Peri-menopause is an essential time to make changes in diet and lifestyle in order to avoid unwanted changes in body composition, prevent bone density loss, sustain your greatest muscular integrity and muscular strength and improve longevity and overall quality of life. While it’s not a given exactly when every female will hit this time of life, it is important to understand what menopause is and the changes our bodies undergo not only as a woman, but what this means as an endurance athlete.

Strength and mobility training are essential components to reaching your highest performance in endurance sport. Mobility exercises help to increase efficiency in swimming, biking and running. Strength training improves muscular strength and power resulting in improved performances and greater outputs in swimming, biking and running.

If you've ever considered participating in SOS Triathlon, this race report is for you. For some brief history on the race, SOS started in 1983. The event founder would use this course as training grounds for IRONMAN events. The race consists of eight stages including biking, lake swimming and trail running as the course makes its way up to the top of the Shawangunk mountains. To participate, you must complete a qualifying event within a specific timeframe and you must carry and swim with all your equipment (shoes, socks, goggles and swim cap) as you progress through the event. The race only accepts 200-300 athletes each year and typically sells out within minutes.