What's up Trainiacs? This is Triathlon Taryn. This is no triathlon Kim, also known as NTK.

In my 20s, I was 215 pounds and I was unhappy working the desk job I was at. Now I'm a 941 Ironman athlete who, with your much appreciated attention, gets to make a living in the sport that I love.

Through this podcast and our ever popular YouTube channel, we bring you triathlon stories, science,

and training from amazing people around the world to help you get to your start lines confident

and your finish lines strong.

And as the resident non-triathlete, I try to keep

this show fun and accessible for everybody. Let's do it. Today's podcast is brought to you by

TeamTrainiac.com, our online training software, where you can get customized training that will

help you reach your goals. What are those goals you

might say? Well, it depends on whatever your unique goals are. If you want to train 14 times a

week and be competitive in Ironmans and half Iron Man's and reach world championships, we've had

athletes that do that. If you want to PB in local races and get on the podium, we've had athletes that do that. If you want to PB in local races and get on the podium, we've had athletes that do that. If you just want to get into the sport and understand how training is done properly, why training is done at certain times of the year, all you have to do is set the amount of times that you want to work out every single week

and which races you are working on and every single workout is set for you.

That sounds perfect.

Does this mean you're going to do it?

Absolutely not, but it sounds great for everybody else.

You have a TeamTrainiac.com account.

There's no reason you shouldn't.

Well, reasons.

But other people should definitely sign up.

No, it honestly, you know, we've heard from a lot of new athletes, athletes who are just

getting into the sport and the idea of figuring out how to train seemed so overwhelming

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