Swim, Bike, Run – Simple Tips for the Triathlete, Part II

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Part II (Running and Biking) My recent post, “Swim, Bike, Run–Simple Tips for the Triathlete Beginner” Part I, focused on the swimming part of a triathlon.  Triathlon swimming expert Kevin Koskella shared simple tips for swimming in open waters. Part II of the post focuses on the running and biking aspect of a triathlon. Coach Jeff Kline has been training beginner triathletes for over 20 years.  Coach Jeff  likes…

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Swim, Bike, Run – Simple Tips for the Triathlete Beginner

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Part I (Swimming) Back in November I posted a blog about the CNN Fit Nation Triathlon Challenge based on a tweet from Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN. Dr. Sanjay Gupta was looking for eager participants for the Fit Nation Triathlon Challenge.  As a result of that post, Linda Fisher-Lewis, a Healthin30 reader was chosen as one of the contestants to train for CNN Fit Nation Triathlon…

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Medical Correspondent is Looking for 5 Eager People to Get Fit

Fit Nation Tri Challenge (the “Challenge”) By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA How many times have you thought about doing something and you keep telling yourself that you’ll do it “someday” or it’s on your “to-do” list? Well, I know I have a pretty long “to-do” list and a Triathlon is on my list along with running the Disney marathon, but it’s way at the bottom, the way, way bottom. I’m not sure what’s holding…

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent, Will Join Me Live on the Next Health in 30 Radio Show (New Changes Coming Soon)

The new time for the Health in 30 radio show with Dr. Sanjay Gupta is now scheduled for exactly 6:07 pm to 6:37 pm EST! The show will be live! We’ll discuss Dr. Gupta’s new book Cheating Death which focuses on how science has made it possible for people — who 20 years ago would have been given up for dead — to defy the odds and literally cheat death.

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