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That Triathlon Show

Q&A on middle-distance development, training load and overtraining metrics, cadence, and more | EP#463

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this Q&A episode, Mikael answers listener questions on training, physiology, long-term athlete development, and more. There are lots of practical tips and takeaways relevant to a wide range of athletes and contexts.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 463 of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:30.2

My name is Michael Edickson, and today we have a Q&A episode with listener questions.

0:35.0

And I think we have some really good questions.

0:37.4

So as a reminder, if you are not aware, you can email me questions at any time.

0:42.1

And I save them for the next Q&A episode that I do, which I try to do fairly regularly.

0:48.3

I also post requests for questions in my Instagram stories on Scientific Traathlon HQQ on Instagram, please give me a follow there

0:56.0

if you're not already following. And

0:57.9

that's where I, yeah, usually in my

1:00.1

stories I will post a request

1:01.5

a few days before I'm recording a Q&A

1:04.2

episode. So that's

1:06.0

a good reminder if you have anything on your

1:08.1

mind that you can send in questions and get them answered

1:10.0

on the podcast here. Before we dive into today's questions, big thanks to our sponsors, precision

1:15.0

fuel and hydration. Last week I talked about how I loved the drink mix for training because it

1:20.2

has the lowest cost per gram of carbohydrate of all the precision fuel and hydration products.

1:24.9

But today I want to talk about racing. What are my go-to products for racing?

1:29.7

Put simply and shortly, because I don't want to make this long-winded.

1:33.1

A flow gel on the bike is amazing.

1:34.8

And combine that with some caffeine gels.

1:37.4

So the 30-gram carbohydrate gels with 100 milligrams of caffeine.

1:41.0

That's an amazing combo.

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