Kona Special Interview – Scott Byram – Ask a Cycling Coach 225
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Scott Byram is coming to Kona for the first time, with a clear plan for his race. From punctures, to marginal gains and where to find the best pizza, he has it all figured out. Now, time to make it happen. Tune in to hear all Scott's insights as he prepares for IRONMAN World Championships.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
- How Scott first got into triathlon
- Balancing training, work, and sleep
- Scott's pre- race day nutrition plan
- Dealing with mid-race punctures
- What to expect going into the run
- How Scott paces his run
- Scott's preferred post-race meal
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:05.6 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Timberman everybody our CEO Nate Pearson |
| 0:09.4 | Hello, and we have a very special guest of us today here in Kona once again |
| 0:13.7 | Kona qualifier Scott Byram. How you doing Scott doing great. I'm happy to be here |
| 0:17.4 | Thanks for coming on. This is cool because you've you've used trainer road to listen to the podcast for some time |
| 0:22.7 | How long have you used trainer road for I had to go back and look? |
| 0:25.4 | I think I've been using it since January 2012 |
| 0:28.6 | That's like the beginning |
| 0:32.8 | We've improved a lot |
| 0:34.8 | I have improved a lot since then too |
| 0:37.7 | You mentioned that you've seen like a pretty big bump over that time. Yeah, for sure an FTP like roughly |
| 0:43.8 | You mentioned it was almost like a hundred watts, right? |
| 0:46.0 | I think it was probably more than that because when I first tested I was on virtual power so I didn't have power meter and |
| 0:51.1 | I think I tested maybe two thirty two forty |
| 0:54.8 | But then once I got a power meter I realized that it wasn't really that high. Yeah |
| 0:59.2 | Trusted down about 30 watts probably and now I'm sitting around 33335. We'll say about a 300 watt improvement |
| 1:07.4 | No, 120. Yeah, that's pretty impressive. That's very impressive |
| 1:11.2 | It's very very impressive |
| 1:12.2 | So where are you from and let's go over your weight your height and we already know roughly your FTP right now is around 330 |
| 1:18.9 | Yep, right. Yeah, so yeah, so height weight where are you from? Okay height 511 |
| 1:24.3 | Weight |
| 1:26.0 | Sitting right now about 168 a little heavier than I like to be but |
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