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非常Inspiring的故事，我們隔壁新澤西州的奶奶Natalie成為世界第一位80歲完賽Ironman世錦賽的女性，創造了曆史。在這篇采訪中，她談到如何開始練鐵三，訓練Routine，營養等方方麵麵，很能滿足我們追星族的好奇心。
[遊泳] - 驚喜發現，她也是從不會遊泳開始學習，在59歲，在YMCA
她說一周三次的練習，每次3000多米，在池子裏遊一小時到一個半小時。
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.
和奶奶一樣，我最初也泡在YMCA的池子裏，無法遊下一個Lap 25米的距離。遊泳也始終是最讓我恐懼沒有自信的一項。
[騎車] - 室內騎車是她主要的訓練方式，可以在車上連續騎6小時。不要認為那很輕鬆，她的騎行目的性很強，要認真騎到教練規定的功率數，長時間維持一定的輸出(power)，轉速(cadence)和速度(speed)，即使對一個年輕得多的人也是困難的事情。
[跑步] - 奶奶應該是跑者出身，跑步的訓練量著實不多。對於她這個年紀，其實也極大程度地避免了受傷。
說起鐵人三項，尤其大鐵距離的賽事，人們的固有思維肯定不包括80歲的老人，像奶奶這樣，還有“鐵修女”(Iron Nun) Madonna Buder，她們成功了，就會鼓勵其他心有夢想卻懷疑自己能力的人們，“那麽我呢？”
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