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IRONMAN WC, 2023 held in Nice, france
Welcome back masochists and insomniacs! Here's my IRONMAN WC recap. As usual, there's some strong language. If you're reading this, you...

Greg Callozzo
Sep 20, 20238 min read
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RACE REPORT: IMAZ
Welcome back masochists and insomniacs! Here's my IRONMAN ARIZONA recap. As usual, there's some strong language. Writing these race...

Greg Callozzo
Nov 26, 20217 min read
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RACE REPORT: IRONMAN Lake Placid. Just a bad day.
Welcome back masochists and insomniacs! Here's a short read of facts and feelings generated during and after IRONMAN Lake Placid. As...

Greg Callozzo
Jul 29, 202110 min read
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Susan Messing (pt.2): Specificity
Specificity Kills Ambiguity. One of the many great phrases Susan Messing uses to help students have more fun improvising. True for...

Greg Callozzo
Feb 26, 20215 min read
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Process... Outcome
I have this habit of thinking, "If I can do this, anybody can." As a character in the movie Central Intelligence, Dwayne "the Rock"...

Greg Callozzo
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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2021: Be a Volcano
A few weeks ago, on 12/20/2020, Mount Kilauea volcano became more active. This coincided with the time of year that most endurance...

Greg Callozzo
Jan 17, 20212 min read
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Coach Greg's Twisted Triathlon Training Playlists
Just had an athlete ask about running with earbuds in. My answer: Meh. Keep the volume low. You should be able to hear a Tesla driving...

Greg Callozzo
Jan 12, 20214 min read
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Follow the Fear
Here's the last post in the series on the connection between improvisation practice and IRONMAN(tm) training. Seems like the right time...

Greg Callozzo
Jan 8, 20215 min read
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Long and Short
Welcome to the fifth of seven entries on improvisation & IRONMAN(tm)... let's dig into the idea that long course racing is to long form...

Greg Callozzo
Jan 2, 20212 min read
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Triathlon is Harold
For this entry discussing connections between improvisation and IRONMAN(tm), imagine the improviser athlete's mind (mine) as an enormous...

Greg Callozzo
Dec 27, 20206 min read
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Del Close, Kona Podium Winner
Hear me out. Del Close would have crushed it as a triathlete. If you stumbled onto this post from some other source, lacking context from...

Greg Callozzo
Dec 21, 20208 min read
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Thermodynamics, by Mick Napier
This entry plays with the connections between 1) Newton's Second Law of Thermodynamics, 2) dead poodles, 3) improvisation, and 4)...

Greg Callozzo
Dec 11, 20205 min read
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In praise of Susan Messing... subtitle: when you're the asshole
In Chicago, there are (were) a myriad of places to practice theatrical improvisation. For improvisers, each place represent(ed) a...

Greg Callozzo
Dec 4, 20203 min read
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Viola Spolin on Athletic Talent
What kind of vague notion bubbles up during, oh... let's say a long solo ride training build for a 2020 IRONMAN event likely to be...

Greg Callozzo
Nov 28, 20203 min read
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Ironman improviser
2020 has forced me to stop doing a lot of stuff I love, and even examine why I love the stuff I love. Specifically, not being able to...

Greg Callozzo
Nov 20, 20203 min read
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Bloggerization
What Should Greg Blog First?

Greg Callozzo
Sep 28, 20191 min read
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