It's been awhile. Almost 2 years exactly, since Amy and I lined up at the same race. Or lined up for any race, besides life, for that matter. Calgary 70.3 2014 was the last time we raced the same race. I would finish 3rd with a kind of wonky calf that would feel like it was going to take me out...

70.3 Texas is this weekend. New Orelans 70.3 the next. And many local races to follow. Ironman Texas is in a bit over a month.

Here are a couple of general documents that might help you on race day. They aren't specific to any one race nor are they all encompassing, but you might find some...

I admit it. I am a troll. I troll, sometimes comment, on a couple of triathlon forums. Next to what tires should I get to race on, and what is the best multisport car, swimming is a favorite topic of discussion. It's seldom that I get drawn into the discussions. If I have something that I think...

Are you tired of the generic red, white, black, or blue kit? For 2016, we have re-designed our Team Marsh kits. You'll see our coached athletes racing in them.

These kits are designed and made by Zoca Gear out of California. They are made in the USA. A size chart is...

We will be hosting our first ever camp for age group athletes in The Woodlands March 17 - March 19. Please see the flyer below for more details.

The cost is $300. Included in the cost:

- 3 meals

- 2 coached swim sessions in an indoor pool

- Group run session

- Group...

Last week we headed back to Houston. It was a 2-fer. 1-fer was for another MD Anderson appointment. The 2-fer was that I met with one of my athletes down there. We wanted to look at the fit on her bike. More precisely, she had 2 bikes, one that she could ride all day and her 'race' bike which...

Amy and I headed down to New Braunfels a few weeks ago for a Saturday and Sunday set of swim clinics. It was a little bit of a new offering for us in that we were out of the 1-1 or 'team' setting that we are typically used to when it came to on deck coaching. We had a group of 8 on Saturday and...

We are not succeeding in posting "more" frequently. This will be a not quite year end update.

'Team-Marsh' had 2 athletes at Ironman Florida last weekend. Both had very good races given their respective seasons and lead ins. It was a very process vs. outcome type of day. Each of them had a...

We are certainly overdue for an update to the Triathlon Page!! If you have been following the front page, you know what has transpired.

What might not surprise you is that our small group athletes continue to plug along. We wanted to...

Another Thursday blog brought to you by our 2014 title Sponsor...Ashworth Awards.

Day 1– Don’t try in a race what you haven’t tried in training. Race as you train...to avoid a negative statement.

Day 2 – Meet a new person at...

This will wrap up our keep it simple series of posts, another one of our Ashworth Awards Thursday blogs. We'll switch to another topic in a couple of weeks...suggestions are welcome!

Lather, Rinse, Repeat...

We coach...

With Thanksgiving just around the corner we thought our next post about nutrition would be appropriate. Again, brought to you by Ashworth Awards.

Nutrition:

Atkins, South Beach, Paleo, Primal, Low-Fat but High-Carb, Grapefruit, Vegan, Raw Foods, Mediterranean, Zone, Macrobiotic,...

Note the author. He's a mustached, deep voiced, actor who lately does the Dodge Ram commercials.

Anyway, it's the month that Amy loves to hate. It's November, also known as Movember for more than a few men who grow a mustache in an effort to promote men's health issues. Breast Cancer has...

It’s been another year already, and we find ourselves trying to figure out the best way to close out the season for you. Since it’s the giving season, and people are putting together gift lists, we thought that we'd write indirectly about ‘stuff.’ Triathletes love ‘stuff.’

We're going to...

I'm putting a bow on the 2014 season. A bow in that it is wrapped up. This might end up being a 2 part blog lest this one becomes even more TLDR. Seemingly there is a lot to cover here. It wasn't actually a...

Honestly I didn't "watch" any of Kona. I saw some of the pre-race interviews and such, but on race day I was out of town. Neck deep in an IM build, and I had a knee niggle that turned into something really grumpy. I was tired and overly frustrated. So, I headed out of town to get away from it...

The picture was posted to twitter by Declan Doyle. Kind of funny. Kind of true. Kona is where even the pros feel out of shape.

NO I AM NOT RACING.

NO AMY IS NOT RACING.

It was not in my plans for the year. I am neck deep in my last IM build of the season. Ironman Arizona. I...

Absent a cool video or trying to be someone I'm not, race reports can be seemingly mundane. This one will be no different. It's taken longer than normal to post. Not for any reason other than procrastination. In fact, procrastination might as well be the theme of my race to a degree. It wasn't...

If you're keeping up here, one of our loyal readers, you know that I (Brandon) called an audible on racing Calgary. I am actually really pleased that we did. Calgary is a really nice place. Actually the whole of Canada seems like a great place. Tim Horton's is good stuff. I'm still not really...

Buffalo Springs is a race that I love, seriously. It's a race that I hate, it's hard. I love to hate it. The race, not the 70.3 race, but the Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon directed by Mike and Marti Greer celebrated its 25th year this year. I have been racing for 25 years. I was trying to sort...

Time for a little update...

-St. George 70.3 happened. I was always told if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all.

-Raced Raleigh 70.3 last weekend and got the W! After a DNF at Galveston and then a sub-par 12th place at St. George, it felt really...

I figured I'd get this one up before I let things settle too much, maybe catch a bit of emotion. I was 8th at IMTX. I wanted to win. I trained to do better than I finished. At any level, and I repeat it to the athletes that I coach, IM is a day of small choices. As a professional athlete racing...

We are happy to announce that Ashworth Awards is our Title Sponsor for 2014. Ashworth Awards is a leading manufacturer and supplier of custom awards, medals, trophies and more. They have provided a number of awards to high level endurance events most notably the Boston Marathon and Ironman...

I've been meaning to post this up for quite a while. Several people from athletes to retailers to coaches have asked me about the Roka wetsuits. Specifically what is the difference in the Maverick Elite and Maverick Pro. In all of 2013 I wore the Maverick Elite, mainly because when we came on...

The written word, how boring. First off thanks to the race organizers and local race directors for having a triathlon!! I was in grumpy-Marsh mode on Saturday because I'd heard that there was not going to be a swim on Sunday. So, instead of sitting in the pro meeting being 'ho-hum whatever' like...

As Brandon has been on a blog roll lately, I've been busy with this parody account @therealstarky. Keeping it a secret has been tiring and it's also been quite time consuming but here are the facts:

I (Amy) am @therealstarky. Wow, that feels good to finally say.

Brandon has been...

We were asked via our Facebook page what swim drills we do or what swim drills we suggest for our athletes. Because Amy and I grew up swimming, we don't do many swim drills at all. I would actually say that the main time that we do drills are when we swim Masters workouts and the workout has...

Goggles are necessary, at least we think so. Like every other piece of equipment some people are very passionate about them. Currently, we wear whatever we like. Roka, our swim sponsor, does not make goggles. They're currently focused on...

With the season starting soon, we thought we'd get to some more of the equipment part of swimming. We've answered a lot of questions on speedsuits, mostly locally at the bike shop, etc, but forums have even more questions. Essentially it goes like this "Should/shouldn't I get a speedsuit?" or...

This is not a sponsored post. It is not a paid advertisement. It is, as promised, a short blog post about some of the gear that we use. It will be longer than 1 paragraph, maybe longer than 2, but they will be short. This gear we bought at our LBS...

I'm going to keep this to a few short paragraphs. This one will be the intro paragraph. We're going with the goal of being prolific bloggers at least through March. And, we'll try to keep them short and to the point. March is going to be swimming. Some tips, tools we use, goggles we like,...

That's a picture of 'Grumpy Marsh'. Well, sort of. Michael Lovato...IM Commentator, Pro-Triathlete, Dad extraordinaire tweeted out for pros to get their schedules posted so that they can be promoted. The grumpy in me wants all pros to do the same thing. And, it was a reminder that I had not...

This is a test blog. Leave a comment. Preferably a polite one.

And yes, since every blog needs a picture or a video, there is a picture.

And this is paragraph 3. If you were here last week, you know what I'm talking about.

For some reason our Instagram feed is not updating....

We have been informed of a couple of key points. And, we will keep these in mind for our first blog on the new site of the new year and new season. Point #1 blogging is 'so 2008'. Point #2 is to keep the written word at between 4 and 6 paragraphs. Otherwise, with the short attention span of...

It's been almost 5 weeks since Kona (although it feels much longer) and we have been non-stop since we arrived home. Read on to see what we've been up to...

I never did get a Kona race report up but did an interview with TriZone Women that pretty much sums up how my race went. You can...

I blogged before that I might likely be one and one after Kona 2013. I still stand by that...with conditions to be evaluated before writing them. It's been about 4 days since I crossed the finish line in Kona. Read on to see how it went.

We left Flagstaff late to Kona...the Wednesday...

We returned from Vineman 70.3 a couple of days ago. For the last few years, we have stayed a night in Sedona sometime during the year. So, this year it was on the way back from Vineman. A bit of a getaway and relaxation a bit. Definitely a splurge. Put simply, I needed to be 1 better at...

This is my follow-up on the Pro Draft Rules Tutorial. And, like I said about racing the Rev3 Quassy event vs. any number of non-Rev races that same weekend...I am about triathlon. I am not anti-USAT or anti-WTC or pro-WTC or pro-USAT. I'm about triathlon. And, if PROTA or the USAT AAC want to...

I wrote this while Amy was driving. I was trying to use cars on a freeway to explain the drafting/position rules. A couple of comments, one on the previous blog and one by one of the leaders of a PRO organization lead me to think that not everyone really knows the way things work...

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