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That Triathlon Show

Training Talk with Scott DeFilippis and Carrie Lester | EP#240

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Scott DeFilippis and Carrie Lester are both professional triathletes and coaches. They are also partners, and Scott coaches Carrie. In this interview we discuss a number of training-related topics, the overarching training philosophy of the couple, and the experiences and influences that led to this philosophy. We also discuss how age-groupers should apply these concepts.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Scott's and Carrie's athletic and coaching careers and backgrounds -Being coached and mentored by Brett Sutton of TriSutto -The influence of Gerry Rodrigues on their swim training -Scott's and Carries coach-athlete relationship and process -A normal training week and changes to the norm during Covid-19 -Differences between males and females in training and training tolerance -Advice for age-groupers    SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts240/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: 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 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: KIS Coaching 3 foundational elements that will make you swim faster with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#3 Get your triathlon swim training right and avoid costly pitfalls with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#107 The Trisutto Way of Triathlon Training with Carson Christen | EP#140 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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If I look back at Carrie's development, when we started swimming massive amounts and not necessarily pulling a lot of the main sets, her run started inch up and inch up and inch up.

0:14.0

That trap from show, 240. 40. Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon

0:34.8

show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:39.5

I'm your host Michael and on today's

0:41.3

episode I interview Scott DePhilippis and Carrie Lester.

0:45.5

Scott and Carrie are both professional

0:47.2

triathletes and coaches.

0:49.1

They are also partners and Scott coaches

0:52.2

Carrie. So this is another interview in the realm of a coach and their athlete or an athlete and

0:59.7

their coach on the line.

1:01.6

We will discuss a number of training related topics, the overarching training philosophy

1:06.7

of Scott and Kerry and the experiences and influences, including, for example, Brett Sutton

1:12.4

and Jerry Rodriguez that led to this philosophy. And we also discuss how age groupers should

1:18.8

apply these concepts. Before we get into the interview, big thanks to our sponsor's

1:24.0

precision hydration. And as a personal anecdote, I have become really hooked on Swift

1:30.5

initially through the COVID-19 lockdown when I was forced to train inside, which I do anyway

1:38.9

a lot, but now I was 100% stuck inside for a while. and I decided to give Swift a try and found that

1:45.8

I actually really, really enjoyed it. You can still follow your structured training plan,

1:49.7

but I could do training together with friends in different countries and so on. So super cool.

1:54.7

I just fell in love with it. But through that, actually what happened is that now even though I can

2:00.7

go and ride outside i still

2:02.9

do like the vast majority of my training is inside and i'm just sweating so much training indoors

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