Measuring your current triathlon fitness, strictly sticking to workout times, and more!

That Triathlon Life Podcast

That Triathlon Life

Triathlon, Sports, Ironman, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Q&a, Endurance Sports, Running, Swimming, Bicycle, Cycling

4.9 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week we’re once again split across two continents, Eric and Paula in Bend, OR, and Nick in Girona, Spain. We kick things off with a teaser for Eric’s upcoming 50k ultramarathon, announce our TTL Strava Art winner, and then dive into listener-submitted triathlon questions. This week we discussed: How to measure current fitnessPracticing for 180-degree turnsThe importance of sticking closely to workout timesSki touring setupsAquabikeRacing Athena/Clydesdale vs. age groupHow short is too sh...

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome to the TTL podcast. I'm Eric Lockstrom.
0:04.5	I'm Paula Finley. I'm Nick Goldstone.
0:07.2	And we've had an awesome show for you this week. It is race week for me, so we may talk a little bit about that.
0:15.1	We are going to be announcing our Strava Art Challenge winners, and of course, we have a whole bunch of really great questions to get to.
0:25.8	Paul and I are both professional triathletes.
0:28.3	Nick is a professional musician, age group triathlete, good friend.
0:33.1	And yeah, you found your way into our triathlon themed podcast.
0:37.0	Eric, someone sent a question in which I didn't include that said,
0:41.0	you keep calling yourself a professional triathlet,
0:44.4	but are you going to do a triathlon in 2025?
0:46.7	I am, yes.
0:48.0	Which one?
0:51.4	Padigan Man and potentially Exteracobo.
0:54.9	Patagon Man. When isteracobo. Padigan Man.
0:55.8	When is that?
0:56.6	December.
0:57.6	December what?
0:59.6	12th.
1:00.7	No, we're going to be in Qatar, actually.
1:03.0	You're not doing that.
1:05.3	That's the opposite of Padagin, man.
1:07.2	Well, there you go, folks.
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