1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland and this is Fitness Disrupted. So 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: if you've listened to any of my prior podcasts, you 4 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: may notice something different. I think my voice it's a 5 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: little off. That's because I am a little off today. 6 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: Actually I'm a lot off. I feel like garbage. My 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: whole body hurts, my head feels like it's going to explode, 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: sore throat, on and on and on, blah blah blah. 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: I am two days past iron Man Florida. This is 10 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: supposed to be a different race report. But it is 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: going to be a different race report, as I say 12 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: that out loud, not the one I expected. But that's 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: life now. And did a podcast before I left called Worry. 14 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: That's what I love about my job and my show 15 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: is that three times a week I get to record 16 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: these podcasts and give you exactly what's going on at 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: the time, along with the great interviews and things like that, 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: but real almost real time right feedback, and it's it's 19 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: a great new medium. So yeah, I did a Worried 20 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: podcast and it was that over a week ago. Well, no, 21 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: we could go today. I recorded a podcast because I 22 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: woke up and I was sick a week out less 23 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: than a week out from this Iron Man, and I'm 24 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: gonna go right through this show. By the way, I 25 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: make cough. My producer is gonna hate me for this, 26 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: but this is I want you to see the reality, 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: because the reality is not there in fitness. My original 28 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: fitness videos I shot in real time for many reasons, 29 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: but first and foremost to show you the reality of 30 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: the mistakes and the sweating and the imperfect nature of 31 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: this fitness world. Because we live in this perfect world 32 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: where you see Instagram posts and just read an amazing 33 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: study although it was two thousand ten about Facebook and 34 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: does it help with our self esteem and things like that, 35 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: And this was definitely third two because the findings were 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: contradictory to what the studies today show. But it was 37 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: all about putting our best face forward, right, and that's 38 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: what social media is about. Very rarely do people say, hey, 39 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: look look at my mistakes, look at my failures. And 40 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: as I've said many times before, I don't believe in failures. 41 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: And that goes to this episode today. There's lessons learned. 42 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: You have to come up short again and again and 43 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: again and that's what build confidence and self efficacy. So 44 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: as I stay in here, as I do, I'm a 45 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: little dizzy. I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm sick. 46 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: And so I've never done this race report before because 47 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: it's a I didn't race report, didn't race, went down 48 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: to Florida, did everything I was supposed to do as 49 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: far as pre race. When you do a triathlon, iron 50 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: Man triathlon, there's a lot of prep. You bring your 51 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: bike to transition the day before depends on the race. 52 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: Now you pack your bags, your bike bag, your run bag, 53 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: bunch of thing, a lot of preparation. It's a long day. 54 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: You've got your nutrition and your water bottles and your 55 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: you know, salt tablets. There's a lot that goes into it. 56 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: Did it all? Did it all? And as I talked 57 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: about in that Worry podcast and I will talk about here, 58 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: when you train for an endurance event, it is rare 59 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: that you're not feeling under the weather right before. But 60 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: some of your best races happen when you don't feel 61 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: good because you put into work and you are borderline sick, 62 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 1: which is why so many people are probably thinking, Tom, 63 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: why did you go down? If you're sick, because it's 64 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: often the case, and it changes and you feel better 65 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: or you feel not great right before. But when that 66 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: gun goes off, those aches and pains go away. Life 67 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: is an experiment of one. But not this time, not 68 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: this time, quick break. When we come back, I'm gonna 69 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: give you the low down what happened, the decisions I made, 70 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: and why I made them, so that you can learn 71 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: from it. And the huge takeaway here is the journey. 72 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: A lot of people talk about the journey, how it's 73 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: all about the journey, but do they really believe that, 74 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: did they really live that we'll be right back? And 75 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: we are back? Yes, I think the voice sounds a 76 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: little different, maybe a lot different. This is my iron 77 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: Man Florida. I didn't race report, and let me backtrack 78 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't think I gave this info 79 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: even in the Worry podcast, And you may want to 80 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: listen to that one first. You haven't, and it gives 81 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: a little weat up to this, but it matters not so. 82 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: Originally I was scheduled to do iron Man Brazil. Now 83 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: they're two iron Man's in Brazil. I did one a 84 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, actually two years, two three, three 85 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: years Ago, one of the hardest ones I've ever done, 86 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: harder than Hawaii for Taliza. Brutal story for another day. 87 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: So I was supposed to do the other iron Man 88 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: Brazil back way back in May. Covid pushed it off, 89 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: got pushed in November. So I've been training, was training 90 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: way back for that one. Signed up for it. I 91 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: sign up for it before Covid. I don't even remember, 92 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: but I signed up for it, got pushed off to November. 93 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: So I took some time off, started training again, and 94 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: then as we got closer and I saw the way 95 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: Covid was going, I thought, you know what, I don't 96 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: think it's gonna happen. Covid, I said, I don't know 97 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: how it is today, but it was really bad in 98 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: Brazil in August September, so I said, can I hedge 99 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: my bets because I've been trained it hard. Took some 100 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: time off, picked it back up and saw that iron 101 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: Man Florida was the same day, and iron Man Florida 102 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: usually fills up. I've done it twice before and had 103 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: really good races. Their flat course. I like it hot, 104 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: actually favored me. Had two great races there years ago. 105 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: So I thought and the race opened up, and so 106 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: I hedged my bets and I signed up for it. 107 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: Now I was willing to eat that entry fee if 108 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: and when Brazil happened, because Brazil was the one I 109 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: had paid in a positive for and I was ready 110 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: to do that one. That's what I would do if, 111 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,119 Speaker 1: if not to choose between the two. Long story short, 112 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: Brazil got pushed it off again. Now it's gonna happen 113 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: upcoming Bay. And so I was ready for Florida and said, okay, 114 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: here we go. Book the flights. Kept training and put 115 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: in a lot of training, smart training, though I'll talk 116 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: about that in a second. And yes, last Monday, I 117 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: woke up throat knives could barely swallow. But I've had 118 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: that before before Marathon's, Ultra Marathon's, Iron Man races. You 119 00:07:54,760 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: get sick, your borderline if you train hard. Now you've 120 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: got to be smart. And an overarching theme of this 121 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: podcast in my entire career in what I preach is 122 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: about health. And so you pull back, you hydrate, sleep, 123 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: and eventually usually a day, two days, maybe three days, 124 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: it passes. And so I went down to Florida on 125 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: Wednesday not feeling great and it was getting progressively worse, 126 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: and I figured, just like with any other race, I 127 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: get better or better enough, good enough to go. And 128 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: I've talked about on prior podcast some of the you know, 129 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: my best races were where I had this ache and pain. 130 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: But you listen to your body. You learn over time, 131 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: and that's a huge part of this whole process is 132 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: you learn your body like no one else will know. 133 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: And it's imperfect. It's imperfect. You know. You do have 134 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: those events where you start and you go, Okay, I'm 135 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: not gonna go as fast as I thought I could, 136 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: But more often than not, you do and you go 137 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: faster because those aches and pains go away, and often 138 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: their phantom aches and pains. It sounds crazy, but everything 139 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: is magnified in the weeks leading up to your event. 140 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: Anyone who's done an event knows what I'm talking about, 141 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: and so you have to start to find out what 142 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: your body is going to give you that day. It's 143 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: one of the coolest things about doing these events and 144 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: learning those are the lessons that oh my gosh, yeah, 145 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: my lower back was sore, but I got up and 146 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: I ran the fastest marathon I've ever run. Because it 147 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 1: stands to reason that working hard is going to make 148 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: it tired, make it sore, test your immune system somewhat. 149 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: It's just the way it is. So as the race 150 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: got closer, now we're talking Thursday Friday, I'm getting worse 151 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 1: and now I'm doing things that I've never done before. 152 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: I'm not someone who takes meds over the counter stuff. 153 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,599 Speaker 1: I'm just rarely sick. Huge part of of living the lifestyles, 154 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: one of the greatest aspects of many of eating healthy 155 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: most of the time and exercising. Your immune system is 156 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: super strong, and I often it's just like injuries. For me. 157 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: I feel aches and pains, either deal with them, you know, directly, 158 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: or they passed in twenty four hours. Same thing with 159 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: flus and things like that. I feel a sore throat 160 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: for like a couple of hours and it's gone. The 161 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: immune system is strong, the body is strong. But not 162 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: this week. And so I went to Hey Walmart walking Distance, 163 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: and I bought a bunch of things that I've never 164 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: bought before and started taking them. Still not still not good, 165 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: still not getting better. But again I went through everything 166 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: I had to do, went to the race meeting, check 167 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: my bike, make sure you know, everything was working right 168 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: packed the bags. I said, I I'm not gonna, you know, 169 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: pull the plug until the very last second, which is 170 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: race morning. But I wasn't. I wouldn't feel good about it. 171 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: I wasn't feeling good about it. But like I said 172 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: in that Worried podcast, you just don't know. And I'm 173 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: down there alone, by the way. Wife comes to some events, 174 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: do some events with friends, but I do a bunch 175 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: where I just go down myself. So I went to 176 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: bed Friday night. It's Saturday race and I'm feeling worse 177 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: on Friday than I did on Monday. Set my alarm 178 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: for four am, and I'm hoping for a miracle, hoping 179 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: for a miracle. Does that miracle happen? Quick break? I 180 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: think you know the answer. But when we come back 181 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: and go through all that, all right, this is the 182 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: iron Man Florida. I didn't race report. Be right back alright, 183 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: talking about my recent iron Man Florida experience. Wake up 184 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: Race morning. I can't breathe. Everything is off and it's 185 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 1: worse than it was. Body hurts, can't swallow, head feels 186 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: like it's going to explode. My I don't know how 187 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: I can have this much fluid in my head that 188 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: keeps coming out. Sorry to be so graphic, but it's 189 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: truly amazing. I don't know where it comes from, but 190 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: I'm a mess. When I got up, I walked around 191 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: my hotel room and I went back to bed. Was 192 00:12:54,360 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: it a hard decision? It really wasn't. And there you 193 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: can make go. How is that possible? Because we control 194 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: what we can and we let the other stuff go. 195 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: Now listen, I have pushed myself and we'll continue to 196 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: do so. It's part of the whole process. But when 197 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: you know your body and you know what's healthy, and 198 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: you know how far behind the eight ball you are 199 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: as I was Saturday morning, all right, man's hard enough, 200 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: And truthfully, I mean so many reasons, but the inability 201 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: to swallow without excruciating pain. It's really important that you 202 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: take fluids and food and nutrition and during an endurance event, 203 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: and the fact that my throat was the way it 204 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: was was going to make that really difficult. Plus the swim, 205 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: my nose was clogged, head clogged, breathing was going to 206 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: be challenging during the swim taking food in. So no, 207 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't. Try not to cough. It was a really 208 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: it wasn't a difficult decision. Could I have finished most likely? Yeah? 209 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: Would it have been excruciatingly difficult? Yeah? And I've been 210 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: there and done that, And my goals for this race 211 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: was to go fast and that definitely wasn't gonna happen. 212 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: Oh are you gonna hear it now? And so it's 213 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: really important that we talk about the journey and truly 214 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: embracing the journey. And when people say it is all 215 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: about the journey, it is. For me. It's it's the lifestyle. 216 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: It's all the training and the healthy eating and the 217 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: sports psychology training I do leading up to these races. 218 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: The race is the party. People, I missed this one. 219 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: Am I disappointed? Sure? I'm disappointed. Am I crushed? Not 220 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: even close? And again you go, yet the money side, Sure, 221 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: but you know what, I reframe that. I reframe just 222 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: about everything. So you go, what about the race fees 223 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: and the flights down? Sure? Did that cost money? Yeah? 224 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: But you know what the health I gained in the 225 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: months and months proceeding was it worth it? And it's 226 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: about health first. I don't do anything where I'm going 227 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: to hurt myself going forward. I truly walk the walk. 228 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: Now I have to say some of you who don't 229 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: do these type of race and stuff, they go, well, 230 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: you're nuts because doing iron Man is not healthy. You 231 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: know what. I don't think I've touched on this on 232 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: these podcasts. Yeah, but there are Oftentimes I will read 233 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: an iron Man person type a who goes fast say 234 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: iron you know there's nothing healthy about iron Man. Totally wrong, 235 00:15:54,920 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: totally wrong the way those people approach it. Sure, sure, 236 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: they trained too hard, they do too much, they don't 237 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: listen to their bodies, and generally they have short careers. 238 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: There's so many people that I started doing this with 239 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: in the nineties who aren't doing it today because of that. 240 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: And you may say, well, wait till you're older. I'm 241 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: fifty two. I've been doing it for decades, and my 242 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: joints and my blood work everything's good, and arthritis is 243 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: progressive and things like that. No surgeries from any of this. 244 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: So it's how you approach it now. I train much 245 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: less than many people. That's also why it's taken me 246 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: and took me forever, took me a really long time 247 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: to achieve these goals because I knew that if I 248 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: wanted to do this for the rest of my life, 249 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: who's going to take time, but it is about the journey. 250 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: And so sure disappointed that I couldn't do it, but 251 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: that's life. You know, the term I don't swear on 252 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: this shows happens. Yeah, life happens. And if you do 253 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,479 Speaker 1: things enough, if you set enough goals, these things are 254 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: gonna happen. There's always another there's another party. And so 255 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: as crazy as it sounds, when I went to bed 256 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: Saturday morning, it was the right thing. It's the right choice. 257 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: And I got two kids, and these are all lessons 258 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: we teach our children. Is you work hard or something, regardless, 259 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: things are going to happen. It's not a matter of 260 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: if but when. Most often it happens during the race itself. 261 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: Everyone has an excuse. As I say, you either embraced 262 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: this excuse or you choose the challenge. And I was 263 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: not going to not finish a race either, And that's 264 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: a huge part of it for me too. Not only 265 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: did I not want to do something that will compromise 266 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: my health and and drowning during a swim, compromising your 267 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: health when you can't breathe in your way behind when 268 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: it comes to that, but you do the right thing 269 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: at the right time. You make the right choice. You 270 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: know he did that episode Kenny Rogers got a no 271 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: one to hold them, no when to fold them, no 272 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: when to walk away, no, when to run? I think 273 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: those are the werics, aren't They wasn't running that day. 274 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: It wasn't biking that day. And I got up. I 275 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: cheered on the other participants. It was weird, it was strange. 276 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: I've never been in that position. But that's a good 277 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: thing to go how because it goes back to that 278 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: self efficacy, that situational confidence. It felt good to cheering 279 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: the other people, especially later at night when I see 280 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: them suffering. I know exactly what they're feeling. When it's 281 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: fifteen hours into it and these people are still going, 282 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: it's cold. And I went to bed that night and 283 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: I got up the next morning still feeling like garbage. 284 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: Now it's Sunday, flying home in the afternoon. But I 285 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: also bring with me a bunch of things, bands, stretching, chords, 286 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: and I got a little work out in. When I 287 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 1: say work out, I did some band work, I did 288 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: some core work, I did some stretching. It was still 289 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: and still I am way under the weather, but I 290 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: did what I could do. Nothing that would push too 291 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: hard to keep me from getting sick or more sick, 292 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: or delay my recovery, but enough to feel good and 293 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: to do what I could do and to keep moving forward. 294 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: And you know, I posted on Instagram. Some of you 295 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 1: may see have seen it, and there's a woman who 296 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: met years ago, sports doctor, one of the smartest in 297 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: the business. She's an endurance athlete herself, many hundred mile 298 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: races and it was team doctor to many teams and 299 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: one of the smartest people in the business. I know 300 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: and watch the walk runs to run. Smart, educated and 301 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: and a great athlete. And she responded to the post 302 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 1: and I never heard this. I thought I heard just 303 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: about everything. You know. D n F means did not finish, 304 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: d n S means did not start. We it was me. 305 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: I didn't the I d NST and the results didn't start. 306 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: And she said, you know, d n S also stands forward, 307 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: did nothing stupid. So that's kind of where we're gonna 308 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: wrap it up here. Stuff happens, and it's all how 309 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: we perceive things. You know, a huge part of this 310 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: show and my work and my studies are the psychology 311 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: of all this grit and coping and sacrifice and self 312 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: efficacy and locus of control and confidence and resilience. And 313 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: one reason some of you who do follow me on 314 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: social media too, I didn't put out there the whole 315 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: week leading up that I was sick, except to like 316 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: my wife and a few people. Why because I don't 317 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: want to put it out there in my own head 318 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: as well. In other words, I was doing everything psychologically 319 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,199 Speaker 1: possible to try to help say I don't feel I 320 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: feel great well. There's kind of crazy self talk statements 321 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: and things leading up to the race, and so I 322 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: don't want to talk about it. I don't want to 323 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: put it down in writing that I don't feel well, 324 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: because the more you talk about it, the more you 325 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: obsess about it, the more you just focus on it, 326 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: it's counterproductive. And so not until the last minute was 327 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: I going to really acknowledge it in that way. And 328 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: so there you have it, my first ever iron Man 329 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: didn't Race report, And I gotta tell you, I'm really 330 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: excited for the next one. But I'm also really excited 331 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: for that journey to get there, because it is truly 332 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: about the lifestyle. Gotta love the lifestyle, you gotta love 333 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: the journey. There are very few people that do they 334 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: say they do, they say they do, But if it's truly, 335 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: especially in this business about health and wellness, you gotta 336 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: let e go go. You've got to be smart. You've 337 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: gotta listen to your body. Extremes are easy, as crazy 338 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: as that sounds, Extremes are easier than the moderation then 339 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: walking away. You know, I could have started that race, 340 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: come up with a great excuse, really really quickly, and 341 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: be done with it. What if I start a race, 342 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna finish that race unless it compromises my health. 343 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 1: And I have never started a race. We've been in 344 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: the middle of a race where continuing on was going 345 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: to hurt me long term. Won't do it all right, 346 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: I need to go to sleep. Thank you for listening. 347 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: Kind of like the fact that you know at least 348 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: you can hear it in the voice too, I hope. 349 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: But listen to your body. You know all the cliches. 350 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: Our true life is a marathon, not a sprint. It's 351 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: actually an ultra marathon. And don't do anything today is 352 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: gonna keep you from doing what you want to do 353 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: ten years for now, especially when egos involved, because guess what, people, 354 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: people really don't care. There's always someone who's faster. All right, 355 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: thank you for listening. If you want to reach out, 356 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: Tom h Fit is my Instagram. Tom h fit is 357 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: also Twitter. Great questions comments, Thanks so much for reaching out. 358 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 1: Any questions or comments you have, please do not hesitate. 359 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: You can also go to Fitness disrupted dot com. Email 360 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: me through the site. My newest book is called The 361 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: Micro Workout Plan. Lots of great short workouts and my 362 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: whole philosophy in there. My most recent book. And yeah, 363 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 1: I look forward to bringing you my next race report. 364 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: Hopefully it's better, but if not, I will have enjoyed 365 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: the journey. All right. Remember that goes to what I'm 366 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: talking about here today. There are three things we control. 367 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: How much we move when we put into our mouths 368 00:23:54,960 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: and our attitudes. That's awesome. I'm Tom Holland this is 369 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: Fitness Disrupted, leaving yourself. Fitness Disrupted is a production of 370 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, 371 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: visit the I heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 372 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: you listen to your favorite shows.