Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 11:07 am by George Totonchy
The Real Ironman
June 28th, 2008
However, there were a number of factors that made my finish time slower than I had wished, wanted, and anticipated (one reason is the tremendous expectations that I put on myself). So I started to think of the other reasons that I had a slower time and one of the main ones was the extreme climate that I was subjected to in Sunriver, OR. The High temperature was 96 degrees in the central Oregon desert and the altitude probably didn’t help either. I didn’t train under these conditions but spent over 7 and one half hours in them. This made me think of how my body would/could have performed the race under a more favorable climate.
That insight led me to relate the triathlon experience to Opus Interactive (on one of my days off, which is not unusual).
The ideal climate for my body can make such a huge difference in my performance just like it can for a server. It doesn’t matter what my “training” regiment is like, if my “race day” experience is in an unfavorable environment. If a server is not in an ideal environment, it will underperform and burnout much faster, not fulfilling its potential.
My last day at Opus Interactive is 7/1/08 and I have learned from some of the most passionate, knowledgeable, and personable administrators in the industry here. It has been my pleasure and honor to be a co-worker and friend to them all. As I move to a new company, I am glad that I am going somewhere where I will now be an Opus Interactive client. They know exactly what it takes to put a server(s) in a situation to set a “PR”(Personal Record, a popular race term).
-George Totonchy
The Real Ironman
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