Quantcast
Channel: Outdoors » Triathlon
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live

First Annual Schenectady County Pedal-Paddle-Run

Herb and I saw a flyer for this  last week and got an e-mail about it yesterday. It sounds so cool and right up our alley… unfortunately, we already have plans to hike that day (surprise!) Hopefully it...

View Article



Gear we love: Zoggs swim goggles

Herb has been swimming a lot in his ongoing quest to be a triathlete. I’m a less enthusiastic swimmer, despite being a lot better at it than he is (sorry, honey, but it’s true). Part of the problem is...

View Article

I am (still) not a triathlete (Updated with professional help I should have...

Note: this post first ran a couple years ago. I’ve used some of this dreadful experience in a column in Saturday’s TU Sports section about beginner triathletes. Luckily, the advice in the column is...

View Article

The Saratoga Duathlon

I was admiring the long rows of sleek triathlon bikes gathered in the grassy,  sunny field. Aero bars, mondo chain rings and those super duper long straws on the water bottles that you can drink from...

View Article

The Hunter Mountain Olympic Triathlon

Maybe my only moment of panic in the HITS Hunter Mountain Olympic Triathlon came 20 seconds before the start when I realized I was in the front line of the swim. That was not the place for me.  I...

View Article


Riding Amish

During the Hunter Mountain Triathlon a few weeks ago I encountered a really, really unhappy guy on the run portion of the race. He was messing with his heart rate monitor/GPS/watch thingee the whole...

View Article

My version of Rose Ruiz at the Lake Siog Triathlon

Before we even get started, I admit it. You got me. I cheated. I did a Rose Ruiz. I went off course — way the heck off course. I didn’t do it any of it on purpose. The swim started well. I hadn’t...

View Article

“Brick” training on the Tour de Schenectady

I eased the front door closed as quietly as possible. It was just before 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning back in August. In the silence, I heard the footfalls of my neighbor as she ran down the street....

View Article


A great triathlon experience except for cramping, puking and hypothermia

Three months ago, in June, I went to Hunter Mountain to do my first Olympic distance triathlon. On the first day of fall, I went back to do my first half Ironman distance race — a 1.2 mile swim, 56...

View Article


A series of races is serious fun

Go to race, race, and then go home. That’s what I’ve done for pretty much any race I’ve ever done. Until last weekend. The HITS Hunter Mountain Half-Ironman that I took part in on Sept. 22 was part of...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live




Latest Images