#922 – Rethinking The Metrics - Power, HR, and Pace

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We start today with a proclamation that Mike is throwing out his power meter and Robbie has a surprising reaction. We ask, what's your preferred way of suffering? We get into climbing hills and getting too caught up in the numbers. We talk about the importance of breathing and its relationship to your heart rate training. We talk about keeping things simpler to avoid mistakes. We address enjoyment vs. punishment. We ask what the real finish line is. The beauty of the bike. The power behind not getting hurt or burned out while keeping a streak of rebellion. The frequency of movement adds up.

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Topics:

Tornadoes and Winter
Back in the lake . . .
How do you prefer to suffer?
Making too many decisions on the course?
Mike declares he's throwing his power meter in the trash
Do we know what it really feels like to go to the well?
Do you race with or without power
Correct breathing in all disciplines
Heart rate and respiratory rate
When the day doesn't work for you
The simpler you keep this, the fewer mistakes you make
There is no finish line
Dance more
Finding enjoyment vs. punishment
Being too strict and precise
It's time to be outside
Breathing on the bike
Not getting hurt or burned out
Being a little rebellious
Frequency of movement adds up

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

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0:00.0	All right, man, welcome, I think I'm going to just go with winners over up here.
0:18.0	All right, man, welcome, I think, I think I'm going to just go with winners over up here.
0:25.3	You got to. That would be ideal. I mean, once you guys get traumatic activity,
0:32.9	winter's got to be done. It's got to be over. Winner's got to be finished. I think it is here, too.
0:37.9	It is an absolutely stellar day here.
0:40.9	It is April 21st, the year, 2006.
0:45.4	And welcome aboard, everybody.
0:46.8	You're listening to the Crushing Iron Podcast.
0:48.6	This is episode 922.
0:52.0	Yes, it is.
0:53.1	And, yeah, I'm taking, I think I'm going to take the pontoon cover off today and get that baby ready. It's a nice sunny day. Two days in a row. Do you have to winterize a pontoon boat or is it good? No, I just, we just pulled it up on the beach and put a cover over it and put it on, we put it up on like PVC pipe so it's not in the ground.
1:12.3	Yeah. So it's not, there you go. So it's kind of, but I, we had a windy day the other day that
1:15.5	blew it off the pipes. It's like, damn. So it's ready for the water. Well, almost. Speaking of water,
1:24.0	what's the, uh, I know you got another temp. Oh, yeah. It's 60.5.
1:29.3	And it's funny you ask that because today is my reentry into swimming training.
1:35.0	Uh-oh.
1:35.9	Is that already happened or?
1:38.2	No, no, no.
1:38.6	I'm waiting for it to be about 70 degrees this afternoon.
1:42.4	But yeah, I'm going to get back in.
1:44.8	Today's the day.
1:46.7	I love it, dude.
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