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Your first Ironman and your projected finish-time becomes a frequently asked question.

What do you think your finish-time will be? This question will come from friends, family, co-workers and fellow athletes.

Its amazing just how loaded this question is.

What should you say?

Usually when someone is training for their first Ironman, they will say something like, “I don’t care, I just want to cross the finish line.”

Realistically, there are three possible Ironman finish-time scenarios.

The first is the “I don’t care as long as its under 17 hours scenario.” You tell this one to just about everyone who asks.

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Tomorrow is Monday. You have had a big week and your weekend didn’t solve any of your problems. Tomorrow it is back to work and we all know how hard the Monday morning rev up can be. How about just skipping your run and sleeping in instead?

In fact why do you think that running first thing on any morning is such a good idea? Wouldn’t it be better for you to catch up on a little sleep instead?

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