The TRS Edition Falco V
For those who are willing to leave behind the traditional looking bikes and enter into the world of dreamers, welcome to the Falco V. This…
Opinion
8 Reasons Why You Should Turn off the Tunes While Training
Walk into any gym and you’ll probably see a slew of people mindlessly churning away on ellipticals, treadmills, and stationary bikes. 99% of these people…
Pro Triathletes: You Only Need 1,000 True Fans
Very few professional triathletes will make enough money through prize money alone to pay the bills, let alone save for the future. Unless you’re winning…
Observations and Images from Ironman Texas
It was a tremendous day and an amazing race in The Woodlands, Texas. With all of the tough age groupers fighting late into nightall and…
The Pro Road Map
The problem that professional triathletes have is leverage. Of second order importance is exposure, but these two, combined together, can solve many of the problems…
Fantasy Triathlon is Good for the Sport
According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, more than 41 million adult Americans and Canadians play fantasy sports each year. On average 1 in 5…
Sexism at Slowtwitch
NOTE: It was brought to my attention that Jack Weiss resigned in the fall from the USA Triathlon board. The article was corrected as soon…
The Standard for Professionalism is Flawed
My problem is with the system. I do not think that a person who does well at a few races should be able to declare himself or herself a pro. There are more and more “Part Time Pros” as I like to call them because they cannot make a living on the few sponsors that they have and the few races that even pay past the 5th place finisher.
Leverage Pros, Create Fans, Grow the Sport
This is a response to Jim Gourley’s article, “Do Ironman Pro’s Matter?” Going on my 5th year as a Professional Triathlete, I have not seen…
Listener Email Sparks Angry Rant About Podcasting
I received this email from Dan this morning: “Subject: your website sucks Message: Mostly the TRS Radio site. You had that thing awhile back where…