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Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Back in Chattanooga with some great questions from the listeners. Fueling for Ironman bike, Heart Rate variability in sleep, HR testing, how much and when, Bike cleat fits, riding in wind, compact chain rings, prep vs. build, how to run the IM marathon, and playing mind games with yourself.

Topics:

Getting deeper sleep
HR Variability while asleep
Stress on the down low
The Gap and the Gain
List the accomplishments not failures
Bike fueling for Ironman (or a Century Ride)
HR formula
Average vs. Max HR
RPE
When and how often do HR tests
Re-adjusting Zones
Using a Sprint or an Olympic to test
IMTX - Be prepared
Dealing with the wind
The mental drain of riding outside
Cleat placement is overlooked
Bike fits and run problems
How much should you PUSH?
Prep vs. Build phase
Compact vs. standard chain rings
How to run the entire IM marathon
Playing mind games with yourself

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody.
0:19.0	Back in the office.
0:21.0	Yes, you are.
0:21.7	You must have music, don't you?
0:23.5	I know, too.
0:24.1	I really miss it.
0:25.0	It takes me off my game.
0:26.1	Like I have a game, but it takes me off a game.
0:27.9	We don't have it.
0:29.1	Folks, it's April 12th, 2022.
0:32.8	It's a Tuesday.
0:34.0	Welcome aboard, everyone.
0:35.5	This is the Crushing Iron podcast.
0:41.1	We are episode 500 and 72.
0:48.4	All right. 570, you take my word for it. Yeah. I'd say gloomy, but yet warm day here in Chedinacin, Tennessee. The flowers are blooming. Your eyes are puffy and the wheezing has begun.
0:53.9	For all of you that like spring flowers, yeah, do you really like them that much?
0:58.0	Because I don't. You can walk outside and taste the blooming flowers, and it just makes my eyes
1:02.6	like water up and puff. Are you feeling it? No, I'm not. You know me, I start, I started popping
1:08.6	the Claritin. I get way ahead of the game.
1:11.6	Everyone else, it's all I hear about.
1:13.1	So my throat's scratchy.
1:15.1	My eyes are puffy, you know, my nose is running.
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