If you haven’t listened to part 1 of the show yet I would recommend listening to it first as you get to meet Tanner, Dallas, and Mike and hear their initial thoughts on endurance training and racing. As was the case in Part 1, I highly recommend you listen to the show for Part 2 as there was too much good stuff to capture in blog form.  The links for the show on various platforms are below.

Finalizing the Reconciliation   The first question you get if you tell someone you dabble in triathlon is: “Have you done an Ironman?” Is this because we have to know how prestigious someone’s athletic status is, or is it just brilliant marketing by Ironman?  Ironman is to triathlon what Bandaid is to bandage. It seems like it is assumed that if you are participating in triathlon, but haven’t done the long distance races, then you haven’t quite fully reached your potential.  I think this is about as ridiculous as saying that Usain Bolt would be more impressive if he ran the mile versus the 100 meter race. The pure happiness, satisfaction, and pride that is on the faces of people that cross the finish line at an Ironman race is authentic and undeniable.  That is inspiring.  Maybe endurance is about overcoming something that is super challenging. Maybe the longer and more challenging the endurance event is, the more impressive it is.  Maybe we just need a different name for sprint endurance race.  Sprint endurance racing is an oxymoron anyway isn’t it?  What do you guys think?To an endurance athlete, me wanting to just do fast short races probably seems wimpy or half-hearted.  But if you bust your tail,