TriDot Triathlon Training
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This is The TriDot Podcast! We are here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We’ll talk all things triathlon, swim, bike, run, nutrition, recovery, & strength training, with expert coaches and special guests. So whether you are a triathlete training for a sprint, olympic, or IRONMAN event. Join the conversation, and let's improve together.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Practical coaching makes triathlon's training choices, race-day disruptions and technical details easier to act on.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast treats triathlon as a chain of decisions that can be rehearsed before race day. The host brings coaches into a warm-up, main set and cool-down structure, then keeps questions close to what an athlete can actually do: read sprint-race rules, pace hard…
The swim gets canceled, and the coaches talk your race-day brain through the pivot.
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Steady beginner triathlon advice that favors consistency over intensity.
Coach David Cagle's first appearance on the TriDot Podcast turns 10 tips for new triathletes into a clear, encouraging starter guide. The warm-up question about real-food fuel sets a relaxed tone, and the advice keeps circling back to one steady idea: follow the plan and trust…
A practical race-weekend reset that keeps the focus on preparation, enjoyment, and the rest of the trip.
This episode treats race weekend as something larger than the window between start and finish. With Andre Lepar and Coach Dan Kasky, it stays grounded in practical advice: prepare well, avoid last-minute gear panic, and stop treating the weekend as a fitness exam instead of a…
Practical burnout advice that keeps triathlon training fresh and tied to real workout choices.
Triathlon burnout is the core topic, and the discussion stays grounded in day-to-day training choices. Stephen Horan and Matt Davies keep the focus on simple ways to avoid turning training into a second job: vary the intensity, switch up locations, and reshape sessions before…
A practical T1 tune-up that makes messy transitions feel more manageable.
T1 is where a triathlon can go sideways, and this episode stays on the practical stuff that helps keep it in line. Coach Jen Reinhart and Coach Jeff Raines focus on the swim-to-bike handoff with plain advice: clean feet, a towel, a rinse bottle, shorter paths, and a quick…
Practical triathlon talk that keeps gear, money, and pacing tied to real life.
This review stays focused on the practical side of the show: a four-coach panel answering audience questions gives it an easy, conversational feel, and the money discussion lands best.
A practical guide to TriDot bike workouts for athletes who want clearer interval execution.
The TriDot Podcast offers a practical walk-through of five bike workouts, with Andrew and Coach Matt Sommer moving through 30-30s, 30-90s, power intervals, power builders, and stamina sessions.
A practical Ironman conversation about racing overseas, training with purpose, and keeping the whole experience connected to community.
Stephen Horan comes across as a steady, practical voice on the TriDot Podcast. As a longtime TriDot ambassador and head coach of Iron Mind Endurance, he talks through his 20th Ironman at the World Championships in Nice with the kind of detail that comes from doing the work, not…
A tight swim-zone coaching clinic with clear pool cues for triathletes.
This episode stays tightly focused on swim training zones, and that narrow scope works in its favor. Brandi Ramirez and Matt Davies move from Zone 2 up through Zones 6, with practical notes on form, breathing, neck balance, rhythm, and a steady kick.
Bruised stories, blunt talk, real recovery.
Endurance performance, tested past the easy answers.
Endurance stories with trail dirt still attached.
The episode opens with a clear mission: make race weekend feel like a good thing, not a stress test.
Vanessa and TriDot coach Kurt Madden break down five swim workouts: 25-to-100 speed sets, ladders, building 100s, descending 100s, and threshold intervals.
Nolan McKenna says representing Team USA at the Ultra Marathon World Championships has been a long-term goal, and he qualified at the Chicago Lakefront 50K.
Mike Bunting, Sports Marketing Manager for Rudy Project North America, joins The TriDot Triathlon Podcast to talk bike helmets, and he opens with a 2018 Denmark duathlon story where a broken bike led to a 12-pack-of-beer trade for a loaner road bike in Odense.
Andrew opens with a warm-up question about sport age and sets up a conversation about triathlon burnout.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode “Limitless: Women in Triathlon” centers on TriDot’s new program giving 500 women one year of free coaching, then expanding to 1,000 after applications came in quickly.
This episode features Coach Ryan Tibble sharing 8 tips for racing a first 70.3 triathlon, based on his personal experience and coaching background.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast’s holiday gift guide uses a four-person roundtable to name 20 triathlete gift ideas, with Vanessa Ronxley, Ken Prosciutti, Ben Somerville, and Andrew each bringing five items.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode centers on protein for triathletes, with Andrew and advanced sports dietitian Taryn Richardson defining what protein is and how it supports muscle repair, immune function, oxygen transport, and appetite control.
TriDot coach Elizabeth James explains why race rehearsals are placed four weeks and two weeks before a 70.3 or 140.6, linking the timing to adaptation, sharpening, and tapering.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode “Warm Up Right For Your Triathlon Workouts” centers on Vanessa, Brady Hoover, and Brandi Ramirez explaining why warm-ups matter for swimming, biking, and running.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode “8 Race-Day Breakfast Ideas From Triathlon Coaches” centers on one repeated answer from eight coaches: oatmeal, plus a few non-oatmeal outliers like bananas and sweet potatoes.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode “Cycling In The Right Training Zones” centers on bike workouts, with Andrew, Coach Kurt Madden, and Coach Jason Fabraken explaining how TriDot prescribes and adjusts zones.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode with Vanessa and Coach Elizabeth James breaks down five bike workouts: big gear, threshold intervals, threshold and hold, and step ups, with over-unders named in the title but not reached in the provided transcript.
Andrew opens with a warm-up question before bringing on Elizabeth James and Ben Somerville from Precision Coaching.
The TriDot Podcast opens with a warm-up question about favorite real food fuel for workouts and races.
The TriDot Podcast opens with a familiar training-day rhythm.
The TriDot Podcast tackles the ugly little surprise that can show up on race day: the swim gets cancelled.
The TriDot team opens a three-week series on training zones with a run-focused coaching session.
Episode 325 is an audience-question episode.
Coach Stephen Horan sits down after finishing his 20th Ironman at the World Championships in Nice.
Keri Tollefson and Andrew welcome Jeff Boer to talk about how TriDot and RunDot use AI to sharpen endurance training.
Andrew opens with a warm-up question about which sport is hardest on officials.
The TriDot Podcast keeps the tone warm and practical here.
The TriDot Podcast stays in its zone-training series with a swim-centered conversation.
Wind gets the spotlight here.
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast breaks down five swim workout types: broken 200s, broken 1500s, broken ladders, threshold 150s, and sprint-focused sessions.
Sports dietitian Taryn Richardson joins host Vanessa to discuss the unique nutritional needs of female triathletes, covering topics like hormonal impacts on fueling, carb and protein requirements, iron deficiency, and life stages from pregnancy to menopause.
Molly Eastman, creator of Sleep is a Skill and host of the Sleep is a Skill podcast, says her own decade-old insomnia pushed her into sleep optimization and into work with high-stakes poker players, UFC fighters, golfers, and long-distance runners.
Vanessa and coach Ryan Tibble break down six TriDot run sessions: MAV shuttles, fartleks, threshold repeats, intervals, decreasing intervals, and cruise intervals.
A revisiting episode of the TriDot Triathlon Podcast discussing bodyweight performance and triathlon with experts Dr.
The hosts interview two coaches about the new TriDot app, explaining its features and how to use it for triathlon training.
TriDot Triathlon Podcast episode on returning to triathlon training after injury or surgery, featuring a physical therapy expert and a professional triathlete.
Coaches discuss how to dial in your own bike fit for triathlon, sharing tips and personal experiences.
Triathlon coaches discuss common ways triathletes lose time on race day and how to fix them.
This episode discusses how to enjoy a long, sustainable triathlon career with expert coaches.
This episode discusses how to fit quality training into an unconventional work schedule, featuring coaches with unpredictable schedules.
This episode discusses the new integration between TriDot and Zwift, featuring interviews with a Zwift specialist and a champion triathlete.
This episode discusses optimizing pool swim sessions and the integration of TriDot training with Form Smart swim goggles, featuring an Olympic swimmer and a coach.
This episode teaches triathletes how to improve open water swimming efficiency with expert guests.