Reflection
Honest, personal reflections on the mental side of Ironman training - rest, failure, mistakes, and how it all started.
Slow Swim? Don't Panic
A 'bad' swim only costs fractions of a second per km on the bike and run to fully claw back. The maths on why panicking about a slow swim doesn't add up.
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Taking Rest Days
I used to hate rest days, they felt like wasted time. Lately I'm learning the mental reset matters just as much as the physical one.
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Mistakes I Made In My First Ironman
If I could go back and do my first Ironman again, there are five mistakes I'd fix immediately. None of them stopped me finishing, but every one made the day harder than it needed to be.
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Everyone Started Somewhere
No coach, no power meter, no clue what I was doing. The bike and the data came later - what actually got me here was showing up again and again.
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Today I Failed
Some sessions don't go to plan. I could've written the day off - instead I adapted, and that turned out to matter more than finishing perfectly.
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