#671 – Micro Decisions for the Win
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Today we look at the little decisions in training and racing that will take you to the next level. Understanding simple things like, the more fatigue you have, the longer the warm up, and today's success could be as simple as you getting out to move your body. We look into race mentality from the beginning of the swim until the end of the race, and why your tank should be full AFTER you get out of the water. We remind you that if you didn't swim or bike enough in training, don't act like you did in the race. We look at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th winds and how to find them. We talk about the power of incremental gains and why it's so important to control and understand your effort. Race practice can happen in every single training session if you know what to look for and today we define how you should feel at the end and what's the proper understanding of Emptying the Tank.
Topics:
- Texas camp and new swim camp
- Attitude is contagious
- Stepping out of your comfort zone
- Surround yourself with the right people
- You never regret having coffee with a good friend
- 2nd, 3rd and 4th winds
- Athletes overestimate what they can do in three weeks
- Athletes underestimate what they can do in a year
- Flipping the micro and macro
- Micro decisions to START a workout
- The hardest part of a run is putting on your shoes
- The win for today is that you got out and moved
- Easy to lay in your excuses
- Don't make Macro decisions when you start
- Incremental gains and small increases
- Owning different paces, power and zones
- Own where you're at
- Do you have the mental capacity to hold on?
- Racing mentality
- How to finish right
- If you didn't swim or bike enough, don't act like you did
- Lap pace only
- The problem with ERG
- The more fatigue the longer the warm up
- Keeping that Last Gear in your back pocked
- You should have a full tank of gas AFTER the swim
Coaching Inquiries:
Mike Tarrolly - CrushingIron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - C26Coach@gmail.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, my man, back from Texas. |
| 0:22.6 | We are back. |
| 0:24.6 | It's March 28th, the year, |
| 0:26.6 | 2003. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome aboard everybody. |
| 0:30.6 | You're listening to the Crushing Iron Podcasts. |
| 0:32.6 | And this is episode 6701. |
| 0:35.6 | Yes, it is. |
| 0:36.6 | And tonight is the NIT Final Four. |
| 0:43.0 | My badgers are in it. |
| 0:45.5 | You know, how quickly the storyline has changed between the two of us and our basketball seasons in the last week since we spoke last. |
| 0:54.5 | Yeah, it's all badgers. |
| 0:57.3 | All the time. |
| 0:58.1 | My balls pulled a... |
| 0:59.3 | The only big ten representative. |
| 1:01.9 | Yeah, yeah, we pulled a typical fade in the second half, which was, hey, listen, |
| 1:06.9 | the sweet 16 is our sweet spot. |
| 1:09.1 | You know, we can't do much past that. |
| 1:12.4 | But yeah. But there's always hope when he get there you know yeah it is uh but yeah it's got a little |
| 1:18.0 | basketball this week if you know and if you have your teams left in the final four uh because |
| 1:23.0 | we know you sure as though didn't pick them to be there then then enjoy yourself and watch the final four over this weekend. |
| 1:28.9 | It should be excited. |
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