Ironman Wisconsin is a great environment and the Friday before the race Mike went to the water, drove the bike course, and ran the run course. He's done Ironman Wisconsin twice and puts together a few thoughts from today and combines them with his race experiences. Casual, late-night, hotel conversation.
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Nobody knows it all, but there are definitely warning signs that your training is on a slippery slope. Are you overly fatigued? Stressed? Feeling defeated? Not loving triathlon? So many times we get conflicted about what's really going on here . . . we are doing triathlon for two reasons: to have fun . . .and get better. We actually PAY to do this . . . and should never hate or regret what we're doing. But these things happen ALL THE TIME. Today we explore why we get on the wrong side of the sport and offer many thoughts and solutions for how to change your approach and find the joy you're seeking.
We also talk about over-training and how it is easily the biggest blood-suck for your enjoyment of the sport. We talk about ways to beat the blahs in peak training along with how to visualize your race during the taper. Patience, execution, and belief.
- The biggest mistakes coach's make
- The perfect analogy for approaching your Ironman race
- How much should you run before an Ironman??
- Ways to break out of your training funk
- What to be thinking abut during your taper
- The 18 mile wall: Truth or Myth
- Running above your shoulders
- Mountain Biking, Dog Walking, and Roller Blades to the rescue
- Will Mike and Robbie do Otillo??
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Do you trust your training on race day? Are you married to your devices? Could you do the run without looking at your watch? On today's podcast we get into the mentality of trusting yourself, your training, and your abilities. We look at what it's how to minimize the importance of your race to perform better. We dig into why it's important to let go of BAD and GOOD workouts. And we also look at how we can come together as a group to help people in Houston.
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Ironman is about the hours and hours of training and the celebration of race day, but it’s also about friends and family . . . maybe more. The last thing you want is for your mom to be standing on a 15-hour-island looking at a confusing tracking app. Ironman Spectating is about setting up friends and family for an enjoyable weekend! Set them straight ahead of time with friends, locations, and info. Connect them to others and help them understand what they’re getting into ahead of time. Share this with your loved ones and make your Ironman weekend an experience everyone will remember forever.
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An article Mike wrote about Spectating Ironman Louisville back in the day.
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Are you already thinking ahead to next year? What's the rush? Many triathletes severely underestimate October through February.
If the reason is . . . you are loving the sport and making a long term commitment, that's probably a good thing. Or . . . are you looking for the next race-buzz?
Today we're talking about the "Q-4" or the "Triathlon Transition Phase." How to be in the moment with the process. How to think about training in the sport without saying "I have to do this . . .and I have to do that."
Many of you may be done with your season, or close, and have a race for next year, an off-season marathon, or . . . nothing. And those can be dangerous places. Plus, we look at what to do in your off season and why it could be CRITICAL for next season's goals.
How to make the focus of every training season, week, and day be, "I'm gonna do the best I can today, and keep getting better." How and when to focus on your weakness.
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In today's Crushing Iron Podcast: We pay a lot of money to "do Triathlon" but what we get in return is invaluable. Today (which happens to be Total Eclipse Day) the guys talk about the journey, the struggle, and keeping your eyes on the real prize of doing Ironman. The motivation, the friendships, the connections, and the experience. There's also a lot of swim talk here, including an exploration of Total Immersion, including the real reasons it's so popular.
- What's with all the buzz surrounding the eclipse?
- What are the most common swim myths as discovered at C26 Swim Camps
- Total Immersion swimming and why it's not for you
- Taking The Complication Out of Swimming
- The High Elbow Out of The Water illusion
- Is your motivation unhealthy?
- How great friendships emerge through training
- How do we connect when we're on an island?
- The feeling of crossing the Ironman Finish Line
- The new Crushing Iron website
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Emotions tend to rise and energy tends to fall when you're 30 days away from your Ironman or other A-Race. It's easy to give in to a make-shift taper and even easier to waste all the hard work you've put in for months. Coach Robbie and Mike break down the last 30 days and how to make sure you stay healthy and are fine tuning your fitness instead of getting soft and lazy.
- Exploring "False Depression"
- Reducing Stress and Staying Focused
- The two biggest things to worry about at the athletes meeting
- A smart approach to tapering
- How to be aware of signs of overtraining and fatigue
- The difference between tapering and rest
- Why you should be swimming a lot as the race nears
- Eggs are bringing me down
- What you should be spending your time researching before the race
- Taking the Guess Work Out of Transition and Special Needs Bags
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It's very easy to isolate in triathlon, but when we truly recognize that we're not alone in this journey, it changes the game. Today we take a look at how that happens . . . usually over time . . . and what it can mean to our overall satisfaction in life. Triathlon is just one part of our lives, but it can be very fulfilling if we approach it from an angle of connection. Mike and Coach Robbie dive into their past struggles and explore the role triathlon has played in shaping a more positive outlook for their lives.
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The Ironman Swim is typically the highest anxiety-moment of the race. Today we look at ways to be ready, calm, and smart with your swim. We focus on specifics for Ironman Wisconsin, Chattanooga, and Louisville Swim Courses, but there is a ton of general Open Water tactics and techniques that will transfer to any race.
- Where to position yourself in a mass or wave start
- The best way to find good lines and stay on course
- How to use the buoys correctly
- How the day before the race can give critical swim information
- How to deal with a bright sun and waves
- Making sure you're in the right position to corner the Red buoys
- When seeding yourself last might be the best decision
- When to put on your wetsuit
- How to get a good warm up
- How to relax before the start
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There are a ton of ways to get derailed on your triathlon training and racing. Today, Mike an Robbie look at how they're training smarter for Ironman Louisville by breaking down an Olympic they did on Sunday.
- How to think about positioning in the water for a swim
- How to swim in river current: with, against, and across
- Executing a nearly perfect river swim
- The power of training in Aero
- How to save your legs on the bike
- Why the most important part of racing an Ironman is strength
- How not to get distracted by insignificant details
- How to attack a run by feel
- Why most triathletes train too much
- The importance of "waking up" your muscles
- Running your race
- Train for the course you're racing
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On Today's Crushing Iron Podcast we welcome Age Grouper Jaime Lopez. He talks about his entry into the sport, his obsession with YouTube swim videos, and walks us through his first painful 70.3 in Muncie. Then he shares how he cut a full hour off his time, including nearly 20 minutes in the swim, on the same course. And You Must hear the story of his pre-Ironman Louisville breakfast. We can't imagine anything worse, but his perseverance that day is something we can all learn from, including using cough drops for his run nutrition.
We love to share good stories of people who have decided to change their lives for the better and show us how far they've come since they got into the sport. We hope you enjoy it too... guys and girls just like us trying to be the best we can be. Enjoy!
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Are you the kind of person who has to swim, bike, and run the full distance of your race all the time? Or are you okay with building a few days in a row? Today we talk about the power of accumulated fatigue and how to get the most out of consecutive workouts. We also talk about kilojoules and your TSS (Total Stress Score). If that wasn't enough we look into the NEW IRONMAN TRACKER's debut performance and so much more!
- Accumulating fatigue and how that should and will affect your training/racing
- When training in heat is a bad idea
- TSS - Total Stress Score
- How kilojoules relate to your training
- The NEW IRONMAN TRACKER
- Music City Triathlon
- The power of habit and routine
- Learning from your pain
- How to be better at recovery
- And, Should Ironman Pay Volunteers??
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- Racine 70.3 Cancelled Swim
- KONA winning times throughout the years. Mark Allen and Dave Scott to Craig Alexander and Jan Frodeno
- Looking for internet articles to confirm your theories
-“What the Health” documentary
- Taking a Series approach to what you put in your body
- “Thug Kitchen” - Eat Like You Give a Fuck
- Do you believe something, or choose to accept it?
- Is there a connection between veganism and patience?
- Does being Mindful make you a better long-distance athlete?
- The backlash of sugar
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We just finished our first C26 Triathlon Camp and it fueled a lively discussion about training, racing, and living life to the fullest. We cover a lot of ground including how we're training for Ironman Louisville, but the overall theme of this podcast is how to train and race in ways that keep you healthy and happy. We talk about building and adapting your philosophies surrounding how you train and who you train with. Here are some bullet points from today's podcast:
- running hills vs. flats
- bike trainer vs riding on the roads
- training in a group vs flying solo
- how to prevent your body from collapsing into a walk (on the run)
- It’s not how to go the fastest, it’s how to slow down the least
- Easing your way into the sport despite what your friends want you to do
- How to learn more about yourself off the course than on by reshaping your perspective.
- Why healthy and happy is the most important part of triathlon
- Can you smile when your crank falls off?
- Getting rid of excuses
- Committing to Consistency
- More Camps on the way
- Getting Clear with Fixing Your Swim
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Most triathletes abandon their game plan for a variety of reasons. Today we look at why it's so easy to lose your way in a triathlon. We talk about proper pacing in the swim and the bike, and a deep exploration of how that impacts your run. We also talk about having patience with pain. Also, we both signed up for Ironman Louisville last week and are on Day 6 of our "100 Days To Louisville." We talk about the first week of training for Ironman and the video series that will accompany our entire journey.
- Don't chase in your race
- How to execute the game plan you brought to race day
- The concept of being patient with pain
- Riding Hills the right way
- Why consistency is the key to racing well
- The energy of building a connected group
- Robbie tells a heart wrenching story about the birth of his son, Hayden
- What your coach should be doing for you
- How Mike and Robbie are attacking their Ironman Louisville training on week one
- Pacing your swim
- Pacing your bike
- Andy Potts's evolution
- The evolution of "100 Days To Louisville"
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Triathletes struggle with their swim, but we're here to say, with the right information, you can change the game. Don't spend another day swimming wrong and building bad habits. Fix your swim now! Also, another lackluster showing by Ironman Live Tracking at Muncie. Why can't they get that figured out? Or have they? We may have a scoop on the future of Ironman Live Tracking. And we take a closer look at Mike and Robbie's journey, "100 Days to Louisville" and how you can be on the inside with tons of video on their training tactics, diet choices, and mood swings.
- An easy and affordable way to fix your swim stroke and get stronger with the right form.
- Ironman 70.3 Muncie success stories, including a near 1 hour PR by a C26 Athlete
- Ironman Live Tracking. Why does it continually disappoint
- Could Ironman be unveiling a new tracking system?
- 100 Days To Ironman Louisville. The journey begins for Mike and Robbie and they openly share their training, goals, and fears.
- Breaking news cut in from Rev3 Williamsburg
- Help us get Chrissie Wellington or Rich Roll for our 100th podcast
- News on our new website
- On and on . . .
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We have a lot of athletes racing Ironman 70.3 Muncie and Ironman Louisville. Consider this a pump up with some great pre-race lessons. Why Louisville is one of Robbie and Mike's favorite races and a summary of the course. Plus, an explanation of C26.
- C26 Shout Outs
- How to have your best Muncie 70.3
- Ironman Louisville changes and why they're mostly good
- Emotional moments
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- How you will train different for different distances
- Should you swim, bike, and run each of the distances in training?
- Why do triathletes put their food preference in their social media profiles?
- Is it harder to go from an Oly to a Half or a Half to a Full?
- How to figure out the "time" training for an Oly, Half, and Full
- The key training variable for going from a Half to a Full
- Why your arms may be the key to a solid Ironman ride
- What to focus on when you're within a month of your race
- What's a bigger relief, finishing the IM swim, bike, or run?
- Hills are king, but why you shouldn't avoid flats
- Robbie's infamous track workout and why it will tune you perfectly for your race
- Road vs. TT bikes
- Are you spending enough time in aero on your bike?
- There's only one time there are dumb questions
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Coach Robbie didn't ride a bike from December 2016 to July 1, 2017 and today talks about the loss in power, which isn't as much as you think. We explore what a layoff means, how to keep from big losses, and how to return to action. There's also a lot of other cool stuff in here about power and it translates to your race.
- The bike layoff that didn't have much of an effect
- What to take into consideration regarding Functional Threshold Power
- Why higher power numbers can be deceiving
- New Bike psychology
- Racing without your watch
- We talk about the 5k, 10k, 1/2 marathon and marathon world records
- Roller Blading as a cross train
- Coach Robbie's Leadville update
- Mike's speculation on Ironman Louisville
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Steve DelMonte is a full-time Race Director. He has incredible passion for the sport, but he's more concerned about athletes enjoying their lives. We get into a lot of things with Steve, including: planning a race, cancelling a race like Alcatraz, changing the swim at Wisconsin, dealing with upset athletes, and getting the most out of your race. It's a great and inspiring conversation that will have you ready to get outside and fall back in love with the tough parts of triathlon.
- Cancelled Swim at Escape from Alcatraz
- The story behind Escape the Cape
- Why they really changed Ironman Wisconsin's swim start
- How race directors should treat their athletes
- Working behind the scenes with city leaders, businesses and churches to secure swim, bike, and run courses
- What it's like to have two races in a row cancelled by weather
- Race insurance
- Ironman 70.3 Atlantic City news
- How to race with gratitude and excellent thoughts on how athletes can better enjoy their day
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We posted this question in our closed Crushing Iron Facebook group and it got a ton of comments: Can you go from Couch to Ironman in 16 Weeks? Obviously it depends on where the person is in their life and what they've done before, but we think having a shorter, more focused window can actually be a benefit. This will also translate if you're doing a shorter race and think you've run out of time. You probably haven't.
- He qualified for Ironman 70.3 Worlds in his first triathlon
- What your coach should be doing for you
- When to prioritize friends and family
- When to prioritize training
- Why you should take more days off from training
- Secretive coaching
- Listener texts as examples of progress
- Why mountain bike training matters
- Why people fade away at the wrong time when they do late season races
- When is the best time to turn up the training for your Ironman
- Throwing out "excuse crumbs"
- The best way to go from couch to Ironman
- Plus, an example of how a C26 athlete finished an Ironman with 5 weeks of training
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We have both done Ironman Wisconsin and are wondering why they would drop the Mass Start? We debate all the possibilities and can't really rationalize why. If anyone knows the Race Director at Wisconsin, we would love to have him on the podcast. Also, we address the age grouper who deflated her competitor's tire before Ironman 70.3 Syracuse.
- Is a wave start safer really than a mass start?
- Is this more about congestion in transition or on the bike course?
- Why a mass start is BETTER for weak swimmers
- Where do these kinds of changes end, if ever?
- Will Wisconsin continue to sell out after this change?
- What other ways can Wisconsin make the race safer? (Satire)
- Can we forgive the woman who let air out of her competitor's tire at Syracuse?
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