In this episode, we recap a race...for Dina! Throughout over a year of dealing with the ramifications of her initial bone stress injury, she's finally been able to train for a race, and her first trail race at that! Dina recaps the race, discusses her preparation and how surprisingly great she felt during the race, and talks about what it has meant to work through this injury and (maybe?) finally be back to racing. Questions for us related to triathlon, fitness, nutrition, anything? Topics yo...
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In this episode, we recap a race...for Dina! Throughout over a year of dealing with the ramifications of her initial bone stress injury, she's finally been able to train for a race, and her first trail race at that! Dina recaps the race, discusses her preparation and how surprisingly great she felt during the race, and talks about what it has meant to work through this injury and (maybe?) finally be back to racing. Questions for us related to triathlon, fitness, nutrition, anything? Topics yo...
Taper, the Bare Minimum of Training, and Triathlon as One Sport and Not Three
Simply Triathlon with Dina & Chris
52 minutes
7 months ago
Taper, the Bare Minimum of Training, and Triathlon as One Sport and Not Three
In this episode, we talk about all things taper. What is it? Why do we do it? What are the drawbacks to NOT tapering? What are some to-dos and NOT to-dos during race week? We also talk about a conversation Chris had with an athlete who only swims for 15 minutes at a time, because that'll be how long they'll swim during their goal races. Is this sufficient, or is it beneficial to train for longer even if the race portion is short? We chat about some efficient training techniques as well as tra...
Simply Triathlon with Dina & Chris
In this episode, we recap a race...for Dina! Throughout over a year of dealing with the ramifications of her initial bone stress injury, she's finally been able to train for a race, and her first trail race at that! Dina recaps the race, discusses her preparation and how surprisingly great she felt during the race, and talks about what it has meant to work through this injury and (maybe?) finally be back to racing. Questions for us related to triathlon, fitness, nutrition, anything? Topics yo...
