#868 – Figure Out A Way

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

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

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s hot, we’re deep in training, and the easiest decision is giving up. But don’t spend too much time on the wrong road. Today, we look at why figuring out a way when you’re struggling is the biggest win. That can mean toning it down for a bit, regrouping, or simply working on your mechanics. We all want to be strong and fast, but some days it’s just not there. The true reward is in the struggle. We do this for ourselves and hopefully the lessons translate into other areas of our lives. As Bukowski said, “What matters most is how you walk through the fire.” How do you handle challenges?

Topics:

Louisville 70.3 will be hot . . . imagine that?
Having a healthy level of fear
When your behavior becomes unbecoming
Know your race and time of year before you sign up
Remember the good days
Figure out a way
When we want to quit the workout . . . what should we do?
The power of toning things down
Take a breath and work on mechanics
Pre-built workouts
The problem with “power and FTP”
Thoughtful and intentional workouts
Don’t just quit
TransRockies . . . how do you prepare for 120 miles in 6 days?
The mental toughness is the reward
When you know it’s gonna suck
Taking care of yourself
Don’t spend too much time on the wrong road

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, welcome back to the podcast we are still we're still doing it we're still
0:24.8	doing yeah i mean it's almost like we said before like recovery was nice to be missed yeah i mean
0:29.9	it's like you never really uh it's a little appreciation yeah so it was nice for somebody to pop in
0:34.5	and uh we usually do i mean to be fair we usually do like give you guys a heads up like hey you know we're we're going to be out you know the next week but yeah i had last minute not last minute but yeah i had a father-son trip with hayden plan and i was doing all the packing and i was like i'm not even going to like attempt to try to load up the podcast equipment and and do that and then uh worry about fitting and in
0:55.3	when he's at camp during the day and then not interfering in the night so yeah we decided a scrapper
0:59.3	for the week and apparently it worried a few you send out like a podcast amber alert for mike and
1:05.1	robbie and wondering where we're doing but oh we're all good taking our time and um i'm sure mike
1:10.1	you got a lot done last week and
1:11.5	traveled in and it's back to school for a lot of people and yeah but it's a again it's busy busy
1:16.6	time of year and yeah it's good to be back it's always again like it always feels like you know
1:21.7	you don't talk about us a lot when you come back from like it's like being out of office for a race
1:25.8	or a little vacation you come come back. And I mean,
1:28.1	you might only miss like four to five days in training peaks,
1:32.7	but it feels like six years.
1:34.6	I mean,
1:35.1	you feel so like honestly,
1:36.8	I don't know how like I know there are a lot of coaches that probably like do a part
1:40.8	time to check in like once a week like on a Sunday.
1:44.1	I feel like I feel like it's a decade has gone by.
1:48.3	Like I feel so detached and so
1:52.6	just removed from all things and it's a while.
1:55.0	And same thing with the podcast.
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