#771 – Pack Mentality

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Whether we’re a front pack, middle pack, or back of the pack athlete, we can all learn from each other. Today we look at the different ways to think about racing based on your experience. We dig back into finding satisfaction in your training, re-cultivating your “why” and what it takes to break free from your current pack, or even get over the hump for your goals. Do we take things for granted? Recalibrate our desires? Can we find satisfaction in creating a little pain? Racing usually comes back to the simple things. We’ll go through the steps to own your journey and your next race.

Topics:

• Our favorite podcast guests
• Top ten finisher and last ten finisher
• Different backgrounds
• Margins for error
• Front pack, middle pack, back pack
• What are you trying to achieve?
• Some people don’t even want to race
• You have to understand yourself first
• When objectivity is behind reality
• Own your journey and race
• Are you really giving your most?
• Wrapped up in time and placement
• Middle of the pack athletes and no man’s land
• Don’t forget where you came from
• Ability to be proud of what you’ve done
• Define your why again
• Losing the ability to power through mentally
• Spending your life in a doorway?
• Being special from the chin up
• Finding satisfaction in a little pain
• Make things feel easy

Mike Tarrolly - [e-mail]

Robbie Bruce - [e-mail]