Quality over quantity for age-group triathletes with Mike Ricci | EP#98

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Mike Ricci is one of the most successful coaches out there when it comes to age-group triathletes, and has been awarded USAT Coach of the Year. We discuss his thoughts and principles on effective triathlon training for age-groupers. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: Quality over quantity in triathlon training Balancing training with a career and family Why taking weeks off in the off-season traditional base building may be counterproductive for age-group triathletes Beginner triathletes - what to focus on in training, and how to reduce overwhelm Tips for moving up to your first 70.3 or Ironman "Leveling up" and becoming competitive in your age-group SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com 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 THATTRIATHLONSHOW for 15% off any products. Triathlon Corner - The new online home of shopping the best triathlon products in the world to great prices. Ships worldwide, and you won't find better customer service anywhere. Brands include Garmin, Stages Power, Café du cycliste, Zipp, Mako, Zone3, Hoka One One to name a few. LINKS AND RESOURCES: D3 Multisport website 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 Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	Why would you go back to riding and running easy?
0:01.9	I understand if you have a lot of hours, that's the way to do it.
0:04.8	But if you only have 10, 11 hours a week, it's probably not the way to do it.
0:10.1	That Traflon's show, episode 98. Hey, what's up everybody?
0:27.4	Welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by
0:32.6	ScientificTraflon.com.
0:35.2	I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Mike Ritchie.
0:40.2	The main topics we talk about are quality over quantity in training for age group triathletes,
0:46.2	how to balance training with a career and a family, and why taking many weeks off in the off-season
0:53.0	and then doing long-slow distance base building
0:55.9	in most cases may be counterproductive for age groupers.
1:00.6	A quick intro to Mike.
1:02.5	He is the head coach of a D-3 multi-sport in Boulder, Colorado.
1:07.2	His career highlights include things like being named the USA Triathlon Coach of the Year.
1:13.7	He coached University of Colorado to four straight collegiate national championships.
1:19.2	And he has coached many Iron Man winners on the age group level and also ITU age group world champions and things like that multiple
1:31.0	multiple Kona qualifiers and also many age group national champions. So to say that he knows a bit
1:40.1	about what he's talking about when it comes to age group coaching is an understatement
1:45.8	to say the least so we have a great interview on store for you with mike but first let's
1:52.7	thank our sponsors we have precision hydration and as i mentioned the last couple of episodes
1:58.9	until the end of February,
2:06.2	all of you listeners can get one free box of pH electrolyte product just by going to precisionidation.com and using the code that triathlon show,
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