I just finished reading the book Brian Boyle just published called "Iron Heart" - wow! it is definitely one of the top triathlon books that ive read and i was just curious to see what other triathletes think?

So I'm out running on the local trail today for my long run. I'm in the middle of my tempo section of the run so my focus is on my running and not necessarily my surroundings. I come blazing (relative term) around a corner and come within 25 meters of a brown bear just chilling on the trail. I looked for bear cubs and didn't see any so I was hoping no to get eaten alive. "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." Lance Armstrong

I used my Sunnto to track the workout and it shows the training story. The 3 red dots on the bottom is when the t6c was stopped and we transition from bike-run-bike-run.

Ok, so here goes...I've had some time off, and I'm starting to get back into training for Timberman 2009 (my first HIM), but i'm having a really hard time getting back into it...I went for a run the other day--very short, but it absolutely destroyed me.

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I've joined a tri training group and am trying to step things up a bit. Previously, if I did an AM workout at all it was swimming. For some reason I can swim semi-conscious with no issues. But I forgot what a complete klutz I am in morning when I went for an AM run. Do you guys have this issue? Are you all morning people? I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

I am fourteen years old, and I have been doing triathlons for a while. I am just now trying to really focus on my training and I have met a dilemma, should I get a coach?? I have an awesome swim, and an ok bike leg. So my question is should I get a coach, and if I do should they be a triathlon coach? A running coach? Tired is a state of mind, exhaustion is a state of body.

My knees hurt when I run. Among the many tid bits of wisdom I've garnered from this site, the reason my knees hurt is because I am fat. (http://www.trifuel.com/forum/17382/gym-rant-revisited) Thanks for that. Some of us need a reality pill every now and then.

Lately, I've been doing most of my running on the beach. 4 Tri's I did last year were beach runs and boy did I suck...... I tried running in the heat of the day to acclimatize myself. I did hill repeats to make sure I wasn't ill prepared for the 2 tris with much modulation. (Tallahassee) But the beach runs (on 5k one 10k) just kicked my butt. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill