Welcome to the Blog! #1

Welcome to the new Team Hippo Multisport Blog.  This blog is for anyone who enjoys or even wants to begin competing in the sport of Triathlon.   The only requirements for membership in the team are 

1. Be involved in Triathlon

2. Have fun while doing it.

3. Always encourage other team members.

Triathletes come in all shapes and sizes.  Let's assume that 99.9% of all athletes starting triathlon are not in the best shape of their lives.  We do triathlon because it's healthy and it's fun.  Not because we are superhuman 2% body fat athletes.  Yes we would like to get to superhuman 2% body fat status but life happens, kids happen, work happens and well that doesn't happen.  

I have created a reference page for things like stats, equations, abbreviations etc.  If you submit them I can add them.  http://teamhippomultisport.blogspot.com/2008/08/reference-page.html

I'm writing this blog to hopefully share some of the knowledge that I have with others.  Some of the advice will be towards the heavier athletes among us who sometimes have different needs specifically when it comes to performance, nutrition and gear.  Check back often for more entries and even better add this to your RSS feed so that you never miss a post.