Adapting Your Training Routine for COVID-19

The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

TriDot Triathlon Training

Running, Fitness, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

As Coronavirus continues to impact nearly all areas of our lives, many athletes are working to navigate this strange and unprecedented time. Not only has COVID-19 caused the cancellation or postponement of numerous races, but it has also caused a shut down of most local businesses, including gym and pools. The TriDot team addresses athlete questions about how to adapt your triathlon training in this unique environment.

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0:00.0	This is the TriDOT podcast. 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.
0:17.8	Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We'll talk all things
0:23.6	triathlon with expert coaches and special guests. Join the conversation and let's improve together.
0:34.9	Welcome to the trydout podcast, everyone. Okay, so a few podcasts ago, we started the show with a quick message from the Tridot team
0:42.8	focused on the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on all of our race schedules.
0:49.1	And in that opening, I promise that beyond those few minutes, we wouldn't spend any time
0:54.1	talking about the coronavirus outbreak on the podcast. At few minutes, we wouldn't spend any time talking about the coronavirus
0:55.1	outbreak on the podcast. At that time, we were aware that everyone was already hearing about it
1:00.0	from pretty much every corner of the news. So we really wanted to keep ourselves a corona-free
1:05.9	source of entertainment. And in the regularly scheduled Monday episodes, we're going to hold to that. But
1:12.2	we all know by now that everyone's training is being impacted by COVID-19. And we are starting to see
1:19.5	a lot of great questions from athletes about how to navigate this strange and unprecedented time.
1:26.2	So consider today an extra special bonus episode of sorts,
1:30.2	where we address all of your questions about how to adjust our training based on what is
1:35.3	happening right now in the world around us. So let's get it going. First up, joining me today
1:40.9	is coach John Mayfield, a successful Ironman athlete himself, John leads Tridot's athlete services, ambassador, and coaching
1:48.6	programs.
1:49.7	He has coached hundreds of athletes ranging from first timers to Kona qualifiers and professional
1:54.7	triathletes.
1:56.2	John has been using Tridot since 2010 and coaching with TridOT since 2012. John has a goal on the day.
2:03.0	It's interesting in some unprecedented times here with some issues that we've not had to face in the
2:09.3	past, but we're going to do our best to provide some good information and some good feedback to the
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