Welcome to the TryDOTP podcast. Today we are talking all about protein. How can we determine the amount of protein we need as an athlete? What should we look for in our protein sources and so much more with our subject matter expert advanced sports dietitian Terran Richardson. She's the founder of the Traflin Nutrition Academy, where she helps empower age group triathletes

to eat smarter, train stronger, and smash new personal bests.

I'm Andrew the average triathlete, voice to the people, and captain of the middle of the pack.

We treat the show like any good workout.

We'll start with our warm-up question,

settle into our main set conversation about protein, and then wind things down by having Taryn answer an audience question on the cool down. Lots of good stuff. Let's get to it.

This is the TriDOT podcast, the triathlon show that brings you world-class coaching with every conversation.

Let's get started with today's warm up.

All right, Taryn, very excited to have you back on the show.

I always have a good time talking with you.

We can just go on and on and on about food and snacks and nutrition and triathlon.

And to get us rolling today, this might be a scary question to ask in front of a dietitian,

but I'm going to give it a go.

I want to know Terran.

Me and you will share our stories.

We hear our audience has to say, what is the closest, Terran, you have ever come to bonking?

Whether it was in a race or in a training session or a workout, talk about it. Have you ever come close to bonking, whether it was in a race or in a training session or a workout.

Talk about it. Have you ever come close to bonking?

Hi, Andrew. Thank you so much for having me back on the podcast. It's been a hot minute,

but I'm really looking forward to talking all things protein today. So I have been doing

triathlon for a long time. I was a triathlete before I was a sports dietitian. So I've done all the stupid things that you've probably done as well, like under fueling significantly. I was counting on that with this question. Yep, not doing recovery very well, like just doing a terrible job because I didn't know anything. And I was a dietitian at that point. So I ate well and I understood that kind of stuff,

but I had no idea how to eat like a triathlet. And so I used to go and do a hundred kilometre rides with like a bottle of sports drink and a couple of gels. So yeah, I've never bonged, bonged, but geez, I've got pretty close on some of those rides trying to chase the boys and then you've got to pull over to the gas

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