79 - Wetsuit Fit with Liz Whitfield-Sharp and Open Water Skills with Michael Mann

Welcome to Episode #79 of the Mile High Endurance podcast.  Mile High Endurance is your weekly connection to coaches, experts and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance and triathlon goals.  We're your hosts Rich Soares, Khem Suthiwan and Bill Plock and we're glad you are joining us for another week of endurance. 

 

Thanks to last week's guest Todd Plymale Mallory to talk about how to keep yourself safe on the road and avoid getting hit. 

 

It's another very busy week of endurance. There's a ton going on this weekend.  There are literally five triathlon races this weekend in Colorado.  http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/List.aspx?Rank=Upcoming&Special=triathlon&State=CO&Page=1

Lake to Lake, Tri the Boat, Tribella, Boulder Sunrise, South Suburban TRYathlon, and Tri On The Plains

Plus, there are lots of big rides like the MS150 and http://www.hauteroute.org/

With all of the racing going on and so many folks doing their first open water swims, we thought it would be helpful to bring you a couple of interviews on open water swimming that may be good reviews for folks trying to get comfortable in open water swimming.  We pulled out some interviews on wetsuit selection and fit with Liz Whitfield-Sharpe and open water swimming with Michael Mann of SwimLabs.

Before we get into the interviews let's catch up with Bill Plock and Khem Suthiwan of 303 Triathlon.

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Let's get into the interviews with Liz Whitfield-Sharp of TriBella to talk about wetsuit fitting and Michael Mann on open water swimming.

And we're back.  As we mentioned at the beginning of the show, the TriBella triathlon is this Saturday at Cherry Creek Res.  TriBella bike shop sponsors this all women's race.  It's run by Lance Panigutti of Without Limits Productions.

 

SwimLabs is a great resource for those looking to develop open water swimming skills.  Not only do they have great facilities for learning the skills that translate into more confident and efficient open water swimming, they also run the open water swimming at Grant Ranch.  Thank you Brooke and Michael Mann for grabbing my new Xterra Vengeance wetsuit and Brooke for making sure I write my name on the suit.

 

 Let's talk briefly about upcoming interviews.

• USAT COO Tim Yount, Youth Program Manager Meg Weagley, and High School/Collegiate-Club, & Women's NCAA Coordinator Jessica Welk to talk about the present and future of our sport
• Dr. Carwyn Sharp, Chief Science Officer at the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
• David Deschenes, Executive Director of Ironman Foundation

 

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That's it for the show.  Good luck to all of the athletes racing this weekend here in Colorado or wherever you race!  Stay tuned, stay informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!