Keep Your Cool: How to Handle the Heat while Training

The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

TriDot Triathlon Training

Running, Fitness, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Training in the heat and humidity can be both physically exhausting and mentally demoralizing. Join TriDot coaches John Mayfield and Jeff Raines for this HOT episode! Learn how you can leverage TriDot’s EnviroNorm® technology to account for changes in temperature, humidity, and elevation during training sessions. Discover techniques for training when the temperature rises, recognize signs and symptoms of heat-related illnesses, and understand the body's physiological response to environmental changes.

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0:00.0	This is the TriDOT podcast. TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize your training, giving you better results in less time with fewer injuries.
0:17.8	Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We'll talk all things
0:23.6	triathlon with expert coaches and special guests. Join the conversation and let's improve
0:30.0	together. Together. Welcome to the tridout podcast. This episode is going to be hot.
0:39.3	Capital Hot with a capital H and several exclamation points.
0:43.9	So when you text all your friends and you let them know how amazing this particular episode of the Tridot podcast is,
0:50.4	get ready to deploy all of the fire and sunshine emojis your phone can handle.
0:56.4	Today we are talking about training in the heat.
1:00.0	How to get the most out of your training when the temperatures start to rise and the sweat starts to fall.
1:06.6	Joining us for this conversation is coach John Mayfield.
1:09.8	A successful Ironman athlete himself, John Leads,ot's athlete services, ambassador, and coaching programs.
1:16.2	He has coached hundreds of athletes ranging from first-timers to Kona qualifiers and professional triathletes.
1:22.4	John has been using Tridot since 2010 and coaching with Tridot since 2012.
1:33.3	John, do you ever get the urge to trim down the long blonde hair when we hit the Texas summer heat? Man, I get the urge to do everything I can to deal with the heat.
1:37.3	So I live in Texas. I've been here my whole life and I've yet to find anything that can help with the Texas heat.
1:45.0	I found when I had long blonde hair as a teenager, I found it kind of blowing in the wind as you would run,
1:51.3	like actually was kind of refreshing.
1:52.7	So you could kind of pull that argument for keeping the long blonde hair in the Texas summer heat.
1:56.9	No, he's proud of his man bun.
1:59.3	And that voice right there was coach Jeff Raines.
2:01.7	Jeff has a master of science and exercise physiology and was a successful D1 collegiate runner.
2:07.0	He's qualified for the Boston Marathon multiple times and has raced over 120 triathlons
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