I wanted to go cycling with my toddler. Working within a tight budget, here’s how I chose the best child bike seat for our needs and an affordable used bike for me. All of my best advice to start family cycling adventures together — including the bike accessories we use most and a comparison of the various ways you can bike with a toddler.
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Women’s Mud Run Events: These Ladies Only Mud Runs & Obstacle Adventure Races Are Great For A Girls Weekend Getaway!
For the muddy-minded, adventure-seeking lady, there’s no shortage of dirty fun events in the U.S. and beyond. How fun would it be to give one of these women’s mud run events a try for an upcoming girls weekend getaway?!
For Your Cycling Bucket List: One-Of-A-Kind Biking Destinations For Beginner, Intermediate, And Advanced Riders
You don’t have to be a competitive cyclist to enjoy the freedom of being on two wheels! You can ride solo, in a big group, or with your family. And ride in different areas — like in a city setting, on mountain trails, or on the road. What cycling trips are on your cycling bucket list?
Social Media For Runners: 5 Ways Social Networking Can Help You As An Ultrarunner
Social media for runners consists of many different things. Here are 5 fun ways you can use social media to support your efforts and goals as an ultrarunner
Running Music Dilemma: Does Listening To Music While Running Help Or Hurt Your Performance?
When you go running, do you take a full music playlist with you? Facts about running music and the degree to which it helps (or hurts) running performance.
Mud Run Obstacle Course Guide: What To Expect And How To Prepare For Your First Mud Run
If you’re wondering what it’s REALLY like to participate in a mud run obstacle course race, here’s the inside scoop. What you can expect and how to prepare for your first mud run event.
Honest Mud Run Training Tips & Tricks From Experienced Mud Runners
Preparing for your first mud run? These tips from experienced mud runners will be super helpful! Who knows what you can expect better than someone who’s actually participated in a mud run …or 2 or 3 or 4? Here are some little-known secrets that will help you prepare — and have more fun — at your very first mud run.
Endurance Sports – What Lies Beyond Triathlon For Multi-Sport Athletes?
If you are interested in exploring the world of endurance sports beyond or as a complement to triathlon, here are some areas worth investigating.
Annual Ride Of Silence – A Bike Event Worth Adding To Your Race Calendar
The Ride of Silence is an annual bike event that honors cyclists who have died in accidents with motor vehicles. It seeks to raise awareness of cyclists’ right to the road. Participants ride no faster than 12 mph for no longer than an hour, and they maintain silence as in a funeral procession.
How To Put The Fun Back In Triathlons, Training And Being A Triathlete
Sometimes, in order to survive as a triathlete, you’ve got to break the rules. You may be suffering with a severe case of the triathlon doldrums if you have any of the following signs…
How To Be A Green Triathlete
There’s no question that the sport of triathlon leaves an ecological footprint. Thankfully, more and more triathlon race directors and organizers are going green. Here are some examples, plus tips for being a green triathlete.
New Year’s Resolutions To Help You Become A Better Triathlete
As a triathlete, there are several ways you could apply the concept of a New Year’s Resolution to your training. Following are some tips for coming up with New Year’s Resolutions that could help you to become a better triathlete.
Social Networking Internet Sites For Triathletes
Here are a few benefits of social networking sites for triathletes — from niche networking to race-specific details, and everything in between. You’ll find some of the best triathlon sites to focus on, and ones to stay away from.
Triathlon Vacations: How To Turn A Triathlon Event Into A Family Vacation
There’s a lot involved when traveling and vacationing in conjunction with a triathlon event, but with proper planning, it can be a great trip for all involved. What follows are some tips for turning your next triathlon event into a family vacation.
How To Start A Triathlon Club
Here are the benefits of belonging to a triathlon club, tips for starting a triathlon club yourself, guidelines for organizing your triathlon club, and ways to make your triathlon club successful.
How To Beat The Triathlon Blues
This morning when I woke up, being a triathlete felt like a burden. The triathlete blues often hit around August when you’re a little worn out, and your most important goals are still ahead of you. Your body has acquired its aches and pains, the summer heat begins to wear on you, and all kinds of frustrations get into your head. Here are some tips for dealing with triathlon blues.
Reason #5 To Do Triathlons: An Abundance Of All New Sights, Sounds & Smells
While training for triathlons, try to be fully present in the moment and what’s going on around you. Let yourself enter into the full sensory experience of sight, smell, and sound around you. Your triathlon training will be much more enjoyable
Reason #4: Triathlons Are FUN… Really!
What makes triathlons fun? Well, it’s going to sneak up on you, but one day you are going to come across someone who is right where you are right now. Suddenly, it’s going to hit you that you did make it, that you persevered through all the challenges and obstacles, you accomplished your goal, you have become a stronger person — YOU did it!
Reason #3: Triathletes In Training Are The Nicest People You’ll Ever Meet
I feel overwhelming gratitude for the people I have met and the new friends I have made along the way of training and competing in triathlons. These people have greatly impacted my life. I learned an important life lesson: don’t judge people, because there is always more you don’t know about someone than what you do know.
Reason #2 To Do Triathlons: You Will Be Much Healthier And Fit
There will be times as a newcomer when you will be tempted to reconsider doing triathlons. Here are some of the situations that made me think twice about doing triathlons… Plus, how I eventually got healthy and fit.
Reason #1 To Do A Triathlon: The Difference Between Existing And Truly Living
One big reason why you will be glad you finished your first triathlon is: The person coming out of the water will not be the same one who went in. After completing the swim, doing the bike, and running across the finish line, it will be a different you. Maybe it is not so much a ‘different’ you, but a part of you that has only now been awakened.
