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Mile High Endurance Podcast

Mile High Endurance Podcast is recorded in the Rocky Mountain front range area in Denver, Colorado. 55 miles to the north is the triathlon 'Mecca' of Boulder, home of some of the most prominent pros in triathlon and related sports. 56 miles to the south is the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs is the flagship training center for the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Olympic Training Center programs. The 110 mile stretch between Boulder and Colorado Springs is one of the fittest and athletic populated areas in the world. I share these statistics, not so much to brag but to give you the listener context for what the culture and vibe is here in the Mile High area. ​The objective of the Mile High Endurance Podcast is to connect you to the triathlon community and empower you to achieve your triathlon and fitness goals. Each month we will take subjects that you are interested in and connect your interests with news, expert interviews, and information about services and products in a way that inform your decisions to achieve your full potential in the sport.
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Jan 15, 2017

Welcome to Episode #56 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.    I'm your host Rich Soares and I'm joined by co-host Bill Plock from 303 Triathlon.  Welcome back this week.  Today's guest interview is with Dirk Friel from TrainingPeaks to talk to us about some of the newer features in TrainingPeaks.  We'll get into that in just a minute.  How's it Bill? 

 

Catch up with Bill.

 

Thanks to Michael Rodgers for joining us last week to talk about the NYC Marathon.

We've been talking about this week's guest for a few weeks now.  Dirk Friel, co-founder of TrainingPeaks, has been a guest on the show in the past.  This week we caught up with Dirk to talk to us about some of the new TrainingPeaks features. 

My inspiration for the topic.  I had upgraded to the Coaching Edition and had received an email from Tony at TrainingPeaks offering to give me a 45 minute overview of the coaching version.  During the orientation session, Tony was walking me through how to create an Annual Training Plan (ATP).  I have been using ATP, and had struggled the task of data entry and calculations to design and build the ATP.  My specific thought was "jeez it would be great if you could just enter the target Training Stress Score and have that automatically produce an ATP volume required to prepare an athlete for their A Race.  It seemed like a reasonable question, so I asked Tony.  He chuckled a bit, and I expected to hear Tony follow the chuckle with a "it's right there in front of you", Instead, Tony explained that the functionality did not exist yet, but was actually scheduled in an upcoming release.

In preparation for the interview I was poking around with the TSS/CTL/ATP tool and the Workout Builder.  The more I played with them the freaking cooler it got.  As a guy who works a Product Manager for a software development team, I have an appreciation for how "in-tune and intuitive" it is.  I usually work too hard to try to figure out some software functionality.   When I let myself mouse around, I began to find that there were controls exactly where you want them and an interactivity between the data tables and the graphical display that is dynamic.  Meaning, you can create a table from drag and drop templates, you can adjust things like set length by dragging, or go to the table and make data changes directly.

The same is true for Workout Builder.  From Calendar, either click on Workout Library or create a new workout by clicking on the plus sign on the day you are adding a workout.  Depending on the type of workout, you can pick the Training Method (eg, % of FTP, % of MHR, RPE, etc).  You can drag or click blocks, within a block, you can hover over each and see the duration and intensity displayed in the text.  You will also see the zones dynamically specified for the individual athlete.  You will also see starting time/distance in the hover over text box.  This helps you make sure you have the right training volume to reach your target.

If you want to increase the intensity, you can over the top of the graph bar and you will see the mouse arrow change to a double-arrow.  You can left click and move the intensity up or down. 

Likewise, you can adjust the duration by hovering over the side of the graph bar, reveal the double-arrow curser.  Left click and then drag to be longer or shorter.

If you want to increase or decrease the number of reps in the set, you can hover over the block and you will see a +/- on the left side of the block.  You can click on the + to add reps or the - to remove reps.  Note that you can see the projected TSS.

Let's get into the interview with Dirk Friel and hear what he has to say.  

 

Jan 8, 2017

Welcome to Episode #55 of the Mile High Endurance podcast. This week's interview is with Michael Rodgers of New York Road Runners.  Michael talks to us about the NYC Marathon, the many options to gain entry to this epic race, what it takes to run it, and the many things that NYRRs do to grow communities and create opportunities through running.  Michael is a 5 time Ironman finisher and planning to Lake Placid in 2017.

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 15:24 Michael Rodgers from NYRR
  • 59:54 Wrap up and coming episodes

Mile High Endurance is your weekly connection to coaches, experts and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance and triathlon goals.    I'm your host Rich Soares and I'm joined by co-hosts Khem Suthiwan and Bill Plock.

Thanks for giving us the next hour or so.  If you are new to Mile High Endurance, welcome.  It's our goal to bring you great weekly content to help you get the most out triathlon and related endurance sports.  Each week we interview new guests in the endurance sport industry to share their knowledge with you to inspire and educate on a variety of topics.  Topics range from training tips, products, services, and races.  If you are listening from a direct download link, be sure to go to your iTunes, Google Play or other podcast subscription service and subscribe to automatically download the latest episode to your phone. 

Last week we had Lance Panigutti on the show to talk about the Boulder Peak and the 5430 Series.  Last week we talked about the bargain price of $300 to register for all 3 races.  I made a bit of a deal about the 'early bird' price and encouraged folks to register before midnight on New Year's Eve.  We thought it was going to take a modest bump up to $330 - well it didn’t.  I just checked yesterday and it's $315.  $315 for the Sprint, Boulder Peak Olympic, and a half Iron distance race. 

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