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TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize your training,

giving you better results in less time with fewer injuries.

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Welcome to the tridop podcast. We have a great episode plan for today as two of our experts join us to talk about how to get ready for an Iron Man event.

From the moment you register to the moment you start the race, there are some stuff that you need to do in between.

And we have identified nine steps you need to take to be

race day ready we're going to talk all about it our first coach joining us is trit

master coach jeff reins jeff is a certified tri dot coach a u s a troughan level two and ironman

u certified coach who is a master of science in exercise physiology

and was a D1 collegiate runner.

He has over 60 Iron Man event finishes to his credit, including the World Championships in Nice,

and has coached hundreds of athletes to the Iron Man finish line.

Jeff has been training and coaching with Tridot

since 2015. Jeff Rains, welcome back to the show. Thanks, Andrew. Gosh, from registration to race day,

can't wait to get race ready today with Casey, who I had the privilege of instructing her lane

at Tridot Poll School recently in North Carolina,

alongside Coach Brandy, and we had a blast. Good to see you again. Casey.

Ooh, Casey, how was Triteup Pool School in Charlotte?

I have to admit, it was not what I expected in all the best in place.

Really? Yep. Okay. I, it's funny. I never realized no one ever taught me how to swim. I knew how to

splash and I knew how to splash faster, but I did not actually know how to swim. So really breaking

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