Today we open it up to some of our own athletes to ask questions. We get into races that may not live up to the hype, Travel, stress, and exhaustion, sleep, fueling for health, a quality of life perspective, and lowering cortisol levels. We also talk snow shoes, cross country skiing, and when is the appropriate time for Christmas decorations. 

Topics - 

• Gray blanket season
• What if your race doesn’t live up to the hype?
• The hype train
• Grass is greener
• Christmas trees before Thanksgiving?
• Travel, stress, and mental exhaustion
• Are you trying to get in too much?
• Going easy to get energy
• Serious sleep
• Fueling for health
• A quality of life perspective
• Lowering cortisol
• Doing things right
• When to step away from long course
• What’s your desired outcome?
• Mental and emotional bandwidth
• Show shoes and cross country skiing
• Turkey costumes and drag

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

What was the state of your mind, body and spirit at this time last year? We look at how triathletes can get trapped in a cycle and spend time working on things that don’t move the needle. More “can” be better but we contend being more specific with your time can give you better results. We look at races as a driving force, the simple concept of repetition is the key, and look restraint vs. over reaching. How to get more out of your time and make sure you’re not dealing with the same dilemmas this time next year.

Topics:

• Yellow for the win
• More isn’t always better but it can be
• Can we accept feeling good?
• Train for what fits in your life
• Decision making season
• Races on the calendar as drivers
• Learning every season
• Did I set myself up for failure?
• Stay on top of your maintenance
• Levels of consistency
• Distracted by ego
• Cell phone addicts . . .
• Repetition is the key
• How can I get better on the bike?
• The triathletes hierarchy of experience
• Chassis vs. the engine
• Frequency is king?
• Slow down to do more
• Don’t just do more, be specific
• Restraint vs. overreaching
• Working smart
• Getting more out of your time
• Stacking 6 missed workouts on the weekend

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

In honor of Mike's dad's favorite Ironman pre-race song, "Let's get it started . . . now." No more overthinking. No more premature optimization plans, just go and don't let information overload push something off to tomorrow, or next month. The digital comfort food is slowing down your progress. Get supportive people around you and let it rip in what might honestly be the most important time of the year. Figure things out on the fly. What works for you. What doesn't. Now more wallowing in the past or being afraid of the future. Let's get it started. 

Topics:

• Podcasts taking over the media
• More choices and ideas than ever
• Listen to the people you want
• Powerful long-form discusssions 
• Did Mike actually give up reading?
• Inappropriate boundaries that hold us back
• Digital comfort food
• Immediat action
• Just get started 
• Power support
• What if we had interventions for the lazy?
• Reaction videos
• Letting go of control
• Being grounded in the moment
• Practice for being in the now
• Depression is in the past
• Anxiety is in the future
• Transcend and include
• It's better to figure out training when your training
• When your urge is to do nothing

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Are you willing to let go and leave your comfort zone? Today, we start by talking about Cam Wurf’s perspective on endurance sports and life and it takes us into an interesting discussion about “being game” to try new things. We’re seeing more athlete “going for it” with their adventures and we love it. We get into staying grounded, but taking chances. We look at building confidence by seeing speed. We talk about why Zone 2 is the ultimate mystery but key to endurance sports. And why Mike is taking a break from reading.

Topics: 

• Being grounded
• Ironman Florida
• Cam Wurf’s perspective on life and endurance sports
• Cameron Hanes
• Giving up things that waste our time
• Finding fun within the challenge
• Are you game or too cautious?
• Building confidence by seeing speed
• Meditation, yoga as they relate to Z2
• Getting rid of that brittle feeling
• Creating experiences
• The lure of C26 team events
• More 50 and 100ks on the books
• Use your body
• Creating resilience
• Tough life and experiences

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Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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

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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 - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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 - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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 - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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 - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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 - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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 - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]