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Mert and I worked on some T-shirts earlier this summer for my trip to Ironman USA in Lake Placid. We based it off an article Rich Strauss wrote about how to race an Iron distance event.

The purpose of the swim is to get you on the bike.
The purpose of the bike is to eat for the run.

The purpose of the first run lap is to put money in the bank to pay the monkey that will jump on your back the second lap. The Second Lap Monkey. He is very a big monkey.

If this is your first Ironman, you have probably felt in your training everything that you will feel on race day, except the Second Lap Monkey. You can’t train for that.

The Second Lap Monkey carries a big stick, and its name is Pain.

Love it, hate it, get angry at it. Breathe it with every breath, feel it with every step and use it. It lets you know you are still alive, more alive than most people will ever be in their whole lives. The clock keeps on ticking and everything bad must eventually come to an end.

All you have to do is keep running in a straight line until someone tells you to stop.

Check out the back of the shirt.

Let me know if anyone wants to buy a T-shirt. We have about 10 left.