Altitude camps and racing at altitude with Andrew Simmons | EP#210
That Triathlon Show
Mikael Eriksson
4.9 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to have to bet on heart rate versus pace. |
| 0:05.4 | You know, heart rate is always the physiological limiter that we can lean on. |
| 0:12.2 | The triathlon show, the podcast presented by scientific triathlon.com. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview coach Andrew Simmons on all |
| 0:41.4 | things altitude, including going to altitude for a training camp, going to altitude to do |
| 0:47.3 | a race and even living at altitude and any considerations that you might make based on where you are located in the world, |
| 0:56.3 | including, for example, Colorado, where Andrew himself is located. |
| 1:00.9 | We'll get right into the interview after thanking our sponsors. |
| 1:04.8 | First, we have precision hydration that you can find on precision hydration.com. |
| 1:10.1 | And as we talk about in the interview, hydration is one |
| 1:13.1 | key component that you need to be really mindful of at altitude. And that includes your fluid |
| 1:18.7 | intake, but also your electrolyte replenishment and most importantly sodium. So that is something |
| 1:25.9 | that is very much worth considering whether you're |
| 1:29.2 | going to race or to go to train at two altitude. What is your sweat loss, but also what is |
| 1:35.6 | your sweat sodium content? Precision hydration has plenty of resources to help you figure that |
| 1:41.3 | out and understand how it works. I can recommend listening to episode 49 of That Traathlon Show where I interview founder Andy Blow on these topics, |
| 1:49.8 | or you can check their website, precision hydration.com, and get a free hydration plan based on your |
| 1:55.2 | individual information. |
| 1:57.3 | You can also get your first box or tube of electrolytes for free with the promo code |
| 2:01.3 | That Traflon Show all on word all caps. |
| 2:04.7 | And a big thank you to Roka that you can find on roca.com. |
| 2:09.2 | If you're looking for some great, great Christmas gifts for your Traathlon family members or |
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