Training talk with Blair Cartmell | EP#285

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Blair Cartmell is a Scottish triathlon coach working as a Junior National Coach with British Triathlon in addition to running his own coaching business. Blair's coaching resume is of a very high level, including currently being the coach of George Goodwin (3rd at the PTO Championships in Daytona in 2020), holding the lead coach position of the Triathlon Scotland performance Centre at Stirling University, as well as being a national coach for Scotland's home Commonwealth games in 2014. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Blair's coaching philosophy -How to achieve consistency in training -Intensity management -Group training environments -Learning how to race by putting yourself on the startline -Top tips for age-group athletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts285/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ 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. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Blair's website and Twitter and Instagram profiles 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 Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show, 385.
0:05.2	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of that Traathlon show.
0:23.1	The podcast presented by ScientificTraflon.com.
0:27.0	I'm our host Michael, and on today's episode, I'm to coach Blair Cartmel.
0:31.1	Blair is a Scottish Traflon coach who works as a junior national coach with British Traflon,
0:36.8	in addition to running his own
0:38.1	coaching business new Traathlon. Blair has previously been coaching with the Scottish Federation
0:44.2	as well at the Home Commonwealth Games, for example, and coaching with the Sterling University
0:49.5	Performance Centre. He is also the personal coach of up-and-coming long-distance star George Goodwin,
0:56.0	who recently had what you might call a breakthrough performance when he placed third at the
1:00.6	PTO Championships in Daytona in 2020. I will get into Blair's coaching philosophy and much,
1:08.5	much more in just a little bit, but before that, big thanks to our sponsors.
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