#494 Your “A” Race is Here!

 

Welcome

Welcome to Episode #494 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. We're your hosts Coaches Rich Soares and April Spilde. Thanks for joining us for another week of news, coaching tips and discussion.

 

When you registered the race seemed so far away. After months of training the big day is finally here. That’s right we’re talking about your “A” race and what you need to be doing in this last week before the race! 

 

We have several athletes heading into their race week and some that are competing this weekend so what better time than to talk all things race week!

 

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In Today's Show

• Announcements and News (Rich)

• Ask A Coach: Top 10 Tips to Get You Ready for Race Day!

• Get Gritty: Jump on board The Energy Bus!

• TriDot Workout of the Week: Race Week Builds

• Fun Segment: Race Week Roulette!

 

We’ve got a packed lineup for today’s episode, so buckle up! First, we’ll kick things off with a few updates and community news before rolling into an Ask A Coach section on our Top 10 Tips to get you ready for your best race day! Our Get Gritty segment will have you jumping on board The Energy Bus—because who doesn’t need a mindset tune-up before race day? Then we’ll break down our TriDot Workout of the Week that helps you build into your race day! And to top it all off, we’re spinning the wheel for a new segment called Race Week Roulette—so you won’t want to miss it. Let’s jump in!

 

Announcements and News:

 

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2025 Triathlete community survey data

2025 Triathlon Data from Triathlete's Community Survey

 

2025 Multisport National Championships Festival

G2G Training Camp - 

We want to give a huge shoutout to the athletes at our May training camps! You brought all the goods - growth mindset, support, teamwork, adaptability, courage, strength, laughter!

 

What we did:

• 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

 

What’s next:

September 7th - TriDot Training Camp details TBD.