The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

Since assessment workouts serve as a benchmark of your current fitness, it is crucial to perform your best in these training sessions. TriDot Coaches Matt Sommer and Elizabeth James join the podcast to break down everything you need to know for your next assessment week. We'll discuss the importance of fitness benchmarking as well as mental strategies and practical tips to increase your performance. Matt and Elizabeth will provide pacing strategies and suggestions for overcoming test anxiety; all aimed at equipping you to nail your next round of assessments!

While long course requires stamina, short course racing involves a lot of power and speed! Two-time short course National Champion and TriDot Coach Ben Sommerville joins Coach Ryan Tibball on the podcast to emphasize the importance of building speed before your next short course race. From the timing of fueling and proper form and technique, to powering through those tough training sessions, and even the value of brick workouts, Ben and Ryan break down each discipline and provide tips on how to become more powerful in each sport.

Join IRONMAN world champion McKeeley Jones and coach Jeff Raines as they expose the myths surrounding the time commitment for IRONMAN training. They discuss how to balance intense training with everyday life, share strategies for maximizing workout efficiency, and highlight the importance of personalizing training plans. The duo navigates the mental aspects of endurance training, offering tips on maintaining relationships and avoiding burnout while developing stamina. Get ready to redefine your training journey!

Success in triathlon training and racing can be just as much mental as it is physical. You devote numerous hours to swimming, biking, and running to train your body, but what are you doing, if anything, to develop your mind? Can your mindset truly impact your performance results? On today's episode, mental skills coach Bobby McGee and triathlon coach Elizabeth James discuss this, and more! Join the discussion about the role emotions play in race preparation, combatting anxiety and nervousness, and employing practices such as visualization. This episode may be the key to help you unlock your performance potential through the development of mental skills!

Matt Sommer, a TriDot coach and fitness director, and Elizabeth James, a professional triathlete and coach, share their expertise on strength training for triathletes. They discuss how strength training goes beyond lifting weights, focusing on mobility, stability, and recovery. The duo provides insights on tailored routines for both beginners and seasoned athletes, emphasizing injury prevention and efficiency. They're even ready to help those with limited equipment, sharing their at-home workout strategies to keep athletes strong and motivated.

Will Usher, founder of Precision Race Team, and Tony Washington, lead coach at Team No Coasting, share invaluable insights on adapting triathlon training to your local environment. They discuss how terrain and climate can drastically impact performance, offering tips for training in diverse conditions, from the city to the countryside. Listeners will learn strategies for tackling hilly terrains, alternatives for pool access, and the importance of pacing and technology in training. Plus, they delve into maintenance tips to keep your bicycle in top shape!

Brady Hoover, a TriDot coach with expertise in strength and triathlon training, joins fellow coaches Jeff Raines and Ryan Tibball to discuss optimizing the offseason for triathletes. They explore innovative strategies to enhance fitness, including focusing on individual disciplines, strength building, and refining techniques. The conversation highlights the importance of goal-setting and experimenting with nutrition and gear. They advocate for a 'preseason' mindset, utilizing this time for skill development to prepare for an upcoming competitive season.

We're back for another episode of answering YOUR questions! TriDot coaches Jeff Raines, Elizabeth James and Jenn Reinhart are in the hot seat on this round-robin, rapid-fire episode! Learn how to ease back into training after injury, incorporating more strength work to your workout schedule, and tips for open water swimming when open water isn't nearby. Listen in as the coaches talk about tubeless vs. tubes, different types of bike cleats, and planning your schedule as you jump to a longer distance race. They also discuss how to keep your triathlon gear clean (and not smelly!). This episode has a tip for everyone!

For the last two years The TriDot Triathlon Podcast has ended the show with a tip from a TriDot coach. Today we celebrate our 100th coach cool down tip! Vanessa Ronksley joins Andrew Harley to look back on her favorite recordings. From what Vanessa tells herself everyday to the tip that is really ten tips, we recall some of the best cooldowns over the last hundred episodes. We discuss identity, training the mind alongside the body, and pre-race wisdom for you to crush that upcoming event! All one hundred cool downs were valuable, so we recommend you listen to every episode, but if you can't, these are some must listen coaching tips!

Do you know how to dial in your training zones for each workout? Have you mastered how zone 4 pace feels in the water or zone 2 heart rate feels on a run? An athlete's fitness is constantly changing so therefore the the feel of each training zone will change as well. This week Coaches Jeff Raines and Ryan Tibball join the podcast to discuss the importance of training at a variety of paces and share their coaching secrets to developing a feel for each different intensity. Jeff and Ryan break down each sport and provide drills to improve the feel of each zone as well as tips for changing between zones. Whether your next workout calls for power, pace or heart rate, by the end of this episode, you'll want to head to the track (or pool) to practice these tips!