I’m curious about what lessons everyone has learned over their years of competing. This year I completed my first Ironman (Wisconsin, unfortunately…) and have been compiling a list in my phone of all the takeaways that I’ve had from all of my races and training sessions. I did well in my age group for most races and am ready to turn it up a notch this off-season heading into my second Ironman next year.
Any thoughts/takeaways/lessons learned that people have had that have proven to be very helpful?
A couple lessons of my own from this year that stand out is the importance of speed work and intervals, more mid-long distance runs (10-20 miles), and do more brick runs off of the bike. I refused to swim in a pool all summer to help acclimate myself to OWS, but I’m confident that I can do most of my swims in the pool next summer with maybe only one OWS per week.
Any thoughts/takeaways/lessons learned that people have had that have proven to be very helpful?
A couple lessons of my own from this year that stand out is the importance of speed work and intervals, more mid-long distance runs (10-20 miles), and do more brick runs off of the bike. I refused to swim in a pool all summer to help acclimate myself to OWS, but I’m confident that I can do most of my swims in the pool next summer with maybe only one OWS per week.