{"id":19982,"date":"2019-02-26T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/?p=19982"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:32:18","slug":"2019-26-february-check-in-rb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2019\/02\/26\/2019-26-february-check-in-rb\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 – 26 February -Check-in (rebooted)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Other than swimming an extra 300 yards, this was a great triathlon swim – 70.3 IM St George (2017)
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Checkin’ IN!!!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Luck is the last dying wish for those that want to believe that winning can happen by accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweat, on the other hand, is for those that know it\u2019s a choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So decide now \u2014 destiny waits for no man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When your time comes, and a thousand different voices are trying to you say, \u201cyou\u2019re not ready for it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen instead to that lone voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one that says, “you ARE ready.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You ARE prepared.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all up to you now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So rise and shine.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I am seeing a lot of chatter through my circles of influence on swimming.\u00a0 Let me be clear.\u00a0 I have never received any swim coaching outside of how to tread water back in high school, and even then it was in the vein of pure survival for water polo.\u00a0 That being said.\u00a0 I find many in the realm of triathlon ignore their swim.\u00a0 I still remember being that athlete.\u00a0 some 60 days out to my first Half Ironman event at the 70.3 IM St. George, I decided it was time to swim.\u00a0 What a mistake that was.\u00a0 To think that I would go from not swimming anything significant, in 60 days to 1.2 miles and also manage a 56 mile bike and a 13.1 mile run after – WHAT A FOOL I WAS<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, after that humbling miss – completed it 3 minutes over time, I did what I could to be better.\u00a0 Along that time, a fellow from Crushing Iron reached out to me and asked me to check out his and his coach’s new idea.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

So, after that humbling miss – completed it 3 minutes over time, I did what I could to be better.\u00a0 Along that time, a fellow from Crushing Iron reached out to me and asked me to check out his and his coach’s new idea.\u00a0 A podcast, free transparent conversation and information sharing AND what I needed to hear to improve.\u00a0 It was shared in multiple parts, but the\u00a0“HOW TO NOT SUCK AT SWIMMING SERIES” – CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0series of podcasts really spoke to me and I can now relate to it.\u00a0 Also, this video was like Coach Robbie was speaking right to me:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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