The 20 minute Triathlon Show: Recent Episodes
Tom Watkins
This show is hosted by competitive triathlete Tom Watkins. The point is to do 3 things. 1) Bring new people into Triathlon 2) Shrink the gap between age-groupers and elite 3) Promote current events in the Triathlon world This show is designed to give you all you need in a short episode that fits into a run, bike, walk, commute, wherever. I want to help you learn to be the best version of yourself and become a great triathlete without ruining your other commitments. I have a wife and two kids so I know all that is needed to balance a crazy life. Take a listen and lets do crazy together!
I will talk about 3 topics this episode. 4 things you can incoprate in your lap swimming to develop better form. 4 ways you can do simple maintenance on your bike to extend its life. Lastly, some rules of thumb for getting new running shoes. Always important to take care of your stuff and get the most out of your training equipment.
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This episode is the continuation from last week. I sit down and talk with Mark Allen about triathlon. How do we grow the sport? What is is favorite past gear blunder? Fun stuff to hear.
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6x Ironman World Champion, Gold Medal in Olympic Distance Triathlon, ESPN's Worlds Greatest Endurance Athlete! Mark Allen is the guest on the show today and he has some cool stuff to share. There is a part two with him as well!
Mark Allen
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National Champs Recap, Huge Special Guest announcement, and info on Raw Multisport. A lot gets covered in this episode, definitely dont want to miss it! Stuff covered in this episode:
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Mark Allen
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This espisode covers my goals for the 2022 USAT AG Nationals. Second I discuss what tapering looks like and why you should do it! Thank you so much to my sponsors for helping me get here and helping others achieve their goals too! Below are links to things mentioned in the show:
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How to get more power into your swimming, cycling and running! Different exercises and things to think about while doing each discipline. Some good tips during T1.
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Let's talk Recovery! and round table with Catherine Mayone. Recovery is super important in endurance sports. I am going to cover some basic concepts to teach you hw to develop a warm up-cool down routine. Plus, a round table with an athlete I meet in St. George, Utah.
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This episode is all about setting up your transistion area, executing T1 and T2 and having a great race! Hopefully this helps you get prepared for your race, have an idea os what is going on if you're a newbie, and spark some ideas to help you be faster.
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This is a really cool episode where I have special guest Steve Lovelace on the show. He is an experienced Para-Triathlete with an awesome story. He is currently trying to help other challenged athlete use endurance sports to achieve their goals.
We covered a lot in the show so here are all of the links to things mentioned in the show:
@splovelace on insta
Triathlete.com article
USAT Para-athlete support
Steve Lovelace Video of story
www.challengedathletes.org
www.ainsleysangels.org
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This episode I will cover the advantages of training outdoors. Gotta mix it up and train inside and outside for many reasons.
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Social media is @thetrilifestyle
If you live in the Tulsa Area come run with me and some friends at Veterans Park Jenks Tuesdays at 1pm.
In this episode I willintroduce some of the pros and cons of training inddor vs. outdoors. This episode covers inddor and next will be outdoor. Catch my latest RACE DAY Blunder and have some fun listening to the show.
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Great video from Lionel Sanders here:
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Don't Skip the Warm up!
This episode has a race report from my season opener. Also! It's part two of the interview with Precision Fuel and Hydration!
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This episode covers some of the hydration challenges in swim/bike/run. Also! It's part one of the interview with Precision Fuel and Hydration!
Special Guest: Andy Blow CEO/Founder
- Quick Carb Calculator
- Free online Sweat Test
- Book a free 20-minute hydration and fueling strategy video consultation
- Didn't catch the discount code to get 15% off your first order at www.precisionfuelandhydration.com. Drop the team an email at hello@pfandh.com and they'll be happy to help get you started
In this episode I will cover many answers to the question "how much should I train"? There are many distances and so this question can sometimes be hard to get a direct answer. I will give several rules of thumb to help you plan.
News came from slowtwitch.com
Swim buoys at www.newwaveswimbuoy.com
Twitter and Insta @thetrilifestyle
Facebook: tomwatkins
In this episode I will cover the basics needed and recommendations for what to wear for each discipline. Not going in to super detail but definitely just some good general advice.
News articles used from slowtwitch.com and tri247.com.
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This episode will cover several examples of productive drills we can do in all 3 disciplines. Free time talks about participating in group swimming, cycling and running. Instagram and Twitter @thetrilifestyle
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www.triathlete.com mentioned in show.
This episode will cover some basics to training and race day nutrition. Free time is spent chatting about something I have found that makes my race days 10 times better than before.
This epsiode attempts to make sense of all of the data tracking metrics. What are the most basics that you need and how to apply them to your training.
In the episode I will cover simple concepts that every athlete can apply to each discipline. Each concept can help athletes make better decisions, train smarter and have fun!