IPPT Gold again!

It gets more difficult as I get older, but I still managed to score IPPT Gold again to prove that it was not a flash in the pan last year!

Halted all cycling and swimming training to focus on speed runs in the last few weeks.
It ain't easy, facing one of my deep-set fears about the discomfort in speed training.

Even though I managed to do a sub-10 and beat the 10:14 timing by a good margin, I still feel that my fitness is still not fully calibrated for short burst runs like this.
It's the mental strength that saw me through rather than physical fitness.

Kept running these phrases in my head when I did the run:
"Tonight we dine in hell"
"There is no tomorrow"
My ironman pride was at stake, so I had to make sure that I score Gold in one sitting.

Perhaps I should keep speed training as a part of my maintenance training rather than just focusing purely on endurance training when training for 70.3, so that I'll be better prepared when my next IPPT window opens.

This IPPT Gold will be my golden ticket to the next 70.3 challenge!
Which one should it be?....