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That Triathlon Show

Training smart, managing time, and setting goals with Kate Roberts | EP#92

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Coach and double Olympic athlete Kate Roberts from South Africa discusses how to get the most out of your triathlon training by training smarter (not necessarily more), managing time better, and by staying consistent through goal-setting.      IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: It's not just about the time you train, but how you use that time and the focus you put into it. Better time management with weekly and daily planning Goal-setting as a key driver to keep you consistent when you mightotherwise stay in bed How to make hard efforts manageable by focusing on differentinternal and form cues     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.     Ventum - The ultimate triathlon bikes, using technology from fighter jets and Formula One race cars. Easier to build, pack, and travel with than any other tri bike. Get 110% of the value of your old bike towards the purchase of a new Ventum bike.      LINKS AND RESOURCES:  Kate's Twitter profile  Training Zones part 1: Swimming | EP#27  That Triathlon Show 2018 survey  4 things we learned from getting our Sweat Test data published in an academic journal - Precision Hydration blog 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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When I was in the traffic training session, you know, I always try to make things easier for myself, you know, so instead of focusing on the pain, focus on the form, you know.

0:10.0

That Traathlon Show, the podcast

0:31.8

presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.

0:34.9

I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I interview double Olympian Kate Roberts,

0:40.1

who these days has turned to coaching in her home country of South Africa.

0:45.5

We get into a lot of interesting and relevant topics for age group triathletes,

0:49.5

including time management and prioritization, things that Kate's learned from working with world-class

0:57.0

coaches throughout her career, like focusing on the execution and training smarter, not necessarily

1:03.3

training more, mental skills and goal setting, which is among Kate's specialties as a coach,

1:10.4

and some other important and guiding triathlon

1:12.7

training philosophy plus you get some example training sessions that Kate tends to give

1:19.1

her age group athletes that are just like you probably time crunched and need to get a lot

1:24.5

of bang for their training time investment.

1:32.0

So Kate participated in both the Beijing and the London Olympics.

1:38.1

She has a silver medal from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014, and at her peak, she was ranked seventh in the world.

1:40.8

But before we dive into the interview with Kate, this episode is presented by precision hydration

1:45.9

that you can find on precision hydration.com. You can use the discount code, that triathlon show,

1:51.3

all one word, for 15% of any of their electrolyte products. They recently published an article

1:57.1

on their blog called Four Things We Learned from Getting Our Sweat Test Data published

2:01.6

in an academic journal.

2:03.4

And last episode I talked about the first two points, but points three and four I will

2:08.8

talk about today.

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