#338 - Managing Race Pace and Pain

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

There's not much like the mind games you play with yourself at the end of a race. We call it "internal bargaining." Whether it a half or full Ironman or Marathon, it usually comes back to effort and execution. Today we look at how that breaks out within a marathon and the strategies you can use to talk yourself through the pain while keeping your pace.

Topics:

Hydrating for more than a one day event
Execution when things are out of control
Execution vs. Time goals
Breaking down the Dopey Challenge
How do you define racing?
Run form variation with pace
Stride rate and turnover
In-race recovery
Relaxing within the stride
Changing stride to mix it up
2:10 wake up call??
Is the marathon the hardest event?
Back to back compensation sessions
Internal race bargaining
Biting things in small pieces

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I find the bargaining, the internal bargaining you do within yourself really interesting at the end of races.
0:08.7	I really want to walk, but dear God, do I want to be done?
0:12.0	If your effort is there and your wits are about, you haven't burned your biscuits already, I think you can kind of simmer down that pain to a level that says,
0:21.8	I can manage this pain for the rest of the time.
0:32.9	Hey, hey, coach, what's happening?
0:37.6	Hey, welcome aboard.
0:40.0	Great links to get this going.
0:42.0	I know, we have, we have struggled, we have persevered.
0:45.6	We are recording this on Sunday, January 12th, but for you, listening in real time,
0:49.9	it'll be January 13th, 2020, podcast 338.
0:56.8	Coming at you from the cold tundra of Wisconsin and the sweltery humidity.
1:02.6	Swelltering heat of Orlando, Florida.
1:04.6	What's the temp right there in Beloit?
1:06.8	We're in the teens.
1:08.2	In the teens right now?
1:09.3	It was not the teens this morning.
1:11.7	20s.
1:12.7	Yeah, 20s.
1:13.8	Well, before we dive in specifically, if it's your first time listening, we appreciate you joining us and giving us your time today.
1:19.9	This is a triathlon-related podcast, but we do talk about all things, life training, how they they intersect how they intertwine how they
1:28.2	complement each other and mike and i both as athletes and coaches do our best to share our
1:33.2	experiences uh as both and hopefully have an open conversation with no sponsors no ads and
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