Welcome back to this week's episode where Steph breaks down her first race of the season at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside.

Plenty of lessons learnt along the way as the build for Ironman Texas heats up!

It's rrrrrrrrrace week and we're fighting off jet lag to bring you an episode from California! We chat through our travel out here, some OUTRAGEOUS findings (they aren't that outrageous but bear with us...) and subsequent solutions, and Matt oggles the bike race set up/most expensive bike stand ever...

Ever thought about the best way to pace a race, what to pack in your race kit list or what a monster triathlon might look like?

Well this week you're in luck!

Matt talks through how GREAT it is to negative split a race (and way less painful than going out too hard, a lesson we've both learned....) as well as the power of pacing off effort and not relying on the numbers.

Then we have a whistle stop tour of what Steph is packing for the racing trip to the US before a WATT THE BUCK double header!

This week we have a catch up on the last week of training camp finishing off a good block of work before moving into the first race of the year at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. Matt's back to back race weeks and how to pace a half marathon!

This week we talk about all things IKEA furniture building procrastination, Matt's Bath Half Marathon preview, Steph's training week and the main topic of understanding swimming technique for all abilities!

Have a guess on our Poll this week for Matt's half marathon time!

This week we chat about our first Ironman's and alllllll the lessons we've learned since! We take you through our do's and don'ts for the big day (and the weeks leading in) and go in DEEP on nutrition and what we've learned over the last 5 years...

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This week we talk through Steph's approach to the season and the current schedule we're tackling! Matt also has a race up-date....

Also discussed - new bike sponsor (wahoooo finally!!!), what's next in the plan for the year and the winter Olympics....

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Performance mindset is the topic for today's discussion and Steph and Matt share plenty from their own experience. Steph talks about how she's trained her mindset over the last 20+ years in sport, what's changed and what tools she uses to stay on the right track.

It's been a journey for her and we know it's not over yet!

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This week, Steph and Matt talk us through how they've created and grown Steph's "brand" on social media and how it's changed over the last 10 years. They share their top tips for getting started on sharing your story as well as giving an insight to their "behind the scenes" of content creation and facing the fear (of filming and being filmed!).Steph's bike fit from Matt Bottrill is also discussed as well as different ways to approach balancing your training through the week (and how it can change through a season!).Make sure you send your questions through to us on instagram - @stephclutterbuck or @buckthetrendpod Like, follow and subscribe to keep up to date! To show your support, please buy us a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/stephclutterbuck

On episode 5 of the pod, Steph and Matt are back home and chatting through some early plans for the year! A couple of race announcements, the final numbers from camp and a rather outrageous Watt the Buck for us Welsh rugby fans...

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