TriathlonDoctor.com – Sports Medicine for Triathletes

After a team dinner last night, most of us turned in early (for Spain) around 10 pm, which apparently just when everyone starts to head out for dinner. Managed to actually sleep for about 11 hours – and I can’t remember the last time I had that much sleep! Today so far has been much [...]

Finally made it to Madrid from San Diego after leaving the lovely wife and home at 6:30 am in the morning on Wednesday and arriving into Madrid around 8 am on Thursday. One travel tip I forgot that I need to remember is to know which airlines have which planes. Spending 8+ hours in an [...]

Triathlon Doctor Podcast #2 – May 2009 The triathlon community was shocked this month at the sudden and untimely death of former professional triathlete Steve Larsen at the young age of 39 years old. Listen to Dr John Martinez, a sports medicine doctor in San Diego, discuss Steve Larsen’s professional athletic career as well as [...]

Triathlon Doctor Podcast #1 – April 2009 Our first TriathlonDoctor.com podcast kicks off with San Diego sports doctor John Martinez discussing a recent study presented at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting that found that triathletes have a higher risk of having a fatal cardiac event during a triathlon than marathon runners do during [...]