That Triathlon Show, episode 6.

Hey, welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon show.

Today's episode is a solo episode. It's just me, your host, Michael Erickson from

Scientific Triathlon.com. No interview this time. We are going to talk about racing tips.

I have prepared a list of tips for you that you can use to

get the most out of yourself within your race from standing on the start line to crossing the

finish line, what you can do at each point in the race to make sure that you really get the

most out of yourself. And related to that, if you missed the episode with Ben Canute

in episode number five, so the previous episode, do go back and listen to that. He had some great

stories from races, including the Olympics in Rio, that you should listen to to get into a good

mindset about racing. I really enjoyed talking to Ben, so do go back and listen to that.

Without further ado, let's dive right into the racing tips.

So the first tip that I have is to be prepared. Have a race plan memorized completely.

And the race plan, I would write it down on paper or on a computer file. I usually

do it in Google Docs. And unless it's a C race that is just basically a training event for you,

if it's a race that you want to perform well in, this is not just some woo-woo that people

say, but they don't really do. I do write a race plan, a written race plan

for every single race that I want to perform well in because I know that it will help me so much,

make me so much more likely to perform well. I have an entire blog post about the topic on

writing race plans that I'll link to in the show notes. So you can go and have a look at that that gives more details.

But in short, you should ride everything from what gear you need to bring,

what you should do the day before the race,

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