Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

We're ready for Kona! Today we go through possible strategies for the men and women along with how different variables could impact the podium. The field is deep and the excitment surrounding the Ironman World Championship is higher than ever. How will the race unfold and what are the C26 predictions?
Topics:
• Deep field
• Front pack
• Who's gonna lead it
• Expect fireworks
• Brewers
• Play the right way
• Will they ride as a pack?
• Salt water buoancy
• How much can they push themselves?
• What is the limit?
• It's all about the run
• Having an Ace up their sleeve
• Off the bike
• Vibes over data?
Mike - mike@c26triathlon.com
Robbie - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Well, we waited 959 episodes to realease this info, but here it is. 
Topics:
Bank your Vitamin D
Gutav Iden
Flat bills and Polos
What areas are you serious about improving?
Swim the Suck
What excites you most?
Is what excites you what you should be working on?
Realistic goals
Same things over and over and over
Wanting the result but not the work
Bank the work
Analyzing the "after"
Being "in" the workout
Connecting links in your chain
Talent, tenacity, confidence
Telling people what your big goal is
Everybody wants to get faster, but . . .
What's your real weakness?
It's not the work, it's what you do during the work
Focus on the Demands
Stock market training
The secret to training
These are things that make champions
There's a difference between hope and knowing
Skip the bellhop
Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com
Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Today we look at protecting and maximizing your time and effort so that you can be faster next year. We talk about the importance of "raising your floor" so you are ahead of the game and late season training doesn't feel so pressure packed or overwhelming. Now is the time. We also talk about diet and our cultural push to eat out of habit instead of needs. We look at shrinking the gap for your next PR, avoiding burnout, and rekindling the love of training. We explore training Monday through Friday only. We talk about mental and emotional flexibility and why it's not about how it looks right now, but getting it done.
Topics:
Time flies
Protecting your time blocks
Fasting
Paying attention to hunger
Do we eat too much?
What is energy?
Fuel is important . . . but
System cleans and resets
The least stress approach
Shrinking the gap for your PR goal
Avoiding burnout
Sneaking in a long swim, bike, and run each month
Rekindled love for training
Training M-F only?
The pressure of the last 6 weeks before a race
Mental and emotional flexibility
It's not "how it looks" it's about getting it done
Keep your "jumps" shorter
Building run frequency
Have fun noodling along
Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com
Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

Today, we explore the concept of going back to the Ironman Drawing Board and working on the small things that lead to big results. We explore creating your own specific challenge, talk an out being afraid of different zones, and creating a new ceiling that attracts your floor. We get into how to build and HOLD your gains. We look at going longer vs. training smarter. We get into fear of strength and intensity and how/when to overcome it. The struggles in triathlon are all part of the fun and mystery and today we look at ways to reinvent ourselves and our training.
Topics:
Is it the weather or the desire to do more that makes the difference?
Love your yard and love yourself
The triathlon space just feels different these days
More athletes competing?
Creating your specific challenge
Afraid of certain zones?
When it's insanely hot outside
Creating a ceiling that leaves more room
Moving the floor closer to your potential
If you don't train it you stop gaining it
Building and holding your gains
Keeping the speed inside the plan
Consistent with the little things
The intent behind the training
Going longer vs. being more purposeful
Fear of strength and intensity
It's all part of the fun and mystery
Peeling back the layers of your success
Lives change . . . more volume, less volume
Nothing always works forever
Take off the leash and let it rip
Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com
Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

You gotta be faster to be faster . . . but how do we get there? For a lot of us, that process starts now and we have to cut through the noise to figure out what we need to work on. It can be anything from form and technique to diet and nutrition to endurance to strength to mobility and flexibility. But it can't all happen at once. How do we set ourselves up to stick with desired changes? Triathlon is a complex puzzle that mirrors life. It's not always fun or easy, but we get into real approaches that can help you shift your mindset to hit small practices now that will pay off towards your big goals later.
Topics:
Living the best life
Chicken wings and hot corners
General idea of what you want to accomplish
Post race emotions
Off-season technique
Most athletes thing in times or zones
Post race sweet spot
Get where you're going fast and cheap
Working on your form is hard
Where's the low hanging fruit?
Blindly doing workouts
Speed, technique, rhythm, endurance, timing, etc…
Build form and technique into your workouts
Polarizing
Pyramiding
Things that are important year round
When to disconnect
Don't label improvement by metrics
How likely are you to stick with desired changes?
We all have big goals . . .
You gotta be faster to be faster
Post race psychology
If you feel good you're more primed for success
Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com
Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com