Holding pace and effort are probably one of the greatest skills you can master in triathlon. Today, we look at how that correlates to your bike power, run training, and swim effort. We start with FTP (Functional Threshold Power) tests, including: how you should use them, when are the best times to do them, and how to interpret results in a way that helps you train better. It’s an understandable approach to bike power along with some great thoughts to help your swimming. 

Topics:

• Good Ole Fashioned Sarcasm
• FTP Tests (Functional Threshold Power)
• Best way to get accurate power numbers
• We have a “new” FTP Test
• When and why should you test on the bike
• How do you know if you’re ready for an FTP test?
• Why you should want your FTP a little low
• Aerobic base neglected
• Intake and outtake without proper chassis
• Ego and FTP
• Intensity Factor in Cycling
• What percentage can you HOLD?
• Golf handicaps and FTP analogy
• Women vs. Men regarding ability to hold intensity
• How long can you hold effort and pace?
• Testing anxiety 
• Pass/Fail Pressure
• Swim Turnover
• Pool times vs. Open Water
• 25 yards to a 50 meter pool differences
• Percentage of Fade
• Amount of bleed on the backend of the race
• A swimming thought process you need to use
• Don’t be reckless, be efficient
• Arm flail vs. Power 

Do you have a clear understanding of your goals? How will 20 extra minutes today matter 4 months from now? Today is about the ability to enjoy your training while keeping the structural integrity. The power of the mind and doing self checks before looking at the numbers. We talk about the distractions we all face and why it’s up to us to limit them and focus more on the middle way. Distraction equals stress and the person with the least amount of stress wins. 

Topics:

• Hair Gate
• OG in town
• What’s the point of our sport?
• The importance of context 
• Structural integrity of training
• Just Keep Loving It
• What’s your “fun level” in training?
• It’s about your ability to perform when it matters
• Exercise Randomness
• Preparing for that time later in the season
• Putting too much stock in your watch
• Do a self check
• Plus or minus 3 margin of error
• Infatuation with numbers
• Diminishing marginal returns
• Do you know what the numbers mean?
• Courage to go with your gut
• The person with the least stress wins
• The Middle Way
• Distraction equals stress
• It’s up to the coach to know the athlete

Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

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It may seem like a simple mistake, but it can snowball if you don’t stop it in its tracks. Today, we look at knowing and accepting our tendencies. We also talk about routines, mindsets, and chronic states of living. We look at the self love/punishment fence of triathletes. We talk about our “why” and what real, attainable, and lasting goals look like. We get into taking care of the body and ridiculous goals.

Topics:

• Crazy NFL Recap
• Training mistakes that cost you
• Off Balance Diets
• Knowing who you are and current fitness
• What are your tendencies when things go wrong?
• One mistake connected to the next
• It’s not about being perfect
• Intent 
• Routines and mindsets
• Accepting the outcome
• Mindfulness
• The Self Love/Punishment Fence
• Better to be undertrained
• Maximizing your ability to feel better 
• Should you take today off?
• Chronic Living
• Maintaining Health
• Taking care of your body
• The goal is to be your healthiest
• A “stay hard” mistake
• Attainable and in the ballpark
• Ridiculous Goals
• Minimal Effective Does vs. Too Much
• Play with the cards you’re dealt 
• Making up for Mistakes
• Take time to right the ship
• Don’t let one bad decision ruin your week
• Work hard/Play Hard?
• Realigning in training
• Treat yourself like you would treat others

Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

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  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com

Topics: 

• Control what’s in front of you
• Figure out how to make things work
• Problem, or solution?
• Dealing with change
• Normalizing Excuse Culture
• Limit and know your audience
• Pressure of Perfection
• “Periodization”
• Train to compliment your life
• It’s not about where you were
• Finding the groove 
• You should be your biggest fan
• It’s all about momentum
• Stop shooting for the moon
• Little wins
• Sliding scales
• Give yourself wiggle room and a chance
• Act line you’ve been there
• Aim Low
• Mike & Robbie rate today’s podcast 

Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

  Facebook: CrushingIron
  YouTube: Crushing Iron
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  Instagram: C26_Triathlon

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  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com

Back to the listeners for some more GREAT questions. We talk about appropriate soreness and fatigue, the Rules of 20, Zone Blending, and how to stay out of a hole. Also, weight gain and injuries, the best way to build a good base, driving from the hips in swimming. If that weren’t enough, we also talk strength workouts for swim, recovery weeks, and how to stay crisp during a taper. We end with stories about how we created our dream business.

Topics:

• Early morning drivers 
• Australia and Canada
• Appropriate Fatigue and Soreness
• Back in the Swing?
• Rules of 20
• Stale Legs
• Flushing out 
• Hydration
• Knowing your whole system
• Blending within Z1 - Z5
• Real time decisions to stay out of a deep hole
• Space it and Pace it
• Weight gain and injury
• TSS Overreach?
• Recovery weeks
• Staying crisp during taper
• Racing IMWI with dad, should I beat him?
• Swim focused strength workout instead of a swim?
• Driving from the hips in swimming, explained
• Generic training plan without specific races
• The story of creating our dream business

Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

  Facebook: CrushingIron
  YouTube: Crushing Iron
  Twitter: CrushingIron
  Instagram: C26_Triathlon

  www.c26triathlon.com

  Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com

This might be the best group of questions we’ve had. Strategy for adding extra races. Racing yourself into shape. Going longer than planned workouts. Recognizing and anticipating stress. Understanding warm up and cool down. Racing a month after Ironman. Time training vs. Mileage for slower runners. The best time to schedule vacation during a race season. Go-to snacks. 

Topics:

• What’s the strategy for peppering in races between your A, B and C races?
• Racing for pacing
• Racing yourself into shape
• Is consistently adding more time and distance to your planned workouts a good thing?
• Can we toss in bonus rides?
• Calories in, calories out
• Stress in, stress out 
• Anticipate your stress
• Favorite go-to snacks
• Find a routine with your food
• How would coaching benefit me for my 3rd Ironman? 
• The coaching relationship
• How important is the warm up and cool down?
• How long should I strength train into the season?
• How to tackle another race right after an Ironman?
• Will Ironman Texas happen?
• Is “time” still the best way to train if I’m a slower runner, or do I need more mileage?
• The problem with mileage training
• When’s the best time to schedule vacations during race season?
• Off week after build blocks is a good time
• The most overused word

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Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

  Facebook: CrushingIron
  YouTube: Crushing Iron
  Twitter: CrushingIron
  Instagram: C26_Triathlon

  www.c26triathlon.com

  Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com

The little decisions we make each day set the tone for our lives. Happy and Healthy are the goals and depend on which way those decisions fall. Training can always be put off, but if you think of it, do it now. Don’t be a robot in search of perfection because it’s not going to come. Embrace imperfection AS perfection. Take responsibility for yourself, as we are what we consistently do. And by all means, be selfish with what makes you healthy. 

*** Time is running out to sign up for THE C26 CLUB PROGRAM FOR 2022!  Check it out!

Topics: 

• Race Cuts
• 10 Year Challenge 
• Do it now
• Adapt or die
• You don’t need the gear 
• Perfect Pats 
• We don’t know what the future will bring 
• Take responsibility
• We try to buy our way into motivation
• Built-in Excess
• Prisoner of the moment
• You are what you consistently do
• “There’s Plenty of time”
• Make time for it
• Peel the onion slowly
• Don’t feel like a robot
• Overly structured and refined 
• Outline - Yes, Freedom - Yes
• Responsible for yourself
• A time and place for being careful
• No week is perfect
• You gotta check all the boxes 
• Healthy is King
• Be selfish with what makes you healthy 

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Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

  Facebook: CrushingIron
  YouTube: Crushing Iron
  Twitter: CrushingIron
  Instagram: C26_Triathlon

  www.c26triathlon.com

  Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com

Ever feel the pressure of too much going on? That anxious feeling is getting out of the moment. Today, we look at how that affects training and how we THINK about training. It's easy to get caught up on race day when it's 5 months away, but today is all that matters. Do something. Let it go. And get in touch with your body and the moment.

*** Time is running out to sign up for THE C26 CLUB PROGRAM FOR 2022!  Check it out!

Topics:

• Life Keeps Going
• Time to get back to work
• Sore feet
• Wired to go . . . . 
• How am I gonna get everything done?
• Feeling defeated
• Hardest thing to do
• Prisoner of the Future
• Flipping the switch
• The things we CAN control
• Attachment to perfection
• Hire someone else to be in control of your life
• What’s your baseline of self-acceptance 
• Though of Quitting
• Raining at the Lab
• Are we good enough?
• Everything is amazing and no one is happy
• Get in tune with your body
• When your training fights itself

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Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

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• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

  Facebook: CrushingIron
  YouTube: Crushing Iron
  Twitter: CrushingIron
  Instagram: C26_Triathlon

  www.c26triathlon.com

  Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com

Today is a little pat on the back or kick in the ass, depending on how you look at it. It's basically about not living in problems that don't exist. It's easy to get trapped in the "what ifs" or negativity of the world, but today is about looking in the mirror and moving forward with what's best for you. It's too early in the year to throw in the towel, buckle up and get it done. 

Topics:

• Buckle Up
• Toughen Up
• Compassion Fatigue
• Doormat Syndrome
• How do you react to things?
• Paralyzed with anxiety?
• The “what ifs” 
• Is anything wrong RIGHT NOW?
• Suck it up
• Pat on Back or Kick in the Pants?
• Even Keel
• Keep showing up
• Podcast change the world?
• Look in the mirror
• March 20th, the real new year
• Sun and clouds
• Aim Low
• You can’t mess with Nature
• Morning papers
• The power of TP yellow
• Dealing with yourself
• Being Vulnerable is the ultimate power

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*** Time is running out to sign up for THE C26 CLUB PROGRAM FOR 2022!  Check it out!

Looking for a Customized Swim analysis in our C26 Hub? Contact Somer: C26Operations@gmail.com 

---------------

• Coach Mike is accepting full-time athletes. Please check out the benefits of Customized Weekly Coaching here or contact Mike directly at: CrushingIron@gmail.com 
• Registration is still open for the C26 Club Training Program. Take the worry and stress out of your next year of planning, recovering, taper, etc. The Club membership is good for 12 months from sign up. For more information, please visit www.C26Triathlon.com/the-c26-club
• Looking for a swim analysis, personalized zones for training, and an awesome experience? Check out our New C26 Hub Training Center in Chattanooga. 
• C26 Gear is now available (for a limited time) at www.c26triathlon.com/c26-store  A great way to support the podcast! 
• Looking for an awesome coach? Check out our team of awesome coaches on our Coaching Page on C26Triathlon.com 

  Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

  You can also slide by www.crushingiron.com which is now the official blog page for the podcast. Community and coaching information are at www.c26triathlon.com 

  Our 2020 C26 Camps are sold out (other than swim camp) Find out more on our Camps Page.

  If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

  Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

  For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

  Facebook: CrushingIron
  YouTube: Crushing Iron
  Twitter: CrushingIron
  Instagram: C26_Triathlon

  www.c26triathlon.com

  Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
  Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com