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Coach Jerry Schumacher on Chris Solinsky

"In interviews, Solinsky has blamed his own aggressiveness in training for his injury.
Schumacher thinks Solinsky is being too hard on himself. 

"He'll come back wiser," Schumacher said. "You can push hard and work hard and still make good decisions. Sometimes, maybe, that got lost in his desire to be great. That happens. 

"I'll take an athlete who has that type of passion and drive over someone who doesn't. It's a fine line to be sure. But to be the very best, and to do the things we talk about trying to do is not easy."

Wise words, from an interview on OregonLive.com 

Squad Life Down Under

"A behind the scenes look into squad life with coach Joel Filliol and ITU squad members Kyle Jones, Kerry Lang and Lauren Campbell. As we prepare for our upcoming Olympic selection race, ITU World Series Sydney, the GoPro camera provide an insight into the every day demands of ITU racing."

From Helle Frederkisen

Track Tuesday Aus Edition

Another Track Tuesday by Kyle Jones this time from our training camp  on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Follow Kyle on twitter: @joneskyle

2012 World Triathlon Series Trailer - "Departures"

On Toughness

“You’ve got to have the mental toughness and confidence in yourself where you believe that you can take those days off and you can recover and you can run great,” Salazar said. “A lot of what we see in athletes that just train all the time and never give themselves adequate recovery is often portrayed as toughness. What I’ve realized over the years is it really is a weakness. It’s an insecurity that you’re not good enough to recover like other athletes: I’m not good enough to do that; I need to keep training; I can’t take time off; I can’t take easy days.” 

Another QOTD from Alberto Salazar via The Washington Post, vs LetsRun via Reid Coolsaet's blog (which has some interesting posts from his camp in Iten Kenya.