extraordinary, goals, Ironman, Running, slogans, testing, Triathlon

#71: slogans, mantras and baby steps….lots of baby steps

I’m a sucker for a good quote or slogan…..I don’t really know why, but I really like reading them…..and when they resonate with me I often find myself thinking “yeah, you nailed it”….as if the person who thought of or said it was looking for my validation.  Some of my favorites have become personal mantras of sorts, often representing the thoughts that push me through when I’ve hit a roadblock or dead-end.  This week I ran across a few of […]

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#70 Get out of my head Mark Cuban, this is Triathlon not Shark Tank

I’ve mentioned to people before that I’m pretty sure my life is the basis of the movie The Truman Show where the star character is the unwitting plot of a reality show that everyone else is playing a part for viewers in TV Land…..the birth of reality TV except the star doesn’t know it….There have been so many weird coincidences in my life that I’m pretty sure it’s a big script and I’m just playing a part……I guess somewhere in […]

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bike, Cycling, heel pain, Ironman, saddle, Triathlon

#69: Go with instinct on this one….Saddle-up partner

With a heel still not ready to cooperate 100%, but some weather that was, the goal for this week was begin to build some endurance on the bike using the 40-ish mile brick last Sunday as a springboard.  However, having had 7 days of training in a row, I needed to work in some recovery as well to avoid ramping up too fast.  TRAINING HIGHLIGHTSMonday – ride: I decided to push it a bit through Monday mostly because I had the […]

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