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Welcome to the trotop podcast. There is an oldtime motto of the United States Postal Service that says neither snow nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom, or night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

I think it's fair to say that triathletes could adopt this and apply it to our training because no matter the weather,

the time of day, et cetera, we got to train. We just can't help ourselves. Now back on TryDot

podcast episode 34, we talked about training in the heat. And today, I am circling back with two

of our coaches to chat about training for triathlon when it's cold outside.

Our first coach joining us for this conversation is Dr. B.J. Leaper.

BJ graduated from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine with a doctorate in physical

therapy and rehabilitation science. He's a board certified orthopedic specialist, a certified strength and conditioning specialist,

and a USA Triathlon Level 1 coach.

He specializes in comprehensive movement testing and is an avid triathlet himself with over 50

tries under his belt.

BJ, perhaps most important for this conversation, you currently are our northernmost

staff member living in Montana.

BJ, what is the weather there right now?

Well, sorry to disappoint, but it's actually been fairly mild lately for November, kind of

upper 30s, low 40s, so it did snow this past Sunday. Snow this past Sunday.

We're expecting some snow this Friday and now it's looking like we'll be down in the low 20s,

so more typical for this time of year up here. But yeah, we get a lot of snow, usually about

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