In 2009, I made a New Year’s Resolution to run my first 5K. I assumed I’d run the 5K, cross the accomplishment off my bucket list, and go back to being a couch potato. But that didn’t happen. Instead, that 5K led to something else: 20 months after making that resolution, I completed my first…

This is a post from Susan Lacke.  When we were first introduced to Susan, she had just run her first marathon, barely a year after resolving to run her first 5K.  I was both shocked and inspired when she casually mentioned that she'd be doing her first Ironman triathlon in September. Well, September is here,…

When I tell my runner compatriots the dirty little secret that I'm actually a—gasp!—triathlete, I almost always get one of two responses: "You're freaking crazy"; 0r "I wish I could do that. I just can't swim, though. I need those arm-floaty thingies or I'll drown." To the first group, I smile and laugh. (Okay, I…

Newbie Stank: (noo-bee STANK) noun. The gaffes of the new triathlete which make it very obvious he or she is new to the sport. See also: Susan Lacke, No Meat Athlete’s resident triathlete and Perma-Noob. There are things that I wish people had told me when I began training for triathlons…things that seem like they…

Post by Susan Lacke. Fear is probably the thing that limits performance more than anything – the fear of not doing well, of what people will say. You've got to acknowledge those fears, then release them. -Mark Allen, six-time Ironman champion Almost every morning, on my rides or runs, I pass a couple of movie…