Melanie McQuaid | EP#430

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Melanie McQuaid is a triathlon coach and veteran professional triathlete. In 2023 she became the first ever 50-year-old to qualify for and race in the professional field in the Ironman World Championships in Kona. In this interview we discuss that feat and Mel's general thoughts on longevity in the sport and on maintaining performance at an older age. Then we go into a long Q&A segment, answering listener questions on a large variety of topics. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Training considerations with older age, and how to maintain and improve performance as you get older -Testing, training zones, and training prescription -Shift work and training -Use of heart rate in training -Balancing "aerobic base" training and intensity -Are brick sessions necessary? -VO2max intervals ...and more SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts430/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fueling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake in your next event. That Triathlon Show listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolyte products. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer allows you to improve technique, power, and swim training consistency. You can target specific aspects of your stroke, like catch and pull-through, work on core activation and body position, and make sure you stay consistent in your swim training even when you don't have time to go to the pool. Try the Zen8 risk-free for 30 days, and get 20% off your first order on zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Mel's website, Instagram and Twitter Coach Melanie McQuaid | EP#374 Training for Xterra and off-road triathlon with five-time world champion Melanie McQuaid | EP#196 That Triathlon Show guests Olympic Podium picks for Paris 2024 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 Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 430 of That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.
0:29.2	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Melanie McQuaid.
0:32.9	Melanie is probably very familiar to longtime listeners because she has been on the show before in
0:37.8	episode 375 and 196. But in today's episode, we talk about her qualifying for and racing in
0:44.9	Kona as the first ever professional 50-year-old athlete to do so. And we of course bring that into a more
0:50.8	general discussion about training considerations for older athletes.
0:54.8	Then we go into a long Q&A session and I want to thank you all for the great questions
0:59.9	that have been sent in and also encourage everybody to keep sending in questions as even
1:04.7	when I haven't specifically planned for a Q&A episode, I always store every question that
1:10.5	comes in and once I reach a
1:11.7	certain number of questions in the inbox, then I can always do an imprompt to Q&A episode, either as a
1:16.7	solo episode or with a guest like here with Mel. I do read and answer all the questions that I
1:22.2	receive. I should caveat that maybe by saying that all the questions that I receive via email
1:27.1	because I
1:27.9	am pretty bad at reading messages on other platforms so I can might often miss those or get back
1:33.3	to them very very late with the exception being of course when I put out request for questions
1:38.8	in the Instagram stories when I so when I specifically ask for it then of course I get all of those questions and
1:45.5	store them. But when I get questions in my inbox outside of those times, then I might be a bit
1:51.9	bad at reading those. So apologies for that, but just get in touch with me via email if you want
1:56.3	to make sure to, yeah, that I will really see that in a timely manner. And speaking of callouts for questions, while we haven't really finalized the scheduling
2:05.9	yet, and this may still be a month or two down the line, it does look like I may be able
2:11.2	to get TrainingPeaks CEO, Dirk Freel on the podcast to discuss TrainingPeaks as a
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