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That Triathlon Show

Set up your perfect half or full Ironman performance with Bevan McKinnon | EP#14

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

How do you prepare for your optimal half or full distance triathlon. Elite coach and double world champion in his age-group in 2016, Bevan McKinnon, who won the Ironman 70.3 world championships in Mooloolaba and the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, let's you in on the secrets to his and his athletes' success. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: -Structuring a training plan for a half or full distance goal race -How to set yourself up for success in the days leading up to the race -How to perfect your race execution. -The most common mistakes triathletes do in their training for and racing in half and full distance triathlons LISTENER QUESTIONS: If you have questions that you want me to answer on the show or off the show (in an email), send me your question via email or Twitter (contact information below). NOTES: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com Send feedback, questions or just wanna chat? CONTACT me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0

Training consistency is where growth of fitness actually occurs.

0:06.0

That Traathlon Show, episode 40.

0:20.4

Hey, what's up, everybody. Welcome back to That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by

0:26.5

ScientificTraflon.com. As always, I'm your host Michael, and today's topic is how to set up your

0:34.7

perfect half- or full distance triathlon.

0:41.9

I have a special guest today, Bevan Mackinan from New Zealand.

0:47.3

He's an elite coach and he's a double age group world champion from 2016 when he won both the Iron Man 70.3 and Iron Man World Championships in his age group. And finally, he's also a world-class

0:57.2

podcaster as the host of Fidder Radio, which you may have heard. And if not, I recommend you

1:02.4

go and listen to that. He coaches pro athletes like Braden Curry and Amelia Watkinson, among others.

1:08.7

And in today's show with Bevan, we discuss how to structure your training plan

1:13.9

for your half or full distance goal race, how you can set yourself up for success in the days

1:21.4

leading up to the race, how to perfect your race execution on race day.

1:26.8

And we go into the most common mistakes that

1:29.2

triathletes do in their training for and in racing in half and full distance triathlons.

1:36.1

But just a couple of minutes here before we dive into the interview with Bevan, we have

1:41.0

a listener question. Frankie P. on Twitter sent me this question saying,

1:46.8

I bought my first road bike last week,

1:48.8

and I don't know if it's set up correctly or how to set it up better.

1:53.9

So I'm going to take a couple of minutes to answer that.

1:56.5

Thank you, Frankie, for your question.

1:58.7

And also for promoting me on Twitter.

2:00.2

I really appreciate that.

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