Ask a Cycling Coach: 123 – Special Guest: Matt Lieto on Grinduro and Mauna Kea
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Professional triathlete and IRONMAN commentator, Matt Lieto, and your podcast hosts recorded a special episode to chop up Grinduro, one of the most interesting races on the calendar that you need to know about, and their preparation for one of the toughest climbs on earth, Mauna Kea.
Topics covered:
• Triathlon and gravel racing
• A triathlete’s take on The Downieville Classic
• What makes Downieville unique
• Why training with bigger tires can make you faster on race day
• The thing you should focus on in technical terrain
• How triathletes can get more comfortable on the bike
• What is Grinduro?
• A new racing format we should all know about.
• Race strategy for Grinduro
• How to pace yourself during Grinduro
• What gearing to use for Grinduro?
• Which bike is best for Grinduro?
• Nutrition tips for Grinduro
• What you need to know before racing Grinduro
• Paceline etiquette
• Raceday morning mistakes to avoid
• Why Chad dropped Nate at Grinduro
• A trick to getting faster Grinduro stage times
• Pros chasing KOMs in The Tour of California
• How triathletes have an advantage over cyclists
• How to prepare for the longest climb in the world
• What you need to know before climbing Mauna Kea
• What gearing is best for Mauna Kea
• What clothing do you need to bring for Mauna Kea
• How to pace yourself for Mauna Kea
• How to pace yourself in high elevation
• Feeding strategies for Mauna Kea
• Do you need ride support for Mauna Kea?
• How to avoid dehydration when climbing Mauna Kea
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, coach Jonathan here with a quick update before we dive into today's special episode. |
| 0:04.9 | It was recorded off-site at Kona and as a result, you'll notice the audio sounds a bit different, |
| 0:09.4 | but hopefully it shouldn't cause any issues for you all. The other update that I wanted to give you |
| 0:14.1 | is of course that coming up very soon. That's going to be Saturday and November 4th. We have a |
| 0:19.1 | live podcast recording. You can join us live in person, ask your questions, but most importantly, |
| 0:24.8 | we're going to be interviewing Matt Fitzgerald, the endurance sports writer. He wrote a book called |
| 0:30.0 | How Bad Do You Wanted that we've talked about a ton on the podcast and that's what we're going to |
| 0:33.2 | get into, the psychology of performance, so how to use your mind to get more out of your body |
| 0:39.2 | when you train. So you can join us for that in San Francisco, California. That's going to be the |
| 0:43.6 | Rafa Cycle Club in San Francisco. And we're even going to do a group ride thereafter, go up and climb |
| 0:49.0 | Mount Tam, weather pending, and explore a bit of Marine County. It's going to be a no-drop ride. It's |
| 0:53.7 | going to be awesome. We're going to have some food for you all, some drinks. They have a cafe |
| 0:58.5 | right there. Awesome location. Awesome guest, Matt Fitzgerald should be able to provide a huge |
| 1:03.1 | amount of insight. So please join us that Saturday, November 4th at the Rafa Cycle Club in San |
| 1:08.0 | Francisco. Thanks everybody. Enjoy the episode. Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a |
| 1:15.0 | faster cyclist, the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast, presented by Train and Road. We're here in Kona |
| 1:20.0 | still with our head coach Chad Zimmerman. All right, buddy. Our CEO Nate Pearson. Hello. |
| 1:24.0 | And another special guest, a return special guest, Matt Lieto. What's up, man? Hey, guys, |
| 1:30.0 | on the very unofficial poll that I ran, I basically just pulled myself. I think that you're, |
| 1:35.2 | I think that you're my favorite favorite guest we've had, man. You delivered last time. |
| 1:39.1 | Oh, awesome. I'm sure I must have had stories to tell or something. Sorry, everybody else. |
| 1:44.4 | It was also kind of the vibe in the room that day was we literally just had somebody else, |
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