#751 – Listener Q&A
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Great questions today, and a call for you to find your racing super power. Is it a good idea to burn your biscuits before you take a relaxing vacation? How is Robbie approaching Ironman Texas and does he get nervous? What's the best way to improve your run speed? Racing Ironman with your spouse. What do we think of caffeine gels and when's the best time to use them? Improving swim pace. How much extra should you swim if it's a weakness? Should you cycle more often? Are your racing others or yourself. Plus, flip turn and race etiquette outside of the IM athlete guide.
Topics:
- Horribly Hilly 100
- Where's Nick?
- Burn your biscuits before vacation?
- Easter vs Valentines day
- Does Robbie get nervous before Ironman TX?
- Ironman Race Day Etiquette
- Pet peeves
- Best way to improve run speed?
- Form and mobility
- Flip turns
- Racing Ironman with your spouse
- Benefits and detriments to caffeine gels
- Swimming pace improvement.
- 4-5 days in the pool?
- Extra cycling?
- Why the swim is good for everything
- Race YOURSELF well
- You can't make up missed time, but what CAN you do?
- Identify and use your super powers
Coaching Inquiries
Mike Tarrolly - CrushingIron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - C26Coach@gmail.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, people, time to get fired up. |
| 0:21.0 | We're going to town today. |
| 0:23.1 | Yes, we're going to town. |
| 0:24.6 | It's February 22nd, year 2004. |
| 0:28.7 | Welcome on board, everybody. |
| 0:30.0 | Listen to the crushing iron podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | This is episode 751. |
| 0:34.9 | Yep. |
| 0:36.4 | And I got to get my ass in gear, man. |
| 0:39.0 | Maybe this podcast will do it. |
| 0:41.3 | All right. |
| 0:41.6 | Why do you get something on the horizon? |
| 0:44.4 | Eh, I might be doing the horribly hilly. |
| 0:48.5 | 100? |
| 0:49.1 | Yep. |
| 0:50.1 | And then in June? |
| 0:50.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:52.0 | 10,000 for you to gain 120 miles. God, who's talked you into June? Yeah. 10,000 feet a king, 120 miles. |
| 0:54.8 | Heck, who's talked you into that? |
| 0:56.3 | Eh, Emily. |
| 0:59.6 | Figures. |
| 1:01.2 | But I'm good with it. |
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