Welcome to the Tried Out podcast. Today I have coach Joanna Namy, the lead coach of Team Jojo, and

Coach Ryan Tibble, the lead coach of Triple T Racing. They are joining us to talk about the very

beginning of every triathlon event. We're talking about swim starts, how to have a smooth

swim start no matter what type of swim start it is.

I'm Andrew the average triathlete, voice of the people, and captain of the middle of the pack.

We treat the show like any good workout.

We'll start with a warm-up question, settle into our main set conversation, and then wind things down by having our coaches answer an audience question on the cooldown.

Lots of good stuff.

Let's get to it.

This is the Tridot podcast, the triathlon show that brings you world-class coaching

with every conversation.

Let's get started with today's warm up.

The more you race, the more experiences you have getting both in and out of the water on

race day.

Sometimes it goes smoothly.

Sometimes there are hiccups.

Sometimes it's an extra interesting moment for one reason or another.

Coach Joe, Coach Ryan, for our warm-up question today, what is your personal favorite

race day memory that is tied to

entering or exiting the water? Coach Joe. This was hard. This was a tie for me. I'll make

him quick. My first Iron Man was the full in Cordillane like 15, 16 years ago. And I was standing with one of my best friends, Suzette Shutsi, as we were standing on the beach, you know, with Mass Dart, and, you know, it's like 10-minute countdown. And she said, and I turned to her and look, and I'm like, because the women are in pink caps, the men are in green, and I look at Suzette, and she's like, big sister to me. And I'm like, where are the women? She says, we are the women. And there was so few. And then she grabbed my arm and we ran. Second story was, I think, the initial Iron Man, Texas, 2011, mass start, they would not sound the horn until all

3,000 athletes were in the water. And there was a lot of people afraid. So we treaded water.

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