Episode 591 - 2026 Delirious Series - Sym Mercer’s Delirious Check-In #4 - High-Vis, 47 Degrees & a Teddy Bear
#4
Sym Mercer checks in this month… live from a 47-degree audit site, in high-vis, somewhere in outback Queensland 😅
And honestly? She sounds calm. Strong. Ready.
In this episode we talk injury management, heat acclimatisation, race planning squeezed between remote jobs, and that very familiar feeling of:
“Can we just start already?”
Sym has been modifying her training but still knocked out 34km with 1000m elevation and pulled up well – which is a huge confidence boost at this stage. She’s managing the injury rather than obsessing over it – and that mindset shift alone is powerful.
We also…
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