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D3 in the News
Life's Transitions
Born to Suffer
Quote of the Month
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information contained in this newsletter is the opinion of Mike Ricci and D3 Multisport on endurance training, racing, and nutrition. These points are suggestions on how to train and not recommendations for athletes. Any article on the D3 Multisport website may be reprinted into a paper or online newsletter for your NON-PROFIT club or organization, so long as Mike Ricci and www.d3multisport.com are credited. If you do reprint or link to any D3 Multisport material, please send a courtesy email to mike@d3multisport.com. For medical advice, and before starting a strenuous training program, consult with a physician.
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Opening Thoughts
The purpose of this e-letter is two-fold. First I would like to share information on training/racing techniques that I have developed in my fifteen years of racing/coaching. If you think there is something valuable in here that others could use, please pass it on. If there is something that you would like to see in here,send me an email. I have developed a large network of great resources and I if I don't have the answer, I will know someone who does. Secondly, this e-letter will be my personal space to brag about the athletes I coach and give them the praise they deserve--after all--it's the athlete that does the hard work.
Train Smart,
Coach Mike
"Only those who risk going too far, can find
out how far one can go." - T.S. Eliot
D3
in the News
Coach AJ was named in Inside Triathlon as an All-American in the 25-29 AG. Congrats AJ!
Life's Transitions
by Coach Kevin Konczak
16 Ironman races, countless unknown sprints and international distance triathlons, duathlons, and a hefty background preceding it all in Nordic ski racing. Where has it left me? What is the next step? How did I get here? Getting into the sports I have chosen over the years was at first out of pure love and learning as well as the joy of being outdoors; it seemed the happiest time for me as well in racing. Then it became competitive for me once I started getting decent (by my standards). After that, it was climbing to the top of my age group results. Not long beyond that the goal was to climb to the top of the overall age groups and begin beating some of the professional triathletes. Aspirations of racing with my heroes as a professional soon followed my top age group finishes. After one single year of professional racing, with fairly poor results except for my mediocre inaugural race in New Zealand, I went back to age groups. All this transpired while keeping a full time job, as well as another side job, and being married. Then racing was a matter of adventure and travel and seeing new places and sights. Now certain things can be reflected upon in my triathlon career, as I felt the transition in life taking place the last few years.
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Martina Young on Mt Chamonix in France.
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Quote of the Month
"Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Born to Suffer
by Coach Erik Cagnina
Since dropping out is never an alternative (at least as long as I’m conscious and have some say in the matter) and having a good race was no longer a possibility on that day, a fast transition was the least of my concerns as I approached T2 at Ironman Florida in 2003.
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