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Go After It by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon This weekend, I did my first triathlon of the 2012 season. Flashback to the year 2000, the last time I did this race. How long ago was that? I placed ... Read on »

Nutrition 101 by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon One of the topics I find myself talking about over and over again with athletes is nutrition. Nutrition is complicated. Most adults come to this sport with years of media- ... Read on »

How You Can by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Sunday afternoon, I was driving back from a fun photo shoot with 6 amazingly fit, beautiful and driven moms and our collective 9 children. Max was in his carseat, puttin ... Read on »

Domestication by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon You know you’ve become the domesticated version of yourself when you send an email to your husband with the contents of a revenge plot on your neighbors. We’ve ... Read on »

Satisfaction by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon St. Patrick’s Day: corned beef, leprechauns, green beer, parades. For the Irish, it’s probably an equation that couldn’t get any better. For the non-Irish, it’s a reaso ... Read on »

About Time by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Snooki’s pregnant and I’m not. FML. The good news is that maybe with the birth of a child she will outgrow her self-centered, reckless ways to become a ... Read on »

Not Scared Of Monsters by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Back in 2004, I started taking triathlon more seriously. I got a coach. She made me do tests. One of the first tests she made me do in the pool was 3 x 300. I looked ... Read on »

Divided by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon I stand corrected. According to this guy , a certain world champion is taking time off to "recharge her life force.” Sounds exactly like what I do every morn ... Read on »

Things You Don't Know by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon And now to completely shift gears. Did anyone else notice a few weeks ago when a certain world champion in our sport announced her sabbatical from triathlon? ... Read on »

On Swimming by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon WARNING: If you find yourself at masters and the coach hints that tomorrow you’ll do the timed mile, when another swimmer suggests doing the timed two mile do not under a ... Read on »

Moving Out by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon I accidentally packed myself up and taped my lid shut for the past few weeks and labeled myself FRAGILE. Kidding. We’re moving! And why is it that movi ... Read on »

Why Wait? by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon It’s New Years Eve, I was sitting on my bike with my veins running coffee, a million thoughts running through my head, when it struck me what an odd place the eve of new ... Read on »

The Debate by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon There’s a debate in triathlon that will probably rage forever. It’s the one question we all want the answer to. We know the answer is out there – or at least, ... Read on »

The Club by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon You’ve officially joined the club of parenting when you find your backseat covered in Cheerios. I swore to myself it would never be happen. A few years ago, I ... Read on »

Unmuted by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Psst…. I’m here. Turns out I’ve been here the whole time – blogging, talking. But it seems that someone pressed my mute button. I’m not pointing f ... Read on »

The Power Of Stillness by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon You are now entering... The off season. Or, the place where you magically lose what feels like a year’s worth of fitness and gain a shitload of weight in less than 2 ... Read on »

Kona 2011 by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Ironman Hawaii is complete – and I’m not exactly sure where to start. So I’ll go back to the beginning… It started with a song. An entire collection of songs that ... Read on »

Counting Down by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Right now I’m writing to you from under several thick layers of bubble wrap. Seeing that my child woke up this morning with a cold, I’m also breathing through a mask la ... Read on »

Are We There Yet? by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Somewhere between training and racing this is a place called tapering. A place where you find yourself cage pacing back and forth in a series of shorter than usual work ... Read on »

What Happens In Vegas... by Elizabeth Waterstraat Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon This past weekend, I competed in the 70.3 World Championship. Let me start by saying how wrong it felt to arrive in Vegas for…racing. I love Vegas for all of its sinf ... Read on »

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