This week we are talking about planning your 2022 season. How to pick a race? If you are doing IRONMAN, Challenge or any "big brand" races, you know how fast some of these races sell out. Local races sell out fast too. Should you commit early? Once you've signed up, then what? When does the training begin? What kind of training plan is right for you? All that and more.
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Feature Discussion
In recent weeks race companies have started sending their 2022 race schedules. If you are still contemplating your 2022 season, we have some information and discussion that should help you plan your season, or at least get off the couch and register.
Bill, I thought I'd tee up this feature discussion by throwing out a few questions for you and I to discuss. Here they are:
What to consider when planning your season?
Should you register now or wait?
How much should I budget for my race season?
When should I begin training?
Where can I find a training plan:
Here are some of the features I really like about TriDot and why:
Other resources:
The Cost Of Ironman Races (incl. the not so obvious fees) – My Tri World
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Endurance News:
Kristian Blummenfelt from Norway and Sara Svensk from Sweden wins Cozumel. In his Ironman debut, the Olympic champ split a 39:41 swim, 4:02:40 bike, and a 2:35:24 run for a 7:21:12 total. Notably, second-place finisher Reudi Wild, also broke the previous Ironman world’s best time with a 7:36:35 and the women’s winner, Sara Svensk, set an Ironman-brand world’s best time of 8:22:41. This prompted a lot of online speculation about if the course was short, if the swim was accurate. Here's what I got from Kristian Blummenfelt's Strava
Swim distance 4,222 (2.398 miles)
Bike 113.14
Run 25.76
People For Bikes Applauds House Votes in Favor of Billions for Bike Incentives and Infrastructure in Build Back Better Act
November 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 19, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – After months of debate and negotiations, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send the Build Back Better (BBB) Act to the Senate, approving with it billions of dollars in funding for an electric bicycle tax credit, a bike commuter benefit, climate and equity-enhancing infrastructure and more in the $1.75 trillion social spending bill.
“The House’s latest vote on the Build Back Better (BBB) Act embraces bicycles as part of a climate solution thanks to new financial incentives for bikes and e-bikes and grants for climate and equity focused infrastructure improvements,” said PeopleForBikes President and CEO Jenn Dice. “We urge the Senate to take up the BBB before the end of the year so we can get to work on lowering transportation emissions while keeping all people, no matter how they travel or where they live, moving.”
PeopleForBikes applauds the House for advancing wide-reaching policies to curb transportation emissions and enhance mobility. The inclusion of the E-BIKE Act, a tax credit for electric bicycles, could mean money back in the pockets of Americans looking for a green, efficient and healthy transportation option. It will support delivery workers reliant on electric bicycles, parents seeking to leave the car at home for school drop offs and anyone who wants to harness the power of an electric bicycle to meet their daily local transportation needs.
PeopleForBikes is especially grateful to House leadership for shepherding the BBB through the legislative process and champions for bikes and e-bikes in Congress, specifically Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and Mike Thompson (CA-05) for their sponsorship of the E-BIKE Act.
The BBB now heads to the Senate, where a path forward remains unclear. PeopleForBikes, the bicycle industry and our partners will continue to advocate for a spending bill that includes the E-BIKE Act, climate and equity infrastructure grants and more.
PeopleForBikes works at the federal, state and local levels to advance the state of bicycle infrastructure, promote incentives for bicycles and expand access to electric bicycles. For questions related to this work, please contact PeopleForBikes Director of Federal Affairs Noa Banayan at noa@peopleforbikes.org.
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PeopleForBikes is making biking better for everyone by uniting millions of Americans, thousands of businesses and hundreds of communities to make every bike ride safer, more accessible and more fun. When people ride bikes, great things happen. Join us at PeopleForBikes.org.
What's New in the 303:
Ran into Jennifer Gutierrez swimming at Eastridge Rec Center in Highlands Ranch. Gutierrez competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics and she was the first American to qualify as a triathlete for the 2000 Olympics. She took thirteenth place with a total time of 2:03:38.48.
Upcoming Guests
Marianne Martin (born November 1, 1957 in Fenton, Michigan) is an American road racing cyclist. She won the first Tour de France for women in 1984. The year she won the Tour de France Martin suffered from anemia earlier in that year and had been riding poorly. At the race Martin took the lead after stage 14 where the race encountered the mountains. Martin was a good climber and never gave up the lead after that into Paris. The streets were said to contain more two million spectators watching the race.
Martin was inducted into the 2012 Boulder (Colorado) Sports Hall of Fame. She's a talented professional photographer and her work can be seen on Real Life Portraits. She is going to help us understand women's racing, pay disparity and what it would take to close the pay gap.
Closing:
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Jake Kilgore is the race director of the DC Peaks 50 that has an epic story this year, ending in NYT headlines '87 Rescued From ‘Near-Whiteout’ Conditions During Utah Ultramarathon. Speaking of stories, Jake is also author of the book Trial Running: Learning Perseverance Through Life's Aid Stations. You heard right "TRIAL running". Jake and his trail running has some very interesting roots, twists and unexpected outcomes. It was his time in Federal Prison where much of his trail running dreams were manifested.
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Interview with Jake Kilgore
Setup quote from IRunFar: https://www.irunfar.com/what-really-happened-at-the-2021-dc-peaks-50-mile-race
As race day approached, a poor weather forecast developed, predicting significant precipitation via rain and/or snow depending on the altitude. The National Weather Service, for example, instructed hunters and outdoor recreationists to be prepared for winter conditions in the Utah mountains. This type of storm is not unusual for the month of October — and even the second half of September — in this geography, the tops of mountains.
On Saturday, October 9, at 5:30 a.m., the race started off as planned in Kaysville, Utah. This town is just north of Salt Lake City in Davis County, the namesake of DC in the race name. Runners were excited for this autumn ultra, to run a rugged course that traversed the mountain range above the northern Salt Lake City suburbs, including Francis Peak and Bountiful Peak. The more prepared runners had seen the weather forecast and knew the event’s high passages, and packed their running vests accordingly with jackets and gloves, some even bringing pants as a precaution.
Kelly Sparks, the Davis County Sheriff, spoke about the shock it was to get a call of this magnitude.
“It’s pretty rare, in our part of the country, to get a call that so many people are in need of assistance. We usually deal with groups of twos and threes. We got the call at about 9:30 a.m. that there were runners out on this high altitude course that needed assistance. We sent some SAR people on foot, some on snowmobile, and some on four-wheelers. Some went from the front of the course going forward, and others went from the midpoint backtracking. We needed to ensure everyone could get off safely.”
When asked about the characterization in the initial media reports of runners being lost, Sheriff Sparks stated, “I don’t think anyone was lost at that time, but the [race directors] realized that it could become a real situation, with the blowing snow and visibility. We needed to get people to a warm environment as fast as possible.”
The DC Peaks 50 blizzard and athlete rescue is just the tip of the iceberg of this story. You have to understand where this this story starts with Jake Kilgore as a CEO of a major motorize wheelchair company and the journey to ultra trail running.
Let's talk to Jake Kilgore.
There are ton of details about Jake's experience that we did not get to:
Kilgore, Jake. Trial Running: Learning Perseverance Through Life's Aid Stations (p. 41). Kindle Edition.
The doctor’s office is left with an Orbit prescription pad in order to make the referral process simple. This pad contains checkboxes and fields for the medical professional to order supplies and materials based on a patient’s needs. Many reps would make minor changes to this prescription pad and other paperwork—adding a missed checkbox, filling in a date, or writing in “ninety-nine months” when the length of need is overlooked. Everyone knew it. The owners knew it, I knew it, and our internal reviewers knew it. Although this behavior was not permitted, everyone viewed these actions as not a big deal—and certainly not criminal.
Kilgore, Jake. Trial Running: Learning Perseverance Through Life's Aid Stations (p. 36). Kindle Edition.
I used every Sunday for a one-on-one phone call with each of my four kids, rotating through them oldest to youngest, one Sunday at a time. This was the best I could do to keep a close, private, trusted relationship with each child. I dedicated all fifteen minutes to that one child. If you only had fifteen private minutes a month, being recorded by the government, what would you ask your child? What would you talk about? Inmates were charged roughly three bucks for their fifteen minutes.
Kilgore, Jake. Trial Running: Learning Perseverance Through Life's Aid Stations (p. 50). Kindle Edition.
We heard the whispers, we saw the looks of “That’s Jake Kilgore. The one who’s going to prison soon. His poor wife and kids. Sad that his greed and unlawful conduct would do that to them.” We heard it all. We saw it all.
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GUSTAV IDEN POISED TO CAPTURE TITLE AS PTO WORLD NO. 1
Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that Gustav Iden is poised to be crowned as PTO World No. 1 for 2021. In his victory in Florida over the weekend at his first long-distance race, Iden scored 107.23 PTO World Ranking Points, the second highest score for a full-distance race in 2021, just below the stellar performance of 2x World Champion Patrick Lange at Tulsa, where Lange scored 108.88 PTO World Ranking Points. Combined with Iden’s 110.18 points scored at the IM 70.3 World Championship® and the 111.34 points he scored at The Collins Cup, this gives Iden a nearly unassailable average of 109.62 PTO World Ranking Points.
With Jan Frodeno, PTO World No. 2, announcing that he is not expected to race again this season, Iden is set to finish the season as PTO World No. 1. This will be the first year since the PTO Rankings began in 2016 that Frodeno has not been PTO World No. 1 and might signal that the Changing of the Guard has well and truly begun.
The PTO World Rankings are based on the average number of PTO World Ranking Points that an athlete has earned for their three best races in 2021. Frodeno’s best three races are 112.86 points at The Collins Cup, 107.51 points at Challenge Miami and 88.10 points at Challenge Gran Canaria, giving him an average of 102.82 PTO World Rankings Points. Should Frodeno decide to race again before December 31 and was to score 108.52 or more PTO World Rankings Points, he would reclaim the PTO World No. 1 ranking.
Ironman Arizona
Schedule:
Thursday, Nov. 19
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - IRONMAN Village Opens – Tempe Beach Park
Friday, Nov. 20
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - IRONMAN Village Opens – Tempe Beach Park
Media Credential pick up time and location will be coordinated upon approval of credentials. Please contact press@ironman.com for additional information.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies – Tempe Beach Park
Saturday, Nov. 20
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - IRONMAN Village Opens – Tempe Beach Park
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Bike Check-in – Transition Area
10:00 a.m. – IRONKIDS Arizona Fun Run – Tempe Beach Park
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Practice Swim – Tempe Beach Park
Sunday, Nov. 21 – Race Day
5:00 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. - Transition area open – Tempe Beach Park
6:45 a.m. – Select Blinds IRONMAN Arizona Age Group Rolling Start – Tempe Beach Park
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. - IRONMAN Village Opens – Tempe Beach Park
Approx. 3:00 p.m. – First finisher expected at the finish line
Approx. 11:30 p.m. – IRONMAN Race Ends (*17 hours after the last athlete enters the water)
Challenge Family Announces Challenge Malta for Early 2022
November 12, 2021
The Mediterranean island of Malta has been announced as the latest destination in Challenge Family’s global triathlon series. The inaugural Challenge Malta will take place on Sunday 15 May 2022 with a 113km coast-to-coast course that includes the country’s most spectacular scenery.
12 November 2021./ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Mediterranean island of Malta was today announced as the latest destination in Challenge Family’s global triathlon series. The inaugural Challenge Malta will take place on Sunday 15 May 2022 with a 113km coast-to-coast course that includes the country’s most spectacular scenery.
Malta packs a glorious variety into its small archipelago. Malta’s landscape contrasts rocky stretches of coast that end in dizzying limestone cliffs with sheltered bays that hide crystal-clear water and red-gold beaches. Combine that with its exotic mix of Italian, French, British and Arabic influences in both architecture and cuisine along with 3,000 hours of sunshine a year and Malta is an exciting new destination for the long distance triathlon world.
Wattie Ink is now Spaero Triathlon
Spaero Triathlon, a California-based triathlon apparel brand formerly known as Wattie Ink, has announced its new brand name. The newly branded Spaero Triathlon is also rolling out a new line of advanced technical triathlon gear and an ambassador team program.
“We already have a stellar reputation for technical, high quality performance apparel,” said CEO Ryan Cady. “We are continuing to build on that foundation by working with some of the most advanced fabrics that deliver improved thermal regulation and superior aerodynamics.
“I can’t wait to bring these new products to market with a new look and feel. We’re committed to taking triathlon training and racing apparel to the next level that will put athletes at every level at an advantage.”
The new Spaero Triathlon ambassador team is comprised of elite and age-group squads. These ambassadors receive a wide range of benefits including custom apparel, training resources from human performance experts and professional athletes, exclusive event experiences, rewards, and perks from other prestigious brands.
“Spaero Triathlon is an evolution for us,” added Cady. “We’ve been producing top quality triathlon gear for the last eight years. Current market research tells us that high performance gear for triathletes at all levels is in high demand.
“We’ve been elevating our product development for a while and this rebrand is a great opportunity to showcase the technical performance of our product line.”
Spaero Triathlon will continue to be manufactured in the company’s two wholly owned and operated facilities in San Diego, CA and Mexicali, MEX.
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Colorado State Cyclocross Championships - Nov 20th & 21st
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Coaches Corner:
I have been using TriDot as an athlete for several months now. The more experience I have with it, the more I've come to appreciate how effective the training has been for me as an athlete. It's made me question how effective my designed training plans are compared to what TriDot provides.
I design training plans and workouts based on my knowledge of my athlete, what I assess they are capable of, my training philosophy and what I think is the best future training based on what the athlete has achieved in the past. Summing this up. I'm taking all of an athlete's training data, combined with the filter of my professional training as a coach, my experience as an athlete and a coach, and my philosophies to create the perfect future workouts and training cycles.
My crisis is admitting that my training plans are limited by my experience and filters. TriDot is using millions of records from tens of thousands of athletes to make hundreds of calculations to design the perfect workout and training plan. It then automatically adjusts based on your training and if you miss a workout.
I am signing up to be a TriDot coach because I believe the platform is that good. But this has caused me to ask the question, what coaching services that am I providing do athletes value most in a coaching relationship?
Question: Bill, it's been a while since either of us was actively coached, but question for you: When you accomplished your goal, what services did you appreciate the most?
Here's a list of typical coaching services. I'll read the list and you tell me what your top 5 and maybe what would be really low on your list. That work?
Upcoming Guests
Marianne Martin is the first woman to win the Tour de France in 1978.
Marianne Martin (born November 1, 1957 in Fenton, Michigan) is an American road racing cyclist. She won the first Tour de France for women in 1984, covering the 616-mile course in 29 hours, 39 minutes, and 2 seconds. The race was held in July and had 18 stages. The women's tour ran the same time as the men's and finished 2–3 hours before the men each day.[1][2]
The year she won the Tour de France Martin suffered from anemia earlier in that year and had been riding poorly. At the race Martin took the lead after stage 14 where the race encountered the mountains. Martin was a good climber and never gave up the lead after that into Paris. The streets were said to contain more two million spectators watching the race.
Martin, along with runners up Heleen Hage (Dutch) and Deborah Shumway (American), stood on the podium with male champions Laurent Fignon, Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond. Fignon's prizes were valued at over $225,000 (adjusted to 2016). Martin was awarded a trophy and $1,000.[3]
Martin was inducted into the 2012 Boulder (Colorado) Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
Video Of The Week
When Mother Nature Says No | DC Peaks 50 Miler 2021
Aid Station Mentality: Enduring Life Challenge's Through Ultra Running
Closing:
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This week we have the youngest person to ever win Leadville 100 trail run. At the age of 23 Annie Hughes has been winning some of the most competitive ultramarathon she has raced this year, including Collegiate Peaks 50, Leadville 100 and the Moab 240.
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In Today's Show
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Interview with Annie Hughes
Annie Hughes is a 23 year old ultra running phenome from Leadville, Colorado. She ran track and cross country at Buena Vista High School. She went on to run at Adams State and is now taking the ultramarathon scene by storm.
Annie Hughes (@outdoorable_annie) • Instagram photos and videos
Annie Hughes' Results (ultrasignup.com)
Annie Hughes Interview (ultrarunnerpodcast.com)
Leadville champion Annie Hughes runs with gratitude (runspirited.com)
Annie Hughes - Stats (milesplit.com)
The Story Behind Moab 240 Champion Annie Hughes — ATRA (trailrunner.com)
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Endurance News:
IRONMAN Florida
Results - https://www.ironman.com/im-florida-results
NYC Marathon
Results - https://results.nyrr.org/event/M2021/finishers#g=M&page=1
Highlights From the 50th New York City Marathon: Kenyans Dominate as the City Celebrates
Marking a jubilant return, some 30,000 competitors made the 26.2-mile journey across the five boroughs.
After being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the New York City Marathon returned on Sunday for its 50th running. For many New Yorkers, the race served as a metaphor for the city’s arduous recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, an opportunity to express pride and indulge in community after months of lockdowns and halting efforts to reopen.
Upcoming Guests
Jake Kilgore is the race director of the DC Peaks 50 that has an epic story this year. Speaking of stories, Jake is also author of the book Trail Running: Learning Perseverance Through Life's Aid Stations. Jake has an amazing story of navigating through adversity both on and off the run course.
Video Of The Week
Ironman Florida 2021 Race Movie
Markus Eder's The Ultimate Run - The Most Insane Ski Run Ever Imagined
2021 Leadville 100 Run Women's Finish | Annie Hughes, Genevieve Harrison, and Blake Wageman
Closing:
Thanks again for listening in this week. Please be sure to follow us @303endurance and of course go to iTunes and give us a rating and a comment. We'd really appreciate it!
Stay tuned, train informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!
This week we have return guest, professional triathlete and 2 time gold medalist, Allysa Seely. She won gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and against all health odds made it back to the Paralympic team in the Tokyo Paralympics a couple of months ago. She shares her incredible tale how she even got to the 2021 games after spending three months in a hospital at the beginning of 2021.
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Before we talk about today's show, let's give a shout out to last week's guest Matt Bach from TriDot, which inspired a return to full training this week. I have been on a six week break from full training since my hernia surgery. II have two 70.3 races loaded in to RaceX and have decided to take apply to get on the TriDot coaching platform.
In Today's Show
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Interview with Allysa Seely
Allysa Seely became involved in triathlon as a New Year’s tradition to try something she had never done before. She learned about triathlon and signed up for her first race a few weeks later. Seely was a member of the Arizona State University collegiate club triathlon team and a nationally ranked triathlete before her diagnosis. In 2010, Seely was diagnosed with Chiari II Malformation, basilar invagination, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which affect her brain, spine, and connective tissues.
After her first surgery, she was back to competing seven weeks later at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships with ASU. She made her debut as an elite paratriathlete in 2012, earning bronze at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships that year. Then in 2013, Seely had her left leg amputated below the knee due to complications and increased spasticity in her foot. That would move her into a new paratriathlon category — but she continued to thrive, winning five gold medals on the elite ITU circuit in 2014. She earned her first two world championship titles in 2015 and 2016.
At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Seely made history by winning a gold medal in paratriathlon’s debut as a Paralympic medal event. She also competed in track & field at the Rio Games, placing sixth in the 200m. That same year, she was a featured athlete in ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue. Seely has been dominant in the women’s PTS2 division since Rio, earning silver at the 2017 World Championships and winning her third career world title in 2018 after an undefeated 2018 elite season. In July of 2019, Seely won an ESPY for Best Female Athlete with a Disability. She faced significant health challenges in late 2020 and early 2021, spending several months in the hospital with endocarditis, severe inflammation of the heart. She returned to full-time training in the spring, regaining her fitness in time to earn a silver medal at the Americas Triathlon Para Championships June 27 in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, a key selection event for the Tokyo Games.
She says her biggest inspiration in life is her grandma for pushing her to be a better athlete and human and to make the world around her better. She also credits her service dog Mowgli as being a great training and life partner. When she travels for competitions, Seely collects postcards and mini silver spoons from each location. Her favorite spoon is a hand-painted ceramic spoon from Estonia, and some of her favorite places that she has traveled to are Northern Ireland and Poland. She says her name is spelled “Allysa” because of a misspelling on her birth certificate, and of her biggest talents outside of triathlon is creating DIY projects.
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Endurance News:
IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside
This is the only 70.3 that Mike Reilly calls.
What's New in the 303:
Blue Competition Cycles, Good Value on Bikes for Sale at Velo Swap Saturday
The annual VeloSwap Expo offers a wide variety of cycling accessories, clothing, parts and bikes. Blue Competition Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer based in Lafayette has some new and very slightly used (demos) for sale and available in their booth. Here is a list.
Cross of the North - Nov 6th-7th
Looking for a little cycle cross action up North? Registration is open! Join for a few new twists and turns on the New Belgium Brewing course, then grab a beer and stick around for Larry Grossman on the mic.
Outdoor Industry Night Tuesday Nov. 9th
Monthly Outdoor Industry Social at The Tune Up at Full Cycle, to network with local outdoor industry professionals!
The social is meant to be a time to network and meet new people who work (or want to work) in the outdoor industry, while enjoying Happy Hour drinks all night at The Tune Up.
- Company Pitches
- Meet & Greet
- Guest Speakers
- Happy Hour drinks
CYCLO-X Westminster - Nov 13th
As the weather grows colder the action heads to Westminster City Park with 1.5 points on the line. Our course designer has been hard at work crafting some creative variations to one the most flowing courses in the series! Get ready for new lines, descents that make you feel like a little kid on a roller coaster again, and of course the grand stair case!
2022 Grand Traverse Triple Crown Registration Open
With the addition of the Run and the Bike in 2015, it became possible for competitors to do all three events. That year, the Grand Traverse Triple Crown Competition was born when a handful of athletes Skied, Ran, and Biked between Crested Butte and Aspen for the fastest cumulative time. With its legacy firmly planted as the toughest point-to-point ski race in North America, the GT Triple Crown defines a new generation of mountain sports competition.
Upcoming Guests
Annie Hughes has won every ultramarathon she has raced this year. She's 23 years old and won Collegiate Peaks 50, Leadville 100 (youngest to ever win) and Moab 240.
Video Of The Week
1st place Oceanside 70.3 || Race Recap
Closing:
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