Welcome to Valor! Curt and Mary Eggers have been coaching triathletes of all levels since 2004. As USAT Certified Coaches, they pride themselves in their personalized, personal approach to endurance coaching. From professional triathletes, to beginners, Team Eggers works with all athletes who are willing to commit to themselves and have a curiosity about how they can become the best version of...

In his book “Unlocked”, psychologist and elite performance coach George Mumford writes about the concept of Pure Performance, contrasting it with Peak Performance. According to Mumford “peak performance is stationary, like a mountain summit” while “pure performance is flow, carrying us along ceaselessly and constantly revealing new heights, new possibilities and new...

Yesterday at the Tokyo Marathon the once marathon world record holder and favorite to win, Eliud Kipchoge finished 10th. “That’s how it is — not every day is Christmas Day,”  he told reporters after fading through mile 12. Kipchoge has always been fascinating to me. He makes running look like ballet, and he seems gracious beyond comprehension. He was on quite a streak of winning...

The journey of grief is individual. When my Dad was killed I felt like I stepped into a thick forest. It was foggy and dark and all I did was run into trees. I knew to keep moving forward, and that was about all. Hit a tree, move around it, hit another one. Then you start to anticipate as there sometimes seems to be a pattern, or maybe not. You learn to step forward and reach with your hand so...

As I got off my bike on Sunday, I felt happy. Not because I just finished up a solid 3 hour ride. But because I loved every second of that 3 hours. There have been seasons I have forced it, seasons I have cut it short, seasons I broke it up, but these days that love has returned. I spent the better part of my 40’s battling myself in this sport. Cortisol that was so high my doctor was...

I’m not a New Year’s Resolution kind of person. I am not even a “year in review” one. I relentlessly look forward. There is this saying that … the windshield is bigger than the rear view mirror. That’s me. It’s not that I don’t take stock in past experiences, or review and learn from them, I do that all the time. I just don’t do it per...

I remember being 8 years old, standing behind the block for a summer swim meet. We grew up swimming at Hickory Hill and the swim meets were a big deal. They became the highlight of summer. I remember the pit in my stomach as I waited for the heat to be called and the step up onto the block. I hated that feeling. “Take your mark” would make me shake. One day I told my Dad about that...

“Have you been through any trauma recently?” the doctor asked me. My heart sank. The last 2 years brother, I thought to myself. I just nodded. “When we can’t find a physical cause, we chalk it up to being just something that happens and we don’t know why. But we can’t discount that there can be an emotional component to inflammation. It’s just not widely...

I love that moment when I step onto the beach, moments before the starting horn sounds. That final few moments before you take your mark. I sink my feet deep into the sand and I just feel it. It’s something that a spreadsheet, power meter, heart rate monitor can’t give me. It’s something that has to bubble up from within. I erroneously credit that to having grown up a swimmer...

You can subscribe to my substack (free) for email delivery! Click here. It’s been a great season. I have loved every race, every finish, and every lesson it’s brought me. I have considered this season a rebuilding season in hopes of a higher performance one next year. I get to be 50, and I truly can’t wait. In July I found out that I got into Survival of The Shawangunks (SOS)...