We start with a little more about “training progression” and how to let go of perfectionism. Then we move onto tapering. Explaining why your taper may look different than someone else’s. Also, how fitness plays into the taper and how to be fresh and ready to spring from the gate on race day. 

Topics:

• Exciting time of the year
• Oceanside, TX 70.3 
• More on training “Progression”
• We all learn differently 
• Choosing a coach
• Pre-race nerves 
• What your taper should look like
• Does your taper need more tension?
• Peak to taper phases
• How do you know if you’re nailing taper
• Race sharpening vs. being lazy
• Appropriate Load in your taper 
• Your body as a race car 
• Trust the process
• Training Through a Taper 
• The Golden Rule for fatigue

• Being crisp and emotionally fresh on race day
• What does fitness and Improvement look like?
• Fitness + Resilience = Success 
• Turning Fast into Far
• How to begin an Ironman marathon
• Impulse decisions
• Put Long-Term Development first

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