09/06/2026
We added subtitles to our regular Sunday long run to make it more cinematic. Turns out it was already a horror movie.
Wake up in the dark. Meet strangers in a parking lot. Run an unreasonable number of miles. Slowly stop talking to each other. Then, just when you think it’s finally over… they take you to a pool.
Because only triathletes finish exercising and think “You know what would feel relaxing? Different exercise.” 🎬😂
09/04/2026
A lot of athletes are very good at proving fitness, but fewer are good at building it.
Real endurance fitness is usually less exciting than people want it to be: aerobic volume, fueling, recovering well, holding form deep into fatigue, and stacking weeks without constantly turning training into fitness tests.
You do not need to win the training sessions. You need to be still moving well, absorbing training and progressing three months from now. This process is the boring part nobody wants to post, but it’s the part that works!
09/03/2026
Triathlon season is at its peak, but nobody told the squad we are supposed to focus on one thing at a time (despite coaches advice 🙃)!
We already have quite the lineup of athletes with confirmed entries for some of the biggest marathon majors:
🏙️ Chicago Marathon, Oct 11, 2026
Sunny Chowdhury
🗼Tokyo Marathon, March 7, 2027
Dori Stolmaker
Mollie Morgan
🌃 Boston Marathon, April 19, 2027
Pending validation of BQ, but 4-5 athletes at least
🇬🇧 London Marathon, April 26, 2027
Lily Biro
Dori Stolmaker
Sunny Chowdhury
08/28/2026
From the NFL to learning how to swim in May.. and now, tomorrow, Yusuf lines up for his first triathlon.
The sport may be new, but the discipline isn’t. He’s learned the swim, bought the bike, got fitted, built the volume, took a pretty solid detour with a bike crash a month ago, and then did what athletes do: adjusted, rebuilt, and kept moving.
Progress in a new sport is rarely a straight line, but that’s kinda the point. Tomorrow isn’t about proving he’s an athlete, he’s done that already. It’s about becoming a triathlete. And later in December, we will be celebrating his 70.3 debut in LaQuinta!
If you are out in Anthem tomorrow, give our man a big shoutout for having the courage to be a rookie again!
📸 Askia
08/24/2026
Your $800 watch still doesn’t know how you feel! 😰VO2max, recovery, productive training, heart rate trends - all of these metrics can help us understand what’s happening, but most are estimates or interpretations built from incomplete data.
The metrics are useful data, but the numbers on your wrist are not the final answer. Use your watch to collect data, use context to make decisions!
08/19/2026
IRONMAN advice gets dumbed down way too often.
The reality is, getting better at this sport isn’t about collecting random workouts or hacks, it’s understanding the physiology, managing fatigue, fueling, pacing, and building a training system you can actually absorb.
Slide through to read our top 5 things we keep coming back to with athletes, especially the ones who want to do more than just get through the day.
Also, sticking to useful advice and not just “don’t wear your helmet backwards”, that while it’s important for aerodynamics and photos, it’s probably been debated over and over again 😅