Faris al-Sultan - Ironman World Champion as an athlete and twice as a coach (Patrick Lange) | EP#222

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Faris al-Sultan is the Ironman World Champion from 2005 and multiple podium finisher. Since retiring and moving into coaching he is most well-known for coaching Patrick Lange to two World Championship titles and one third place in Kona. Currently, Faris works with the German Triathlon Federation to bring up the nation's draft-legal success closer to the successes seen on the long distance triathlon side. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -What has changed in triathlon and in training in 15 years since Faris won the World Championships? -Coaching Patrick Lange to two World titles -Faris' general coaching methodology -Working at the German Triathlon Federation and developing world class draft-legal athletes -The differences and similarities between long and short course triathlon -The importance of volume and movement quality -The art and science of coaching -Advice for age-group athletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts222/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Elite triathlon episode archive on That Triathlon Show RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	Well, volume is king, that's for sure, but quality of movement.
0:06.6	That's also something that it doesn't make any sense to swim 20 kilometers a week
0:12.9	if you do not know how to swim freestyle properly.
0:19.4	That Traflon show, 222.
0:22.1	Hey, what's up, everybody,
0:36.8	welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show,
0:40.4	the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:43.9	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I'm J. Ferris L. Sultan,
0:48.7	who is the world champion of the Iron Man World Championships in Kona from 2005,
0:54.8	and since retiring from professional triathlon himself and moving into coaching,
1:00.2	he is most well known for coaching Patrick Lange to two world championship titles and one third place in Kona.
1:07.7	Currently, Ferris works with the German Traathlon Federation and is working on bringing up
1:12.9	the nation's draft legal success to closer match the successes that they've seen on the
1:18.6	long-distance traflon side.
1:20.8	So a great conversation that you are about to hear, but before that, let's thank our
1:26.2	sponsors, Precisionhyd precision hydration that you can
1:28.9	find on precision hydration dot com please remember that precision hydration has a great blog that is about
1:35.3	more than just hydration and nutrition one thing that they've been writing over the winter is a series
1:41.5	of off-season blog post that features several of their sponsored
1:47.1	athletes including pro triathlete scott de philippis paratra athlete clear cashmore and olympian
1:54.3	islish mcgoggan so and there are others that will be coming out in the next few weeks and will already be published
2:02.4	by the time that you listen to this episode. So those have been really interesting. I've enjoyed
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