Lindsey Jerdonek

Lindsey Jerdonek

“The Training Diaries” is a periodic series of posts by Lindsey Jerdonek, a DC Tri Club member, and third-year professional triathlete. In January 2012 Lindsey quit her day job and made the....

Claudia Blackburn

Claudia Blackburn

Over the next few months we’ll be running a series on the real lives of the Age Group triathlete. We’ll chronicle the ups and downs, victories and hardships of training....

Rachel Eberhard

Rachel Eberhard

I’m sitting here on a Monday morning with my muscles feeling sore and stiff as ever. The weekend left my body battered and bruised from snowboarding, only before grinding through....

Ben Lookner

Ben Lookner

Trying to determine the main thing that I like about triathlon or the biggest reason as to why I do it is extremely difficult and indeed goes against the very....

Lindsey Jerdonek

Lindsey Jerdonek

“The Training Diaries” is a monthly series of posts by Lindsey Jerdonek, a DC Tri Club member, and third-year professional triathlete. In January 2012 Lindsey quit her day job and....

Claudia Blackburn

Claudia Blackburn

We continue with the second entry from Age Group triathlete Claudia Blackburn, aka“Ironmaiden”. Facing early season challenges, Claudia takes us through battle and triumph in The Good, the Challenging, the Ugly,....

Claudia Blackburn

Claudia Blackburn

I can breathe again! Imagine that your ability to swim one length of a 25-yard pool at 80% effort would leave you so hypoxic that you needed at least 15....

Rachel Eberhard

Rachel Eberhard

This week we learn more in the second installment of the Age Group training diaries from Rachel Eberhard. To swim, or not to swim, that is her question as she....

Ben Lookner

Ben Lookner

This week we learn more in the second installment of the Age Group training diaries from Ben Lookner. Ben takes us through his plan to race a little lighter on....