Are you making your days count? Is triathlon your fuel for life or is life your fuel for triathlon? It's easy to put too much pressure on ourselves with a precise target, but the truth is, going inward and staying the course will take care of most of it. We owe it to ourselves to get the most out of triathlon and life but only have so much bandwidth to always be in "chase mode." Today we look at ways to pull back the external and focus more on making real, internal improvements, which ultimately lead to long term satisfaction and real growth. We also have a little fun with Christmas music at the end of the cast. Thanks for listening!

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Topics:

• Internal exploration is at the root of everything
• Socks and Sweatshirts
• What made you pick the races you did??
• Toughest time of the year
• Patience and execution
• Elephant in the room
• Precise targets
• Finding more satisfaction in the grind
• Beginner excitement that fades
• Staying level in your process
• How much bandwidth do you have for chasing?
• What staying the course looks like even in struggle
• A highlight clip society
• How to handle pressure
• Driven by fear
• Is triathlon the fuel for life or is life the fuel for triathlon?
• Empathy for yourself and others
• How we never burnout on this podcast
• Christmas music in training??
• Don't get caught in the theater, live your own life

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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