Athlete to Triathlete: 8 Transition Stories from 8 Different Sports

The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

TriDot Triathlon Training

Running, Fitness, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

How do synchronized swimming, basketball, gymnastics, and hockey all connect to triathlon? In this episode, Coach Matt Sommer and Andrew Harley talk to eight athletes who came to triathlon from different sporting backgrounds. From rowing to figure skating and even equestrian, these athletes share their athletic experiences and provide wisdom learned along the way. What lessons carried over? What became a challenge to overcome? Listen in as our athletes provide specific moments in training and racing where their past sporting endeavors had an impact on triathlon. To commemorate National Podcast Day, we are excited to release our commemorative TriDot Podcast run shirt and tri suit kit store, hosted by Varlo Apparel. Varlo empowers all humans to conquer the goals of tomorrow. Logistics of our Varlo Kit Store: 1. The store will be open for purchases through October 13, 2024 at this link -- https://www.varlocustom.com/tridotpod 2. Expected arrival of goods is approximately 9 weeks after team store is closed on October 13th. Visit Varlo online: varlosports.com Varlo Instagram: varlo_apparel

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0:00.0	This is the TriDOT podcast.
0:03.9	TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize your training,
0:12.8	giving you better results in less time with fewer injuries.
0:16.8	Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain.
0:21.7	We'll talk all things triathlon with expert coaches and special guests.
0:26.9	Join the conversation and let's improve together.
0:34.1	Hey everyone, welcome to the TriDOT podcast.
0:38.1	This is a new one.
0:39.0	This is a first for us.
0:40.2	We have never in 262 episodes done a show like we're going to do today.
0:46.5	We're going to talk.
0:47.7	I've got one TriDOT coach with me, and we're going to be talking about how different sporting backgrounds can impact or affect your transition to triathlon.
0:58.5	There's obviously a lot of sports out there and many of us play or participate in different
1:02.3	sports before we became triathletes. And how does the sport that you came to triathlon from impact
1:08.2	your experience as a triathlete? We're going to find out a little bit of that
1:11.5	today. And the coach I have with me to talk this through is coach Matt Summer. Matt is a founding
1:18.5	TriDOT Master Coach who works full time as the fitness director at Alamance Country Club in Burlington,
1:23.7	North Carolina. Matt has been coaching with Tritout since 2018 and podcasting since
1:28.5	2023. He co-hosts the Triathlon Age Group Journey podcast with a couple of fantastic co-hosts
1:35.7	that he has. Matt, thanks so much for hopping on to do this with me. I'm curious if there are any
1:40.9	particular sports you hope we hear about today first of all andrew thanks
1:44.7	for having me it's always a pleasure to be on the podcast with you uh you and i can always have a good
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