Blog

16 May

We are not naturally speedy animals. In our first full show, Andrew and Michael discuss how humans use their smarts and ingenuity to get fast. ...

16 May

Meet Andrew of STAC and Michael of X3. Two endurance nerds talking about the myriad innovations in the endurance sport world. ...

30 Apr

Reduce Safe to say that the sport of triathlon comes with a not-insignificant environmental impact. We consume a lot of ‘food’ in aluminized plastic packaging. We ride bikes made of a material that is virtually un-recyclable. We travel to training and travel to races. We wear...

16 Apr

I was vaguely in the market for a new bike. Mostly because I’d been aboard the Garneau TR1 since 2017 and was keen for a change. The long-term plan was to go disk, but a disk frame was just not in the cards for this...

02 Apr

If you consider yourself someone who trains rather than someone who exercises, you have no doubt had a workout go sideways. Maybe you're sick, or your girlfriend dumped you, or your kid was up all night with the projectile vomits (true story), or your boss...

20 Feb

So you have yourself an indoor trainer and a target race or a fitness goal. Great! Now what? There are countless plans and programs available. There’s the complete DIY option. There’s the full coaching option. If you have a coach, then listen to your coach! Otherwise, the...

24 Jan

I spend too much time on social media. I tell myself – and my family – that I’m doing it for work. This is not entirely untrue. But I spend too much time on social media. I’m a professional coach – that is, I get paid...

17 Jan

I don’t like uncertainty. My career, my company, my brand are all dependent on the premise of certainty. Athletes who pay me money to coach or counsel them, trust that I have the tools to help them succeed – to take them from ‘A’ to ‘B’. From...

09 Jan

I’m at capacity for coached multisport athletes for 2019. It feels good to say that. That’s due in large part to the fact that I scaled that capacity from north of 30 in 2018 to just 20 this year. This was my double-down on quality...

28 Nov

I’m registered to race a 10k in four days, and I have a chest cold. I could be a case study for an immunologist. I’ve been too sick to race my last three races – Toronto Triathlon Festival in July, Chase the Coyote in September, and...