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Saturday morning in Singapore means the "Starbucks Run". The Starbucks Run follows a paved river trail right through the heart...

It is time for the post-Ironman gear review. I am really not the gear geek that many of my colleagues are. This is partly because on my part...

They say you never forget how to ride a bicycle. But I am getting worried.  I have only had one real training ride since early May.   It...

My mailing address says Tokyo, Japan, but I actually live ensconced in an expatriate bubble, and my day-to-day existence rarely provides any...

Apparently most ironman finishers experience a "cavern of despair and disorder" after ironman, an "inevitable sense of letdo...

With a week to reflect, here is a bit of postrace analysis: 1. Should I have pushed myself harder on the bike? I know, it is easy to say n...

Of course it is a bit disconcerting when on the first few steps of running a marathon your legs buckle beneath you and you almost fall on yo...

"Enjoy your Ironman experience."  That is the most frequent advice I heard from the Ironman pros when they are asked to give advi...

At a certain core, primal level I am simply scared of open water.  There is something ominous about the ocean and each triathlon I have don...

  The afternoon before my first ironman effort finds me surprisingly relaxed.  Maybe it is the fact that the weather forecast anticipates w...

So with some sixty-odd hours to go until the Ironman, my mind is not focused on race goals, tactics, nutrition, packing or last second work...

The monkey is on my back again.   I am hitting the coffee and hitting it hard - a short Peet's Lost Sumatra Roast in the morning,  a la...

The financial cost of doing triathlons has become a crushing burden for me.  My entry fees alone for the New Zealand and Japan Ironman appr...

The greater Tokyo area is not known for its swimming beaches.  Apparently Japan's post-war industrial push combined with decades of ram...

OK with eight days to go until Ironman Japan I need to at least start to think a bit about the logistics, strategy and and taper. 1. Logi...