Episodes

  • Home Sweet Home: Training Tactics For Where You Live

    Home Sweet Home: Training Tactics For Where You Live
    Jan 13 2025
    Whatever address you call home, where you live presents challenges and opportunities for your training. Whether you live in the heart of a major city or the remote countryside, at high elevation or at sea level, or even somewhere flat versus somewhere hilly, you have to adapt to get the most out of your training. Coaches Will Usher and Tony Washington bring their tips for training where you live. They'll talk through how to train if you don't have access to a pool, how to properly execute a session in the hills, and even how to balance staying indoors versus heading outside. So listen in to find out how your home affects your training.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Fostering Fitness in the Triathlon Offseason

    Fostering Fitness in the Triathlon Offseason
    Jan 6 2025
    When the triathlon race season comes to a close triathletes enter what has traditionally been called the offseason. Thankfully all this time off from racing doesn’t mean we have to take time off from improving our fitness. Today, coaches Brady Hoover, Jeff Raines, and Ryan Tibball share how to make the most of your offseason. They’ll discuss extra rest and recovery, focusing on a single discipline, tweaking your nutrition approach, strengthening your body, refining technique and so much more! Listen and learn how to turn your offseason into a preseason.
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    58 mins
  • Your Questions Answered: Overcoming an Injury, Ramping Up Strength Sessions, Bike Cleats, and More

    Your Questions Answered: Overcoming an Injury, Ramping Up Strength Sessions, Bike Cleats, and More
    Dec 30 2024
    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!
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Vanessa’s 5 Favorite Coach Cool Down Tips

    Vanessa’s 5 Favorite Coach Cool Down Tips
    Dec 23 2024
    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!
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Changing Gears: Improving Your Feel for Each Zone

    Changing Gears: Improving Your Feel for Each Zone
    Dec 16 2024
    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!
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The Official TriDot Podcast 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

    The Official TriDot Podcast 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
    Dec 9 2024
    Inspired by popular demand, we proudly present the official 2024 TriDot Podcast holiday gift guide! Whether you are a new or seasoned athlete, getting new gear or replacing something old, our team has ideas for you! Coaches Brandy Ramirez and Chris Navin join Andrew Harley to share their favorite gift ideas for any athlete across multiple budget amounts. From stocking stuffers to bike upgrades, electronics, and even premium race experiences; after listening to this you will have a plentiful wish list!
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Building Powerful Triathlon Training Habits

    Building Powerful Triathlon Training Habits
    Dec 2 2024
    A habit is a routine behavior that is often subconsciously repeated - and we all have good habits and bad ones. Today, Coach April Spilde and Coach Rich Soares join the podcast to share how to break away from bad tendencies and create positive behavioral patterns. Coach Rich shares some tips on how to translate this into your triathlon training while Coach April discusses how to rewire the brain to change your mindset. From minor modifications to your daily routine to adjusting your goals to be more tangible, April and Rich will leave you inspired to build good habits into your triathlon training routine!
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Season’s Greetings: Triathlon Training Tactics for the Holidays

    Season’s Greetings: Triathlon Training Tactics for the Holidays
    Nov 25 2024
    When the holiday season ramps up it can be difficult for a dedicated triathlete to balance training with family time and seasonal celebrations. Coach Raya Usher and Coach Brady Hoover bring an abundance of holiday spirit and coaching wisdom to help us find the right balance. Brady shares his secrets to training while traveling while Raya reminds us to prioritize the most important workouts! You'll even hear some tricks on how to make your workouts fun, festive, and family friendly! Wherever you are, and whichever holidays you celebrate, Season’s Greetings from the TriDot Podcast.
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    58 mins