a little break, TBI will take a break from making fresh episodes, as we rest, recover, and rejuvenate before we hit the fall season strong.   Our team has voted and we are bringing you all a replay of the  IG Popup lives and our most popular episodes.  Now, we are on a roll, and we have IRONMAN Champion and Head...

It’s officially Summertime! While some of ya’ll will race through to fall without even a little break, TBI will take a break from making fresh episodes, as we rest, recover, and rejuvenate before we hit the fall season strong.   Our team has voted and we are bringing you all a replay of the  IG Popup lives and our most popular episodes.  Next, we have a re(p)lay with Coach Marcus Fitts, Founder of...

It’s officially Summertime! While some of ya’ll will race through to fall without even a little break, TBI will take a break from making fresh episodes, as we rest, recover, and rejuvenate before we hit the fall season strong.     Our team has voted and we are bringing you all a replay of the  IG Popup lives and our most popular episodes.    Up first, is a repeat guest that Michanda got to intervi...

It’s beginner’s season.  Well, actually, it’s always beginner season for us because there is always a race to learn to TRI.   For the month of June, we will highlight beginners as they share their stories.  It’s the modern-day race report, if you digg.     This week’s featured beginners are: Nargis Fontaine and the Naugatuck Tri Team    Ask for what you need, receive the gems, and then knock down...

It’s beginner’s season.  Well, actually it’s always beginner season for us because there is always a race to learn to TRI.   For the month of June, we will highlight beginners as they share their stories.  It’s the modern-day race report if you digg.   This week’s featured beginners are: Elyse Braner, Jessica Long, and Jenny Wu Elyse and Jessica are teammates on Capital Y-Tri Team.  They experienc...

It’s beginner’s season.  Well, actually it’s always beginner season for us because there is always a race to learn to TRI.   For the month of June, we will highlight beginners as they share their stories.  It’s the modern-day race report if you digg.   This week’s featured beginners are: David O’Donnell and Relay Team: Koren Ann ( Prasanna Sannidhi)  David O’Donnell understood the assignment and c...

It’s beginner’s season.  Well, actually it’s always beginner season for us because there is always a race to learn to TRI.   For the month of June, we will highlight beginners as they share their stories.  It’s the modern-day race report if you digg.   This week’s featured beginners are: Katie G. Matthews and Kayla Edwards. Katie G. Matthews knows that if at first you don’t succeed,  dust yourself...

It’s beginner’s season.  Well, actually it’s always beginner season for us because there is always a race to learn to TRI.   For the month of June, we will highlight beginners as they share their stories.  It’s the modern day race report if you digg.   This week’s featured beginners are: Madison Milbert and Ronnie Ham. Madison Milbert is a recent graduate of the Naval Academy and after her NCAA Di...

This week’s episode hits differently. We talking about training, it’s just a different kind of training.  If we don’t train well, we won’t perform well. This goes for our BRAINS as much as our bodies. You wouldn’t skip a physical workout - so don’t skip on the mental training either! The body won’t achieve what the mind can’t conceive. So, this week, we talk about how to get your mind on board for...

In the beginning... there is always a story about one's start. Here is a highlight conversation of my start as an endurance race announcer.

Some talk a good game and some talk a good race.  Ken Berger can do both!  As a former collegiate athlete,  a triathlete, and a race announcer, Ken knows how to bring the energy to a race.   Where do we begin with Ken’s extensive career?  When he was a beginner triathlete of course! As a Captain in the US Marines stationed in Pensacola, Florida the triathlon bug bit him.  He was an early participa...

This episode may hurt a little. We chat about the training we love to hate: Strength, Flexibility, and Mobility.  Mangai Hosang is a certified Strength and Conditioning coach, USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach and level 3 official,  and USA Weightlifting Level 1 coach to name a few of his credentials.  He knows body mechanics and geeks out on the science of it all.   If you don’t have a strong foundatio...

Advocate. Activist. Athlete. A Mother. The First Asian-American Professional Triathlete, Jocelyn Wong Neill.    At 18 years old, life for Jocelyn was full of adventure and trying new things.  After a college injury, Jocelyn pivoted, and her athletic career truly began.  A friend challenged her to join the cycling team, which meant she needed a bike.  So,  Jocelyn did what any 18-year-old would do....

We’ve heard Gandhi’s advice to, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”.”  Well,  I would like to adapt that a bit:  “ If you want to see a change, create the change you want to see!”  This challenge is accepted by the Founder of Varlo Apparel, Soj Jibowu, presenting the fastest growing apparel company in multisport.   Soj started his triathlon journey circa 2016. At TBL we’ve always advised...

When you wake up at 4 am to work out and create significant gains, you don’t want to ruin that with empty calories. What we put into our bodies as athletes matters!  But, what you don’t expect is to be put in the penalty box when you turn down a drink at happy hour.  Well,  “Nobody puts Bill in a corner”, and Bill was having none of it!   Bill Shufelt created Athletic Brewing Company to promote co...

Doc Halliday Golden is a woman of many talents. She is a motivational speaker, coach, and triathlete who has completed over 90 races during her athletic journey.     Volunteering has its benefits and Doc learned early about the power of volunteerism and how it can lead you to a hobby you didn’t know you needed. As a result of volunteering with Lifetime’s NYC Triathlon, she was granted free entry t...

Saying  YES to trying a triathlon can be a scary choice to make.   Once you commit, you start to ask so many questions:   Where do I start?  How do I train?  What do I need? How long should I train?  Can I really do this? Why did I say yes?  Then you start to feel all the feels like you can conquer the world!  You feel happy, excited, scared, uncertain, and confused, but deep down you are proud of...

Gwen Jorgensen is a  mom, wife, and Olympic Gold medalist who has become the master of transitions.  From new career to new move to new coach!  So much new is happening with Gwen and we are here for it!  During this interview, we learn so much about Gwen.  How she truly got her start in Triathlon.  Can you imagine, going to a Division 1 school for Swimming and Running only to be recruited for Tria...

Camille Baptiste is disrupting the Tri space by F’ing things up!  She is bringing Fun, Family, and Fabulous Finish Lines to local races in Austin, Texas.     As an adult, Camille learned how to bike and swim in the same year and fell head over heels in love with triathlons.  But, like many athletes, she was becoming worn down by  traveling to races and caring  for her family. There was enough time...

Strong. Determined. Creator and more. Nia Obotette is every woman, and she wants you to be a triathlete!  Like many triathletes before her, running was the gateway activity that sparked an interest in triathlon.  Growing up in the midwest, the sport was a bit foreign to her, but she was willing to tri and the rest is history.  During the pandemic, Nia was searching for books for her niece. She dis...

When Megan Ritch did her first triathlon, she had no clue she would eventually lead the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access efforts for USA Triathlon.   Little did she know how  a magazine article in Triathlete Magazine would create a ripple effect to dismantle institutionalized standards for access and representation in triathlon.   Megan takes her role seriously as the Manager of DEIA with...

Most kids at the age of seven are playing with toys, having playdates with friends,  or looking forward to the weekend when they can watch cartoons.  Well, Sade Smith was not like most kids!  Sade was very active from a young age and when asked if she wanted to try a triathlon, she jumped at the chance. She had no idea that one yes would change the trajectory of her life.  After Sade’s first triat...

There is a reason Max Fennel was named by Triathlete Magazine as the most interesting man in triathlon.    If Max can dream it, he will do it! As we learned in our interview with Max, there isn’t much he can’t do once he commits. As the master manifester and the director of his journey, Max has no limits. After an MCL injury ended his dreams of professional soccer, he found a new purpose and missi...