Ordinary Mortals®
The distance doesn't matter
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Putting Everything in Perspective What Makes for a Good Season
Dr. Steve Jonas Dec. 18, 2017
In this column let me share some of the lessons I learned about staying with our sport, even when things seem to be going wrong.
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Some Thoughts on Winter Training
Dr. Steve Jonas Nov. 16, 2017
In terms of training, there are many ways to approach the offseason. Some multisport athletes take off the winter completely. This is not recommended.
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My Children at My Races: Closing the Circle
Dr. Steve Jonas Aug. 29, 2017
An extra special feature of that day for me was that my children, Jacob, 10, and Lillian 9, were brought by their mom, Linda, to see Daddy race.
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On Buying a Bike: Which One is Right for You?
Dr. Steve Jonas July 27, 2017
On choice of bike. For any of us, at any level, that has to do not with some absolute standard but rather with A) what we are out to achieve in the sport at any given time, and B) just how much money we want to spend on the machine.
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Setting Goals that Suit You
Dr. Steve Jonas June 05, 2017
So, he felt “Great,” right? Wrong. “I could have beaten my goal by more than five minutes,” he wrote.
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How Old is Old?
Dr. Steve Jonas May 08, 2017
When Charlie turned 68, he decided that it was time to take up something new. He turned to triathlon and he became pretty fast at that, too.
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The Pearl Izumi Pact
Dr. Steve Jonas April 03, 2017
Last year, I believe it was, Pearl Izumi issued a Pact. Online (of course) they urge people to sign on to it. In my long experience with our sport (34 years at the end of last season), I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
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A Tribute to Dan Honig
Dr. Steve Jonas March 06, 2017
This column is about my long-time friend, Dan Honig, the founder and long-time President of the New York Triathlon Club. I first met Dan at the second triathlon I ever did in October 1983.
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On Turning 80
Dr. Steve Jonas Jan. 17, 2017
But turning 80 itself, that was different. For those of us born in the 1930s (and, I suppose, in the 40s and 50s too), 80 had a sort of a special ring to it. Eighty was old.
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Setting Goals that Work for You
Dr. Steve Jonas Nov. 29, 2016
Is the goal to win the race, to win your age group, to set a PR in a particular race, to qualify for an Worlds, to make the time limit, to simply finish, happily and healthily, saying to yourself “I had fun out there today!”
