“The race is like a bull fight. There are two ways to kill a bull for instance. There is the easy way for one. But all great Matadors end up dead or mauled becuase for them killing the bull is not nearly as important as how they kill the bull. They always approach the bull [...]
I need sleep, so quickly in a nutshell
Swim:
It’s the swim that causes the tension before the start. 95% of the athletes are thinking about making that first group. Everyone has the same focus and fears.
My swim went well but I was disappointed not to have more belief - I should have made the breakaway group as I was there at 750m. [...]
Day 3:
Look who I found in the hotel lobby - Dr Darren Smith - former Scottish National Coach and the name behind the famous Dazza 90/90 workout - 90 seconds on 90 seconds off, 60 on 60 off, 45/45, 30/30, 15/15 (some dude called Steve Monegetthi once tried to claim it was his sessions but [...]
Day 2:
It was a short run in terms of distance but it ended up taking 40mins - on every corner there was something that I had to slow down to look at. The White House, the Reflecting Pool (you know the one where Jenny runs through to get to Forrest Gump as he makes his speech [...]
Those Goats are greedy buggers too - I can’t leave my carrots, celery and hummus down for fear they take off their bells and sneak in when I am asleep.
At the moment I have cut out a lot of the steady stuff and I am ’sleep loading’ in preparation for heading to Washington DC in the morning [...]
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