An exciting episode to kick off the month of February. We start the podcast with part one of our feature interview with Jordan Bryden. Jordan’s been in the sport for years but he has all the enthusiasm of a newbie. And he also has the title of world champion!
Fitspeek 89 also features Zack Neufeld’s sage advice on what goes on in the mind of a champion in his Between the Ears segment. Hear it all now by pressing play that button below
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Kenny Rogers
sang in his hit “The Gambler” you gotta know when to hold em,
know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
I think of those lyrics quite often in my training for triathlon.
Having been both a coached and a self-coached athlete in my 29 years
in the sport, I am sometimes thinking of whether I am going too hard,
too easy, too short, or too long, in my training sessions. Even with
a plan in place, the mind can drift, the body can revolt the soul can
wander and wonder.
There’s a lot of causes for this deviance. Sometimes it’s when I am
training with people and I want to keep up or stay social. Sometimes
it’s when I had shitty or inappropriate food in the couple of hours
leading up to a session. Sometimes, it’s when I’ve been a bozo and
not had anything to eat before a substantial workout. Sometimes it’s
when I have more important stuff to do. Sometimes it’s on the verge
of getting injured or sick.
So, what to do, what to do??? That’s where decades of experience and
confidence can come into play. The universal training axiom of
“consistency over time = success” is always the first thing to
consider. It really can cut through the laziness and negative
self-talk bullshit that we tell ourselves in those critical minutes,
which I believe are the 10 minutes before and the first 10 minutes of
a session. Those 20 minutes will usually determine if you do the
workout, if you cut it short, or if you modify it on the fly. None of
these three choices are evil things, unless of course they constitute
more than about 10% of your training sessions. If it is more than
that, then you’ll need to do some honest reflection regarding your
current training program.
But how do you make that decision? If it is your body telling you NO, that’s a pretty easy decision to make. Unless it isn’t. And what I mean by that is, what if your mind is lying to your body? The best way to sort things out is to put on your favorite workout music, get into your workout wear, and go give it a try. (of course this won’t work if you are doing a swim session) I call it the 5 minute rule. If your body is still protesting, then pulling the plug is most likely the wisest choice. If, however, you are just feeling lazy or sluggish, it’s a good idea to persevere but just for another 5 minutes. After that 5 minutes, reassess how you and your body are feeling. Chances are your body will be ok with the session but your mind needs something to change. That’s when I like to honour that deviance but still do a workout, just not the one that was planned.
This
happened to me on Thursday. Thursday is always
trail intervals day. Some stupid foods choices two hours before,
however were playing games in my tummy, and although I likely could
have executed the workout as planned, I wouldn’t have been having any
fun. At this point in my triathlon career, the fun factor is becoming
more and more influential. Instead of doing the intervals, I changed
the workout to be the same duration (about an hour) but I nixed the
hard stuff, it just became an easy run where I could focus on my
stride and my technique… at a super-low intensity.
It was fun! And it gave me an opportunity to focus more intensely on
stuff that I had been neglecting. I still got the session in. I still
burned off some holiday calories. Furthermore, the easy session
allowed me to totally crush
my evening cycling session, something that usually suffered because
of the residual fatigue from the noon hour intervals.
Gaining your experience through consistency over time is your ACE to
play when you do triathlon training. It’ll give you the insight,
patience, and wisdom to help you decide what to throw away and what
to keep.
In that same song, Kenny also sang you never count your money, when you are sittin at the table, but that’s a lesson for another day.
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What better way to segue into the festive season than with some stories of motivation & gratitude. Fitspeek 87 is here and our main course is a heaping helping of the Ironman roundtable. Over the past year, Abbotsford’s Jen Burns has been in training for the Whistler Ironman triathlon. On the program we hear about how Jen’s big day went.
In addition to Jen, we also have another first time Ironman finisher on the show. After suffering a heart attack at a much-too-young age, Chilliwack’s Dean Scherbey decided to make a few changes in his life. You can hear Dean’s inspirational story, as he tells it to our panel of Ironman veterans including Zack Neufeld, Kevin Watt, Brent Ziefflie, and Leigh Ann Parker.
Hip Trimmer
Our Christmas edition of Fitspeek also has our three regular features. If you are wondering what that bizarre device in the above picture you’ll have to listen to my Fit Flops feature, as I investigate that antiquated yet ineffective piece of fitness equipment called the waist trimmer belt.
In his Top Five List Fitspeek’s Mikey Ross tells you about a truly effective training device – the venerable treadmill. Mikey has a few tricks up his sleeve to freshen up your winter running routine. And to end off the program, Zack is back with Between the Ears. He examines how becoming a father has propelled American triathlete Ben Hoffman to some impressive performances this year. Hear the whole show by pressing play below.
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What better way to get into the New Year’s spirit by reminiscing about some of our big athletic accomplishments of the year. For the past year, we have been tracking the progress of Abbotsford’s Jen Burns. Her main goal for the year was to finish her very first Ironman triathlon. Well, she succeeded in a big way. We’ve invited Jen back to Fitspeek to chat about her voyage to the start line, her journey to the finish line, and the lessons that she has learned along the way.
The pre-Iron Jen
Joining Jen on the podcast will be fellow Iron-Virgin Dean Scherby, along with our cast of veterans including Mikey Ross, Kevin Watt, Leigh-Ann Parker, and Zack Neufeld. They will be all doing their best to extract pearls of wisdom from Jen’s (and Dean’s) first ever Ironman.
One year later, one lifetime wiser, doing an Ironman will do that to ya!
Also in our mega podcast, Zack will be back and telling us how to up our game with another edition of Between the Ears and Mikey Ross has another top five list. Be listening next week for the big show!
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Martin Caron from Twin Lakes, BC has been having an outstanding race season. He won his age group in the 70.3 races by whopping margins in Mexico, Idaho, and in Whistler. This Saturday Martin has his sights set on the Ironman World Championship age group title for the 40-44 division. We had a chance to speak to him about his training for the event, his silly Kona race last year, and why his kingdom now is maple syrup, and NOT poutine. Hear it all by pressing play below.
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As you know the Ironman World Championships are being held this Saturday in Hawaii. One of Canada’s top females at the distance is Penticton’s Jen Annett. We had a chance to talk to Jen about her superbottles, preparation for the race and her lioness within! Check it out now!
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Triathlon Magazine Canada voted this guy “most likely to be seen smiling during a triathlon.”
Ok, ok, maybe that part is a bit of an exaggeration but if you have ever been to a race of any distance out here in Western Canada, you are likely to have seen this guy. And of course he was probably smiling.
Like many of us, Vancouver’s Winston Guo wasn’t too sure how to approach his first triathlon. He did however, as he puts it earn “major style points” for his baggy shorts and crosstrainers.
Since that day at UBC, many many years ago, he’s been steadily improving. Unlike many athletes though, Winston, after having great success at longer distance events, had decided to concentrate on the sprint in order to continue his evolution as an athlete.
In Fitspeek 78, you will hear part one of our interview with Winston. You’ll hear him recount his early days as a runner and his development into Winston 2.0.
Also in the program, Zack Neufeld will help you push through the pain and achieve new levels of physical awesomeness in his latest edition of Between the Ears.
And after being away from each other for the summer Kevin Watt, Zack, & myself catch up with each other and the events happening in the Fraser Valley with the roundtable.
45 minutes of grinning goodness all begins by pressing play on the little button below.
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There’s few people in Canadian Triathlon that are as well known as Penticton’s Steve King. He’s right up there with Lori Bowden, Simon Whitfield, Lisa Bentley, and Peter Reid.
Of course most people will recognize Steve King’s voice from the finish line of the Granfondo Axel Merckx, Vancouver Marathon, and Ironman Canada from the 1980s to the 2000s but there is a whole lot more to this man than just the voice!
At age 70, Steve King keeps a schedule that would tax most folks half his age. In addition to keeping up his ambitious announcing duties, he holds a day job as an addictions counselor and a night job as an aspiring rock star. In Fitspeek’s feature interview, we speak with Steve King about how he fell into the role as a race announcer, his views on Canada’s “Golden Age of Triathlon” and of course what the return of the Ironman to Penticton means to him. Hear that interview, plus our Fit Tip of the Week on how to improve your short-term memory by pressing play below:
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