#565 – Confident and Comfortable on Race Day

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

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

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes athletes have higher ceilings, but potential for lower bottoms. The most successful athletes stay in the middle. Today is about staying on YOUR course and racing with the horse you trained on. Being comfortable and building confidence have massive implications for racing well. Maximize your strengths but don’t neglect your weaknesses.

Topics:

Kentucky
No Fear
Success is from the
Don’t take it for granted
Sophomore Slump
Doing it out of fear
Nothing to Lose
Your number one goal is to finish
Free, flexible, go with the moment
10/80/10
Highs and Lows - Stay in the Middle
Breathing in the moment
Ride with it
Slow investments in yourself
Know who you are and be that person
Race with the horse you trained on
Maximize your strengths
Don’t neglect your weaknesses
Being comfortable in the swim and bike
Pressure and confidence
Things happen around you, not to you
When things bleed into your life
You choose to be offended
Nothing is defined by a few minutes of your life
Stay the Course

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0:00.0	And one day in the books.
0:18.9	One day in the books.
0:20.0	It's March 18th, 2012.
0:24.2	Welcome board, everybody.
0:25.7	This is the Crushing Iron podcast.
0:28.0	We are episode 565.
0:31.6	Yep, 565.
0:32.8	We have a special guest in the studio today.
0:35.2	Yeah, Maddie.
0:36.2	Maddie's in here, curled up in between us. She's been, she can have some
0:40.6	company soon too, but yeah, she has curled up. And if we falter today, she'll let us know.
0:45.3	She's keeping things locked down here at the hub. It's first time tuning in. Welcome. We appreciate
0:49.9	you giving us your time. You know, you have a lot of options in the triathlon podcast universe and
0:54.5	just podcasts in general that your time is valuable. So we appreciate you tuning in the day. We cover it
0:58.4	all. We do swim bike and run specific podcasts. We'll do race recaps. We'll also do race previews.
1:04.0	For the most part, Mike and I as coaches, athletes, best friends, we just sit back, relax,
1:08.9	have an open-offs discussion about what we're going through,
1:11.1	what our athletes are going through. We work at the wide range of athletes all across the globe
1:15.4	from beginner-level athletes looking into their first 5K or even sprint triathlon, all the way
1:21.4	up to elite little amateurs trying to head back to Kona, win races, and then everyone in
1:26.7	between from all over.
1:28.0	And we'll use the conversations with them, our experiences and the feedback,
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