#790 – Louisville 70.3 Vibes (on site)

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

C26 is in Louisville in big numbers and today Coach Robbie joins from the Omni Hotel lobby to talk about the vibe for Louisville 70.3. We talk about the swim potential, bike strategies, and the run challenges. We also talk about how to lead up to your races without getting drained so you can leave it on the course. We’re also joined by C26 Coach, CJ, who is racing Louisville. He gives us his insight into how he’ll be tackling the bike course with HR and Power. We also hear from C26 athlete Brian Snell who just finished Lake Placid and will be doing the swim relay.

Topics:

On site at Louisville
2800+ racers lining up
What’s going on with the swim??
Louisville is back in August where it should be
Temperament of the city having a race back
How does downtown Louisville look?
Temperatures look favorable, but . . .
Elevation profiles
Fair and challenging course
C26 Relay Team
Burnt Buscuits
Coach CJ interview
C26 athlete Brian Snell joins the show to talk Ironman Blues
We only have so many matches
Tempering your expectations
Re-charging the battery before you race
Free dollar bills

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0:00.0	Yeah, how's it feel?
0:20.5	Be back in Louisville, the center, epicenter of the C-26 podcast creation.
0:26.2	It is, it's like taking a stroll down memory lane. I bet it is. Yeah, I mean, I sent you the picture yesterday.
0:33.9	Yeah. That was what that was, that was the picture I took that was definitely pre-sobriety.
0:41.1	There's like this what would you call this kind of story?
0:45.1	Adult boutique.
0:46.9	It's right.
0:47.7	And it's an adult boutique right outside the door here of the Omni as I'm headed down to transition.
0:55.0	And that's where I took. I've got a picture of me and my K-Swiss black shirt from back when K-Swiss was a very popular
1:01.4	triathlon brand and I walked out yesterday I got in town I think you're a flat bill in it too
1:07.1	to the race I think I was flat billing it. Yeah, a flat bill hat. I was definitely
1:14.9	not wearing a flat bill. I had a black zip hat that I was wearing back then and definitely
1:22.3	hung over the time. But yeah, I was walking down to transition yesterday and saw that. Looked around
1:26.2	town. A lot of great memories here. A lot of terrible memories here. But that's, that's kind of what it is. But yeah, I was walking down to transition yesterday and saw that. Looked around town, a lot of great memories here, a lot of terrible memories here.
1:29.5	But that's, that's kind of what is.
1:30.8	But yeah, it's interesting to come back as a 70.3.
1:34.2	I went down to transition yesterday.
1:35.8	Obviously, we're on site here at Ironman Louisville, 70.3.
1:39.8	And I'm going to say right now, I think they're going to have over 2,800 lineup.
1:48.0	I saw bib numbers on the bike racks in the 4,000s.
1:53.0	And I think it's going to be a great day.
1:56.2	We just got a downpour of rain.
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