Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga Race Planning | S1, E4

Erwin discusses his upcoming race, Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga, and shares his race plan. He explains the distances and challenges of each leg of the race, including the swim, bike ride, and run. Erwin reflects on his past race performances and sets goals for this race based on average times for his age group using data from Strava, Garmin, tools like Best Bike Split.

He discusses his training and fitness levels leading up to the race, as well as his equipment and race strategy. Erwin shares his ambitious goal times for each leg of the race and discusses his backup goals.

Key takeaways from this episode:

- "It is OK to spend time planning and analyzing instead of going to the pool" - Erwin Edillon

- "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face" - Mike Tyson

- Don't believe the data. "When you think that you are done, you're only 40% in to what your body's capable of doing. That's just the limits that we put on ourselves.” - David Goggins

- Please subscribe to the channel and blog. Thank you!

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction and Race Overview
02:00 - Erwin's racing background
03:10 - Why this race? Dedicated to Teri
04:06 - Race research using endurancedata.com
06:20 - Reviewing past performance using Strava and Garmin
10:45 - My racing equipment
12:13 - Figuring out my bike plan using Bestbikesplit.com
15:41 - Race Strategy and Goal Times
17:45 - Thank You - Please subscribe to channel and blog

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