Kelly: Finishing Barkley is an experience unlike anything triathlon has come close to. It builds mental strength being consistent and efficient in working training around family life and job responsibilities. I also have to weigh whether it might be more beneficial to get more sleep rather than get up and go to the pool.
Or you can go from a good to great biker and save an hour.
You can invest a ton of time, go from a good to a great swimmer and save ten minutes. I don’t enjoy swimming, I’m not good at it, and it doesn’t work into my commute. With triathlon, you have to consider your relative passion and strength in each of the disciplines and weigh that against available time.
I could get in all my miles super early, on the treadmill in my basement, or as part of my commute. As far as training for Barkley, once I got things figured out, it was less disruptive to my life. Kelly: A lot of it is similar in that it takes mental strength to do the repetitive things necessary for success. Triathlete: What are some differences in mental preparation for Barkley and for an Ironman? Kelly talked by phone about the differences in the mental game between the Barkley and an Ironman triathlon. That’s where we run smack dab into the equally formidable but less sweaty Jessi Kelly, and how he does it all becomes clearer.īoth the Barkley and the Kona World Championship Ironman require supreme physical adaptation, but more than the physical, extreme endurance events like these require a super strong personal CEO. He fits recreation like the Barkley in around a full-time job with a startup company, and a startup family-three children under 4 years old. Exhausted and sleep-deprived at the finish, Kelly had the wherewithal to offer a plausible explanation for why he was wearing a plastic Walmart bag ala shrug.Ī self-described ultrarunner who does triathlons (not the other way around), Kelly will be racing Saturday in Kona as a very competitive age grouper, with Team Every Man Jack. This past April the 32-year-old data scientist became only the 15th person ever to finish the Barkley marathons-approximately 130 miles of thrashing through Tennessee wilderness- within the 60-hour cutoff. John Kelly has a pretty strong mental game. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
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