Welcome to Episode #75 of the Mile High Endurance podcast.  Mile High Endurance is your weekly connection to coaches, experts and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance and triathlon goals.  We're your hosts Rich Soares, Khem Suthiwan and Bill Plock and we're glad you are joining us for another week of endurance in the Mile High city.  

We have full, and perhaps unwieldy, agenda today.  There is a lot of triathlon action going on this time of year.  Let's get into some updates from the two best podcast co-hosts in the biz, Khem and Bill.

Bill, what's new with you?

• Bill's updates
• Kona plans?  What are we doing about lodging at Kona
• Velorama

Khem, you had a busy week with some work travel - how are you feeling this morning?

• Khem's updates
• Primal Expo

 Rich's updates:

• Thanks again to last week's guest, George Cespedes of Tri Animals and director of the Aquaman swim and run series here locally.  If you are in the front range area, you should check out https://www.trianimalendurance.com/races to check out the details of this race series.  The series is June 20 to August 1.  There are 9 different race packages to choose from https://www.racedirectorsolutions.com/EventRegistration/Registration/2924
• Coaching certification exam
• • 75 multiple choice questions
  • Which of the following are not specific challenges that cycling and swim training present to the run component of triathlon?
    • The triathlete needs not combat gravity in either the swim or bike portion of the sport, but the environment is totally unsupported in running. 
    • Neither the swim or cycling legs of the sport are maximal efforts.
    • None of the above
    • A and B
  • 10  Short answer -
    • Describe what nutrition periodization is and why it is important to factor into an athlete's training program. 
    • List and describe five factors that contribute to an act of negligence.
      • Ignorance of the Rules - Ignorance of the rules is not an acceptable basis on which decisions should be made. It is vitally important to the success of any sporting event that all parties involved know the rules.
      • Ignoring the Rules - Ignoring the rules under which a sporting event is to be conducted is to ignore safety. USA Triathlon has a specific set of rules designed to ensure the safety of participants and spectators of the sport. USA Triathlon’s number one priority is to ensure the safety of all of those involved in the sport of triathlon. To ignore these rules not only subjects participants to potential harm, but it also exposes the coach to a great deal of liability.
      • Failure to Act - The success of any sporting event is dependent upon the people coaching or directing the event to respond quickly to problems and act in a proactive manner rather than a reactive manner. Unfortunately, too many coaches tend to react after a tragedy or serious injury has occurred. They react to crisis when prevention is really the key. 
      • Money - Insufficient funds to properly conduct a safe environment often prevents action. The lack of funds or the unwillingness to spend money leads to:
        • Reduction in safety and services
        • Lack of training or hiring of competent personnel
        • Unsafe equipment
        • Inadequate inspection and maintenance of equipment
      • Failure to Warn - Courts place a great deal of duty on the coaches to warn athletes of any potential hazards associated with the sport. Knowing conditions of the facility and making these conditions known to the participants prior to the event are essential for coaches. Failure to warn of hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions, especially when known, is the number one factor leading to large monetary damages being awarded to injured athletes.
    • Four weeks of training plan using a specific athlete scenario

• Triathlon IQ Partnership -  https://u.healthiq.com/quiz/triathlon-iq
• • I mentioned this a few weeks ago.  I had a change to submit a question for the quiz.  As it turns out they included me in the triathlon quiz
  • How the quiz works
  • They are making donations for each quiz taken.  For the first 25 people, they will make a $5 donation to the charity of my choice.  Thereafter they will donate $1 for every quiz taken up to $200
  • This is a pilot, so they've capped it at $200
  • Let me tell you about the charity I've picked is https://www.crowdrise.com/women-for-tri-2017/fundraiser/jamietwedt
• Our planned interview this week is with friend Jamie Twedt.  The interview this week is an inspirational story.  We are going to talk about her journey to this year's Ironman World Championship in Kona.  I promise you that her story will have you cheering for her this October.  We are trying to get Susan MacNamee and/or Rachel Joyce from Women For Tri to talk about their mission the state of the Women For Tri organization.

Wow.  I know Jamie's story and I've witnessed it for years.  I hear her summarize it and I'm still blown away.  If you want to support Jamie.  Please go to the Mile High Endurance website.  Right on the landing page is where you see the current and upcoming interviews.  You'll see the pictures of Jamie and Dawn, the Women for Tri logo, and Rachel Joyce.  In the caption below, there is a link to the crowdrise page for Jamie and Women for Tri.  As of this morning she had 6310 and she needs to get to $40,000.  The picture of Jamie has a hyperlink to her Facebook page, the picture of Women for Tri has a hyperlink to Women for Tri's website, and of course Rachel Joyce's picture will take you to Rachel's site.

There is also a logo for Health IQ right next to the caption on Jamie, Rachel and Women for Tri.  If you click that logo, it will take you to the Health IQ Triathlon quiz.  Whether you make a donation through crowdrise or not, this is a great way to give Jamie another $200 toward her goal.  Please take a few minutes, go to milehighenduarnce.com and then click on the Health IQ logo and boom!

 Let's talk briefly about upcoming interviews.

• Ken Axford to talk about the 4th Discipline course
• Melissa Mantak on training load and nutrition
• Dr. Carwyn Sharp, Chief Science Officer at the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
• Inigo San Milan soon

 

Thank supporters of the show.

Check out Halo Sport from Halo Neuroscience.  20 minutes of neural priming with the Halo Headset gives you an hour of neural plasticity to work and lock in the muscle movement that leads to strength, power and endurance. 

Total Immersions self-coaching programs are a great tool to help you swim fast and easier.  They have helped me overcome heavy-leg issues and achieve balance in the water.  It's making a huge difference and recommend you check it out.

Don’t forget Rudy Project for great products to protect your head and eyes.  Fast helmets and well-designed eyewear.

Give TrainingPeaks Premium account a try.  It gives you a lot more tools  to help you plan, track and analyze your workouts and execute your ATP

Check out each of these supporters, the discounts they give our listeners and the discount codes on the MHE Discounts page.  Oh, and don't forget to take the Health IQ Quiz.  There is a link on the website

That's it for the show.  Have a great week everybody!  Stay tuned, stay informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!