#352 - A Spiritual Path To Training And Racing

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

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

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We've always been big on the mind/body connection and showing yourself grace in training and life. Today we look at what it takes to combine the physical and mental aspects of triathlon with a spiritual approach. This is about having faith in the process, giving right effort, paying attention, staying focused and learning through experience to gain wisdom.

Faith – When most people talk about faith, it's tends to be of a blind faith in something. But in this case, he referred to it as "buy in." As in, actually "knowing." If, for example, a friend tells you something that is right several times, you have strong faith in that friend's advice. In the case of training, it means faith in your plan and your direction. Faith here is an open mind and a heart filled with trust so that we can reach levels of the unknown. FAITH ARISES OUT OF SEEING AND KNOWING FOR YOURSELF. INSPIRES AN OUTPOURING OF ENERGY.
Effort – Obviously effort is the one thing we control and putting yourself into something without doubt (having faith) allows you to give more. You trust the plan, the movement, the path. And effort separates the achievers from the dreamers. Talent is one thing, but effort usually beats it.
Mindfulness – This is at the core of everything we do. Are you here, right now, in the moment with what you're doing. This applies to everything we do in triathlon, including diet, fueling, and recovery. The more we are mindful of taking care of our body, the more it will be connected to what we would like it to do. PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN US AND AROUND US. LISTENING TO THE BODY.
Focus – We believe in what we're doing, we're giving the right effort in a mindful way, now it's about focus. This really comes into play as we get close to a race. This isn't about squeezing your brain, though. It's a relaxed focus and the embrace of what many call a flow state. Just be with whatever is there. If you feel pain, fatigue, etc., don't judge yourself, just acknowledge it and move on. FOCUS ARISES NATURALLY OUT OF MINDFULNESS. ONE POINTED ATTENTION. IF YOU’RE MINDFUL OF YOUR BREATH, YOUR FOCUS MOVES WITH IT.
Wisdom – We only gain wisdom through experience. By going through something, otherwise it's just a collection of your memories about something else deducing the best solution you can. Most times it's not real. We have to live something to really know what it's like. That's the importance of what going through a training plan gives and why I'm such a big proponent of writing things down. Thoughts, feelings, etc. Cement that wisdom so you can move forward with better solutions to problems you may face.

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0:00.0	You love the effort of what the process asks from you or vice versa, that it's become a fabric of who you are.
0:07.7	And without it, you feel, I don't want to say incomplete, but you just don't like it.
0:11.5	You've become very comfortable and confident with waking up every day, doing the work, being a part of something bigger, and feeling that return of,
0:23.8	I feel good about myself, I feel healthy, and I'm proud of myself.
0:31.8	Good morning, my brother.
0:40.3	Hey, hey, hey, welcome aboard.
0:42.5	It's March 2nd.
0:44.2	We are already in March.
0:45.3	We are about to end Q1 of 2020.
0:48.7	It's March 2nd, 2020.
0:50.8	Welcome aboard.
0:51.5	Crushing Iron Podcasts 352.
0:54.6	352 episodes deep.
0:56.1	Come to you twice a week.
0:57.7	Usually on Mondays and Thursdays, but hey, when something comes up, we still find a way to get it in.
1:02.8	We try to be consistent.
1:04.1	We try to deliver a conversational style format that's open, no ads, no no sponsors and we cover all things
1:11.2	triathlon we also cover all things life and occasionally we bring outlines we
1:16.4	bring rigid organized you know outlines for us to go by where you'll need to
1:24.8	get out your pen and paper your uh you know legal pad take notes
1:28.8	and go for it and uh today from what i'm expecting is one of those days we we traditionally just let it
1:35.7	fly we uh go through what we're thinking about feeling uh going through personally with training
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