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Racing in Kona is so much more than the race. It's about the time with friends and family in the days before and after, in a place full of energy in every sense. 🌋
This time Lucci traveled (for the first time) alone, a few days ahead of the rest of the family, just to spend time with me. It made this trip extra special. ❤️
Thank you to everyone who made this possible: my family @reginavalos , my coach @justindaerr , my ROKA teammates @roka_stndrd_racing , and all the Mexican athletes and supporters, @alina.hanschke.b @serrano_tri @irina_requena @enriquelifra to mention some.
A special thanks to Doug @litldog and Gino @ginocinco_pt for working on my injury all week. We made it! 👊
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Mahalo Kona 🙌🌸🌋 🤙

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Yeah this summer ruled

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2026 Ötillö World Championships, 20th Anniversary✅

A headwind from start to finish set the pace for an extremely challenging and hard day across the Swedish Archipelago. The terrain delivered as we remembered but with a punishing twist. Overall @jacobgilden and I are extremely happy with how things played out and how this new season of life has brought us new training challenges and demands, yet we have risen to find a new level of strength, confidence, and love. At one point we sang one of Emma’s favorite songs and reminisced on how we hope Emma would be proud of her mom and dad. We finished with a course PR of 10:31 and 16th mixed team on a highly competitive day.

It was so good to be back with the SwimRun Community and see so many of my athletes turn their hard work into success. Happy to be apart of this crazy sport and share adventures with so many.

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@justindaerr wrote "complete an Ironman" on a high school bucket list, did his first one as a college sophomore, and didn't stop until he had 40-plus iron-distance finishes and a professional career behind him. He now coaches athletes through his company @all__ofit , races Otillo swim-run at the world championships level in Sweden, and has opinions about training culture that will make you rethink the environment you're training in — not just the plan you're following.⁠
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This conversation covers a lot of ground, but I think Justin's approach to mental toughness is the biggest takeaway from this show. Mental toughness, Daerr says, has less to do with being unbreakable and more to do with what you do after something surprises you. He talks about training culture and why the athletes who last longest aren't necessarily the most talented — they're the ones whose environment makes the work feel accessible rather than a grind. ⁠
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Oh, and we talk a LOT about @britishbakeoff⁠
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Listen to or watch the full conversation with Justin at the 🔗 in our bio, or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

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Im happy to announce my retirement from professional triathlon 🙌🏼👏🏼

So much of my life has been triathlon and it has been an absolute experience from pushing myself mentally and physically, but more importantly getting to travel the world and meet and become friends with so many amazing people from around the globe! Triathlon has done so much for me and my family and it will forever hold a special place in my heart as I move through the next phase of life.

There are so many people that deserve credit for my career and I hope you know that I’m appreciative to every one of you (even if not pictured).

#retirement #ontotrailraces #stillridingbikes

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2x Olympian Tyler Butterfield raced ÖTILLÖ COLORADO as the Charity Chaser.

Starting out 15 minutes after the rest of the field, he passed 66 athletes over a challenging course that included 18.5 miles of running mountainous trails and 4.5 miles of swimming between coves in Horsetooth Reservoir.

For each athlete he passed ÖTILLÖ pledged a $10 donation to charity partner REACH GREEN. In total, Tyler’s strong and speedy racing in his first-ever swimrun contributed to a $660 donation!

Join us in congratulating Tyler!

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Summer of love—lots and lots of love ❤️

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Every month MCC has an in house education group discussion. This month we had the pleasure of having @justindaerr join us to talk about sports psychology and performance. After over decade at the top of the sport Justin has now completed his masters degree in sports psychology and shares his expertise with us. You can find our chat on YouTube in my 🔗 🌲 above ☝️

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2024 Weekly Training Recap - Week 43 ——— Total ⏱️- 18:29 🏊‍♂️- 2:15 (8,853 yards) 🚴‍♂️- 11:14 (187 miles) 🏃- 4:32 (35.7 miles) 🏋️- 0:28

This week’s training worked around traveling to and from Kona to cheer on my @emjtriteam mates at the Ironman World Championship!

Monday was at home with a 4700-yard swim with lots of gear work, then a 75’ chill spin.

On Tuesday, I had a solid brick with a 2:15 bike including 45’ worth of strong work, followed by 45’ with lots of running at 10k effort. I also did a short weight session with Wendy that afternoon.

Early Wednesday, I travelled to Kailua-Kona. I still had a fair amount of daylight after arriving and did a 20’ shake-out run before dinner.

Thursday morning I joined the crew for a short jog at the Under Pants Run, then headed out for a 90-mile ride along the Queen K. I finished off with a 4-mile steady run along Ali’i Drive. It’s easy to forget how relentless the winds can be there.

I woke up Friday morning and swam the full Ironman course in just over an hour, then later ran from the team house to the expo area and back, just over 10k total.

Saturday was race day! I helped with some transportation logistics to the race start, then did about 5k of jogging between parking, the start area, and ending at the top of Palani Road where I met up with my coach, Justin. We hung out until all our friends headed out on the course, then did another 5k of running back to our accommodations. I grabbed my bike, then spent just shy of 4.5 hours out on the course cheering on the athletes. I rode about 28 miles in 2:06 moving time. After riding back to the house, I ran a solid 5k back to the finish area in a nice misty rain along Ali’i.

Sunday morning I joined Adam and Emma for part of their long run, knocking out just over 5 miles and finishing a “virtual ironman”, covering the full distances while on the island.

Although not ideal training, this was my first time as a “sherpa” on the big island, and it was totally worth the trip!

#traininglog #swimbikerun #tritraining #teamEMJ

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Less than 4 weeks to Kona WC 💪🏼

The training focus is still 100% and on point!

📸 @raynard.picard

#ironman #triathlontraining #tucson #trainingcamp

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Birthday traditions!

This week it was @byrnmonica birthday. Each year she challenges people to join her for her legendary birthday swim of many many many 200’s. This year it was 48! Which is amazing. 48 more than I can do. The turnout was fantastic and i believe is reflection of people’s love and admiration for Monzey, who has a massive positive impact on the swim community here at JDC and in Boulder.

The 2nd tradition we are rolling with is the birthday swim cap that is a beaut! Thanks to @lmsid for bringing this tradition to us! I think people really look forward to their birthday swims and donning the cap!

DM us if u want the whole session to do! 🤣

#swim #swimming #triathlon #swimbikerun #traditions #ironmantri #mastersnationals

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A few weeks ago, @feelthebyrn pulled out an article from the Endurance Corner archives from 2010, titled “All Pros Lie.” After looking it over, the original article was left as is, but a second section was added with some additional thoughts. You can find the article through the link in bio where it is posted on Gordo’s Endurance Essentials Substack.

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