Good work, Brother! I am living vicariously through you and your videos since I had my hip replaced in February. I have been following you on Strava for awhile, and you really help inspire me to keep working to get my fitness back after 20+ years of bad hip mobility. Keep up the Great Work!!!!
I don't suggest greasing your bike after every ride unless you are washing it after every ride or riding often under wet conditions. I do however, recommend you go to the event with a fairly new chain on your bike. Enjoy the race.
I've followed your channel for a long while now and have followed along with most of your workouts and mindset. I'm getting back into the military now and I'm glad i found your content. Running is still not my strong suit but hoping to get better soon
Really interested to know your thoughts on biofuse goggles post-use. I use Tyr ones right now and I have the same issue with discomfort around my eye socket. Those Biofuse look larger and hopefully a bit more comfortable. I am training for Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania for 2025.
The reason for no kickstands is that they look dorky. Triathlon is all about looking good. :) Actually, it's because of the weight. You can put one on for your training rides, then remove it before the race. That's the first I've seen wetsuit shorts. Great idea for training. Will definitely get some if I get back into triathlons. Tell Roka to pay you a commission. Regarding the swim cap, I believe they give you a cap with your race packet and that's the one you are required to wear. The caps have different colors based on what wave you are in. Unfortunately, those are not the best quality caps.
In your video you mentio that you have been using energy gels during your workouts and electrolyte tablets before some of your workouts. Have you tried using sports drink mix? It can be difficult to consume enough carbohydrates to sustain you when you are going at a high intensity. Depending on your fitness level it might actually be impossible to replace what your body is using during your workout. You should try to get at a minimum 60 grams of carbohydrates per hour, ideally on race day you would be getting over 100 grams per hour to ensure you can push as hard in the last two miles of your run as you were able to in the first 200 meters of your bike section. Be mindful of where you are getting your energy form. In easy endurance training you can get away with things like having bars containing fat and protein, but to get the most out of yourself on hard days or on race day try to limit anything that is not carbs. The source of your carbs matter too. GU gels are pretty good on this front containing both glucose (maltodexterin) and fructose. Glucose will get to your muscles faster and many people appreciate that it is not overly sweet, but you can't really absorb/process more than like 70 grams of glucose per hour, so above that you will need to be using fructose. You should try to train with a good amount of fructose even if you're doing less than 70 grams per hour in your easy training sessions because you don't want your body's only exposure to fructose to be when you are going full gas in a hard workout or when you are racing, as it can give some people stomach distress and tastes sweet, which could throw some people off. In the end, the more carbs you can consume leading up to and during your competition without feeling sick the better you will preform. As for the mix there are many brands, which work pretty well. A 1:0.8 glucose to fructose ratio is what the current teaserch suggests is best, but the 1:1 ratio found in the likes of Gatorade mix or 2:1 ratio found in stuff like (I think) GU mix should still work pretty well. Some brands have made products with the 1:0.8 ratio, but are more expensive and probably aren't worth bothering with when other options should work pretty well.
Cyclers telling you to ride with your sunglass' frames outside your helmet strap, while providing no reasoning other than historical dogma, is the most zealous cycling thing ever.
Good work, Brother!
I am living vicariously through you and your videos since I had my hip replaced in February. I have been following you on Strava for awhile, and you really help inspire me to keep working to get my fitness back after 20+ years of bad hip mobility.
Keep up the Great Work!!!!
I don't suggest greasing your bike after every ride unless you are washing it after every ride or riding often under wet conditions. I do however, recommend you go to the event with a fairly new chain on your bike. Enjoy the race.
I've followed your channel for a long while now and have followed along with most of your workouts and mindset. I'm getting back into the military now and I'm glad i found your content. Running is still not my strong suit but hoping to get better soon
Really interested to know your thoughts on biofuse goggles post-use. I use Tyr ones right now and I have the same issue with discomfort around my eye socket. Those Biofuse look larger and hopefully a bit more comfortable. I am training for Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania for 2025.
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Might have missed it. Is the ready pack gone? Lol
No not yet 👍 Well be doing another video for that drawing.
The reason for no kickstands is that they look dorky. Triathlon is all about looking good. :) Actually, it's because of the weight. You can put one on for your training rides, then remove it before the race. That's the first I've seen wetsuit shorts. Great idea for training. Will definitely get some if I get back into triathlons. Tell Roka to pay you a commission. Regarding the swim cap, I believe they give you a cap with your race packet and that's the one you are required to wear. The caps have different colors based on what wave you are in. Unfortunately, those are not the best quality caps.
Are you doing any weightlifting during this time?
Definitely. But not too heavy. More to sustain and mitigate injury than to “build.”
Get Aquashere goggles
In your video you mentio that you have been using energy gels during your workouts and electrolyte tablets before some of your workouts. Have you tried using sports drink mix? It can be difficult to consume enough carbohydrates to sustain you when you are going at a high intensity. Depending on your fitness level it might actually be impossible to replace what your body is using during your workout.
You should try to get at a minimum 60 grams of carbohydrates per hour, ideally on race day you would be getting over 100 grams per hour to ensure you can push as hard in the last two miles of your run as you were able to in the first 200 meters of your bike section. Be mindful of where you are getting your energy form. In easy endurance training you can get away with things like having bars containing fat and protein, but to get the most out of yourself on hard days or on race day try to limit anything that is not carbs.
The source of your carbs matter too. GU gels are pretty good on this front containing both glucose (maltodexterin) and fructose. Glucose will get to your muscles faster and many people appreciate that it is not overly sweet, but you can't really absorb/process more than like 70 grams of glucose per hour, so above that you will need to be using fructose. You should try to train with a good amount of fructose even if you're doing less than 70 grams per hour in your easy training sessions because you don't want your body's only exposure to fructose to be when you are going full gas in a hard workout or when you are racing, as it can give some people stomach distress and tastes sweet, which could throw some people off.
In the end, the more carbs you can consume leading up to and during your competition without feeling sick the better you will preform.
As for the mix there are many brands, which work pretty well. A 1:0.8 glucose to fructose ratio is what the current teaserch suggests is best, but the 1:1 ratio found in the likes of Gatorade mix or 2:1 ratio found in stuff like (I think) GU mix should still work pretty well. Some brands have made products with the 1:0.8 ratio, but are more expensive and probably aren't worth bothering with when other options should work pretty well.
Aqua Sphere Kayenne
Cyclers telling you to ride with your sunglass' frames outside your helmet strap, while providing no reasoning other than historical dogma, is the most zealous cycling thing ever.