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That Triathlon Show

Beginner Series 7 - Running for beginner triathletes

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Fitness, Ironman, Endurancesports, Run, Sports, Cycling, Triathlon, Swimming, Health, Bike, Swim, Sportscience, Health & Fitness, Running

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Learn how to get your running off to a flying start when you're new to triathlon. We'll discuss run training principles to build fitness and make running less hard, basic technique and skills, how to stay injury free, and more. All actionable, practical advice that you can implement in your triathlon training program.

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0:00.0

Welcome to That Traflon Show, the podcast presented by scientific traflon and hosted by me, Michael

0:13.9

Erickson.

0:14.8

This is episode seven of our beginner series, and if you're just finding this series or

0:19.1

even this podcast for the first time then be sure

0:21.4

to check out the earlier episodes of the series as well. I won't list them all here but you can

0:25.9

find the list of them in the description of this episode in your podcast app. What we'll discuss

0:31.3

today is as you've seen in the title running so we'll get into run training principles, how to

0:36.6

build fitness while staying injury free

0:38.5

basic running form gear and equipment strength training and stretching and some other bits and pieces

0:44.7

as well but before we get into that big thanks to our sponsors precision fuel hydration they make

0:50.5

carbohydrate products like gels drink mix and and chews plus electrolyte products.

0:55.5

Carbs are your main race fuel, but your body has a limited amount of carbs stored.

1:01.2

And gels and drink mixes are tools that we can use to quickly top up those stores during longer and harder efforts.

1:08.1

Electrolides, on the other hand, replace the salt that you lose in your sweat,

1:11.5

and this can help you avoid cramps and keep your muscles firing properly. And electrolytes also

1:16.6

help prevent hyponatremia, which can happen if you drink too much plain water and can become

1:22.2

quite severe in more extreme cases. The pH 1000 electrolytes will be at the aid stations on course

1:29.3

at the Iron Manxagon 3 World Championships

1:31.1

in Marbea, as precision fuel and hydration

1:33.2

are the title sponsor of this

1:35.2

year's race. And as a TTS

1:37.4

listener, you can get 15% off your

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