About this episode

Three TNA athletes share their experiences and insights on racing Challenge Roth, covering essential tips for preparation and execution.

Thinking about putting Challenge Roth on your bucket list? Three TNA athletes just raced it, and they are telling you exactly what to get right before you sign up. Three TNA athletes share what it really takes to race Challenge Roth, from importing race nutrition into Australia to riding through Solar Hill. Real lessons on fuelling, logistics and pacing for anyone with this iconic full distance race on the bucket list. Jo, Lisa and Leanne are all TNA athletes, all from Queensland, and they have just ticked one of triathlon's biggest bucket list events off the list: Challenge Roth in Bavaria, Germany. In this episode they share what training for and racing this iconic full distance event was really like, from importing race nutrition into Australia to talking themselves through a mid-race gut issue on the run. In this episode you will learn: Why Australians book Challenge Roth through a travel company, and how fast the race actually sells out What to pack, and import, when the on-course sports nutrition brand is not sold at home How to handle a mid-race gut issue without abandoning your fuelling plan Why nailing your everyday training nutrition is what actually gets you to the…

People in this episode

Host: Taryn Richardson

Guests: Jo, Lisa, Leanne

Topics covered

• Challenge Roth
• triathlon training
• race nutrition
• logistics
• pacing
• mid-race issues

Keywords

• Challenge Roth
• triathlon
• race nutrition
• training
• logistics
• pacing
• mid-race gut issues
• Solar Hill

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TNA

Places: Australia, Bavaria, Solar Hill

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