Darby Thomas

PROFESSIONAL RESULTS:

Q & A:

What is your daily motivation?

I love the routine of building toward a goal. Seeing small improvements and watching the progress of building my body, mind, and equipment ready for a big goal is very satisfying. I also have my liquid motivation when the body is tired: Espresso.

Favorite training area?

Summertime in Finland is hard to beat. Warm but not hot. Lots of quiet roads with good surfaces. Amazing amount of clean, calm lakes or ocean. Trails and dirt roads to run. But when I am traveling for camps, I really like Mallorca! The island seems to be designed for endurance athletes.

What is your special need - besides your equipment - for race day?

I try to keep racing as 'normal' as possible so virtually all aspects are the same as a hard training day. I don't want to think of the day as something special because it creates unnecessary stress. The special part of the day comes when you cross the line... then you realize its not a normal day!

The most beautiful (1.) and the most distressing (2.) experience in your career:

Most beautiful day of my career was winning my first national title and realizing I had the potential to be a top athlete. The most distressing day was trying to race the ETU long distance triathlon without really training for a year. The 4 km swim go so bad that my wife thought I must be lost at sea... and it felt like it too! I didn't even bother starting the bike.

How would you describe yourself in one phrase?

Consistent, persistent and well above average.

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