The Britt-Webb Family

My triathlon buddies recently pointed me at this article from the March 18, 2007 edition of Parade Magazine.

What I find most remarkable in this article is:
(1) Aside from a few stem cells and brain cells, we our bodies replace about 1% of our cells every day, or put another way, replace our entire body every three months. I thought it took 10 years for this cycle.
(2) Our emotions are equal and in some ways even more important to controlling aging than exercise. “Exercising” our emotions with close friends and family can do as much to keep us young at heart as working out every day. Amazing!

Yesterday, the Britt-Webb family and the "North Andover Britt" family enjoyed a great outing at Crane’s Beach on the occasion of the Ipswich YMCA Triathlon. My brother-in-law and his son, Frank and Tyler Britt, and I got there around 4pm to get our registration packets and set up our gear. Our families arrived in time to meet us before the event kicked off and to cheer us on through the race.

Morgan and her friend, Ben Kreppein, completed their very first triathlon today, the Haunted City Junior Triathlon. Below is photo slideshow. If you click on the link in the lower left, it will take you to the a Picasaweb album, where you can browse all the photos and download them into Picasa on your computer.

Here is a video of the first of the two triathlons I’m currently signed up for. The Columbia triathlon is an Olympic distance and folks come from all over the world.

Race Day Notes - Note To Self…

Purposely creating Road Kill during the bike leg of a triathlon is a violation of USAT rules!!

From Athletic

THE TRIATHLETE’S GUIDE TO MENTAL TRAINING - Jim Taylor, Ph.D. & Terri Schneider

The Triathlete’s Guide to Mental Training introduces readers to the all-important role that the mind plays in triathlon training and competition. This first-of-its-kind book explores the mental areas that either fosters triathlon success or leads to triathlon failure, including motivation, confidence, intensity, focus, emotions, and pain. Readers learn essential mental tools, such as goal setting, mental imagery, and routines. They also learn how to improve the quality of training and how to avoid overtraining, burnout, and injury. The book offers a section addressing special concerns that triathletes will find valuable, including Ironman training and racing, the unhealhty side of triathlon, and a unique chapter offering lessons from the world’s best triathletes. Ultimately, The Triathlete’s Guide offers readers practical information and useful skills to help them overcome the many challenges with wihch they are confronted in triathlon.

8/9 Update: Results post in Haunted City Junior Triathlon Results this blog entry.

I recently discovered this junior triathlon for kids as young as five years old! I’ve started discussing it with Morgan. I’m hoping she’s up for the challenge. We’ll see. Here are the highlights, which I copied from the official event page.

July 30 Update: Brightroom photos are now online for Erik, Frank and Tyler. There are also some good photos of us in the Lost & Found. I’ve added the preview sizes of these to the end of the photo slideshow below.

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On Sunday, July 27th, my brother-in-law Frank Britt, his son Tyler Britt and I competed in the Massachusetts State Triathlon. Click the play button below to see the photo slideshow, or click the link in the photo’s bottom left to see the Picasa Webalbum.

I’m using this page to help me track the runs, bike races and triathlons that I’m thinking of competing in this summer. From here I will link to race information and my blog posts if/when I write about them.

Here are some good sources of race information:

• TriFind.com for MA