Get Fast Podcast - Triathlon, Ironman & Cycling Coaching Advice

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   This week we had the Australian Masters National Road Series take place, national titles on the line for the individual time trial, teams time trial, crit race and road race. For a lot of our athletes, this is their biggest race of the year, this is their A race, the one they’ve been training for. And for some select athletes, the goal of winning gold and wearing the coveted Australian Champions jersey is possible and is what they’re aiming for. Leading into your A race like this, naturally there’s a bit of pressure around the race, often accompanied with nerves and anxiety. So how do you deal with this? What should you be thinking about before your race? Focusing on the right things and getting yourself in a peak frame of mind can be the difference between a performance you’re proud of, and feeling disappointed in yourself on race day. So today we get to hear from Gerard what are the MOST important things he wants to talk to an athlete about in race week. Keys to the episode: No matter what the hurdle or obstacle, you can find a way to succeed Understanding that you may respond differently to the next athlete after being sick or injured How to make sure your race plan is accurate Once you’ve got a race plan, what do you do next? How much detail do you need to know about the course? How much is too much? The two things you need to measure against your plan throughout race What is pressure?  Why nerves are important to have The best tactics to deal with nerves What movie are you playing in your head? The key question Gerard asks his athletes before every race Are you a patient enough athlete? When is it time to go? The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Happy new year and welcome to 2022! The new year naturally comes with resolutions and goals, so today we’re going to take you through the 7 MUST DO training rules for 2022. Often it’s less about resolutions or outcomes, and more about what actions do you need to change this year? Welcome back to the podcast for the year and we can’t wait to bring you another year’s worth of great episodes. Keys to the episode: Why getting to the start line is sometimes half the battle, and what you need to do about it If you “fell off” over the holiday period, what should you do? How many people overtrained vs undertrained over the holidays? Why re-testing yourself can be your saving grace What is your north star? What kind of athlete do you want to be this year?  What’s better than a New Years resolution? Give yourself more time this year Everybody wants to do a quick ‘12 week program’, but you’re missing out on the vital base period Why setting challenges for yourself can improve the quality of your training How to come back to training after getting Covid We want to see more people being realistic with your lifestyle this year Don’t attempt an Ironman if you’ve only got 6 hours per week to train Don’t be afraid to test yourself outside of your comfort zone Be in it for the long game The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Every year we like to reflect on what happened and pick out our top lessons and learnings of what we’ve taken this year. Each new year brings with it a new set of challenges and triumphs, but mostly for us it presents another year of evidence as to what is working and what is not working with athletes. So this is one of our favourite episodes to do as we get to really highlight the biggest and best lessons of the year that you can take to help you in 2022. This is our final episode for the year, we’ll be taking a few weeks off the podcast before bringing you bigger and better episodes again next year. From all of us at TriVelo, thank you for being a part of our community and for being a valued listener! Keys to the episode: Gerard’s number 1 reminder for the year Athletes are still underestimating race execution No matter how fit you are, if you don’t execute it can still be a disaster Gerraint Thomas’ clear execution lesson Knowing how to have a proper race plan The nutrition mistake too many athletes are making in endurance events The number 1 swimming lesson of the year The key to improving your riding is? The number 1 running lesson of the year It’s really important to learn from your mistakes and not repeat the same ones Why it’s so important that you learn something in your post race analysis Don’t need to do variety for the sake of variety Embracing technology to your advantage The famous fable of the Tortois and the Hare and our favourite lesson of the year The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   With the holiday period approaching fast, it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to attack your training program. For most people, they have a week or a few weeks off where they are away from home, but have potentially more time to train. But is training more a good thing over this period? How do you balance a potential increase in training with a potential increase in busyness that naturally comes with this period? What’s the best program you could do to make the most fitness gains? We’ll talk about it in this episode.   The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Everything we do in training, all the preparation and work we put in is so that we can get to race day and perform well. We want to stand on the startline on the beach, ready to hit the water knowing we are in the best shape possible. We speak a lot on this podcast about race execution, how to attack the race, how to have a race plan... But your race doesn’t start when you’re on the beach. It starts the moment you wake up, in fact it actually starts the night before, the whole week before or even the last two weeks leading into it. Have you ticked every box in the last couple of weeks to make sure that you are feeling confident on the start line. That’s what we’re going to discuss today. Keys to the episode: Breaking down the Ironman world record How we still underutilize swim drills Gerard’s horror watching warm ups at the latest triathlon sprint race When does race preparation really start? Not getting distracted by people around you The magic of the checklist How can I arrive at the start line with everything ticked off? What needs to happen 2 weeks out from your race? What needs to happen in the last week leading up to the race? What do you need to do the day before? And the night before? What should your morning look like? Why you should already have the answers to this exam How hard can you train leading up to the race? The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   In today’s podcast episode, we were joined by the GodFather of Triathlon Coaching Joe Friel. Not only is Joe one of the founding voices of triathlon training since it’s inception in the 80s, he’s also the founder of Training Peaks and the of 18 books with his Training Bibles’ becoming famous world wide. But mostly, Joe is a true inspiration to us, he was a pioneer for power coaching and training when Gerard was learning about it in the 2000s.   We felt very privileged to get to talk to Joe and of course we relished the opportunity to squeeze as much training knowledge as possible from him! Keys to the episode: What gets measured improves Joe’s apology for things he previously said How to know if your goals are too far of a reach How much sleep do you need? The 5:2 method of training How do you fit in enough hard training in all 3 disciplines through the week? The exact type of session to do in preparation for an Ironman Which leg is the most important in a triathlon Why you don’t need to swim fast in training You need to just focus on drills until you can swim at this specific pace The 4 key elements to swimming fast: PDLC How to continue to be fast after 50 The most important training session for the age group athlete as you get older Why you could perform just as well even if your VO2 max declines with age Joe’s personal performance habits Joe would rather poor training sessions done consistently than really good training sessions done inconsistently The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   In today’s episode we absolutely geeked out because we got to speak to arguably the number 1 triathlon coach in the world right now, Arild Tveiten. Arild is the head coach and sports director of the Norwegian Triathlon Federation.  At the Olympics in Tokyo 2021, Kristian Blummenfelt, who has been coached by Arild for 11 years, took the gold medal in the men's individual event, and fellow Norwegian athletes Gustav Iden, Casper Stornes, and Lotte Miller finished 8th, 11th and 24th, respectively. (Gustav also just won the 70.3 World Championships for the 2nd time. Arild didn’t have to give us all his best secrets into how he coaches the best athletes in the world… but he did! And we were like kids in a candy shop Enjoy the episode. Here are the highlights:● How to build trust between the coach and athlete● How the coach/athlete relationship improves over time● What coaching principles have change over the last decade● What is their actual training philosophy?● How these pros train super specifically to lactate● Why some of their sessions aren’t as hard as you think● Breaking down the specific sessions these triathletes do● How they planned their race intensity period leading into Tokyo● How to know what you’re capable of as an athlete● Breaking down the race performances as Tokyo● How the taper period differs for every athlete● We get to ask Arild why Kristen Blummenfelt was drinking so much water in the race!! (Of course we shouldn’t have doubted them)● How flexible are you in changing sessions based on feeling or fatigue? The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   In part 1 of our 100th episode special, we told the epic story of Gerard Donnelly's professional triathlon career. The story finished with Gerard retiring from professional triathlon... In part 2 today we’re going to tell the story of Gerard's coaching career and how his coaching has developed over a 30+ year period.  I didn’t think the story could get more exciting than part 1, but there are even more surreal, cool, life changing moments throughout this part of the story.  And, a major part we’re going to tell is that although he retired as an athlete, he was not done competing… and his journey to once again reach the top as a masters athlete is one of the biggest contributing factors to his success as a coach. Enjoy part 2!   The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   I (Jordan) couldn’t be more excited to bring this episode to you. We’ve interviewed some fantastic guests already on this podcast; elite athletes, former pros, olympians, world class coaches, experts in their field… And at the start of every episode, I introduce my fellow host of the podcast, former Australian Ironman Champion Gerard Donnelly. So because it’s our 100th episode, today I get to interview Dad, and tell you the story of his career, how he won that Australian Ironman and so much more. For those that aren’t aware, Dad hates talking about himself. And it took a bit of convincing to get him to do this episode, and open up about every detail about his professional triathlon career as an athlete, and also as a coach. There’s plenty of emotion in this episode, I had goosebumps many times, we got raw, we got choked up, and for me I couldn’t be prouder to be able to share this story and give you an insight into my hero, the man that has inspired me and countless other athletes and continues to do so every day.  Gerard Donnelly is a ruthless competitor, a winner, a motivated athlete and an even more motivated coach.  He cares about his athletes like his children and underneath a tough exterior motivated by performance and improvement is a caring mentor and friend that just wants to see you enjoy yourself.  So our journey starts when Gerard decides in 1981 to try his hand at this thing called a Triathlon… What follows is years of sacrifice, hard work, mistakes made and lessons learned all on the way to reach this outrageous goal of becoming Australian Champion. How did he succeed? What happened when he took on the world's best athletes in Kona?  What was the mistake he made on the world’s biggest stage? LIsten to Part 1 of The Story of Gerard Donnelly to find out. It’s a longer episode than normal, but every second is worth it. Part 2 will be out next week.   The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Ryan Bolton has a very impressive resume both as an athlete and a coach. Coming out of college as a talented swimmer and runner, he gave triathlon a go and came 2nd as a junior in the world triathlon championships which kickstarted his professional triathlon career. He competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and is now one of the top Triathlon and Running Coaches in the world.  He is the current USA Triathlon High Performance Advisor, he coaches top Ironman athletes such as Ben Hoffman, Heather Jackson and of course we had to ask about our man Sam Long! This is on top of elite runners including Caroline Rotich, winner of the 2015 Boston Marathon. Keys to the episode: Why surrounding yourself with the right people is so important How Ryan got lucky with The ‘Father’ of Triathlon Believe it or not, Triathlon shouldn’t be stressful for you How to understand ‘Periodisation’ and what level it needs to be applied to How far ahead are you planning your programming? Why you need to be flexible with training principles The last percentage of training that needs to be individualised to you The magazine conundrum in Triathlon The surprising difference between pro vs age group data The risk vs reward race tactic The big mistake Ryan made in the Olympic trials How the pros have managed so many cancelled races What the pros did to stay motivated without races The difference in training strategy between Ben Hoffman and Sam Long Advice for doing an event that you may not be suited to The ‘Question Test’ that can replace lab testing How to know how easy to do your easy days Can you go too slow in recovery? Magic things happen in zone 1 and 2 Where in zone 1 or 2 should you sit? Ryan’s nutrition planning with his athletes Should you be having caffeine before and/or during races? Ryan’s biggest life lesson from the last 12 months The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. Your hosts are Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.