Out Alone In The Dark (at Ironman Texas) Re-Post
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This is a re-post of one of our favorite C26 Ironman stories.
This is an Ironman story for Everyone.
If you've ever stayed until the end of an Ironman you know the level of emotions. But have you ever been out in the dark on the last few miles with someone who isn't sure they will make the cutoff? Today, we share the story of how one of our C26 athletes persevered to finish with just over a minute left at Ironman Texas. An emotional look at how the tone of an Ironman changes after the sun goes down.
Topics:
- Why Ironman is different
- Running races vs. Triathlon
- You can't explain the Finish Line
- What it's like to spectate Ironman
- What it's like to coach at an Ironman
- The Race Course Goes Through Its Own Transition
- When the Sun Sets on the Course
- When Your Friend Is Getting Close To Not Making It
- Understanding an Athlete's Personality as a Coach
- When Ironman is Symbolic of Life
- Out Alone in the Dark
- Sometimes all you need is someone to come by and help
- Understanding the 17 Hour Cut Off
- When You Deserve More Than You May Believe
- When it's time to talk tough
- When we retreat inside vs. bring people in
- When others remind us who we really are
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| 0:00.0 | if you think that people that are out there past darkness or at the later hours aren't as good of an athlete, you're going to have your bad day too. |
| 0:08.9 | We all have bad days. |
| 0:10.6 | And we're all due for a bad day at some point. |
| 0:13.2 | And you just look at and you see like the faces on these family members that are just, they're just sitting there and like like, thinking, I, God, I hope they make it. |
| 0:21.1 | Like, because you can't fathom and think, what if they don't? |
| 0:26.6 | Happy Thursday, Coach. |
| 0:32.4 | Hey, what's up, buddy? |
| 0:33.8 | What's happening, man? |
| 0:35.0 | Not much, man. |
| 0:35.9 | Crushing Iron Podcasts. podcast episode 264 every Monday and |
| 0:41.0 | Thursday thank you for joining us great to be here you still got a little Iron Man |
| 0:46.9 | Texas on your brain I think we do so a little bit of Iron Man tech Texas on the brain |
| 0:52.4 | one of the cooler experiences I've probably ever had as a coach. |
| 0:58.7 | But do want to, first off, give a big shout out to all the good feedback that we had from Monday's podcast and a review about Texas. |
| 1:07.5 | I stand by my four out of five, four and a half out of five stars. Again, spectacular |
| 1:14.3 | race. Great experience. Really, really enjoyed watching it and great hospitality from that city. |
| 1:21.4 | If you like what we do or it's your first time listening, head over to iTunes and subscribe. |
| 1:27.1 | It's a huge way to help us out. |
| 1:28.9 | Leave us a review. |
| 1:30.5 | Let us know what you think. |
| 1:31.7 | Dig back through the archives. |
| 1:33.1 | If it's your first, second, third, fourth, whatever. |
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