- Morning trainiacs we are headed to Challenge Roth.
Roth.
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- So where are we heading?
- We are heading to Roth, Germany, Munich
and then getting picked up,
driving to Roth, which I think is a hour away.
- And why are we going to Roth?
- Because we are doing, I am doing,
first Ironman Distance Triathlon.
Not an Ironman Challenge event,
so technically not a Ironman.
No M dot tattoo.
- So you have been training your butt off
for this first full distance event,
how do you feel?
Do you feel ready?
- I would be lying if I said I was not scared.
I hope that, that means I'm appropriately trained
because I've done all the workouts
and what was happening was in the last month or so
it was like a metronome.
If a workout said do 260 walks for 20 minutes,
I did 260 walks for 20 minutes, bang on,
and then recovered the next day for
do eight times a kilometer for
355 kind of kilometer.
It was all just getting
prepared nicely, no real crushing workouts besides a
six hour trainer ride on Swift, that sucked.
I don't know, hopefully I feel ready.
- Are you excited though, you don't seem very happy?
- I am scared (laughs) is what I am.
I can't remember if this is how I felt the first time
I did an Ironman or a half Ironman but
I feel scared.
- What are you scared of?
It's a long day.
- Mostly scared of how my bum's going to feel
at like 160k and then having to get off the bike
and still run a marathon.
I'm mostly afraid of how my bum's going to feel.
- So it is Wednesday and you race on Sunday.
- Sunday.
- Why are we going with only this many days to spare?
- Because you have a real job and you're ruining us
flying around the world doing nothing but triathlon.
So we don't really have a choice.
But I tried flying into
Puerto Rico. - South Africa.
- No, South Africa I flew in a week and a bit ahead of time
and I didn't enjoy that because I was just
sitting and eating food that isn't my normal food,
food that's purchased, not made.
Just kind of sat and gained weight and got bored.
But then with Puerto Rico, we flew in
Thursday for a Sunday race, and I liked that a lot.
That race went pretty well.
This might be a little bit tougher
'coz we're flying many time zones away
and were flying East, so we lose time.
Talking to Cam Worth, he's like,
"You're going to feel pretty rough for the swim"
and he recommended basically
just sleep as much as I possibly can,
and just let the swim wake me up
because I think I'm going to be doing the swim
in challenge at like midnight, 1 a.m. our time,
there abouts.
- That sounds miserable.
- Whole thing's gonna be rough.
Just a real treat what we do.
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- You chose it.
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- Thanks for having us.
- No worries.
- This is fantastic here!
- So, here we are in Roth.
- Roth.
- You can't pronounce it right.
- Nope.
- So you're clearly building the bike but
what else is gonna be happening now?
- I am going to build the bike
and hopefully everything still works,
and then I go for a run
and a little bike just to make sure it works
and then hopefully some sleep
because I'm going on about two hours of sleep overnight.
- And then what's the plan for the rest of the week,
I guess there's lots of, I mean with an event this big
there's gonna be a lot going on.
What do we have on tap?
- Good question.
Sleep as much as possible.
Do a little bit of activity everyday.
I think the longest workout in between today,
Thursday and the race on Sunday
is a one hour easy bike
which I might be doing with Reese Barkley
and maybe Lucy Charles.
Nothing like getting a little ego shot before a big race.
And we'll do a meet up,
hopefully meet some trainiacs at the Expo
at the Sports Booth
and hang out with new friends.
Sebastian has put us up here,
and Robert who picked us up at the airport,
just solid, solid trainiacs.
Big fan so far of the people that we're meeting.
That's it!
That's what I got.
What do you got?
Tell them about your nice shirt.
- Hopefully I have a suitcase tomorrow.
That's what I don't got right now is a suitcase.
- Show her your shirt.
Is this your outfit for the next few days?
Ooh! Ooh!
So nice!
When is your luggage suppose to-
- Tomorrow I guess.
- Where is it right now?
- Montreal.
- Yeah.
- It didn't leave Canada.
- Unfortunately we're not the same size otherwise
she could wear my kipt around town.
- I have no underwear,
I could just wear one of your speedos.
- There you go.
Good deal!
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- Gonna race with that?
Super arrow.
Yeah looks good.
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- Off-roaded, off-roaded,
very wild just gone rogue.
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- So what's it feel like to be running
with all these legends, Lucy?
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- Have a good race!
- Thank you.
- See you at the finish line.
- That's it trainiacs.
The hay is in the barn.
If I haven't built the fitness that I need up to now
it ain't coming because race tomorrow.
Glare my bad.
I've been thinking about it the last couple of days,
I can't remember if I was this afraid
of what was about to come
the first time that I did a half Ironman
which was the Duluth Superior Man four seasons ago.
But I got to be honest
I'm a little bit afraid not because
I'm like I'm afraid of not finishing,
I know I'll finish,
Well I'll hope I'll finish because I've been saying
on this channel for three years
that I could do a Ironman any day of the week.
I could do one tomorrow.
I'm gonna to do one tomorrow.
But it's more fear of like,
I don't know what the pain is going to feel like.
I don't know what it's gonna feel like racing
180k on the bike.
I've biked 180k but racing 180k,
I don't know what it's gonna feel like,
then running in a marathon, I've never ran 42 kilometers
in one shot.
Ran 33 in one shot, but that wasn't racing in one shot.
You know how I say that
how you get over lack of motivation
and overcoming some of your fears is to set a goal
that is just a little bit fearful for you,
causes just a little bit of anxiety
and that fear of, "Can I do this, can I perform,
"can I accomplish what I want to?"
That's gonna motivate you to go out and train
and improve yourself.
I tell you that little bit of fear
that I've had for the last three months
has been motivating.
I don't think I've really crapped on
a work out except Monday swims.
I crapped out on a bunch of Monday swims.
Just didn't show up.
But week after week ten hours, twelve hours, fourteen hours,
sixteen hours, seventeen hour weeks,
more training than I've ever done
and hopefully it results in
one of the best days I've ever done.
Of course everyone's probably wondering what my goals are.
I think anything under ten hours
and I'm extremely happy.
Don't know if it's gonna be a wet suit
or non wet suit race.
If its wet suit, somewhere between 60 and 65 minutes,
if it's non wet suit, somewhere close to 70 minutes.
Bike, if I can flirt with about five hours
to five ten on the bike.
I'm really happy if, on the run I can hold five minute
kilometers and run about 3:30, I'm really happy.
If I can do all that,
feel good at the finish line,
I will call it a huge success
at the first Ironman distance.
I mean I went into this,
specifically choosing Challenge Roth because
it's a bucket list race,
there is no pressure to try to quality for Kona.
because I want to try to qualify for Kona at some point
but I don't think its going to be in my first crack.
So, I really just want to learn
how my body reacts to training for this distance
and how I do at the distance.
And, if I have a good race on top of it?
Great, I've learned a ton and now I just got to
go out and have a good race!
So trainiacs, thank you to very much to everyone
who has sent messages.
Received hundreds over the last few days.
They are going to be right in here
while I am whining about how sore my bum is
at about 170k into the bike.
So thank you all.
You motivate me and I'm going to need it tomorrow.
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