Triathlon at Retirement

Here in Texas, competition season is mostly going ahead, but with some Covid-19 restrictions. One change is that participants have been asked to do their own body markings. Competition numbers are usually placed on both arms, and on the side or back of your legs. Your age can also be displayed on the back on your calf. Have a friend do it for you, if you use a mirror,  it will come out like this!

In this post, I share some lessons I learned the hard way. I try to keep it short. You probably have heard that " y ou can achieve anything if you work hard enough at it " . This is not true and implies personal failure, suggesting a lack of effort when record results are absent.  I like to say that   if you train harder and more effectively, you will get better .  Hard and smart training is key, but a Dachshund will never beat a Greyhound and at elite level, talent is needed. What are you really? If you are more of a Dachshund, enormous training volumes will not make you a winner, but result in exhaustion, injuries, and disappointments.  For the competitive personality, what to aim for,   is to be the best you can be while maintaining good health and staying injury free .  Remember, aim one is to participate, if you are injured, everything is lost.  Do not take risks with your body, better to rest an extra day than get injured. Just by comp...