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Coach P's Ironman Kona Bike & Run File Crucible Review

Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
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Okay, I review my files in the embedded (I hope!) video below. You can watch it on YouTube over here too.  I am pretty loose with myself; would probably be more critical of someone else...but I think there is something to "racing" at Kona that is different than "trying to qualify" at a regular IM. Less pressure in Kona, but more risk given the conditions....I had a great day and hope to get back one day!  ENjoy and feedback in the comments please!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXCGxJnsLl4

Comments

  • Dave TalloDave Tallo

    Thanks a lot for posting this, Patrick. I appreciate you putting every piece of your race - from qualifying, build up, tear down, race plan, RR, and everything in between - out there as instructive tools.



    I want to stitch all these pieces of your season together and review it in-depth and as a cohesive whole after my season is done and head is clear (or maybe on a long flight back from AZ). 

    To the rest of the EN membership:  I would encourage you to do the same ... you've got every piece of a highly successful season, from start to finish, chronicled here, with a massive amount of insight and value packed in.  Reading the whole narrative probably has some of the best  ROI you could find for this kind of thing on the interwebs. 

  • robin sarnerrobin sarner

    Yes your review is much appreciated.

  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    @Dave, thanks and let me know when you "stitch" this together....I should probably have a link to it somewhere!

    @Robin, thanks!
  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    I might do this for a few members's well-documented successful seasons (and not just as a coach suck-up move!)

    Though I would like to do a full-on chronicle of Rich's buildup to WI last year as well.

    Suggestions of others?
  • spabblingtonspabblington
    Thanks, Coach for posting!
  • Al TruscottAl Truscott

    @ Dave... when I've tried to do this for myself, comparing one year (or race) build-up to another and trying to find correlates to having a successful race, the biggest thing that stands out for me is race execution. My conclusion is that if someone has a multi-year "base" of consistent training, he probably really needs less focused training than most of us would feel comfortable with, and more willingness to go deep and dark on race day than most are willing to do.

    Hence my wiki post last year, trying to find out what our succesful athletes do to train themselves to dig deep on race day.

    That said, I'm sure there is value in a similar effort for analyzing macro training plans, specifically what additional work actually seems to work.

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