Over a recent conversation with Coach Mike, he mentioned that part of racing is learning how not to quit. That made me think of races and goals. (This is more of a rambling thinking out aloud post than a definitive answer post). Race Goals – A ton of what I’ve read and been advised is to have ABC goals in a race. Why so many goals for a single race? The idea is to have a perfect day A goal, backup plan…
The back story My race reports always have a back story! This one for the Peachtree Road Race is more of a “why am I running this”? I wasn’t just feeling it in the days leading up to the race. I had just raced Chattanooga Olympic Triathlon last weekend in rather exhausting personal conditions and I felt like I had no breather after that. I had a terrible migraine for two days before the race. After racing last weekend, this…
I started open water swimming two years ago and I have been swimming pretty consistently – open water swimming (OWS) in the summer months and year round in the pool, even before this Augusta 70.3 training cycle. Yet, EVERY.SINGLE.TIME I go to tan OWS, I get this feeling in my stomach … I’m a horribly slow swimmer. I can’t breathe. I’m going to be tired before I reach any particular point. I’m not going to make it. There’s the Loch Ness monster….
This is an incredibly hard post for me to write … mainly because it is embarrassing. But it influenced my race and I hope that someone might benefit from the tips I got and what I decided to do. WARNING to the men in my life who read this blog: It is a girly topic, so bail NOW if you want to! Since that line gave it away – my BIG personal first that I mentioned in my Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon…
I always find it difficult to just stick to the race day in a race report, because the race day is the finale in a series events leading up to the day. And so much of what happens before race day influences race day choices and decisions. Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon was my first Olympic Distance River Swim “Away” Triathlon So needless to say, it was a big one for me. But there was something else that distracted me from all the…
Tomorrow, I take on the Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon. It will be my First Olympic distance triathlon First River swim First out of town/overnight stay triathlon One of my worst weakness is how much chatter I put in my mind leading up to a race, especially one that I’m nervous about (with 3 firsts in a race, I can be permitted to be just a tad nervous, I think). My personal focus for every race this year (after Dopey) is to stay…
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