HeyJaredFrodeno Going Mental
Former professional triathlete navigating life beyond sport writing about the honest work of building something new from the pieces of what came before.
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Deer on Ice (opens the original)
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As a friend of mine likes to say: we’re back. We are so back. After a creative break over the Euro summer, the occasional obligation to share some thoughts every Friday has turned into joy once more. I’ll start this weeks letter writing about an absolute highlight- Chamonix and the UTMB week.Somewhere around 40k of the OCC (Orsières– Champex– Chamonix) , with the trail climbing to its high point at 2300 metres, I was walking. Slightly dizzy, partly from the altitude and partly because my prepara
Hard To Avoid Success (opens the original)
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Sunday afternoon, pretty much anybody who has ever sat on two wheels was glued to a television somewhere while the titans of cycling took each other apart on the last stage of the Tour. Mathieu van der Poel went clear with Pogačar on the third climb of Montmartre, held it all the way down to the Champs-Élysées with the entire peloton bearing down on him, and beat his own teammate by half a bike length. Then he collapsed against a barrier and lay there in the foetal position for a while, breathin
Meet your maker (opens the original)
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Running my second consecutive track session in what feels like at least a year brought back memories of a lot of days spent on what’s also known as the oval of truth.The plan was simple- build on last week’s 5k, see how the legs feel. I ended up doing 10 x 300s, 10 x 400s and 10 x 300s, ten kilometers of work (thanks Chris for the inspiration). I was always listening inwards, making sure I wasn’t fighting for pace, always hovering around 3min pace (which is so much easier in super shoes). Gettin
Genetics Deals the Hand, Environment Plays It. (opens the original)
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I read a line recently and it’s offered me a fresh take on watching sports unfold this summer: genetics deals the hand, environment plays it. It’s been rattling around my head all through the Tour de France, Roth, Wimbledon, the soccer World Cup and even the mountain bike World Cup here in Andorra.Every athlete at this sort of level has won the genetic lottery. All of them. You don’t make a World Tour roster with an ordinary engine. Admitting that is harder than it sounds - I’ve caught myself do
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