True Class is No Act

You ask what you need to succeed well in this sport. I believe the most important thing you need is a solid support team and a team that you believe in. I have had this my entire career. You cannot second guess your support team. Many people will tell you your doing things wrong or give you all the reasons why you should be doing things a different way. You need to believe in your team and believe in what your doing. It is this that you will draw on when the going gets tough and if you doubt this then you have nothing.

You need to have a sound belief that you can do it and the courage to chase your dreams. Along the way you will always have the knockers and the ones who draw huge satisfaction out of your failures. Distance yourself from these people. They dont understand that the real losers are the ones who dont have the courage or the conviction to actually try and achieve a goal. They are usually these people themselves.

You need to have good discipline and work ethic but be smart enough to understand the fine balance of this sport. Triathlon is a single sport that requires training in 3 disciplines. Many people forget this important fact.

Jabba says you need to be angry. I agree I always raced well on anger but it needs to be centred and focused. Anger projected the wrong way can be distructive.

I think the basic key to success is belief, discipline and consistency.

This posted forum reply by Macca (unedited) further validates my belief that he is one of the true class acts in the sport of triathlon. I was in the media stands directly behind the sacred grounds of the finish line in Hawaii last year and watched him win the Big T Kahuna. His first words were of thanks to his family, his pals and his fellow competitors. He then emotionally spoke of his belief system and how it had, now, today, also been validated. He is one classy guy. And needs no acting to prove it.

For many years now, he marveled, regional class was rewarded with a pithy and trite (yet honest) little complement he bestowed upon those he met from the region. Up until today it had only one area that qualified. Now it has two. The compliment: "I have never met anyone from Montana that I didn't like". Add Australia. Mate.