Lessons from one of those "Best Coaches I Never Had" by Kelly Hadiaris One of the triathlon coaches I respect deeply left the sport to pursue other interests. No, he wasn't ever my coach, not even for a day : ) but I respect him a lot and am grateful for the "tri-pals because-we-love-the-sport" type friendship [...]
Over the years in sport as I carve out athletic progress in ways that make sense for me I’ve also navigated through seas of opinions. I have heard, “You take the sport too seriously.” “It is not like you are going to the Olympics,” Or on the flip-side, “You don’t take this sport seriously enough,” [...]
This race was awesome and I am really happy! It wasn't perfect by any means but I'm really excited about how I raced through the personal hurdles that unfolded on race day and still managed to have a really good result. The swim has you jump off the docks near the colorful building and swim [...]
It's been a long time since I have posted. 2016 is looking to be an awesome season and I wish I had been more consistent with the blog. I love keeping a record of all my adventures for me to look back on and I like sharing the journey and tri-life lessons but I simply fell [...]
Here is what I've discovered about self coaching: 1. You get to channel your inner advisor. She is the part of your psyche that can take care of you. You should understand her better. We all have a caregiver part of ourselves. She full of light, belief and self confidence. Sometimes she's hidden deep [...]
I found myself toeing the start line this weekend of FL 70.3, which I lovingly refer to as "The Steamy Mountains of Florida Alligator Triathlon this past weekend. It's a thrilling yet tough tri season opener. This race was extra special because I've been growing as an athlete through the unfiltered lens that IS self [...]
The Training Peaks guys gave me a t-shirt at the 70.3 Worlds Expo this year because when they asked if I'd heard of "Training Peaks," I pulled out my phone and showed them my data in the mobile app with typical Kelly enthusiasm. Any opportunity to data obsess, right? I use the technology at my [...]
Here are some Ways to get Faster: A. Train, work really hard and increase your fitness! Build that engine. B. Train your brain and increase mental toughness to make use of A. C. Get lighter by losing weight so you have less to lug around. (This involves reducing chocolate intake which [...]
