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I have never had an easy Ironman race. I've wanted to quit every Ironman that I have completed. But through it all, I've crossed every Ironman that I've started. That's 16 140.6 mile events of my mind battling with my body.  Triathletes spend many months - if not years - preparing for a 140.6 mile event. You learn a lot about yourself when training for a long-distance triathlon. But the most learning happens on race day....often when you are so close to giving up.  As an endurance athlete, being fit gets you to the start line. Knowing how to battle when you are close to failure is what gets you to the finish line.  Here are a few tips to help you keep going when the going gets hard: You are not suffering alone. If it's hard for you, it's hard for others. If others can handle it, so can you.  Tough times don't last. For every low moment, there's a high moment around the corner.  Remove the pressure to achieve a certain outcome. Let go of any goal paces/wa...

We are all going through a very difficult time in our life. It's ok to feel your emotions. But in these challenging times, maintaining a positive and resilient mindset is very important. To help with this, remember that everything ends. Whether it’s good or bad, nothing lasts forever. You've overcome challenges before. Think about the setbacks/obstacles that you’ve successfully overcome in your life. When you do this, it acts as a reminder of your ability to handle challenging situations and to succeed. It boosts your sense of self-confidence and it eliminates the sense of helplessness. This attitude shift is needed to motivate you to not give up and to successfully rise above the situation. As part of our weekly "Motivational Monday" post on our private team Facebook page, I recently asked the Trimarni team members to share their best advice/tips on how to thrive through a difficult time. Here are some of their incredibly insightful responses: Injury: “Tr...

February 3rd, 2007.  My very first blog post.  Y ou think my first blog post would be a post about me, introducing myself to the world or talking about something positive or happy in life. But sadly no.  Instead, I wrote about my very first DNF (Did Not Finish) race.  Since then, I have written 2212 blog posts.  That comes to around 245 blog posts per year for the past 9 years.  I've written about our triathlon races, Karel's bike races, my dietetic internship, my travels and events, recipes, nutrition tips, fueling tips, motivation tips and pretty much anything and everything about my life.  And there clearly are not enough posts about our cats as Campy often gets the spotlight.  I'm not planning to stop blogging anytime soon as it is the best outlet for the many thoughts in my head and I love being able to refer back to special times in my life that I have documented through my blog.  I've written happy posts and posts when time...

      Before every endurance event I do, I like to read my old race reports. I was recently reading my IMWI  and IMKY  race reports and I just laughed while reading them because I guess two and three years down the road, my mind still wants Ironman racing to be "easy".  I always think about a past race and somehow, my mind tells me it was "easy" back then and now I am really going to hurt. But it's funny that when I read my race reports, it was not easy and it was never easy. I guess the saying is true...  I guess when it comes to thinking logically, the body and mind do not like to suffer. Not a good combination when it comes to endurance racing. Not sure how many times you look for that "easy" button but if you find it while training for an endurance event or while racing, I am not sure you will want to use it because if "it" was easy, everyone would be doing it. You see, the great thing about endurance sports is that you g...