Triathlon training in Tucson AZ, elite age group racing, and more!

About this episode

Eric and Paula discuss various aspects of triathlon training and racing while recording from Tucson, Arizona.

This week Eric and Paula are recording from Tucson, Arizona. Escaping the Oregon winter, we started with some TTL updates, and a listener submitted This or That: Winter Olympics edition, before moving on to questions. This week we discussed: Triathlon vs home life balancepre-race breakfast mealDoping and cheating in age group racingUsing only one fin to swimAdding an olympic eventIs spitting gross?How much faster are jammers than regular shortsTTL Camp logisticsA big thank you to our podcast ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Eric, Paula

Topics covered

• triathlon training
• age group racing
• home life balance
• pre-race meals
• doping in sports
• TTL Camp logistics

Keywords

• triathlon
• training
• age group racing
• doping
• pre-race breakfast
• TTL Camp
• Winter Olympics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tucson, Arizona, Oregon

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