Episode Details

If your goal is to be in triathlon for a long time and keep getting faster, this may be one of our most important podcasts. Emotion and bad judgement can derail progress, but it doesn't mean you have to burn the lawn. Nurture the athlete you are into one you want to become and make the whole process more enjoyable. 

Topics:

• It's Not The Race, It's the Athlete
• Healthy Progression for Athletes
• Forgiving and Listening to Yourself 
• Learning is king
• Rational Reflection 
• Can you look at both sides of struggles?
• Productive analysis of workouts 
• One of the hardest things to understand as an athlete
• What You've Done = What You Can Do
• When we set our body up for "Survival"
• Sacrificing long-term development
• The body needs TIME to adjust 
• What load can you handle right now
• You can't rush fitness, durability and preparation
• Gradual, long-term progression
• Do you really need to do whatever it is?
• Coaching is Stress Management
• "That felt appropriately challenging"
• Being crisp and emotionally fresh on race day
• What does fitness and Improvement look like?
• Fitness + Resilience = Success 
• Turning Fast into Far
• How to begin an Ironman marathon
• Impulse decisions
• Put Long-Term Development first

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