#211 - The 3-Headed Athlete
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Which athlete dominates your head? The one you were, the one you are, or the one you want to be? Today, how we let go of the past, understand where we are and maybe use disappointment to fuel the future. Also, training stronger vs. faster and how the little things add up in a race.
• Cancelled Swims - Can they actually be good for the sport?
• Staying motivated over the winter months
• Giving Yourself Improvement Credit
• What's your definition of fast and why??
• The mystery of the Ironman Marathon
• Recalibrating our in-race thoughts
• Mike's Disappointment with Louisville
• How The Little Things Add Up In A Race
• How do we reconcile could-ofs and should-ofs?
• Who We Used to Be, Who We Are, and Who We Want to be?
• The Three Headed Athlete
• What Does Getting Slower With Age Mean?
• Are you a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Grad Student?
• Run stronger, not faster
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| 0:00.0 | Uh, how's it going, coach? |
| 0:16.4 | Sorry about that, dude. |
| 0:17.6 | I thought you're dunking on me, man. |
| 0:19.0 | I was, no, man, I was, uh, I. I was, the guy from the five-star retreat place was calling me, |
| 0:26.8 | and I've been trying to contact with him all weekend, |
| 0:29.3 | so I was trying to finalize a few details for our first annual C-26 run retreat. |
| 0:39.3 | Ooh. |
| 0:40.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.1 | Yeah, that sounds good. |
| 0:42.8 | I'm so pumped. |
| 0:44.0 | And I just got done talking to him. |
| 0:45.2 | He was talking about the, um, there's a few colleges that go there for their, for run |
| 0:50.6 | camps. |
| 0:51.6 | Uh, and they've got gravel, they've got gravel roads, |
| 0:55.1 | empty, |
| 0:55.5 | empty kind of pavement roads, |
| 0:57.8 | and then also 20 miles of trails |
| 0:59.7 | in the middle of like |
| 1:01.3 | just a ridiculously awesome backdrop |
| 1:04.2 | on like 450 acres. |
| 1:06.7 | Lakes, ponds, |
| 1:08.0 | river. |
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