Whether you’re training for New Zealand Ironman or Ironman Australia, there’s just one day in March when you need to be on top of your game.
About this time of year I answer lots of e-mails adressing lots of fears and doubts. It seems at this time, lots of guys are reading what others are doing. Comparing themselves to others, comparing their training records to others.
When any of us put a post on a triathlon forum, we don’t tell the readers about our disappointing workouts, or the really tired weeks when …

I noticed this comment posted on my website today. Now I thought, not everyone reads the comments, and Marie obviously has a view. Why not share it with everyone.

1.      marie said

on February 11, 2010
this man is a bully and a coward going by his behaviour at Yeronga Pool this morning towards me, a gentle swimming grandmother who happened to get in his way. Julia, he has nothing to teach you, find someone who treats people with respect.
As with every story there are always three sides, his side, her side …

I’ve always told the guys in the squad to look after one square meter and one minute at a time. It’s such a hard skill to learn. When you go to work on Monday after racing on the weekend. The guys at work ask, “did you win?” After a lengthy, painful explanation about how age group triathlon is not so much about winning as it is improving times, being healthy and staying fit. They just don’t get it.
When your football team plays, all you think about is winning. That’s all the …