#490 Athlete Success Story Paul Hunziker

Welcome

Welcome to Episode #490 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. We're your hosts Coaches Rich Soares and April Spilde. Thanks for joining us for another week of interviews, coaching tips and discussion.

I am personally very excited about this episode. I have had the privilege of coaching Paul Hunziker since August of 2024. It’s not uncommon to have a new athlete and see their training history and see lower than planned training like missed workouts. Paul was the exact opposite. Paul is a workhorse and really needed a coach to reign him in rather than spur him on. 

Paul recently blew his estimated marathon time by more than 10 minutes with an exceptionally executed pacing and nutrition plan finishing in 3:14:13. We are going to have that interview for your today plus much, much more!

Hi Rich! Man, I am so looking forward to talking with Paul and hearing about his marathon journey and all the growth in between! I am also stoked to watch IM 70.3 St George tomorrow morning AND race Fandango (not at the same time of course). Will you be tuning into St. George?

 

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In Today's Show

• Announcements and News

• Interview: Paul Hunziker 

• Get Gritty: Just Get Started

• TriDot Workout of the Week: Functional Threshold Power 20-Minute

• Fun Segment: Triathlon Fandango!

 

Announcements and News:

Upcoming Programming - Our March focus will be on running.

May 13 - Webinar Boulder 70.3 Race Recon with Race Director Brian Bohrer

May 17 - Podcast Boulder 70.3 Race Recon

May 24 - Coach Bobby McGee on the upcoming Run Camp May 31

May 31 - Bike Camp Highlights and interviews

 

G2G Spring Training Camp

May 17-18 - Swim Focus in C.Springs and Chatfield

May 24-25 - Bike Focus - Chatfield/Chatfield

May 31-June 1 Run Focus - Boulder/Boulder

 

TriDot Pool School July 26-27

Learn more about it at https://grit2greatnessendurance.com/training-camp

 

Fun note: last Saturday we had Isabelle, Stephanie, Laura, Sean and Olivia take the 1st Saturday in May polar plunge at Chatfield. We took a temperature and it was 57 degrees. Laura took off like a champ and the rest of us got ice cream headaches. We then rode for about 2.5-3 hours in the park and then did our off-the-bike runs on the trails.

Talk about a truly epic weekend! Whilst you all were out there tackling the ice cold waters of the Chatfield Reservoir, I was out there taming the wilds of Stage 3 of the Pike’s Peak APEX! I had the hardest, most heart-pumping, adrenaline inducing ride of my life! I also had a bit of a spill. Here’s some of the stats: 14.19 mi, 2:29:53 moving time, 1995 feet of climbing and several PR