How to "Rehearse Success" before an Ironman (or Any Open Water) Swim

   This is taken from an email exchange with Steve Eldred, one of the most determined athletes I've met. A fall from a balcony 20 years ago left Steve with a disabled left arm, yet he completed the Lake Placid Ironman in 2008 and is now preparing for his second. In 2008, he struggled to finish the 2.4-mile swim, emerging from Mirror Lake in 2 hrs 20 min as the last swimmer in. He felt ill much of the rest of the race because of how exhausting the swim was. Almost miraculously he p [...]