Ironman世锦赛年纪最大的完赛者奶奶 Natalie Grabow

 

非常Inspiring的故事，我们隔壁新泽西州的奶奶Natalie成为世界第一位80岁完赛Ironman世锦赛的女性，创造了历史。在这篇采访中，她谈到如何开始练铁三，训练Routine，营养等方方面面，很能满足我们追星族的好奇心。

[游泳] - 惊喜发现，她也是从不会游泳开始学习，在59岁，在YMCA
她说一周三次的练习，每次3000多米，在池子里游一小时到一个半小时。

There was just one (big) problem: Grabow had never learned to swim. She came up with a workaround—one of her daughters subbed in for her during the swimming portion of the event—but knew what she'd have to do if she wanted to continue competing: learn how to swim for real. So at 59, she became a regular at her local YMCA pool. “That was scary. I was very, very awkward and slow and could barely get from one end of the pool to the other in the beginning,” she says. “But I was pretty determined. I wasn’t afraid of it. I just didn't know how to do it.” Slowly but surely she improved, though the discomfort never totally left. Swimming “didn't come naturally to me, it's still not my favorite part, and I’m not that great at it, but I can get through it,” she says.

和奶奶一样，我最初也泡在YMCA的池子里，无法游下一个Lap 25米的距离。游泳也始终是最让我恐惧没有自信的一项。

[骑车] - 室内骑车是她主要的训练方式，可以在车上连续骑6小时。不要认为那很轻松，她的骑行目的性很强，要认真骑到教练规定的功率数，长时间维持一定的输出(power)，转速(cadence)和速度(speed)，即使对一个年轻得多的人也是困难的事情。

[跑步] - 奶奶应该是跑者出身，跑步的训练量着实不多。对于她这个年纪，其实也极大程度地避免了受伤。

说起铁人三项，尤其大铁距离的赛事，人们的固有思维肯定不包括80岁的老人，像奶奶这样，还有“铁修女”(Iron Nun) Madonna Buder，她们成功了，就会鼓励其他心有梦想却怀疑自己能力的人们，“那么我呢？”

 

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