#186 - Nail Your Ironman Build and Taper
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The last 2-3 months of training for an Ironman can bring a lot of doubt and confusion. You're tired, burned out, and the road seems like it may never end. But it will . . . and the key is understanding how to handle your build, see the light in your Taper, and be ready to leave it on the course for ONE DAY. Today we look at understanding the reasoning behind the build phase and how to best approach your taper and race.
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TOPICS FOR TODAY:
How To Stop Overanalyzing
Burned out late in training?
Late Season Training Guilt
Family and Friends Week in Training
Ironman Build Phase is like Summer School
Closing In On Your A-Race
Why People Overdue Big Builds
What a Taper Should Feel Like
The Importance of Keeping Tension in Your Muscles
Long Term Calluses in the Body
Being Ready To Dig Your Biggest Hole on Race Day
Why and When You Need to Push Faster and Harder in Training
Racing vs. Running the Marathon?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How are you, coach? |
| 0:11.1 | Hey, man. |
| 0:11.6 | How are you? |
| 0:12.9 | Doing great, man. |
| 0:14.8 | It's doing great. |
| 0:15.5 | You sound either some allergies coming on or a little bit, you may be still in your flannel PJs |
| 0:24.5 | maybe a little bit of both i haven't had i haven't had my allergy medicine since i've seen you |
| 0:31.0 | my dealer yeah i am your i am a hardcore platinum-based Claritin dealer. |
| 0:39.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.0 | Been saving me. |
| 0:42.3 | Been saving me since, I think, early May. |
| 0:45.1 | But yeah, man, I'm all about the Claritin. |
| 0:46.3 | I can probably get off of it here. |
| 0:48.1 | Surely, every time I think about getting off, I'm like, I got to wait. |
| 0:52.3 | Probably got to wait until probably October, to be honest with you. |
| 0:56.1 | So I'm in the clear. |
| 0:58.2 | Yeah, in the clear, Clareton. |
| 1:00.1 | It's a fine line for me, man. |
| 1:01.6 | I think I start taking that, and then if I get dehydrated, it kind of clogs me out. |
| 1:05.6 | It's a weird mix. |
| 1:06.8 | You know what I mean? |
| 1:09.8 | Dehydration and allergies? |
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