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That Triathlon Show

Pacing science and training talk with Andy Renfree, PhD | EP#349

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Andy Renfree, PhD, is a sports and exercise scientist with a background in and passion for running. In this interview, we discuss one of Andy's main areas of expertise, the science of pacing. We also have a more general discussion about training, sports science, and the integration of the two.       IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The science of pacing -Practical recommendations for improved pacing -The messy reality of training and the implications for athletes and coaches -The role of sports science in training and coaching SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts349/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses.  Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as  Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a one of a kind swim bench for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve their swim technique, power and propulsion, and consistency of swim training. It is very affordable, about the price of a pair of running shoes, and Zen8 offer free shipping in the US and the UK. Best of all, you can try it risk-free. If you don't love it after two weeks, send it back and get a full refund. Get 20% off your order at zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Andy's blog, Twitter and Research Gate A selection of studies on pacing from Andy and his colleagues Influence of an Enforced Fast-Start on 10-km Running Performance - Carmo et al. 2015 The Influence of Collective Behavior on Pacing in Endurance Competitions - Renfree et al. 2015 Effects of different goal orientations and virtual opponents performance level on pacing strategy and performance in cycling time trials - Carmo et al. 2021 Affective Feelings and Perceived Exertion During a 10-km Time Trial and Head-to-Head Running Race - Carmo et al. 2020 Risk Perception Influences Athletic Pacing Strategy - Micklewright et al. 2014 The influence of performance level, age and gender on pacing strategy during a 100-km ultramarathon - Renfree et al. 2015 Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Athletics: How to become a champion by Percy Cerutty 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

The Traathlon Show 349.

0:17.6

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.

0:27.1

I'm your host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Dr. Andy Renfrey.

0:31.1

Andy is a sports and exercise scientist with a background in and passion for running and middle distance running in particular.

0:38.4

In this interview,

0:43.7

we discuss one of and his main scientific areas of expertise or academic areas of expertise,

0:49.6

which is pacing. But we also have a more general discussion about training as sport science and integrating training and sports science and lots of different topics that, and he has written

0:54.1

about in his blog, those were a couple different topics that and it has written about

0:54.4

in his blog those were a couple of topics that I thought would be interesting to go into

0:59.0

detail about with him because he does have a very good blog that I highly recommend you check

1:04.1

out the link will be in the show notes of course so so you can find it easily before we get

1:09.0

into the interview big thanks to our sponsors, Roka.

1:12.1

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1:50.3

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