Lessons
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Control what you can control and let the other stuff go. I did
that and that was my biggest accomplishment.
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Be careful what to pray for because it might come true. For the
3 weeks up to Ironman I had been praying, “God take me out
of my comfort zone” and that weekend without my bike sure put
me there!
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Ironman is great. I want to do two next year.
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Listen to your coach. The athletes who listened to Pete and did
everything he said had the best races. Tim and I did half of it and
we both had suboptimal runs.
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Go smooth and easy the whole race. I didn’t do this on the
run, this probably cost me 45 minutes and it won’t happen in
the next race.
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Getting your blood pH the right level helped immensely. Before
the race I worked to get my blood pH on the acidic side because the
heat alkalinizes it. I believe this is why my stomach was fine during
Ironman.
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My wife is great. She is a great mate, training partner and supporter.
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I overcame my panic attacks. I believe to get over fear you have
to face it. At last year’s Ironman Coeur D’Alene race
I had a panic attack. This year I did more open water swims than
ever. Other swimmers were all over me the first mile at this year’s
race and I was a little panicky, but felt solid. (By the way, I swam
my first 5K, yes 3.1 mile race only two weekends after Ironman and
had a great swim!)
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I can do this. I believe I can be very good at Ironman. I have
the right body build. I have at my disposal as many vitamins/nutrients
as needed and I have the time. I have the training partners and the
desire. I would like to continue to improve.
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I have great training partners. John, Allan, Kristen, Tim, and
Marion you guys/gals are the greatest! |
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