#338 - Managing Race Pace and Pain

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast · Jan 13, 2020 · 51m

There's not much like the mind games you play with yourself at the end of a race. We call it "internal bargaining." Whether it a half or full Ironman or Marathon, it usually comes back to effort and execution. Today we look at how that breaks out within a marathon and the strategies you can use to talk yourself through the pain while keeping your pace.

Topics:

Hydrating for more than a one day event

Execution when things are out of control

Execution vs. Time goals

Breaking down the Dopey Challenge

How do you define racing?

Run form variation with pace

Stride rate and turnover

In-race recovery…