Ironman Chattanooga was a poster child for the challenge of being prepared for race day. The fast swim lulls you to sleep, then the rain on the bike, and hot and humid sunshine just in time for the run. We talk about different things that went wrong for a lot of athletes and how it can be prevented in training. We also go into pacing and how to practice it in training long before you blow up on the race course. We look at swim safety and why most theories don’t work. Training by and understanding effort and why it’s so important when your race plan goes to sh*t.  Topics: Lessons From Chattanooga  Trying to figure this sport out Plan A, B, C, and Platinum Bike course harder than you think All Ironman’s are HARD How Ironman Brand Pitches “Easy” Anything is Possible . . . if you work at it Swim Fast equals free transition Having a Healthy Respect for what “could” go wrong Ironman Swim Safety Forcing a slower start Taking races seriously Training your swim to start fast Getting your body accustomed to race pace How to be appropriately prepared Don’t try different pacing on race day Nothing is in your control Training by Effort Pace -Sometimes you just gotta take it or leave it Learning and extracting from proper pacing What did you learn from your race?? Act like a professional Negative split mentality Kenyan Shuffle  13 minute miles Mike Tarrolly - CrushingIron@gmail.com Robbie Bruce - C26Coach@gmail.com www.c26triathlon.com www.crushingiron.com