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    Louise Burke (PhD) on Optimising Ironman Carb Intake | Nutrition Q&A

    12/11/2026 | 1h 19 mins.
    Professor Louise Burke spent 30 years as head of sports nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport, has co-authored many of the major consensus statements in the field, and is lead author of the new UCI position statement on nutrition for cycling. In this listener Q&A she answers your questions on how many carbs per hour different triathletes actually need, glucose and fructose ratios, table sugar, fuelling in the heat, the long-term health effects of high-carb fuelling, under-fuelling and lots more.
    HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:
    Why the carb target for someone racing to win an Ironman differs from someone trying to beat the 17-hour cutoff, where a 9-hour and a 12 to 13-hour finisher should start, and why Grand Tour cyclists are a different case again.
    A recent lab study comparing 10, 90, 120 and 150 g/h over three hours of cycling: what happened to exogenous and whole-body carbohydrate oxidation and exercise capacity at the top end, and could the results extrapolate to an Ironman.
    Where the roughly 60 g/h limit for glucose comes from, whether body size or height changes it, and what that means for the glucose-to-fructose ratio of your carb intake.
    Whether tolerating a big carb intake without gut issues means you are actually oxidising it.
    Drinks, gels or chews at 120 g/h, the Dave Costill story that overturned early thinking on concentrated drinks, and how concentration and osmolality affect gastric emptying and carbohydrate absorption.
    Is table sugar an inferior fuel to maltodextrin and fructose products?
    What heat and humidity do to getting carbohydrate into the blood, and the two things to prioritise in a hot race ahead of any fuelling plan.
    Whether years of high-carb fuelling carry a long-term health cost.
    How to tell if you are under-fuelling when a stable body weight might not rule it out.
    SHOWNOTES, LINKS, RESOURCES AND RELATED EPISODES:
    Follow Louise Burke on her ResearchGate and LinkedIn
    The shownotes for today's episode can be found here.
    The full podcast episode archives (including category filters) can be found here.
    Related episodes:High carbohydrate, low carbohydrate, or periodised carbohydrate intake with Louise Burke, PhD | EP#236
    Carbohydrates - science and practice with Tim Podlogar, PhD | EP#354
    RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports) with Margo Mountjoy | EP#233

    Studies discussed:Effects of 10, 90, 120 and 150 g·h−1 CHO on Substrate Metabolism, Exogenous Oxidation and Exercise Capacity: Implications for CHO Personalization - Martyn et al. 2026
    13C-labelled glucose-fructose show greater exogenous and whole-body CHO oxidation and lower O2 cost of running at 120 versus 60 and 90 g·h−1 in elite male marathoners - Ravikanti et al. 2025
    A Step Towards Personalized Sports Nutrition: Carbohydrate Intake During Exercise - Jeukendrup 2014
    Exogenous Glucose Oxidation During Exercise Is Positively Related to Body Size - Ijaz et al. 2024
    13C-glucose-fructose labeling reveals comparable exogenous CHO oxidation during exercise when consuming 120 g/h in fluid, gel, jelly chew, or coingestion - Hearris et al. 2022
    The effect of osmolality and carbohydrate content on the rate of gastric emptying of liquids in man - Vist & Maughan 1995
    What's (Not) in Your Supplement? An Energy and Macronutrient Analysis of Commercially Available Carbohydrate Gels - Tiller et al. 2024
    Excessive exercise training causes mitochondrial functional impairment and decreases glucose tolerance in healthy volunteers - Flockhart et al. 2021
    2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) - Mountjoy et al. 2023

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    Rouvy is hands down the most complete indoor cycling platform for triathletes. Among their thousands of beautiful bike courses from all around the world, all filmed in stunning quality, they have over 75 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 race courses plus 20+ Challenge Family courses, so you can pre-ride your race from home. Real gradients, real visuals, and real feel! Head to rouvy.com and use the code TTS to get your first month free on top of a 7-day free trial.

    Effortless Swimming produce the best swim goggles for triathletes and open water swimmers. Their NanoClear anti-fog lenses give you clear, fog-free vision that lasts and doesn't wear off. Don't let foggy or leaky goggles ruin another swim. Go to shop.effortlessswimming.com and use the code TTS15 to get 15% off your goggles, and get a free two-month Effortless Swimming course membership.
    LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON:
    The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do
    Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)
    Subscribe to our Newsletter
    Follow us on Instagram
    Learn more about our coaching, training plans, and training camps. We have something to offer for everybody from beginners to professionals.
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    I really appreciate you reading this and considering helping the show! If you love the show and want to support it to help ensure it sticks around, there are a few very simple things you can do, at no cost other than a minute of your time.
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    Hickson's Landmark 1977 VO2max Study, Reanalysed | Research Roundup

    05/11/2026 | 1h 24 mins.
    In today's research roundup we cover four recent studies and help triathletes and other endurance athletes apply them in practice. We have ten years of training diaries from a World Championship medal-winning 800 to 1500 m swimmer, bicarbonate's effect on fatigued efforts in cycling, a fresh reanalysis of Hickson's famous 1977 "linear" VO2max study, and a meta-analysis of 69 trials on just how much time to do in HIIT sessions and continuous endurance sessions before running into diminishing returns.
    HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:
    Ten years of training diaries and long interviews with a world-class 800 to 1500 m swimmer with 11 major championship medals: the volume, the intensity distribution, how the Norwegian group defines its zones, and what changed around the seasons when his results declined.
    Long-course against short-course pools for a short-course specialist, how much the turns were trained, and what that means for triathletes who will never do a turn in open water.
    Race-pace sessions that were never all-out, small regular doses of speed, and one heavy gym session a week: how a world-class distance swimmer built his specific preparation.
    Threshold sets from the paper's example weeks, with the splits and send-off times, and the case for longer rest between hard swim sets than most swim programmes give.
    Bicarbonate supplementation during three hours of riding, followed by a 2-minute and a 12-minute time trial: which effort changed, and the sodium question the design leaves open.
    Hickson's 1977 "linear increase in aerobic power" study reanalysed with modern statistics: whether the curve really was a straight line, how much faster the fastest responders improved than the slowest, and whether a programme this hard was the right one to study, where Daniel and Mikael see it differently.
    A meta-analysis of 69 randomised trials on HIIT and moderate-intensity continuous training: how many minutes per session it takes to get most of the VO2max gain, and who the answer actually applies to.
    Diminishing returns at three time scales, training for the athlete you will be tomorrow against the one you will be in five years, and how much intensity to give a brand new athlete.
    SHOWNOTES, LINKS, RESOURCES AND RELATED EPISODES:
    Follow Daniel Rowland on his website, Substack and Instagram
    The shownotes for today's episode can be found here.
    The full podcast episode archives (including category filters) can be found here.
    Related episodes:Strength and Speed Training Methods of Norwegian Endurance Coaches | Research Roundup
    Is VO2max more important than lactate threshold? | Research roundup
    Marius Bakken: The Norwegian Method Is Built Around Your Muscles, Not Your Heart

    Studies discussed:Ten years of training in a male world-class 800-1500 m swimmer - Tønnessen et al. 2026
    Bicarbonate and Carbohydrate Co-Ingestion During Exercise in a Novel Gel Format Improves Time-Trial Performance After 3 h of Moderate-Intensity Exercise in Trained Cyclists - Norte et al. 2026
    Adaptive response heterogeneity induced by a strenuous program of endurance exercise: a reanalysis of Hickson et al. (1977) - Bossi 2026
    Linear increase in aerobic power induced by a strenuous program of endurance exercise - Hickson et al. 1977
    Optimising Exercise Prescription: A Meta-Analysis Examining the Dose Response of Exercise Duration on Cardiorespiratory Fitness Following HIIT and MICT - Mattioni Maturana et al. 2026

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    Rouvy is hands down the most complete indoor cycling platform for triathletes. Among their thousands of beautiful bike courses from all around the world, all filmed in stunning quality, they have over 75 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 race courses plus 20+ Challenge Family courses, so you can pre-ride your race from home. Real gradients, real visuals, and real feel! Head to rouvy.com and use the code TTS to get your first month free on top of a 7-day free trial.

    Effortless Swimming produce the best swim goggles for triathletes and open water swimmers. Their NanoClear anti-fog lenses give you clear, fog-free vision that lasts and doesn't wear off. Don't let foggy or leaky goggles ruin another swim. Go to shop.effortlessswimming.com and use the code TTS15 to get 15% off your goggles, and get a free two-month Effortless Swimming course membership.
    LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON:
    The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do
    Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)
    Subscribe to our Newsletter
    Follow us on Instagram
    Learn more about our coaching, training plans, and training camps. We have something to offer for everybody from beginners to professionals.
    HOW CAN I SUPPORT THAT TRIATHLON SHOW (FOR FREE)?
    I really appreciate you reading this and considering helping the show! If you love the show and want to support it to help ensure it sticks around, there are a few very simple things you can do, at no cost other than a minute of your time.
    Subscribe to the podcast in your podcast app to automatically get all new episodes as they are released.
    Tell your friends, internet and social media friends, acquaintances and triathlon frenemies about the podcast. Word of mouth is the best way to grow the podcast by far!
    Rate and review the podcast (ideally five stars of course!) in your podcast app of choice (Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the biggest and most important ones).
    Share episodes online and on social media. Share your favourite episodes in your Instagram stories, start a discussion about interesting episodes on forums, reference them in your blog or Substack.

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    Joel Filliol, Coach of Seven World Championship Titles: You Need Less Intensity Than You Think

    29/10/2026 | 1h 51 mins.
    Joel Filliol has coached four athletes to seven triathlon World Championship titles: Mario Mola, Vincent Luis, Katie Zaferes and, this year, Vasco Vilaça. On his third appearance on the show we cover how the squad's training has (and has not) changed over a decade of titles, the training week and progressive sessions behind them, how much intensity is actually enough, and how the same principles apply to age-group triathletes on 10 to 15 hours a week.
    HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:
    What has and has not changed in the squad's coaching between Mario Mola's first world title in Cozumel in 2016 and Vasco Vilaça's in 2026, from social media to carbon shoes and what they do to run training load.
    The minimal effective dose: whether it applies to intensity or to volume, and how a squad built on doing less can still describe the training as hard.
    The base training week Vasco described on the show in 2023 (six swims, six bikes and six runs), how close it still is, and why the hard sessions are spread across the week rather than blocked.
    How a progressive run session like 16x400 m is prescribed and paced from block to block, and the part of it that has to be held most strictly.
    Mega sessions and confidence: what an outstanding training session does and does not tell you about race day, with Kona as the example.
    How the elite principles scale down to an age grouper with 10 to 15 hours a week, how easy easy training should be, and how to build a sustainable week from scratch.
    The swim rules from Joel's Top 20 Rules for Faster Triathlon Swimming that matter most for age-group triathletes, the readiness and recovery scores he would rather athletes trusted less, and the questions to ask in a season review.
    Vasco's road to the LA Olympics 2028, the Supertri race he turned down this year, and whether a sprint finish against Matt Hauser can be trained, with a lesson from Simon Whitfield's build to Beijing 2008.
    SHOWNOTES, LINKS, RESOURCES AND RELATED EPISODES:
    Follow Joel Filliol on his Substack, website, Instagram, YouTube, and listen to his Real Coaching Podcast.
    The shownotes for today's episode can be found here.
    The full podcast episode archives (including category filters) can be found here.
    Join the That Triathlon Show group ride on ROUVY on Monday 2 November at 5pm GMT (12pm ET, 9am PT). Download the ROUVY companion app to chat during the ride.
    Related episodes:World Champions keep things simple: training masterclass with Joel Filliol | EP#172
    Joel Filliol | EP#409
    Vasco Vilaça | EP#401
    Developing the future stars of triathlon with coach Joachim Willén | EP#266
    Training talk with Paulo Sousa | EP#360
    Marius Bakken: The Norwegian Method Is Built Around Your Muscles, Not Your Heart

    Resources and tools mentioned:Build the Engine First - Joel Filliol, Real Coaching, 2026
    Zone 1 is where the magic happens - Joel Filliol, Real Coaching, 2026
    Progression: A powerful training heuristic - Joel Filliol, Real Coaching, 2026
    Don't be a January Champion - Joel Filliol, Real Coaching, 2026
    Top 20 Rules for Faster Triathlon Swimming - Joel Filliol, Real Coaching, 2026
    Chop Wood, Carry Water - Paulo Sousa

    SPONSORS:
    Precision Fuel & Hydration produce our favourite gels, sports drinks, and electrolyte and carbohydrate products here at That Triathlon Show and Scientific Triathlon. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake in your next event, and get 15% off your first 2026 order by using the code TTS2026 at checkout.

    Rouvy is hands down the most complete indoor cycling platform for triathletes. Among their thousands of beautiful bike courses from all around the world, all filmed in stunning quality, they have over 75 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 race courses plus 20+ Challenge Family courses, so you can pre-ride your race from home. Real gradients, real visuals, and real feel! Head to rouvy.com and use the code TTS to get your first month free on top of a 7-day free trial.

    Effortless Swimming produce the best swim goggles for triathletes and open water swimmers. Their NanoClear anti-fog lenses give you clear, fog-free vision that lasts and doesn't wear off. Don't let foggy or leaky goggles ruin another swim. Go to shop.effortlessswimming.com and use the code TTS15 to get 15% off your goggles, and get a free two-month Effortless Swimming course membership.
    LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON:
    The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do
    Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)
    Subscribe to our Newsletter
    Follow us on Instagram
    Learn more about our coaching, training plans, and training camps. We have something to offer for everybody from beginners to professionals.
    HOW CAN I SUPPORT THAT TRIATHLON SHOW (FOR FREE)?
    I really appreciate you reading this and considering helping the show! If you love the show and want to support it to help ensure it sticks around, there are a few very simple things you can do, at no cost other than a minute of your time.
    Subscribe to the podcast in your podcast app to automatically get all new episodes as they are released.
    Tell your friends, internet and social media friends, acquaintances and triathlon frenemies about the podcast. Word of mouth is the best way to grow the podcast by far!
    Rate and review the podcast (ideally five stars of course!) in your podcast app of choice (Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the biggest and most important ones).
    Share episodes online and on social media. Share your favourite episodes in your Instagram stories, start a discussion about interesting episodes on forums, reference them in your blog or Substack.

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    Why Being Too Efficient Holds Back Your Cycling | Björn Kafka, Uno-X Cycling Coach

    22/10/2026 | 1h 42 mins.
    How do WorldTour cyclists train across a season, how do you profile a rider and decide what to work on, and what should amateur cyclists and triathletes know about cadence, easy riding and durability?
    Björn Kafka coaches for the Uno-X Mobility WorldTour team and has also coached athletes to world and Olympic titles and medals in mountain biking, track cycling, and even snowboarding. He is also a co-developer of the A Faster You platform, formerly Aerotune.
    HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:
    Profiling a rider from the power curve: which durations to read, and why a rider can be too efficient in December.
    The off-season plan for the typical age-group triathlete with a low VLaMax and a threshold already close to VO2max, and where cadence and fuelling come into it.
    What a look at 22 masters athletes with unusually high 4 to 5 minute power showed about how much they eat, and the cost of chasing race weight.
    Self-profiling for self-coached triathletes: three test durations, which bike to test on, and why a weak number is not automatically the one to train.
    Inside a WorldTour year: off-season volume, how volume changes before key races, weekly training patterns, and key sessions for GC riders and Classics riders.
    Cadence as a training tool, from fibre recruitment to what it changes for a triathlete who mostly rides steady.
    How easy the easy rides should be, from a GC rider to a punchy rider to an amateur on ten hours a week, and how to fit more volume around work and family.
    Durability: why there is still no good score for it, how to train it, and whether it deserves to be called a fourth performance factor alongside VO2max, utilisation and economy.
    SHOWNOTES, LINKS, RESOURCES AND RELATED EPISODES:
    Follow Björn on Instagram, and A Faster You on their website and Instagram
    The shownotes for today's episode can be found here.
    The full podcast episode archives (including category filters) can be found here.
    Related episodes:Training, testing, metabolism and physiology with Björn Kafka | EP#286
    Is VO2max more important than lactate threshold? | Research roundup

    Studies discussed:Linear increase in aerobic power induced by a strenuous program of endurance exercise - Hickson et al. 1977
    A transcription-translation activation feedback circuit as a function of protein degradation, with the quality of protein mass adaptation related to the average functional load - Mader 1988
    Aktive Belastungsadaptation und Regulation der Proteinsynthese auf zellulärer Ebene - Mader 1990 (in German)
    New horizons for the methodology and physiology of training periodization - Issurin 2010
    Self-rated mental stress and exercise training response in healthy subjects - Ruuska et al. 2012
    Understanding optimal cadence dynamics: a systematic analysis of the power-velocity relationship in track cyclists with increasing exercise intensity - Dunst et al. 2024
    The Role of Cadence and Torque in Fatigue-Related Power Output Decline in Cycling's Grand Monuments - Javaloyes et al. 2025
    35 Years of Joyner's Endurance Performance Model: Assessing the Contribution of Physiological Determinants of Performance Proxies in 888 Individuals from Recreational to World Class - Mougin et al. 2026
    Limited reproducibility of individual physiological adaptations to repeated endurance exercise training - Odden et al. 2026

    SPONSORS:
    Precision Fuel & Hydration produce our favourite gels, sports drinks, and electrolyte and carbohydrate products here at That Triathlon Show and Scientific Triathlon. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake in your next event, and get 15% off your first 2026 order by using the code TTS2026 at checkout.

    Rouvy is hands down the most complete indoor cycling platform for triathletes. Among their thousands of beautiful bike courses from all around the world, all filmed in stunning quality, they have over 75 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 race courses plus 20+ Challenge Family courses, so you can pre-ride your race from home. Real gradients, real visuals, and real feel! Head to rouvy.com and use the code TTS to get your first month free on top of a 7-day free trial.

    Effortless Swimming produce the best swim goggles for triathletes and open water swimmers. Their NanoClear anti-fog lenses give you clear, fog-free vision that lasts and doesn't wear off. Don't let foggy or leaky goggles ruin another swim. Go to shop.effortlessswimming.com and use the code TTS15 to get 15% off your goggles, and get a free two-month Effortless Swimming course membership.
    LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON:
    The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do
    Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)
    Subscribe to our Newsletter
    Follow us on Instagram
    Learn more about our coaching, training plans, and training camps. We have something to offer for everybody from beginners to professionals.
    HOW CAN I SUPPORT THAT TRIATHLON SHOW (FOR FREE)?
    I really appreciate you reading this and considering helping the show! If you love the show and want to support it to help ensure it sticks around, there are a few very simple things you can do, at no cost other than a minute of your time.
    Subscribe to the podcast in your podcast app to automatically get all new episodes as they are released.
    Tell your friends, internet and social media friends, acquaintances and triathlon frenemies about the podcast. Word of mouth is the best way to grow the podcast by far!
    Rate and review the podcast (ideally five stars of course!) in your podcast app of choice (Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the biggest and most important ones).
    Share episodes online and on social media. Share your favourite episodes in your Instagram stories, start a discussion about interesting episodes on forums, reference them in your blog or Substack.

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    Marius Bakken: The Norwegian Method Is Built Around Your Muscles, Not Your Heart

    15/10/2026 | 1h 16 mins.
    Marius Bakken is a physician, a former professional runner and two-time Olympian with a 13:06 personal best for 5000 m, and the person who developed the training approach that later became known as the Norwegian method, since used by Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Andreas Almgren and many others. We cover why he sees the muscles rather than the heart and lungs as the real limiter, how double threshold works, how to find and control your threshold with or without a lactate meter, and how much of it carries over to triathlon.
    HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:
    What muscle tone actually is, why it rather than the heart and lungs sits at the centre of how the method builds a training week, and how to palpate your own quads or use a simple morning stair test to track it.
    The weekly template behind the method, why double threshold is treated as one long session with a break in the middle, and why the sequencing of short and long reps matters.
    Finding your threshold with a lactate step test and a follow-up field test, or with no lactate meter at all, and how far below it the training should actually sit.
    Controlling intensity within a 6 x 6 minute session with and without lactate, the RPE that matches the zone, how you should feel when you finish, and the most common way people get it wrong.
    Why total running volume matters for muscle tone as well as running economy, when to split easy runs into doubles, and where strides do and do not earn a place.
    The Saturday X-session, what an Olympic champion hurdler's threshold sessions suggest about triggering the anaerobic system too early, and how a marathon block changes the week.
    How much of this carries over to cycling and triathlon, how the Norwegian triathletes organise their hard days, and what Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Andreas Almgren have added to the method, building upon Marius's work.
    Flat periodisation, fitting the method into a spring marathon build, the final four days before a championship race, and adjustments for beginners, older and female athletes.
    SHOWNOTES, LINKS, RESOURCES AND RELATED EPISODES:
    Follow Marius Bakken on his website.
    Marius's book, The Norwegian Method Applied.
    The shownotes for today's episode can be found here.
    The full podcast episode archives (including category filters) can be found here.
    Related episodes:How Norway became a triathlon powerhouse with head coach Arild Tveiten | EP#154
    Arild Tveiten – coach of Kristian Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden and Casper Stornes on triathlon training the Norwegian way | EP#223
    Olympic gold medal training and preparation with Arild Tveiten | EP#304
    Applied triathlon science with Olav Aleksander Bu (Norwegian Triathlon Olympic team) | EP#264
    Olav Aleksander Bu | EP#369
    Ironman World Champion Solveig Løvseth on her race day strategy in Kona, her training block at altitude, heat training and more!
    Solveig Løvseth – Olympian and the fastest Ironman debut in history | EP#466
    Training talk with Eirik Myhr Nossum, national team coach of Norway’s cross-country skiing team | EP#245
    Vasco Vilaça | EP#401
    Strength and Speed Training Methods of Norwegian Endurance Coaches | Research Roundup

    Resources and tools mentioned:VDOT calculator

    SPONSORS:
    Precision Fuel & Hydration produce our favourite gels, sports drinks, and electrolyte and carbohydrate products here at That Triathlon Show and Scientific Triathlon. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake in your next event, and get 15% off your first 2026 order by using the code TTS2026 at checkout.

    Rouvy is hands down the most complete indoor cycling platform for triathletes. Among their thousands of beautiful bike courses from all around the world, all filmed in stunning quality, they have over 75 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 race courses plus 20+ Challenge Family courses, so you can pre-ride your race from home. Real gradients, real visuals, and real feel! Head to rouvy.com and use the code TTS to get your first month free on top of a 7-day free trial.

    Effortless Swimming produce the best swim goggles for triathletes and open water swimmers. Their NanoClear anti-fog lenses give you clear, fog-free vision that lasts and doesn't wear off. Don't let foggy or leaky goggles ruin another swim. Go to shop.effortlessswimming.com and use the code TTS15 to get 15% off your goggles, and get a free two-month Effortless Swimming course membership.
    LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON:
    The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do
    Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)
    Subscribe to our Newsletter
    Follow us on Instagram
    Learn more about our coaching, training plans, and training camps. We have something to offer for everybody from beginners to professionals.
    HOW CAN I SUPPORT THAT TRIATHLON SHOW (FOR FREE)?
    I really appreciate you reading this and considering helping the show! If you love the show and want to support it to help ensure it sticks around, there are a few very simple things you can do, at no cost other than a minute of your time.
    Subscribe to the podcast in your podcast app to automatically get all new episodes as they are released.
    Tell your friends, internet and social media friends, acquaintances and triathlon frenemies about the podcast. Word of mouth is the best way to grow the podcast by far!
    Rate and review the podcast (ideally five stars of course!) in your podcast app of choice (Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the biggest and most important ones).
    Share episodes online and on social media. Share your favourite episodes in your Instagram stories, start a discussion about interesting episodes on forums, reference them in your blog or Substack.

    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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About That Triathlon Show
That Triathlon Show is the podcast for triathletes of all levels who want to train smarter and race faster. With over 600 episodes and millions of downloads since 2017, this show cuts through the noise and misinformation, delivering practical, no-nonsense advice rooted in both the art and science of training and performance. The podcast features in-depth interviews with the world’s best coaches, top sports scientists, and elite athletes. Each episode dives into the nuances of training methodology, performance optimization, and race-day execution, providing insights you can apply right away. Whether you're preparing for a supersprint or an Ironman, or focusing on a single sport like swimming, cycling, or running, you'll find expert guidance and relevant content here. The podcast is hosted by Mikael Eriksson, a former engineer now coaching professional and age-group athletes. Mikael is a Level III certified coach with over a decade of experience in coaching. Join a global community of dedicated triathletes and take your performance to the next level. Learn more at www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast.
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