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Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Complete Beginners Guide to Triathlon

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

Podcast, Triathlon, Ironman, Health & Fitness, Training, Gesell, Triathletes, Sports, Taren

4.7843 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

On the podcast this week, we go step by step through what a new triathlete needs to know to get into the sport and succeed!  We talk about EVERYTHING you need to know to start: the distances, average finish times, how long you need to train, the gear you need to get started, nutrition, racing, and even a training plan!

Get a free personalized endurance race training plan with our app: https://mymottiv.com

https://mymottiv.com/average-triathlon-finish-times/

https://mymottiv.com/calculators-how-much-to-train/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23752040/

https://mymottiv.com/heart-rate-training-zone-calculator/

https://mymottiv.com/nutrition-calculator-for-running-cycling-swimming-and-triathlon/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up Motivators, Terran here. If you're thinking about doing your very first triathlon,

0:04.4

stick around because in this video podcast, we are going to give you the complete beginner's guide

0:11.2

to triathlon. We are going to go through the basics, how to get started from absolutely doing

0:18.5

nothing to being able to do your first race. What gear you need, we're going to give you a training plan,

0:23.6

we're going to go through race nutrition, a race strategy plan,

0:27.6

we're going to go through motivation,

0:29.6

and we're going to talk about all of the basic questions

0:32.6

that you might have as you're wondering,

0:35.6

can you actually do a triathlon?

0:38.5

Spoiler alert, the answer is yes,

0:40.6

and we're going to help you here today.

0:42.2

My name is Terran Gazelle.

0:43.5

In my late 20s, I was overweight, unfulfilled,

0:45.9

and couldn't even run to the end of the block.

0:47.9

Over the following 10 years, I lost 65 pounds,

0:50.5

racing triathlons, running races, cycling events,

0:53.4

and world championships.

0:55.0

But eventually the suffer culture of endurance sports training caught up to me causing health

0:59.6

issues and injuries.

1:01.0

Now my company Motive and I are on a mission to help people live more fulfilling lives by reaching

1:06.1

endurance sports goals using healthy methods.

1:09.5

We can all kill it on race day without killing our bodies.

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