How do you define success? Is success a feeling or an action? Is success a time or placement or from something more internal? In looking back at our 2016 racing season (starting from December 2015), we would define 2016 as a successful racing season. Perhaps the most successful racing season for both of us (in my 10 years of endurance racing and in Karel's short 4-years since he started triathlon training). While the wins, podiums and PR's can define success, our 2016 success wasn't defined simply by our end results. A few things come to mind when it comes to defining "success" in 2016. - Consistency - despite a major setback with Karel in late May with a MRI diagnosis of a hip labral tear, followed by SI joint/back issues, which followed 11 months of overcoming a plantar tear, Karel was still able to train somewhat consistently to absorb a lot of training stress throughout the season. These injuries required a lot of help from PT's, massag...
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