Jim Taylor

4 days ago | drjimtaylor.com | Jim Taylor

Defining success in triathlon is a difficult task. When I ask most athletes and coaches how they define success, it is usually in terms of results, whether wins, rankings, or times. For others, though, success is being healthy and fit, enjoying their races, and just finishing.

5 days ago | drjimtaylor.com | Jim Taylor

Meet My Partners for 2024: Argon 18 Bikes-My Title PartnerI am thrilled to announce Argon 18 bicycles will continue as my bike partner for 2025 and my “title partner” that will receive top billing in supporting their brand. If you’re not familiar with Argon 18, they are a Canadian-based bicycle manufacturer that has been building exceptional bikes since 1989.

1 week ago | drjimtaylor.com | Jim Taylor

The 2025 triathlon is officially underway! One challenge that most of us can expect is extreme heat in some of our races. I’m heading Omaha in June for USAT Multisport Nationals and to Milwaukee in August for USAT Triathlon Nationals, both of which we can expect hot and humid race conditions. Thankfully, it won’t be as hot as it was in Abu Dhabi at the 2022 World Standard-distance and Super-sprint World Championships. And, yes, it was beyond hot, it was suffocating.

4 weeks ago | drjimtaylor.com | Jim Taylor

Perhaps the most powerful mental tool to build your confidence is positive self-talk. What you say to yourself away from triathlon, when you’re training, and during races impacts what you think, how you feel, and how you perform in training and on race day. Whatever you think more of—whether positive or negative—will determine the road you go down.

1 month ago | drjimtaylor.com | Jim Taylor

One of the most frequent comments I hear from the triathletes I work and friends I train with is: “I had a lousy day of training.” This statement was almost always accompanied by a variety of emotions that are neither pleasant nor helpful including frustration, anger, worry, doubt, and disappointment, and, occasionally, despair. Moreover, I saw that this assertion hurt triathletes’ motivation, confidence, and focus, and, as a result, their subsequent training efforts often suffered.