#483 – Life/Triathlon Balance . . . and Success
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.7 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
We start with discussion on the Iron Cowboy’s 100 straight days of Iron Distance triathlons. Then we get into creating your desired lifestyle in and around triathlon. How anything is possible when we define what fuels us. We look at balancing our days with workouts and where to cut training to find more fulfillment in the process. How do you truly reach your potential? We openly discuss the toughest and most rewarding parts of coaching and how we relate to athletes.
Topics:
- Reaction to Iron Cowboy’s 100 Straight Days
- Mental/Emotional Focus of Racing
- Power of support/people
- 100 Days of Anything
- What Fuels You?
- 70.3 Shape is Ironman Shape?
- Creating Your Own Lifestyle
- Setting Boundaries
- Community in a Modern World . . . What is it?
- Balancing a demanding life
- The most valuable commodity in triathlon
- 15 Minutes for You Every day
- Navigating Daily Issues and Training
- The Coaching Life
- Reaching Your Potential
- Motivation is up to YOU
- What makes this all fulfilling?
- What’s the hardest part of coaching
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| 0:00.0 | Check 1-2. Are you hydrating for your race this weekend check one to june third uh 2 |
| 0:23.8 | 2021 this is the crushing iron podcast we are episode 483 welcome aboard it is a it's a |
| 0:30.5 | it's a nasty day here in chattanooga it is rainy and gross and stormy it's just it is it's |
| 0:35.1 | i just been hot all morning. I had to go change. |
| 0:37.7 | Well, you see, you, it's, if you're complaining that it's humid, why'd you open the garage doors? |
| 0:43.8 | It's not humid inside. I didn't say I was always logical, man. I just wanted some circulation. I had the |
| 0:48.6 | AC going here this morning as I got on the bike early for my long ride of the week and then I got out of the shower I'm like I'm a cool off a little bit the AC's still down for us which is a pretty cool 74 um and I got the show and you've like |
| 0:59.5 | got the AC off and the doors open and it's like mugging and I'm like what I'm like what are you |
| 1:03.3 | doing right now you complain about it being mugging you got the you know the the the summer air |
| 1:07.7 | humidity and the dew point seeping into the hub haven't you ever been desperate for |
| 1:12.0 | like an answer and i was just i felt like it was just pulling a strings you're just like the air |
| 1:16.5 | felt heavy when i got in here i looked at you and you looked like you just came through a 15 round |
| 1:21.2 | battle with tyson i didn't look that bad after my ride did i who i mean you know and i mean in the |
| 1:27.0 | in the most satisfied good yeah yeah like, I just got, you know, |
| 1:31.3 | crushed sort of way, but I was glad to see it because I've been harping lately on the whole, |
| 1:36.7 | if you want to get faster on the bike, you got to really work these during the week, |
| 1:41.4 | structured rides. |
| 1:42.3 | And it sounds like you did, my man. |
| 1:43.7 | I didn't today. |
| 1:44.3 | I have another structured hard ride tomorrow, but today was just like, |
| 1:47.9 | was long with three hours endurance. |
| 1:51.8 | Oh, |
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