The Triathlon Age Group Journey

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The summer has been hot and busy and your hosts have been hard at work training and racing.  Good news for you is they have some tips for summer training and hear about their recent experience with the new Ironman World Championship qualification process.  If you are chasing an island in the Pacific or a 70.3 slot, you have to listen to this one!

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Matt, Jillian, and Jay welcomed back Brett Collins to the podcast, but this time with his wife Eileen.  Eileen gave us a glimpse of her life as a former athlete herself, but also as a spouse and parent along with Brett.  Juggling family life and the demands of Brett's racing schedule is a challenge.  Eileen shares her experience and tips making it all work.  

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With the racing season for North America in full swing, Matt, Jillian, and Jay discussed how they experience pre-race jitters and handle their preparations for race day in the 24 hours leading up to the race.  For Matt and Jillian, when recording this pod, are 12 hours away from starting their race at Ironman 70.3 Coure d'Alene.  Jay also shares a race recap of his finish at Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania.  

Link to Coach Cox - Triathlon and Ironman Stats - https://www.coachcox.co.uk/

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We are all creatures of habit and the things we love in triathlon.  Matt, Jillian, and Jay go around the horn of swim, bike, and run and talk about their routines, favorite warm-ups, nutrition, and other tidbits of training and racing.  We are getting pumped up for the heart of our triathlon season so we hope your training is going well and that you might pick up a tip or two in this episode!

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It's been a few weeks since your hosts Jillian, Matt, and Jay could get together to record, so this week we are dropping two episodes!  In Episode 27, we recap the amazing weekend Matt and Jillian had competing at the Triple T Triathlon in Ohio.  Then they put a cherry on top of this episode by diving into their Zwift stats, favorite courses, badges, and their pizza scores!  We had a little fun with this one so we hope you do too!

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Where are you in your journey related to managing expectations?  Your own?  Others of you?  Does social media motivate you to perform better or worse?  Have you experienced expectations robbing you of the joy of triathlon?  Matt, Jillian, and Jay expose all of their inner thoughts on this topic in the hopes it might help you learn from the ever-evolving battle between our ears.

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Matt, Jillian, and Jay compiled a list of ten triathlon related questions that they have received from athletes of varying experience level.  We had fun sharing our perspectives and we hope you enjoy listening and maybe learn something too!

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We all have them.  Those sessions that make us question our life decision of participating in triathlon.  What do you do when your mind and body say, "QUIT!"  Matt, Jillian, and Jay discuss their approach to those tough sessions as well as some grit building mindsets that might help you take it to the next level!  If all else fails, just get started... you might surprise yourself! 

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We are excited to introduce you to Jeffrey Sankoff, better known as The Tri Doc.  We talk with Jeff about his journey into the world of triathlon and how he is serving the age group community with his podcast, The Tri-Doc Podcast!  We dive into topics like heart health, what works and what doesn't in terms of supplements, and even discuss why people might dope in age group triathlon.   

Link to https://www.tridocpodcast.com/

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If it isn't on Strava, it didn't happen, right!?  No way!  You put in the work and you know it, that is all that matters, right!?  Well, both are kinda right.  Data is a tool that helps us get the most out of our training and racing.  It keeps us in check and it motivates us too.  Matt, Jillian, and Jay discuss the data fields on their devices that mean the most to them for each of the disciplines of triathlon.  We hope you might learn on how to use your data wisely and not to be spoil the fun of triathlon by focusing on it too much!

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