“Not an Age of Decline, but an Age of Awakening —
Now That We Are Older, the Greatest Challenge Begins” We are not fighting against age. Through age, we are learning how to use our soul. What triathlon training teaches us is not only muscular strength or cardiovascular capacity, but something deeper: the essence of life itself— how we trust our own existence, and how we […]
“The Zone” as I Experience It as a Surgeon
I stand in the operating room as a surgeon. In a place where lives are entrusted to us, a split-second decision or the slightest movement of the hand can dramatically change the outcome. In that environment, there is a sensation I have experienced many times: “entering the zone.” ⸻ Moments in Surgery When Time Disappears […]
Reclaiming My Own “Axis of Evaluation”
After I started doing triathlons, I began to feel something unexpected. Because I started later in life, I had no desire to compete with younger athletes. Winning or losing wasn’t even the point—our experience, our physical strength, everything was different. Naturally, the person I needed to face wasn’t “someone else,” but the version of myself […]
2025: A Year That Redefined My Limits
When I look back on 2025, one word comes to mind: awakening. It was the year I learned—through pain, patience, faith, and persistence—that human limits are often nothing more than boundaries we quietly decide to believe in. The First Turning Point: Finishing a Half Ironman Earlier in the year, I finally crossed the finish line […]
Simple Is Strongest: What Triathlon Has Taught Me
There’s something I often find myself thinking about as I continue training in triathlon. That is this: the “fundamental skills” required for each discipline—swim, bike, and run—are actually very simple. The training itself is nothing special either; most of it is just repeating the basics over and over. But how deeply, accurately, and consistently you […]
“Continuing to Challenge Yourself Toward ‘Untapped Potential”
As I train for triathlons, there are moments when I suddenly realize something important: the place I think of as my limit is often nothing more than a passing point. I wasn’t naturally athletic to begin with, nor had I stuck with any single pursuit for a long time. So when I first entered the […]
The Ability to Notice Small Changes — What Triathlon Taught Me
Through triathlon, I have learned one especially important thing. That is the value of always being sensitive to small changes in my body. Running, cycling, swimming—day after day, the same routine repeats. To an outside observer, it might look like I’m just running and swimming the same way every day. To someone passing by, yesterday […]
What Triathlon Taught Me About the Importance of Rest
One of the most unexpected lessons I learned after starting triathlon was the importance of rest. Until then, I had always believed that, whether at work or in anything else, I had to give it my all. I thought there was no time to rest, that resting was a waste of time. I truly believed […]
Triathlon Is Life Itself
Every time I take part in a triathlon race, I always feel, “This really is life itself.” All kinds of people gather at a race. There are highly experienced former professionals, and there are those for whom this is their very first challenge. Some have trained for years, while others are getting back into exercise […]
A Story About Realizing That “Small Daily Efforts” Truly Build Strength
Before I started triathlon training, honestly, I used to think like this: To keep swimming, biking, and running for such long periods at a high level, you must need an insane amount of training. And if you have work and a family, unless you sacrifice everything and push yourself every single day, you’d never build […]