Improving The Ironman Experience
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.7 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This is one of those podcasts where we talk about things we believe everyone is thinking about during their race experience. We start with conversation about Ironman California where once again it was proven that no Ironman is easy. We started talking about some things that happened on the course and it took us into the demand for volunteers which rolled into a big discussion about how Ironman is evolving. We feel like the trend is to 70.3 but is that the right direction for the sport? We realize Ironman isn’t asking our opinion, but we are continually thinking of ways to increase engagement in the sport we love. In the end we make some suggestions that we feel would help energize the volunteer base and create longer lasting relationships with Ironman and triathlon in general.
Topics:
- Cold and dreary days
- Life experiences in our FB Group
- 2023 Training Plan Information
- Ironman California
- Trend toward 70.3
- Volunteers and free labor
- Building more momentum in host cities
- Did they add too many fulls?
- Creating demand is the FOMO for athletes
- Is Ironman doing enough at ground level?
- Where is the investment?
- Constructive criticism and negative feedback
- What can we all do better for our athletes?
- Ironman has zero competition (in triathlon)
- Some suggestions on how to build a better volunteer base
- 70.3 and Full “package deals”
Coaching Inquiries:
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Brucke - [email protected]
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Crushing Our Pover |
| 0:08.4 | POMAYOR PORKRUSING Iron Podcast. |
| 0:23.0 | Boy, it got cold again where I'm at. |
| 0:27.0 | Dude, it did. |
| 0:28.0 | It did here too, man. |
| 0:29.1 | It was like, let's see, Monday was 80. |
| 0:32.5 | And we sent, we set Hayden to school and a t-shirt and shorts, but we packed a rain jacket. |
| 0:38.8 | And then he, uh, he rode home in the pouring rain with his rain jacket on and came in. |
| 0:43.9 | He was like, I'm breezing. |
| 0:45.2 | And then this morning, it went for a run. |
| 0:46.6 | It was 40, 40 degree swing. |
| 0:48.5 | It is, uh, yeah, it was, listen, it was, it was a nice weekend. It was a little bit windy here, but late fall, it looks like early winter is on its way. |
| 0:58.2 | And you're on your way, and we're here. |
| 0:59.6 | It's episode 628. |
| 1:01.0 | Again, this is the crushing iron podcast. |
| 1:03.0 | Today is October 25th, 2022. |
| 1:07.1 | We are appreciate you tuning in today. |
| 1:09.4 | But yeah, it gets cold and brisk here but you know and |
| 1:12.0 | the thing is is it's a little bit dreary and that's that's where I kind of like cut the cord like |
| 1:16.0 | I'm like I could actually like it when it's a little bit cold and but it's sunny I could do |
| 1:21.9 | without like the because I'm looking outside right now at the office and I see like already |
| 1:25.4 | three trees because it was it was like insanely went 30, 30 if I'm an hour winds on Sunday. So all the all the leaves that were like |
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