In today’s post I want you to repent about repentance. This is probably my greatest concern with the doctrine of evangelical and reformed churches today. Nearly every church I have attended in the past several years defines repentance as “a turn from sin” or “a turn from sin and turn to God,” or something…
I get asked about my Garmin 920 XT a lot, especially in with athletes I coach wanting to know what tool they should use for tracking their workouts. These workouts are eventually uploaded to Training Peaks and eventually analyzed by me, the coach. I’ve found it helpful to compare and contrast the Garmin Forerunner…
A common question for Ironman Triathletes: How do I get all the gear I need for race day to fit on my bike? There are always some changes one has to make for each race, especially long course Ironman Races. This is an example of where to put all your nutrition and hydration on your bike,…
by Matt Sheeks We live in a “how” culture, and you may notice that many questions triathletes ask revolve around “how?” How do I improve my power on the bike? How do I pull more water? How do I develop a forefoot plant? Perhaps “what?” is just as popular a question, such as, “what…
Download this episode (right click and save) Show Notes: Want to learn how to descend properly on your road or triathlon bike? Want to be able to take corners at speed and in control? This podcast with show notes will be a good knowledge base. Of course there is not substitute for going out…
Using a Control Sheet We’re deep into the off-season and it’s that time of year when cyclists and triathletes become a little bit more concerned with “infrastructure” improvements. That is, we start to improve our indoor training space, look for new equipment, sell off the old, and are generally more willing to try new things…
Every once in awhile I get a really good question from www.everystudent.com. This one I thought was worthy of sharing, because it touches on some excellent questions related to the cause of the Universe and existence of God Question: I am an atheist who studied and practiced various forms of Buddhism for many…
Seattle based triathlete Melodie Hewitt shares with us how she came to know Christ, including a miraculous healing she received as a child that in the end she just couldn’t ignore. Download this episode (right click and save) What follows is a reproduction of Melodie’s blog post, which is basically a letter…
When I first met Andrew Fast, he was living with his parents, had no legitimate results to his name, and literally had mice living in his car. Andrew had to live up to his namesake, so he trained really hard in the Woodinville area for two years with me and several other strong triathletes. Now…
In the third ever Tritheos podcast Marathoner Nick Schuetze walks us through his spiritual journey and discusses the impact Altitude Project had and continues to have on his life. Altitude Project is a Christian distance running camp held every summer in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Their mission is to develop collegiate distance runners to excel in…