Congrats and all that on executing your race plan mo bro. As a fellow (past) MSCer, its been great to witness your ascension, and live a bit vicariously through your racing.
Curious about your 'perfectionist tendencies' and how that fits with how you think / feel prepping, during and after a race.
Many folks with perfectionism are either not self-aware of that aspect, or are too fearful to admit aloud, let alone publicly, often denying it with some variation of "I'm not a perfectionist, that would be a flaw."
So, for you, what's the most challenging part of changing / managing your perfectionism tendencies?
If a race goes well, like IMMT, how does how your thinking / feeling differ, if at all, from races that don't go as planned?
How did you reward yourself, if at all, after IMMT?
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And another question / comment about your training: for the most part, you seem to design your own training plans, not unlike Lionel. But a lot of folks on ST are criticizing Lionel for his self-coaching approach.
So it would seem the top 2 guys at IMMT are mostly self-coached, yet you're getting praised on and Lionel is getting pissed on for similar approaches. People are funny.
So my question - and it may relate to the perfectionist questions above, or not - is why are you taking this approach to designing your training? Why are you not giving yourself completely over to a coach?
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