Do you keep struggling to hit your race goals but can’t figure out why? Today, we give you some clear thoughts and solid strategies to improve your swim, bike, and run speed. Are you selling yourself short in one or more of the distances just because one comes more naturally? We dive into specific training techniques that will help you build the right way with your eye on a certain race goal pace/power, etc… You are most likely selling yourself short, but it is possible. The hard parts are working hard enough, taking ample recovery, and being patient.

Topics:

• Establish a demand of what you need to hold
• How fast do you want to go?
• Triathlon has different demands than a straight run race
• Chipping away at a speed
• Are you selling yourself short on the bike?
• Do you have belief that you can do more?
• What comes after setting a pace goal?
• Race pace and what it means in training
• Doing work above, at, and below goal pace
• How to build your swim speed
• Knocking down your 100 time in the water
• Run pace and cutting it down
• Shorter intervals at your goal paces
• It is all realistic but it will take time
• Swimming intervals in open water
• Making recovery or distance decisions on the fly
• Longer or shorter recovery?
• Some days you might need more rest

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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We call it "training" for a reason and we should be "practicing" in a way that sets us up for a better race. That can mean getting out into the heat and wind more often, or visualizing your race at certain points of your workouts. How will you respond when you get hot or feel underfueled? Outside training with heat and wind and distractions and people and cars and whatever can also lead to a higher anxiety level. Are you putting yourself into situations that will pay off with the race? Today we dive into the importance of heat, wind, anxiety and stress acclimation to make you stronger and more successful on race day.

Topics:

• Sticky and humid
• Dropping down your run in heat
• Swims cancelled in 70.3's
• Heat acclimation ideas
• How do you "feel" when you get hot. Can you calm it down?
• The anxiety of outside training
• Wean yourself into the heat
• The Ironman marathon
• Creat a good relationship with bad conditions
• Who's gonna make the best decisions on race day?
• The mentality of heat training
• Bricks are for learning and practice
• Outsmart the competition
• Start off slow
• How can I make this workout feel better as I go?

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

There’s no doubt triathlon can be an isolated sport. Grinding for miles and miles with no one watching, or frankly caring. But you do. Or you should, because what you’re doing is something difficult, meaningful, and what you’re supposed to do. We rehash our Nashville Camp and crystalize why it’s so important to us to be around like minded people. It’s nice to know we’re not crazy when it’s easy to feel that way out on our own, putting ourselves through pain, and sometimes not even understanding why. Today, we look at what that why might be and share why it’s important to keep going.

Topics:

• Nashville Camp recap and lessons
• Riding Natchez Trace
• Chasing SUP boards
• Reaching that bonfire moment
• Hills and Heat
• Learning through the sport and analogies with life
• Is the ultimate goal to be in the moment?
• That magic moment when there’s not a care in the world
• If 9 out of 10 people think you’re crazy, you’re probably on the right track
• We’re in this together.
• Importance of tribes
• Going dark and loving it
• One day and one moment at a time

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Today we look at the concept of owning where you’re at in training and smart ways to move the needle without blowing a gasket. We also talk about how to recognize the difference between fatigue and being shelled. Are you going to hard? To far. Not hard enough? Not far enough? What are the benchmarks to use to recognize the truth about your capabilities. Most of us probably underachieve, so it may be a good time to look at what you’re doing and ask if you’re giving it what you need to reach the goals you want to hit.

Topics:

• Microsoft Teams
• St. George
• Gulf Coast
• Chatt 70.3
• Much more focused
• Podcast Listening Ban?
• Bells and whistles
• Taking breaks from watch
• Own where you’re at
• Lingering on visions of past selves
• Future tripping
• Bring too hard to be that old athlete or future athlete
• Stacking days together
• Rushing yourself into shape
• Low intensity
• Inconsistency
• Unexplainable under performing
• Touching the hot stove too much
• Making bad decisions
• What percentage of athletes actually run the entire Ironman marathon?

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Mike goes for a rare bike fit and we dive deep into the nuances of a comfort, position, aero power, and training strategy. We look at saddle height and position. Aero bars. Drop, reach, contact points. We also talk cleats, hip room and running niggles that may be caused by the bike. We look at the gains you can make in aero, talk about why comfort is king, and the keeys to speed. We also talk about some of the simplest and best ways to train. 

Topics: 

• Saddle height and position
• Aero bars and where yours should be
• Contact points for bike fits
• Cleat position
• Sore necks
• The power advantages of being aero
• Arm fatigue and how it creates a perceptive fatigue on the run
• Finding solid aero is a process
• Volume vs. Intensity in training
• Keys to speed
• Brands and different features
• Bike fit bikes
• Comfort is king
• Pedaling to pedal
• Pedaling with pressure
• Pedaling with purpose

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

The Ironman World Championships are back to a one day event for men and women. What does this mean for the sport? What does it mean to you? That’s our discussion for today.

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected] Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

On the ground report from Ironman Texas with a lot of lessons for anyone training for Ironman.

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Topics:

• Some incredibly fast pro times
• Taylor Knibb, Katt Matthews, Kristian Blummenfelt, Cam Wurf
• Bike course
• Tough swim
• Wind and heat factors
• Bike position
• Tire pressure
• Front pack swim exit
• Why the swim is key to your race
• More aero or more power
• Working with someone on the bike
• Heat acclimation
• Sun exposure
• Wetsuit or not?
• Overheating
• Swim cap training
• Every race has its challenges
• Let your lungs come around
• The ultimate race day factors
• Having Plan A through Plan C
• Heat prep is harder than you think
• In Race decisions
• When all the stars align

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Do you chase the process or the excitement of race as the cure? Today we look going inside yourself as the solution.

Topics:

• Lawn talk
• Door to door sales
• Early season power
• Don’t make a race feel too hard
• Ironman growth stats
• Obstacles and barriers to entry
• Worried about how you look
• Judging others and yourself
• Body builder cuts
• No mirror experiment
• Don’t try
• Criticism
• How do you stay in the pocket
• Money doesn’t mean happiness
• Drinking takes you out of your body for escape
• Marketing is bad?
• Simplicity - what goes in what goes out
• Mentally, spiritually, nutritionally
• Excitement usually comes from the outside

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Pre-Race nerves. How do we get ahead of them in training? Today, we look into many things we've learned as athletes and coaches to prepare for the race ahead of time. We talk about tough condition training, fueling, and getting locked into a headspace that you'll need to perform. There shouldn't be a lot surprises on race day, and if there is how do you stay calm and go through them. We talk heat training, cold training, wind training, and going into a race physically AND mentally fresh. Time to kick some a**. 

Topics:

• Texas Panic?
• Closing in on Race Day - mentality
• Dealing with wind
• Bad conditions
• Going into a race MENTALLY fresh
• Do you have to prove the distance in training?
• Cold water exposure before a race?
• Heat prep. How much?
• Understanding what heat and cold feels like
• How to navigate being uncomfoortable 
• Hydration with heat prep
• Sit and endure.
• Racing with a mantra
• IMWI rainy morning
• The sum of your last 5 self talks
• Bookmark good workouts in your mind
• Physically and mentally fresh
• Strike the match but don't let it burn down
• When fatigue doesn't let you dig deep enough
• What would you do if you were dropped in the middle of the ocean?
• What is your REAL potential?

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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Today we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of personality traits :) Well, not really. The goal here was to look for common ground and how qualities on both sides can help the other. There’s a lot of labeling in this world, so we look at ways of bringing good together from a training and personality habit side. What can we learn from being a little flexible on the f*9karound?

Topics:

• Type A, Type B, Type C
• Life on a continuum
• Too hyped?
• Too chill?
• Flexible on the f7karound
• Too far one way or the other?
• Is Robbie Type A or B?
• Are you cheating yourself out of growing?
• Yellow in Training Peaks for the win
• Combining qualities
• Keeping the mind busy
• Avoiding the rabbit hole
• Wide or narrow guide rails?
• Don’t labor in Guilt

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]