Races can unfold as a series of flight or fight episodes, so how will you deal? Not giving too much, but not giving too little is a fine line, so it’s good to know your body, mind, and understand effort. Today, we look at how to approach a race, how training should line up, and how you can mentally approach the day for your best performance. Did you really give it your all . . . or did you back down?

Topics:

• Oceanside prediction re-cap
• Jackson Laundry
• chipping away - you never really know
• race differences
• the difficulty of early season races
• we forget how hard racing is
• how do you know what your best performance is?
• dusting the rust off
• going to the hurt locker
• not the best biker or runner.. the best triathlete
• patience is confidence
• the race is the whole package
• it’s easy to feel confident if you don’t have to prove it
• seized up in the moment
• where’s the edge? not too much not too little
• Are you proud of yourself when you finish?
• Did you really give it your all or back down?
• Going for 80% and being 100% at that
• Only YOU know how much you have left
• Not going for it when you feel great

Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com

Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com