Scott Woolsey

Visually impaired athlete pursuing triathlon by way of running a little faster. Professional food advocate. Falls down but skis anyway.

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Fresh

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Avoid catastrophizing

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My first open water swim when I moved to Salt Lake. Still love the jokers I met that day.

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Always love this quote:

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Does Facebook have an option somewhere in "settings" to only allow comments on your posts that are in 100% agreement with your socio-political views? Or maybe even ALL of your opinions? I'd definitely feel a lot more righteous if I thought everyone agreed with me all the time.

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When leaders do something with which you disagree it is easy to conflate. Things need to be looked at on their own merits as well as in context. It is to easy to employ hyperbole, especially on social media, to seek confirmation bias (intentionally or not). Be wary for certa…

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140.6 miles of racing. That was fun. But man did it hurt!

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Seeking a potential guide for Ironman Saint George in September (if it happens). As of now I don’t have a tandem. Looking for someone who can swim under 1 hour, bike ftp +|- 275w, run 8:00/mile for iron distances.

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Baby Swiss chard

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Fat Scott ate well.

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My week on Twitter 🎉: 1 Mention, 4 Mention Reach, 2 New Followers. See yours with https://t.co/JnuO62TZNc

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Thank you to all who have sent expressions of concern about my bike crash. I’m feeling sore but fine.

To be clear: this was a leisurely paced ride with Lucy and two friends who were very aware of my vision and willing to ride in a way that helped keep me safe. They chose a…

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For everyone entrenched in the implications of statistical models regarding COVID-19, remember this: Nature is unintelligible; nevertheless, science requires that we be able to make accurate predictions of future events based on mathematical models in the mind. The crux of t…

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This will always be one of my favorites.

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Being in lockdown has been a lot like going blind. It's isolating. Its made me realize how small my world has become without relying on others to help me.

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I think that people will do things unless specifically told they CAN’T. And they won’t do things unless specifically told they HAVE to (with punitive repercussions).

The words should and shouldn’t seem to be evaporating from meaning.

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Have questions about triathlon you want to ask an Ironman world champion, Olympic silver medalist, two time 70.3 world champion and Paralympic Gold medalist (as a guide)?

Jump on Instagram and go to the @feltbicycles My coach Michellie Jones is doing a feed takeover this mo…

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How can a president recommend social distancing and laud on Twitter people who are expressedly not doing it? A nod is as good as wink.

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This year, Ironman Oceanside would have been my final race without a guide. A lot has changed.

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect, named after two psychologists (Dunning and Kruger) is a cognitive bias whereby people who are incompetent, are unable to recognize their own incompetence. And worse, they do not only fail to recognize their incompetence, they actually feel confiden…