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That Triathlon Show

Q&A #95 - Differences and similarities between 70.3 and Ironman training; What does it take to finish an Ironman; What does it take to qualify for Kona

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Q&A #95 - Differences and similarities between 70.3 and Ironman training; What does it take to finish an Ironman; What does it take to qualify for Kona What are the differences and similarities between training for half and full distance triathlons?  Considerations around long workouts, training volume, intensity, nutrition, recovery, equipment, and indoor training How many hours per week should you train if your goal is to finish an Ironman?  How many hours per week should you train if your goal is to qualify for Kona?   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans Kona qualification: what it takes (in hard numbers) with Russell Cox | EP#76 Coach Cox - Kona qualification stats   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, hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by

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Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm your host Michael, and this episode is Q&A number 95. For today's Q&A,

0:14.1

I'm joined by fellow Scientific Traathlon coach, Lock Lankekeirin, to have a discussion around

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transitioning from 70.3 to Ironman training and racing.

0:23.3

But before we get into these questions, big thanks to our sponsors, Precision Hydration,

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that you can find on precision hydration.com. Precision hydration have developed an online

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sweat test, which is a quiz consisting of 10 questions.

0:38.0

And the idea behind this quiz is that you can easily, in a few minutes, get a good estimate

0:44.2

for how much sodium you lose in your sweat, and that will help you match your sodium intake

0:49.6

and your leclyte supplementation to your individual sweat sodium content and your sodium losses,

0:55.5

which will be increasingly important the longer and the hotter the races and training for that

1:01.9

matter. So in terms of Ironman training that we're discussing today, it can obviously be a massively

1:06.8

important part of the puzzle. This online sweat test has been validated against actual

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sweat testing with medical grade equipment. So that's a really cool feature of the online

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sweat test as well. You can get 15% of your order of precision hydration electrolytes with the

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promo code that triathlon show 15 on precision hydration.com.

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And thank you to Roka that you can find on Roka.com.

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Roka are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, high-performance

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eyewear, prescription glasses and sun glasses. And they have tons of really cool innovations and patented technologies

1:47.0

in those various product lines like for example the arms of technology in the wetsuits and

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trisuits meaning that you have a maximal shoulder flexibility minimal restriction of your shoulders

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and they have this even in the

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