“Just say YES!” Scott Casella’s Story

Scott Casella’s PEAK Journey 

 

In the lead up to Nepal, Scott trained for several months to build up his strength and confidence. The trip was harder than he anticipated and consisted of 10 long days of  mountain bike trekking through some of the most demanding passes in the world - with the highest climb going over 5500 metres! Once Scott had completed Nepal, he was already thinking “What’s next?”

In 2020, Scott set himself a new goal of completing a full Ironman distance triathlon in Germany. Challenge Roth is the largest long distance triathlon in the world. When this unfortunately didn’t go ahead, Scott didn’t let this effect his mindset. Instead, he put his head down and continued training. 

“Many thoughts came into my head like, let's just give up all together, I can stop training I've got plenty of time!! However, luckily I have a wonderful support team that keeps me moving and tells me to keep going! And I am ever so grateful for them!”

At PEAK one of our values is ‘Choose Your Pain’, which involves choosing the pain of discipline over dysfunction. For the past 6 months, Scott has been attending two strength sessions a week to help prevent his risk of injuries and develop strength for the Ironman.  He has found an amazing support crew at SBR Triathlon club where he trains 6 days a week. 

He has since set himself two new goals of

1. Sunshine Coast 70.3 in September 

2. Cairns Full Ironman in September

We love Scott’s attitude that if a new challenge comes along, “Just say YES”.  PEAK is so privileged to be a part of Scott’s Journey. We can’t wait to support him on the 27th of September for his first full Ironman in Cairns!

 

Julian Tubman

PEAK Coach and Physiotherapist

PEAK Coach and Physiotherapist Julian this week talks about overcoming injury and setting himself reasonable goals during his recovery. For more tips and inspiration, see what advice Julian has for all Athletes.

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