Mastering Triathlon as a Masters Athlete with Karen Smyers | EP#102

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Karen Smyers is a coach, speaker and retired world class triathlete who raced professionally until age 49! She has won three World Championship titles, both ITU and Ironman, and placed in the top-5 and top-10 in Kona several times still in her 40s. Here she shares how she stayed so competitive in her 40s. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: Karen's inspirational story, which has plenty of trials and tribulations How she trained to stay competitive in her 40s Advice for masters athletes who want to perform in triathlon, but also balance a career and family Karen's thoughts on recovery, strength training, and nutrition for masters athletes Being named "The triathlete most likely to be eaten by a sharkat the Sydney Olympics" by Sports Illustrated SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW for 15% off any products. Triathlon Corner - The new online home of shopping the best triathlon products in the world to great prices. Ships worldwide, and you won't find better customer service anywhere. Brands include Garmin, Stages Power, Café du cycliste, Zipp, Mako, Zone3, Hoka One One to name a few. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Karen's website Masters Athletes: How to minimize the performance decline for aging triathletes | EP#20 RATE AND REVIEW:If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	They were talking about the fact that there's sharks in Sydney Harbor,
0:04.3	so he named me the triathlete most likely to get eaten by his shark
0:07.4	because of the bad luck I had had going into it.
0:12.1	The Trafflom Show, episode 102. Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon show, the podcast presented by ScientificTraflon.com.
0:37.5	I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, we get to combine very good advice and practical tips with a whole lot of inspiration and motivation.
0:49.3	As I interview Karen Smires, she is a legend of triathlon.
0:53.9	We discuss her career and all her trials and
0:57.3	tribulations. There are many, but we also get into specific tips and advice for master's
1:02.9	athletes on training in general, but also on balancing that training with a career and a family
1:09.1	and everything that you have to balance.
1:11.8	Karen, just a little bit of a background, she raised professionally until the age of 49, and she
1:18.1	has won three world championship titles, two ITU world championships and one Iron Man
1:23.7	World Championship, and the one Iron Man and ITU title came in the same year within two
1:29.4	weeks of each other in 95 I believe which is insane it's an amazing accomplishment and she has placed
1:37.4	in the top five and top 10 in Kona several times while still in her 40s so that's also those are incredible achievements. She came back from
1:47.6	cancer to almost go to the Olympics when she was 38 or 39 and that was phyroid cancer that she
1:54.7	had to battle and she also has seven national triathlon titles including winning six in a row and one national duathlon title
2:03.6	and she was in the inaugural USAT Hall of Fame well deserved and now today she she coaches
2:11.5	and she does motivational speaking and yeah you will get here in the interview that motivational speaking and she has a story that
2:20.4	definitely fits that perfectly but before we hear the interview this episode is sponsored by
2:27.0	precision hydration remember that until the end of February all that triathlon show listeners
2:32.7	can get a free box or tube of precision
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