Shangrila Rendon

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Jul 11
2 min

Shangrila Rendon becomes the 1st and ONLY female Double vEVERESTING Finisher (59,058’ ascent)

Professional endurance athlete, best-selling author, triathlon coach and former engineer sets a new standard for female endurance cyclists.

Jul 4
8 min

7 Tips on How I Virtually Conquered the World's Highest Mountain and How You Can Do it Too

“I just climbed 8848 meters, the height of Mt. Everest.” What a glorious thing to say, isn’t it? If you had asked me twenty years ago...

Jul 22, 2019
2 min

The cost of Fear. What are you willing to pay?

What fear are you trying to overcome these days? There was a time in my life when I was afraid ... of a lot of things...

Jul 18, 2019
4 min

4 Common Mistakes Triathletes Make When Doing Strength Training

Are you one of those triathletes who has tried to incorporate strength training as one of the methods to get faster?

Jul 9, 2019
5 min

The Race that changed my life

During my early days of training, I got used to waking up at dawn to run. It became an unchanging base for all my training, be it running...

Jun 30, 2019
5 min

Are you training back-to-back but not seeing the results you want? Here’s what’s holding you back…

Are you doing back-to-back Triathlon Training but getting frustrated with how slow the improvements are?

Jun 6, 2019
4 min

How To Keep Yourself Motivated

Struggling with motivation? Read this and learn how to keep yourself motivated no matter what life throws at you.

Apr 25, 2019
6 min

Technique Swimming & Race Swim Strategies in the Pool

Swimming is a very technical sport and requires lot of attention to the technique aspects of the stroke. It is not similar to cycling or run

Aug 4, 2018
2 min

What's holding you back?

I hear so many reasons why a potential athlete gets stuck from achieving his/her goal in triathlon. Some are: Money Time Scared of riding...

Jul 15, 2018
3 min

Triathlon race simulation event in Long Beach + potluck report

On a hot July day, we had an awesome triathlon + potluck picnic with Feisty Fox Coaching family! It was free for anyone to participate an...

Oct 6, 2017
15 min

Red Bull Trans-Siberian Race report

When my cousin Cris Lobaton posted the 2016 Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme video on my FB timeline last year, I never imagined I would b...

Sep 30, 2017
4 min

2017 Adobo Velo Duathlon & Triathlon Event

At 3:30 am, my alarm went off. First thing came up to my head, “this is it. Adobo Velo duathlon / Triathlon” No snoozing of alarm. I got ...

Sep 30, 2016
2 min

Write your story

Have you ever been in a situation when you believed that you have done everything you could and put all that you have to make things happ...

Apr 11, 2016
5 min

Empower Yourself, Start With Small Goals

Have you taken an inventory of your strengths and weaknesses? Is there something that you know you should or shouldn’t be doing but you s...

Feb 12, 2016
2 min

Make it Happen

If you want to make things happen, you will find ways. If you do your best in all aspects, you will experience amazing results. There are...

Jan 28, 2016
2 min

Patience

PATIENCE – This 8 letter word is something that I find hard to find in me. I have such a high expectation of myself that I want to see ...

Dec 10, 2015
2 min

Meeting Diana Nyad

Exactly 2 weeks ago, I was so excited to listen to my new audiobook, “Find a Way” by Diana Nyad during my run at Rose Bowl. For anyone wh...

Nov 1, 2015
3 min

Quintuple Mexico Race Summary. October 19-23, 2015.

Just finishing the Quintuple race took so much effort not only for me but for all the support crews too. Even though I later discovered t...

Sep 29, 2013
9 min

Ironman Lake Tahoe September 2013. Race report.

Believe it or not, it was only on June 11, 2013 when I decided to race Ironman Lake Tahoe (IMLT). I wanted to race an Ironman locally but...

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