Today Gordo Byrn came to speak to a small group of triathletes at Microsoft. It was a great talk! Here's what I took away:
- The best athletes are consistent, passionate, and persistent - not necessarily the most talented
- Be humble
- Practice running with a full tummy
- Eat real food
- Train with extra clothing on to sweat more if you're going to race in a hot climate
- Run a lot. Not necessarily long distance or fast, but frequently
- Don't go out too hard! Learn how to control your heart rate at the beginning of a race (while you're on the beach)
- Do the swim and the bike so that you can run your marathon, not walk - the race begins there
- He wears socks on the run, not the bike - but says you should wear them on the bike if you think you might get blisters
- He doesn't carbo-load and gets most carbs from fruit and vegetables and in training, carbo training foods. His "indulgence" in the off-season now was garlic cheese bread.
- Running in heat is mental! Train your brain to do it (wow do I know this one!)
- Training on a plan you can live with is better than burning out and getting sick and not executing on your bigger plan. If you can't execute the plan, it's not the plan for you
- In a given year, you should have 40 solid weeks of training (not in a row) - the other weeks are for illness, injury, rest, vacation, life, etc
- Know what your life goals are and where triathlon fits into them
- If you execute on your plan over time, you will improve. Period.
- If it's not fun, don't do it. JFT (Just ... Train)
- What is is. Don't focus on what happened before, in the last race, in the swim, in the bike, the last mile. Focus on what's in front of you and get it done
He was totally cool and inspirational. I am excited now to create my season plan for next year! There were so many times where he said something and Danielle and I just looked at each other and either knew exactly what he was talking about or completely agreed with.
Next year is going to be great!!!
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I don't eat a lot (now) because I am super fat. it is disgusting. But, I don't exercise for four hours a day either!! I need to get back on the exercise wagon too. One thing at a time....
I'll take that running on a full stomach thing to heart :-) I just ate mexican with the boys and I need to run in thirty minutes. Only two jalapenos though, thank god LOL.
OK, and also wasn't he hot? :)
Okay, yes, he was way hot, HOWEVER, his wife was sitting right next to him during the entire presentation. :-)
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