TFTV - Dad Strength, Zwift & Long-runs

About this episode

Sam and Katie discuss balancing newborn life with marathon training while providing updates on injuries and upcoming athlete interviews.

Sam & Katie catch up after a couple of weeks off while Sam welcomes his daughter Elena into the world 👶 Katie shares an update on her injury and the expected timeline for surgery. In the meantime she’s making the most of the situation by getting fully set up on Zwift and learning the ropes with the full home setup. Sam talks about the early days of balancing newborn life with marathon training, and how the two are already starting to influence each other. Despite the sleep disruption, he jumps straight back into a big training week with 102km, including: 8 × 800m session 6 × 6 minutes threshold work 35km long run workout on Sunday ☕ Café Kit of the Week Devanti Ice Maker Bike Shorts from Lokamo Looking ahead, the podcast will begin interviewing athletes preparing for the upcoming Ballarat Marathon over the next few weeks.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam, Katie

Topics covered

• newborn life
• marathon training
• injury update
• Zwift setup
• long runs
• athlete interviews

Keywords

• marathon training
• newborn
• injury
• Zwift
• long run
• Ballarat Marathon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zwift

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