Racing Together: Endurance athlete relationships, cross current open water swimming, and more triathlon questions!

2025-01-23

This week, we dive into the dynamics of co-existing as an athlete couple and the unique realities that come with it. We also tackled a variety of topics, including:Carbon-plated running sandals: they are real.The creative process: What comes first—music or video?Wahoo Kickr maintenance tipsIf you won $5M, would you retire from triathlon?Shoes that perform well on both pavement and trail in the same runOpen water swimming in a cross current: Tips and tricksShould you re-index your rear derailleur w...

This week, we dive into the dynamics of co-existing as an athlete couple and the unique realities that come with it. We also tackled a variety of topics, including:

Carbon-plated running sandals: they are real.
The creative process: What comes first—music or video?
Wahoo Kickr maintenance tips
If you won $5M, would you retire from triathlon?
Shoes that perform well on both pavement and trail in the same run
Open water swimming in a cross current: Tips and tricks
Should you re-index your rear derailleur when switching to the trainer?

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Wahoo Kickr Run

Swim sets with Paula

400 choice
8x 50 as
Odds: 25 head up (polo), 25 DPS
Evens: 25 DPS, 25 build to FAST

6 x (2 x 75 + 2 x 50) on the same interval (example 60 seconds)
75’s are hard; 50’s are easy

5 x 100 pull with paddles as (4 strokes fast off each wall, the rest DPS)

200 cool down choice

= 3000