Winners embrace hard work. They
love the disciples of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the
other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. - Lou Holtz
Do you want to be the best you can be at triathlon? If so it takes sacrifice and getting out of your comfort zone. Not everyone is willing to do it, but we are all capable.
When I switched to my new Coach Torsten Abel I had a choice to make. I would either give him restrictions on my training in regards to time, what I don't like to do, etc, or I would give him full control. Some of you may be thinking why would someone handcuff their coach, but many athletes do.
There was no...
- I don't have time for that.
- I don't need to swim that much, because it is only a small % of the overall race
- I want to do this group ride/run/masters
- I hate running hills.
- I am not running that slow.
- I am not going to let the senior citizen group pass me during my ride.
- I want to ride with my friends all the time.
- I don't do recovery days.
- I don't want to do drills in the pool.
- My running form is fine; I don't need to work on it.
- Coach wants me to do this today, but I am going to swap it with my workout later in the week.
That is just a small sampling of
things that you hear triathletes saying.
This is further proof that not everyone
is willing to do everything necessary to get faster and be a better athlete.
There is a reason that the top
pros and age groupers are so accomplished.. It is due to the immense time and
effort they put into their training (workouts, recovery, nutrition). Yes, there
are those that have natural ability; however, most bust their asses day in and
day out.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. - Michael Jordan
Happy training!
