A pessimistic triathlete will always dwell on the unpleasant aspects of the sport. Everyone else knows they exist, but they focus their experiences on the thrill of triathlon to enjoy the benefits of the sport.
If you are more of the triathlete type with a half empty glass that generates negative thoughts about your efforts, then fill your water bottle using these nine tactics to overcome the unpleasant parts of triathlon.
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Realize that a bad triathlon day is better than a great day of fishing!
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Learn the subtle parts of triathlon such as its personalized support structure, teamwork, training, discipline, fine-tuning nutrition, and race selection strategy to experience the best of what the sport has to offer participants. Apply the knowledge frequently to get the most out of the sport.
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Acknowledge the pain, setbacks, awkward positions, travel delays, and unexpected events that occur in triathlon, but showing determination in sport can be leveraged to address similar issues elsewhere.
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Accept “sucking” as part of success, no whining.
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Learn from disappointments by modifying actions, demonstrating adaptability, and delivering better results in future races.
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Hone required supplemental soft job skills such as relationship building, managing disagreements, and leveraging networks. Try different approaches in a triathlon environment to determine the optimal methods. Any misplaced approach can be modified with minimal collateral consequences that can be far worse to develop in the workplace when a mistake would be a fatal career setback.
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Embrace the discipline of challenging workouts that produce strong minds, emotional leveling, and great bodies.
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Recognize that the self-inflicting pain of great effort is temporary and your accomplishments last a lifetime of soothing memories.
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Celebrate that expensive triathlons require really cool gear and can lure you to some very interesting and exotic places around the world.
Running in triathlons doesn’t create a self-induced over-the-counter drug that keeps people happy all the time. As a triathlete, your mood will fluctuate throughout the day and during your training routine from race to race. You’ll rate yourself on big training days with this invincible side, while challenging distance, speed, or that combination on race days will humiliate all triathletes except the mythical elite to question potential. self-inflicted abuse. On these horrible days of knitting or racing, rise above your negative self and bathe in the sunny side of the sport. Think about the high of the achievements, the low of the body weight, the speed of the body and the fun of a satisfying trip. You are the hero of the sport you have chosen and probably for other members of your family, among your friends and other members of your team.
Challenge yourself to think beyond the micro aspects of work, sports, family and social content. Think of the best to appreciate the macro enjoyment, satisfaction and achievements of triathlon in life.
Do you want to do a triathlon or are you choosing an athletic lifestyle where you travel to places, experience different cultures, interact with goal-oriented people with a lot of talent and mental, physical and emotional energy?
Everything in life requires effort that includes a little suction. To truly enjoy the great triathlon experiences of people, places, accomplishments, food, culture, along with wonderful moments away from the comfort of your office, home, and road, you must know the worst. Negative feelings shouldn’t last long. The advantage of the triathlon will be remembered and lived for years in your mind. On the other hand, we are all in life on Earth. The alternative is to fish … Anyone want worms?