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That Triathlon Show

Glenn Poleunis - coaching across Olympics, T100 and Ironman | EP#462

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Coach Glenn Poleunis leads a Girona-based squad home to elite triathletes such as T100 World Champion Marten van Riel and Olympic and World Champion Cassandre Beaugrand (who joined the squad more recently, after her standout 2024 season). We talk about coaching at the highest level, the demands of WTCS, T100 and Ironman racing, and how Glenn's coaching is evolving with the demands of the sport.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Episode 462 of That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:30.4

My name is Michael Edickson, and I am sorry it's been a while since the last episode.

0:34.6

I've been fully occupied with our two training camps that we did in 2025,

0:38.8

first in Majorca and then in the Algarve in Portugal.

0:42.5

Both of these camps were fantastic experiences for me personally,

0:45.8

and I think for all participants as well.

0:48.5

So I want to thank everybody who took part,

0:50.6

and I know that a lot of you will listen to this.

0:52.9

You all made these weeks super fun and memorable.

0:56.1

So thank you so much for that.

0:58.4

For all the listeners, as you can imagine while on camp,

1:01.6

there's not much time for anything else than that.

1:04.1

And especially with two camps in quick succession,

1:07.2

it forced me to have a mini break from the podcast,

1:09.9

but I'm very glad to be back again with another

1:12.2

episode and today I interview coach Glenn Polionis who has been on the podcast before he was on

1:18.5

back in episode 335 in April of 2022 where we did more of a deep dive into his training principles

1:24.9

so you can listen to that episode as well if you enjoy this one.

1:29.1

You don't have to listen to them in order, though.

1:31.0

You can start with this episode today and go back and listen to episode 335 later on where we go

1:36.8

into things like swim bike and run training principles and so on.

1:42.1

But let's thank our sponsors, precision fuel and hydration. They create

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