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Sunday, 13 December 2015 00:10

By Suzie Fox (suz--news.blogspot.com - October 12, 2015)

I was asked to blog about my 3rd place female overall finish at Ironman Wisconsin & my double digit multi-sport win season, I definitely will eventually. With so many races this year came so many opinions, some criticism & I was judged. People thought there was no way I could (or should) do 17 multi-sport races before an Ironman & there was no way I would PR but I didn't have time to listen or care. I only sought out advice & support from the people that mattered to me.

I ended up doing 19 total multi-sport races in 2015...11 open running races, 12 triathlons, 7 duathlons, 3 como relays, 2 snowshoe races, 1 cycling time trial & I am not quite done just yet, but soon. I was able to PR in the Ironman (10:34:49) the...

Ironman marathon (3:28:32) & the open marathon at Twin Cities just 3 weeks later (3:15:02). So in time I will be blogging about why I decided to break all "the rules," why I don't like to put myself or my training in a box or cookie cutter plan & why this race heavy season worked for me but certainly isn't for everyone. By breaking the rules I mean that I raced into shape, raced a ton of short course including 7 days before Ironman, the middle 15k of my longest run was a race, I used races as partial workouts with more training immediately following & I trained zero times on the Wisconsin course this year. I also want to write about why what works for one person in training will never work for anyone else & why the training plan that worked for me one year will never ever work for me again in future seasons. Training should always be 100% personalized & constantly evolving.

I would also LOVE to write about this, the single most important thing that I have learned in my last 4 years of racing, I LOVE this!!!!  READ MORE