#908 – Race Day Logistics and Pacing

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today we look into your race day logistics. Things to think about beforehand so they are not taking up space in your brain on race day. We get into realistic race goals and how to give yourself the best chance for a good race. We talk about how to deal with brick legs off the bike. Is it something you can train more for or is it something you have to get used to. We dive into transition preparation and time saving techniques, some which are guaranteed to save you several minutes if you're not already doing them. And we look at having to go to the bathroom during the race. I know, but it is definitely another area that can cost you a ton of time. We also discuss the recent Barkley Marathons and here's a link to the mini-documentary we referenced..

Barkley Marathons mini-doc. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXi4xHj4SfU&t=19s

Come join us at one of our awesome Camps:

Nashville, May 13-17 - https://runsignup.com/Race/TN/Nashville/2026Camp

Madison, Wisconsin, July 30-Aug 2 - https://c26triathlon.com/camps/triathlon-camp-wisconsin-2026/

Topics:

What is a realistic goal time for a first-time Ironman, and how should I pace each leg
Shoot for a wide window… it's like a long putt… trying to make it when you don't need to is risky business…..
Fake Fresh
What should I put in my bike and run "Personal Needs" bags?
How can I manage the "jelly legs" sensation when I start the marathon?
What is the best strategy for minimizing time in the transition areas (T1 and T2)?
What's the protocol for using the restroom (or peeing) during the race?

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	All right, welcome back.
0:07.0	It's like a double bike weekend for us.
0:25.7	I was going to say, it's back to back in just a just a hair over 24 hours. But yeah, it's good to be back back on, back on routine. It's February 26th. The year, it's still 2026.
0:38.1	Welcome to everybody.
0:39.1	You're listening to Crushing Iron Podcast.
0:40.7	This is episode 9008.
0:43.8	Did you feel recovered from yesterday's podcast?
0:47.3	Is it to bring it back?
0:50.8	I don't feel recovering.
0:52.0	I don't know if I am.
0:53.6	I mean, I don't feel recovered in general.
0:56.0	It definitely didn't feel like spry when I woke up this morning, but
1:00.0	um, yeah, I kind of had one of those like fake, like, uh, fake freshes.
1:07.0	Like I woke up and I was like, it was like five and i was like man i you know
1:13.0	had a pretty hard you know with a podcast yesterday you had regular work had a late night like
1:17.7	end-of-season hockey party and had you know i did a ride and a swim yesterday and i was
1:23.6	and i was so i expected to feel a little bit run down but I woke up in like the first like a few minutes
1:28.0	I'm like laying there. I'm like, I feel pretty good. And then I got up and did a few things.
1:35.3	And then when I finished my coffee, took waffles for a walk. And when I got back, I was like,
1:40.4	fuck I'm tired. I was like, man, that took a lot of me I think I think a lot of it was actually like
1:48.0	you know we'll talk about nutrition hydration as we finish off our list but I think a lot of it was just under being under fueled like we took hayden to this again like this end of season hockey party at the blue hawk last night it was like
2:02.8	230 kids and yeah i mean they got like these little mini sliders and hot dogs i was like i'm not
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