A: And what does your training D: I have a really supporting and honest with people regarding D: Atlas is taking a really exciting regime look like for something like family and work for a flexible and what stresses I am currently going direction this year, we are aiming for that? supportive company. However, I find through in my work and home life. Atlas Play to enter the commercial this area the most difficult to manage world and for Atlas Optimise to D: I generally have off periods move from a prototype into a harded where I’m building a strong base, solution. Bring on the Customers not training specifically, but I am and the feedback and growth that out socially exercising with friends will be driven from it. and family. Calculated from my main yearly goal I have a plan which A: Fantastic, thank you Darren and consists of building phases that have good luck for the Ironman World unique 4 week cycles that increase in Championship! time and effort, except the last week which is a reduced effort week. Using Editor’s Note: Whilst we couldn’t be this approach my body and more more proud of our colleague Darren importantly my mind can gradually and the epic amounts of work he put learn to deal with the extra load and into preparing for the Ironman World stress. Championship, fate unfortunately intervened before he could challenge A: Given it’s such a big undertaking, for the world title and Darren caught we imagine it can influence you COVID! throughout your life. Are there any skills you take from your exercise While he’s totally recovered, he was and use in your work and vice-versa? unfortunately holed up in a hotel in Utah, isolating while the event ran, D: I think they are very alike really. swam, and cycled on without him. They are both solving seemingly All we can say is poor luck Darren, impossible challenges and by Darren’s race kit, all ready and back to training for the next one! breaking down the problem into and organised for May smaller iterative chunks we can develop an iterative solution that allows us to progress towards our really. If you spend too much time on end goals. one then the others start to suffer. A: Thank you Darren, this has been A: How do you balance contending I have learned through my previous fascinating! Looking to the future, for the world championship, work, mistakes that I need to be very open what’s exciting you about Atlas and family life? and honest with people regarding world this year? ATLAS WORLD MAGAZINE SPRING, 2022