2017 IM Maryland- Week 19- The BOX

THE BOX WEEK 19

You are ALMOST there. SO many questions and so much to think about- The biggest thing to remember is that you are TRAINED and ready to EXECUTE this race.  Your MIND and ATTITUDE play a huge part in this….SO lets keep our AWESOMENESS GOING!!!!

1. * TEAM DINNER: There will not be an official team dinner. However- I encourage you to use Group Me to meet up for dinner Thursday or Friday night! Let me know if you are interested.....

2. PreRace Webinars WILL HAPPEN FOR YOU!! Coach P is going to hold a pre-race webinar so you can all ask any questions, etc.  9/26/17 - Ironman Maryland @ 8PM EST - Register HERE

3. GroupMe will happen on Tuesday/Wednesday of race week, stay tuned!

Some food for thought this week…….think about YOUR box, what you learned in RR1 and RR2 and how you can keep the box as large. Remember you are not out there trying to make anything happen on race day. You are keeping that box as large as you can for as long as you can, you're focused, calm, collected and executing ninjas.

All day long you are going to race inside a box defined by what you can control. Ask yourself "What do I need to do right NOW to create the conditions for success at The Line? Is what I'm doing right now counter to this goal?

Advice: On the swim, the Box is the space your body occupies in the water: focus on your form and the rest will come. On the bike, the box is probably about one aid station long. On the run, the box begins as 2-3 aid stations long but often diminishes to "from here to the next lampost/manhole cover/mail box." Regardless:

1. Keep The Box as big as you can for as long as you can.

2. Keep in The Box only the things you can control. Let go of the rest.

3. Exercise this decision-making process inside your Box: Observe the situation, Orient yourself to a possible course of action, Decide on a course of action, Act (OODA Loop).