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Looking at the Mountaintop

Posted by Coach Mark

There was nervousness and excitement filling the air. Mostly, there were straight faces – concentrated faces – focusing on the immense challenge that was ahead. For many athletes, this was the worst time, the tensest time for them. Waiting to enter the water and to begin a journey that is too complex with too many variables to predict.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Posted by Coach Mark

 (Originally from www.bodyhealth.com)

Endurance sports are unlike any other. Certainly to the new athlete, they command instant respect in their length and time. But for experienced endurance athletes, the events become more “common” and “normal” in their minds. This makes perfect sense as these athletes have learned that the boundaries that once held back their dreams can be knocked down and rebuilt. They’ve learned that they truly have no idea how far they can go. This idea that no one knows their limits is what continually allows them to believe that they can improve, excel and achieve – and it permeates throughout the rest…

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You’ve Got to See It, To Believe IT

Posted by Coach Mark

Whether you’re preparing for a Sprint “B” race or your Ironman “A” race, you should always prepare mentally the same for both.

Brilliant article by Dan Empfield @slowtwitch

Junk miles

There are no junk miles. Only junk theories. And one junk theory is the notion of junk miles. If you have unwanted miles you’re preparing for the junk heap, just haul them over to my house, I’ll take them off your hands.