Had a great chat with a mate of mine the other day, one of Australia's leading Age Group 70.3 and IM athletes.
He won his AG in IMWA last year, going under 9 hours in doing so.
Sub-9. An age grouper! That is amazing...ridiculously quick...
He had a slow swim though (:58), but paired that with a 4:45 bike and a 3:10 run, impressive.
Anyway, he's starting to ramp up his Kona prep and also keeping in mind that he will be returning to IMWA 7 weeks after Kona to defend his title there. I found it so interesting and inspiring to talk to one of my peers (ie. not a FT Pro) and hear how he thinks about things, objectives, plans, tactics....
One of the most interesting things I think, was how he would casually talk about times, taking 5 mins off here, 10 mins off there.... and the end result, it was all said so matter-of-factly. Like it had already happened, like it was a given.
There was no "ifs", "maybes", "if things go well"... it was clear cut. It will happen.
The confidence in his ability and the confidence in the process was clearly there.
So relaxed, so unassuming, not even a hint of arrogance that you probably hear from guys that go a full 2 hours slower than he does.
I've spoken to pro's before, but I dont think i ever got as much out of a conversation with them, as I did with my mate. I think it's because he is "real", and the Pro's are sort of on another planet, if that makes sense?
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