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To put it bluntly, Ironman Lake Placid went bad. I had put so much into it and when it was time to go to the well, I came up dry. My confidence in my fitness was shaken by one of the worst feeling performances in the time I’ve been doing this triathlon thing. Looking back
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Even though it was technically a B-race for me this year, I wanted to win more than I can describe. I had been 2nd overall two years in a row and was ready to go deeper than I ever have to finally break the tape. Lead up My training the last few months has been
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IM70.3 New York Recap Pre-Race This was THE A-race for the season. I had the few others that I cared about and focused on, but this was the one I really wanted to make count. I knew I had an amazing result in me after seeing what I could do at Morro Bay and Patriot.
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This race was really fun overall. The course was great and the weather mostly cooperated. I didn’t really have a specific performance goal going into the race. I spent a lot of the winter injured and have been pretty low on run volume compared to the last couple seasons which has made it tough to
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Everything that I’ve done for the last year has been driving toward this day. I was a little worried the night prior that my nerves weren’t running higher which was weird to realize and think about. I had planned and replanned every aspect that I could and had the race plan committed to memory. All
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I planned Timberman into the season a little later than the other races. I thought it would be a good tuneup for Kona right before heading to the island. Since we were treating it as more of a B or C race, I was still putting in some massive weekend efforts right until race week
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Swimming is my favorite of the three disciplines, so I was beyond excited to see what I could do when I could go long and empty the tank. We went up to Killington Wednesday night to have a base way closer to the race than home and get a little time away before the final
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I was pretty psyched for Ironman 70.3 Maine leading up to race week. The course seemed like it would be interesting and I hadn’t been to Augusta before. Unfortunately, life happens sometimes and work stress piled on pretty heavily a couple days out. I was working some longer hours on a difficult task that kept
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Patriot is one of my favorite races and has been a great season opener the past few years. I try my best to approach it with curiosity trying to see where my fitness stands and what small things I need to work on for the next race. This year, that curiosity was as important as
Matt Nussbaum – Age Grouper
If I’m doing it, I’m doing all of it.
Matt Nussbaum - Age Grouper 