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Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Find out why thousands of beginner, intermediate, and advanced athletes are improving their training and racing with accessible, functional and genuine conversation about triathlon. Two coaches, who aren't afraid to laugh at themselves, look for smart and enjoyable solutions in a sport that's often dumb and painful. Mike Tarrolly and Robbie Bruce explore the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual side of training and racing everything from Ironman to a Sprint. on Monday and Thursday.
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Now displaying: October, 2024
Oct 31, 2024

We start talking about candy and ketones and it kinda goes on from there. 

 

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Oct 30, 2024

What a race from Patrick Lange. Today, we look at how KONA unfolded and why, after all these years, it still comes down to the run . . . and maybe the swim? It's incredible to think that Lange may have strategically pulled back on the bike with a 4:06, but it definitely makes you want to look at the little things and how important they are in racing. Speed kills in shorter racing, but at the Ironman distance, mistakes can pile up. Making good decisions in your race (and training) often trumps technology, but it's all so tempting. Today, we get into many aspects of Ironman training and racing with a food for thought discussion. 

Topics:

  • Execution for the win
  • The incredible Patrick Lange
  • Ditlev's grit
  • Blummenfelt's struggles
  • The amazing Cam Wurf (and Matt Hanson)
  • Rudy von Berg, Sam Laidlow
  • The swim course record
  • The most underrated triathlete
  • All the new methods, but . . . 
  • Mistakes take you out of the race
  • Mental games
  • Was a good chunk of the field over-raced?
  • Pro triathlete's schedules 
  • Do some of us do too much?
  • The temptation of the tech short cut
  • One hit wonders, golf clubs, the Boston Red Sox and more 

 

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 25, 2024

The Triathlete’s Christmas is upon us… Who will stand on top of the podium at the Ironman World Championships? Despite being a little later in the year, it looks like it will be hot on the course. How will that play into the race? We go through some potential race strategies, talk about the favorites, and a few dark horse candidates for the podium. In the end we give our pics.

Topics:

  • 808 History
  • Hawaii Weather
  • The swim - can it now be lose it or win it?
  • Will they hammer the swim?
  • Bike power
  • How aggressive will they be on the bike?
  • Drop the fast runners?
  • Who can come out in a swim pack ahead of their typical swim?
  • Energy savings but faster in the water
  • Mike and Robbie’s podium predictions

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 22, 2024

There’s not much worse than starting each year from scratch with rusty joints and bones, so today we look at some strategies to get the most out of your “off-season” training. Many may seem non-traditional, but the biggest key is to enjoy what you’re doing and stay in the fitness ballpark. We get into flex months, the reality of too much intensity, spending time working on things that will matter the most next year and slowing down degradation of fitness. The long game is life, so be all in on your health.

Topics: 

  • T-100
  • KONA broadcast
  • NASCAR
  • Winter hybernation
  • "What ya runnin from, boy?"
  • Exciting and consistent
  • Staying in the ballpark
  • Most important thing: enjoying what you’re doing
  • 12 months of intensity . . .
  • Falling in the triathlete’s cycle
  • Flex month after your biggest race
  • The focus is the hardest part
  • Mental and emotional tolls
  • Maintaining ballpark fitness
  • Actions speak louder than words
  • Weekend rebellion
  • Slowing down degradation of fitness
  • Stopping regression
  • Priming the engine
  • Do something simple first
  • Your body craves activity
  • The long game is life
  • All in on health and longevity

 

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 16, 2024

Today, we tackle a thought provoking question. What’s harder, an Ironman or a stand alone marathon? Within this question are a lot of interesting thoughts about becoming a stronger endurance athlete. We compare the body blow mentality of doing and Ironman vs. the more intense effort it takes to do a marathon. We ask if most people really “race” an Ironman or survive? We look at the pain and pounding of a marathon. Levels of soreness vs. overall fatigue. Are we talking about the training input it takes to do either? Are we talking about just getting it done or racing? Are they two completely different sports?

Topics:

  • Early morning running
  • Intervals, hill repeats, and Z1-Z2
  • Are most people way overtrained?
  • Chasing a pace
  • How much more running do we do for a marathon?
  • Are you racing or surviving?
  • Optimal marathon vs. Ironman pace in the run
  • When does your body reject the speed?
  • People to pace off of
  • Crowds
  • When people are shocked by their marathon pace
  • 1 mile sprint vs. a 5k
  • Do you need to do a marathon while training for Ironman?
    • Top marathoners vs. Top Ironman athletes
  • Lot’s of food for thought
  • The answer doesn’t really matter

 

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 10, 2024

Listeners drive today’s topics, including the highly debated topic of weight training.

We also take a deep look at the swim and discuss whether it’s worth working overtime to save a couple minutes. Also, how do you keep motivated and inspired when something like injury takes you away from triathlon. Should you bilateral breathe in the swim? The best ways to work strength training into your swim, bike, run training.

Topics:

  • Fall weather
  • Is the extra work worth saving 2 to 3 minutes in a swim?
  • Crashed bike, what now?
  • How do you keep going?
  • Using triathlon to figure out who you are
  • I’m not a triathlete, I’m a person who challenges myself and does hard things
  • Bilateral breathing worth the time?
  • Finding your best swim stroke
  • Adult onset swimming
  • Q4 the time to focus on weight training?
  • Replacement or compliment
  • Core work?

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 8, 2024

Sometimes we talk with each other in a way to figure things out. Today, we dive into staying in the game, being in the moment, and living a life of experiences. We talk about letting outcomes ruin great journeys. We look at moving through things that give us fear. We get into shifting perspective on races that didn’t quite go our way. We look at how being in person is so much different than an experience on a screen. It’s so easy to fall into a comfort trap and it rarely gives us satisfaction. What will you regret if you don’t try it? It’s easy to think about a vacation or a big race all the time, but don’t miss what’s happening right now.

Topics:

  • Letting outcomes ruin great journeys
  • Is this even real?
  • How much we avoid
  • Talking yourself out of something you want to do
  • Being there is way different
  • There are no wrong or right answers, there only is what is
  • Choosing comfort
  • Not learning for yourself
  • Moving through what gives you fear
  • Age group finish placement
  • We have to shift our perspectives on accomplishments
  • We’re all flawed, quit putting so much pressure on yourself
  • Sometimes we don’t have the brain power
  • What will you regret?
  • Comfort crisis
  • Looking forward to a vacation all year long
  • Dopamine Nation

 

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 3, 2024

We talk the best Z1 and Z2 ratios for the off season. We look at Training for unique races like the Triple T. We get into the best ways to attack ultra run training. We talk the loss of swim feel and the way to get back in the groove. Losing weight for performance or health? Time to upgrade your bike? Prepping for cold water swims. How to learn from under performing in your race. Plus a little MLB and Pete Rose.

Topics:

    • Z and Z2 training ratios for off season
    • Finding a love of Z2
    • Is Z2 boring or just hard?
    • Figure out your zones
    • Tabata style workouts for long course racing
    • Z2 Ramps
    • Triple T - Train to be fatigue resistant
    • Why is it so hard to pick up swimming after a break?
    • Feel for the water, the pedals, and the ground
    • How much should heavier athletes work on losing weight for racing?
    • Hungry or thirsty?
    • Not “trying” to lose weight
    • Bike upgrade time??
    • 90k trail race training volume
    • How to be ready for a cold water swim
    • Dealing with under achieving in your race
    • Blow ups as unreal expectations

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Oct 1, 2024

Now is the time to look deep inside and figure out where you want to go, what makes you happy, and how to find love of the process. We look at the post season mindset and investigate how what we learned can be a catalyst going forward. What do we really need to work on? Strength, endurance, overall health, attitude, our why? We also talk about how just sticking around and staying in the ballpark can make you a completely different athlete next season. We are often too deep in the inertia to realize how far we’ve come and how this sport and training has made us stronger and healthier people. It’s a time to reflect, appreciate, and keep moving forward.

Topics:

  • We failed in our Chart predictions
  • “I swear I’m never doing this again.”
  • Testament to the human spirit
  • Ironman finishin lines
  • The red carpet feeling
  • Post Ironman mindset
  • Going out into the wilderness that is an Ironman
  • Post race roller coaster
  • The best way to having a short build
  • Starting a new season in the same way but expecting change
  • Year round consistency
  • Hidden weekend off
  • Rejuvenating and refreshing
  • When our training plans become outlines and menus with choice
  • Don’t try to prove something too soon
  • Understand what makes you healthy and don’t live in sickness
  • Now is the time to figure your shit out
  • No deadline problem solving
  • Getting better looks like a lot of different things

 

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

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