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Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

#147 - Detaching Yourself From The Outcome

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

You train your ass off, do all the little things, then get to the race . . . and say, "Well, it wasn't quite what I hoped for . . . But what is hope? Is it genuine optimism or expectations you've pulled out of thin air? Today we talk about the importance of detaching yourself from the outcome and how it will change the way you, not only train and race, but go about your life.

Also, what about this Wisconsin Swim Start Change? We have some strong opinions on why it's bad for the overall growth of the sport. 

  • Detach Yourself From The Outcome
  • March Madness Parallels With Triathlon 
  • Kentucky's Path Paved In Gold
  • Beating Resistance with Stephen Pressfield
  • The War of Art
  • The Wisconsin Swim Start Change AGAIN
  • Rolling Start vs. Wave Start vs. Mass Start 
  • Easy Isn't Always The Answer 
  • No Weekend Is Ever Perfect
  • What If You Could Never Race Again?
  • Effort Over All
  • Respecting The Training 
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Happy Monday, Michael.

0:09.6

Happy Monday, Robbie.

0:12.4

You seem to be on a tight, firm, and structured schedule today.

0:20.1

Absolutely.

0:21.3

Yeah, that's what I like to hear.

0:22.9

Doing some work, man.

0:24.6

You're about to head out to the lab, eight hours?

0:26.6

Stephen Presfield says, do some work.

0:29.5

Do the work.

0:30.9

Stephen Press. I don't know who that is.

0:32.5

He wrote The War of Art.

0:35.3

I speak to him a lot in terms of...

0:39.0

He's the guy who kind of coined the term

0:40.7

beating resistance in your life.

0:43.8

Not caving into resistance.

0:45.7

Not letting little things distract you from the mission.

0:51.5

Ooh, I like this guy.

0:53.2

Yeah, he's good.

0:54.6

He's good.

0:56.5

What's his name again, Stephen Pressman?

0:57.5

Pressfield.

0:58.5

He wrote... Press Field.

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