Beginner Triathlete - My First Triathlon articles

I walk over to get my timing chip removed – uh oh, it’s not there! The moral of checking that your timing band is attached firmly.

At 66 years old, I completed my first sprint triathlon!

Feeling confident and cocky, after finally losing some weight, I got off my back side and into triathlon.

Lake Havasu Tri 3/19/2011

A Middle-Aged, First-Time Triathlete Overcomes the Elements and Takes Care of Some Unfinished Business

Towards the end of December 2010 both my daughter and son came up to me and said “Daddy we want you to get healthy and not die."

Overcoming many injuries, cancer and FEAR to compete in a triathlon

What my first sprint distance triathlon taught me about myself.

An impending baby inspires a father to become fit, along the way discovering world of triathlon

Signing up was the easy part though. So easy that I signed up my 19 year old son to race with me. Now came the training.

A woman trains for and achieves her goal to do an almost 3 hour Olympic triathlon in her 50th year

My first triathlon and a comeback from being overweight and sedentary

Ups and downs race report from the Lakes to Pines Sprint Triathlon by a master's aged newbie.

I thought I'd feel out of place among triathletes - until I realized I was one.

I started training for triathlons in my early 20's but never entered one. Twenty years later found me still a newbie, with many extra pounds, much more humility and a healthy dose of reality.