Q&A #78 - Triathlon and the COVID-19 pandemic

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Q&A #78 - Triathlon and the COVID-19 pandemic How should you adjust training for race cancellations, postponements, and uncertainty around when the next race will be? What can you do to replace or compensate for swim training when pools close? How to approach the situation mentally and adopt the right mindset LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website Coaching Training Plans Base training: off-season do’s and dont’s with James Teagle and Lachlan Kerin | EP#201 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 THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing. 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	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show, the podcast
0:07.0	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm our host Michael, and I'm joined here today by Coach James Teagle.
0:14.3	How are you, James? Hey, I'm good friends, Michael. Yep, glad to be on the show, and yeah, looking
0:20.0	for to have a good discussion. Yeah, it's going to be an interesting one. We're going to be on the show. And yeah, looking forward to having a good discussion.
0:21.9	Yeah, it's going to be an interesting one.
0:24.8	We're going to discuss the coronavirus or COVID-19 and how to deal with that.
0:30.6	But we've had a lot of questions about that.
0:32.9	Just in the last couple of days, I've been getting quite a few emails on how to deal with
0:39.3	changes in race schedules, postponements, cancellations, and what to do in terms of training,
0:44.3	pools are closing. I'll just quickly thank our sponsors before we get into the discussion.
0:48.7	And as usual, we have precision hydration that you can find on precision hydration.com. Perhaps you are
0:56.5	now stuck on the indoor trainer for even longer than you planned. The spring weather might be
1:01.6	looking really nice, but depending on where you live, maybe the indoor trainer is the only
1:07.0	option because some countries are actually not even allowing you to go outside and
1:11.1	ride your bike. So keep hydrated folks, precision hydration and their electrolyte products can help
1:18.0	with that. So check them out on precision hydration.com and use the discount code. That's
1:23.2	Trafalcher 1-5 to get 15% off. And thank you to Roka that you can find on Roka.com.
1:30.7	And they are manufacturers of all sorts of products in the endurance sports categories
1:36.4	from wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, high-performance eyewear, also now including
1:41.8	prescription glasses.
1:44.3	So they've got a lot of different things to offer.
1:47.7	Maybe if you're stuck working from home, you have a little bit more time to kill
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