Kona Special Interview – Tony Weeks – Ask a Cycling Coach 178
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
A top 20 AG finish at the IRONMAN World Championship is exactly what TrainerRoad user Tony weeks has his eyes set on. Behind that ambition is a lot of preparation. We dug into how Tony trained, his equipment, and strategy for Saturday's big race in our latest special podcast episode.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- Where did Tony Week Qualify?
- Balancing family, work and training
- Adjusting a plan's workouts based on how you are feeling.
- Tony's bike setup
- Why did Tony chose a different helmet for Kona?
- Can you run a disk wheel in Kona?
- What is a swim skin?
- What Tony has learned from past Kona races
- Nutrition for Kona
- What is "special needs" on an IRONMAN course?
- Can a High Fat Low Carb diet work for Kona?
- What does Tony eat during the run?
More training questions answered here: bit.ly/Training-Questions-Help-Center
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE ONLY PODCAST DEDICATED TO MAKING YOU A FASTER CYCLIST
Each week Coach Chad Timmerman, Coach Jonathan and TrainerRoad’s CEO Nate Pearson gather to answer queries submitted from athletes around the globe, as well as dish about their latest training experiments, discoveries and tips.
- Subscribe to the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast: www.trainerroad.com/podcast
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABOUT TRAINERROAD — CYCLING’S MOST EFFECTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM
TrainerRoad makes cyclists faster. Athletes get structured indoor workouts, science-backed training plans, and easy-to-use performance analysis tools to reach their goals
- Get started today: bit.ly/Get-Faster-TrainerRoad
- Download the TrainerRoad app: bit.ly/Download-TrainerRoad
- Browse training plans: bit.ly/TR-Training-Plans
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOLLOW TRAINERROAD
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/TrainerRd
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/TrainerRoad
- Twitter: www. twitter.com/TrainerRoad
- Strava Club: www.strava.com/clubs/TrainerRoad
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:05.8 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Shad Simmerman everybody our CEO Nate Pearson hello |
| 0:10.2 | We are in a different location and we have a special guest with us |
| 0:13.1 | We are in Kona Hawaii and we have a trainer road user an athlete here Tony weeks. How you doing Tony? |
| 0:19.1 | Yeah, I'm good. Thank you. You are a Kona qualifier. I am Kona qualifier. Yes |
| 0:23.1 | We have been confused for Kona qualifiers |
| 0:25.4 | I don't know if that's because people think that we're wonderfully fit when we go to these restaurants or something |
| 0:29.3 | I don't think that's the case. It's because you were a compression sock with shorts on the flight |
| 0:33.8 | But we're nowhere near as impressive as Tony Tony you are a Kona qualifier. Where did you qualify? |
| 0:39.2 | I qualified at Wales in the UK in |
| 0:43.8 | 2017 so that's one of the earliest |
| 0:46.8 | races you can qualify at which is which is great because you can relax for a year, but then you've got |
| 0:52.8 | Probably about 13 months to get injured |
| 0:54.8 | I'm a Kona qualifier. Are you cold or are you? I'm 47 and yeah, so I'm in that 45 to 50 |
| 1:02.6 | otherwise known as the very fast category. It is fast. It is crazy fast |
| 1:07.6 | What do you do for a career? What's your family situation like? Well, I'm married with two children |
| 1:13.0 | 12-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son and I'm a firefighter so |
| 1:19.6 | work shifts and |
| 1:22.6 | Unintentionally, but it's a great profession when you want to be into a sport like triathlon. Why is that? |
| 1:29.0 | I work two days two nights and |
| 1:32.3 | I'm gonna run and then yeah, and then have four days off so |
| 1:36.3 | It because you're working through the night to the casual observer. It looks like you're off for six days out of eight |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TrainerRoad, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of TrainerRoad and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.