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By: Jay Campbell Swim, Bike, Run …. Do well at all three and you will be a good triathlete. But to be a great triathlete, you need to master what some call the ‘4th discipline’, the transition. How important is the transition? It becomes more important in shorter races. In -
By: Donald Smith Hello, my name is Donald Smith from Brighton, MI. I am 13 years old and am in 8th grade. I am currently homeschooled and go to a co-op for electives and other classes. I like homeschooling because it allows me the freedom to ride outside whenever I -
By: Natalie Rowe A few weeks ago, Athletic Mentors hosted their Swim Stroke Video Analysis. There were 12 of us that participated, many of us fairly experienced swimmers…but after watching the videos, we all had technique issues, mostly hand entry and catch issues. Just to give you an idea, I -
By: Jay Campbell If you are a Zwifter, you may have experienced a bit of bike-envy when a glowing-neon-bike came in and out of your view. [A “Zwifter” is a user of Zwift, “… a massively multiplayer online cycling and running physical training program that enables users to interact, train and
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By:Katja Opfer My first season on TAMJD got off to a bit of a rough start when I broke my thumb at my high school ski team’s training camp in early January. While my ski racing season ended before it even began, this meant that I had a lot of
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By: JoAnn Cranson Are you like me and getting a good night’s sleep can be a challenge? “Why can’t I sleep like I did as a teenager?” As we age we produce less of a growth hormone which allows us to not get into as long, deep sleep like when we
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By: Kellen Siems My name is Kellen Siems. I am 14 years old and a freshman at Hackett Catholic Prep. This is my second year racing for Athletic Mentors. I competed in many triathlons and 5K races this past spring and summer. I started off the triathlon season with the sprint -
An interview with program director: Terry Ritter What were some highlights of year four for the program? We were able to win a number of local road races in the Elite class, on both the west and the east side of the state (Waterford and Grattan), with multiple juniors. 3
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