- Just like I left it.
(whoosh)
Oh I forgot about that.
(whoosh)
It's more a lifestyle of saying yes.
(whoosh)
(car door opens)
(moans)
Morning Trainiacs.
Got back from 10 days of travel yesterday.
Actually feeling not too bad.
That means training is back underway.
Heading to the pool right now to do the very first long swim
for the 39K marathon swim that we're training for.
Now that Iron Man Campeche is over,
time to start getting prepped for that long swim
which means that every single weekend,
I start doing a long swim.
Today we're gonna start with 4,500 meters.
Do it in three chunks of a half an hour.
Driving a one mile through the pool.
I miss that pan am chlorine
and kids from River Heights in Winnipeg pee smell.
Smells like home.
Ultraband pool swim box appears to be.
Just like I left it
(light airy music)
Before I get going,
always lick in your goggles to avoid fog.
Allow me to explain how we do these long swim bills.
Had to switch goggles there,
the socket rockets died in the four seconds
in between moving the camera from there to there.
So how we do these long swim bills is
for time not distance
because during the long swim,
we go in 30 minute chunks
and stop the boat every 30 minutes to take our nutrition,
which is very specialized
and I'll tell you about another day.
Got nutrition and electrolytes for every 30 minutes,
we stop and we take our nutrition,
so that's what I want to get in the habit of here
during the long swim,
to train my gut and my body to go in 30 minute intervals
with nutrition every 30 minutes.
I also use floaty pants during these long swims,
when they're indoors
because I'm gonna be using a wetsuit in the long swims
so I want these to be as similar
to the long swim as possible
and today I'm guessing it's gonna be
something like three times 30 minutes, continuous.
Should probably get me to around 4,800 meters.
And that 30 minutes also includes the break.
4,800 meters to 5,000 meters, somewhere around there.
Starts right now.
(R&B music)
Googles are not agreeing with me.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
Nope, not today, Taren.
Alright third time's a charm.
One 30 minute rep down and 1,500 meters on the nose.
This is not very fast swimming.
It's not intended to be.
It's actually intended to be really slow.
Oh I forgot about that.
Looks like old cough syrup and rotten coffee cake.
Remember when I said I have to get my gut used to this?
That there is 3,000 very slow meters in 59 minutes.
Two of three done.
I might have been a little bit ambitious wanting
to do this about 16 hours after landing.
Stroke's already falling apart
and that is 1/8th of the way done compared to the long swim.
At least, I got the lane to myself again.
Had a dude and dudette that came in
and joined me for about 1,200 meters.
(mellow music)
Ooh yeah and that is it.
Actually did that last 1,500.
I know I said I wasn't going for 1,500's,
I was going for time
but I did that last chunk fastest out of the three.
Check this out, I outlasted all but one person in the pool.
That's pretty quiet, eh?
Alright, let's go over there.
I'll tell you a little bit more about this long swim.
Why we're doing it.
Alright it's time for some hashtag real talk
about this long swim.
The reason that I did the long swim a bunch of years ago,
is the same reason I'm doing it now.
Kind of in line with when I talk about how people
should adopt the triathlon lifestyle.
And what I mean by that isn't necessarily
that you need to just do a whole bunch of triathlons,
be an awesome triathlete.
It's more a lifestyle of saying yes
and taking on challenges that you don't think
that you can do to prove to yourself that you can do it
and to prove to other people that they can do things
that they don't expect they can do as well.
So whether that's doing triathlons, doing marathon swims,
doing marathons, climbing a mountain,
taking on a business venture.
The reason that I started doing triathlons was
to start ripping off the bandaid
and getting in the habit of saying yes,
I can do that and going through the steps and the process
and doing whatever it takes to accomplish those goals.
And the cool part about it, is that when you start doing it,
the first one seems daunting,
but then the second one seems a little bit easier
and the third one seems a little bit easier than that.
So whether you are starting with a 5K run,
a half marathon, a sprint triathlon, a Try a tri,
why I say you have to start by starting is
because I think the hardest part is taking that first step
and going into that first race, first challenge,
first goal, first bucket list item that you wanna check off
and once you get in the habit of doing that,
all of a sudden, the next one
becomes a little bit more reasonable
and a little bit more feasible.
It's cool how it snowballs.
A few years down the road, you're doing things
that you never thought that you would be able to do.
You got so many fluffies here today.
Come your hair guys.
The reason that I know that this happens is
because I've gone through it.
And it's also the reason I know that anyone,
no matter how fit or unfit, or uncoordinated
or afraid of the water they are, can do a triathlon.
Absolutely anyone can do these.
Seven years ago, I shurt you not, I was afraid of the water.
I did not go into pools.
I thought there were sharks in there.
Open water, even with a life vest,
scared the bejesus out of me.
I started that first triathlon.
Before I did it, I was only able to swim,
literally 14 lengths of the pool.
I did not go into open water because I was afraid of it.
I did not get in the middle of the swim pack
during a triathlon because I was afraid of all the churning.
But that first one was the gateway drug
that made me want to keep going
and got me addicted to the sport.
Why I did that first marathon swim was to have a mark
that I was tackling a challenge
that was my absolute biggest fear, ten years ago
and I wanted to prove that through triathlons
I had changed my life and overcome those fears.
If I can impart anything through this channel,
it's that I would love if you all got into the mindset
and a lifestyle of saying yes.
Anyone, absolutely anyone just needs to say yes.
Then good things will happen, trust me.
I gotta get home to get up today's video
and then go to the office
and bring a week's worth of stuff to the office.
I'll see you there.
Now I rarely get all ra, ra triathlon on you like that,
but sometimes I think it's important
to communicate not why I'm doing this
but I think putting it into perspective
of why I think other people should do things like this.
Because it can be life-changing
and I guarantee that if you do it,
and you take on more and more challenges,
your life is gonna be more fulfilled
and you're going to be happier,
thrilled that you did it
and you're going to look back on your life years from now
and be really glad that you took that first step.
Sometimes, well first step booster.
It's not warranted, important,
just as important as hanging is
and just as important as sunscreen is, apparently.
(mellow music)
Now that's a little bit more orderly,
take a bunch of stuff to the office.
(door unlocks)
Look at what the jerks did.
Look at what Teddy and Mel did.
They were clearly very busy.
Somebody's getting more work this week.
Thanks ladies.
You did a good job with the channel.
You wanna do a Facebook Live?
- Yeah
- Let's do a Facebook Live.
We did a heavy, heavy volume on the run.
Lots of over distances on the run
but not a lot in the bike
and I was worried about that.
Worked out.
Coaches know what they're doing.
That's why you hire them.
Oh you're still going.
Ha, good luck cutting that together
into an eight minute video, Mel.
I think, you got 40 minutes of footage.
Bye Trainiacs.
We're going for burgers.