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	<title>Matt Hoover &#187; triathlon</title>
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		<title>Ironman Florida part 3&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last part of my wrap up about my Ironman experience this year.  Tomorrow I will share some lessons and thoughts about this event.

With about 5 miles to go on the bike I started making some strategy decisions.  Last year I spent a lot of time in transition.  Cutting that amount of time could have helped me get to the finish line in Kona in time.  I debated on what to do.  Last year I changed all of my clothes and put on different clothes for the run.  It was again time to make a decision.
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		<title>Ironman Florida&#8230;. Part 2  (The Bike)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second part of my Ironman experience this year.  If you missed yesterday you might want to go back and read it because I am simply picking up where I left off.  Now it's time for the bike ride.

As I exited the water,  I quickly forgot about how tired I was when I felt the icy cold of the sand.  The transition was a pretty good distance away so after a short run up the beach I ran between two buildings and into a parking lot.  The parking lot was filled with numbered bags in long lines.  Inside those bags was the bike ride gear.  After finding my bag I was off to change.  Again, it was a nice little jaunt to the changing building.  
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		<title>Becoming an Ironman&#8230;.. Take 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense."
– Arnold Bennett

Well, it's all over.  I have become an Ironman on my second attempt.  It was a long day, in fact is was a 16 hour and 39 minute day which covered 140.6 miles.  I am super proud and perhaps more relieved.

I have decided again this year to do multiple blogs detailing the day.  So, here we go!
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		<title>Finding Inspiration In Finishing Last&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/finding-inspiration-in-finishing-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems more and more that winning is based solely on the position you finish.  Anything less than first is considered sub-par.  That is great for those who have the ability to acheive that high of a standard; but what about those people who no matter how hard they try, will never finish first?

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		<title>Where is Your True Starting Point?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was out on a bicycle ride with a good friend of mine.  As we were riding we started talking about the progress I've made over the past year in the sport of triathlon and how I am feeling as I prep for next Ironman in November.

I told him I felt unbelievably different.  I am down several pounds, my cycling has improved, and so has my running.  Most importantly, my mindset has improved.  Last year when I took on the Kona Ironman I had no idea what I was doing.  I didn't know that carrying around extra weight could affect me as much as it did.

Last weekend I was flipping through the channels and caught the replay of the Kona Ironman on NBC.  I watched the race and saw my brief segment once again.  When I saw myself, I wasn't disappointed, I was a little sad.  The reason I was sad was because I knew that I had a false sense of how I looked and felt physically.

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		<title>Road Trip Time&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be heading out soon for the San Francisco Triathlon soon.  I love road trips so I volunteered to drive the equipment down from Seattle.  The trip is scheduled to take 12 hours.  That is a long time to be in the car alone; especially when you consider that in the past, that is where I turned my eating common sense off.

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		<title>Are You a Do-er or a Gonna Do-er?</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/are-you-a-do-er-or-gonna-do-er/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I talked a little about how we can't change others, only ourselves.  I want to talk about how our actions speak louder than words.  By changing ourselves we can encourage those around us to make changes without saying a word.  I am going to share how I use to be a "gonna do" person instead of a "do" person.

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		<title>Kona Ironman 2009 part V</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/kona-ironman-2009-part-v/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I could finally see the lights of the Energy Lab I began to get excited.  I knew that the turn around was near.  My excitement faded quickly when I realized that you didn't just get to the corner and turn around.  I had to run down into the area about a mile before the actual turn around.   When I hit the turn around Joe and his friend Collin did some quick math.  I needed to do under 14 minute miles the rest of the way in to finish.  There could be no walking.]]></description>
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		<title>Kona Ironman 2009 part IV</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/kona-ironman-2009-part-iv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to lie.  I was hurting on the run before I even got out of the chute.  In the tri&#8217;s I did this summer my feet hurt for a little bit and the pain went away.  This was way different.  I jogged out the chute and once again the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kona Ironman 2009 part III</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/kona-ironman-2009-part-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came out of the water feeling really good.  I had finished the swim well under the time that I had set for myself and was excited to begin the bike portion of the race.  All year biking has been my strongest part and I was confident that I would be able to get myself even more minutes going into the run.]]></description>
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