#151 - Building Race Confidence
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Are you confident going into a race or filled with nerves? There's a lot you can do in training that translates into a successful race. For example, do you understand your efforts and how they should play out in each phase of triathlon? Do you do a bunch of track work that wears you out or injures you and doesn't apply to your race? Do you understand how to execute the Crushing Iron mantra, "Hurry Slowly?"
- Tapering is Relative To How You Felt You Trained
- The Worst Running Ideas
- Understanding How Effort Relates to Pace
- How much should you alter routine in Taper?
- Hurrying Slowly
- Why Running Training Is The Hardest To Master
- Which Sport You Can Over do in Training
- Addiction To Speed
- The Perils of Chasing Your Great Days
- Are you REALLY in Shape Enough For Speed Work?
- The Many Troubles With Track Workouts
- Training Your Body To Do Late Race Zone 3
- Going Faster With Tired Legs
- Why Train Your Body To Do Things It Doesn't Need To?
- The Danger of Training For Race Pace
- Don't Waste Your Best Days In Training
- Why Swimming Can Be Your Best Fatigue Indicator
- The Tri-Scientology Program
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Michael. |
| 0:12.3 | Hello, Robbie. |
| 0:14.9 | Sorry, I'm a couple minutes late, man. |
| 0:16.7 | I was reading some of the new reviews. |
| 0:19.4 | Oh, where are you now? |
| 0:21.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:21.9 | I'd say that's a good reason for just being a few minutes late. |
| 0:25.1 | Hey, it's, I mean, technically, man, we really can't ever be late. |
| 0:29.7 | I know. |
| 0:30.8 | You know, so, but I appreciate the sincere apology. |
| 0:35.9 | Very sincere. |
| 0:38.1 | Yeah, it's true. |
| 0:38.9 | We can't be late, but we can. |
| 0:41.9 | Yeah, it's true. |
| 0:43.0 | We have 24 hours to not be late twice a week, is basically what the rule is. |
| 0:48.6 | We really do try to get these release super early in the morning so you can get on the trainer |
| 0:53.9 | because it's |
| 0:55.3 | snowing all over the place it seems like except here no kidding man getting all these uh pictures sent to |
| 1:02.7 | me and videos about 10 inches of snow and i've been outside riding it seems like for the last three |
| 1:10.4 | weeks yeah it's been uh it's been pretty good here a little little rainy but uh and I've been outside riding, it seems like, for the last three weeks. |
| 1:13.2 | Yeah, it's been, it's been pretty good here. A little rainy, but with bouts of sunshine and warmth, so not much to complain about |
| 1:18.3 | for us in the South. |
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