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Creating a culture that earns a lifetime of loyalty for hobbyist triathletes (we are known as “age-groupers”) is the ultimate goal of every Race Director. They provide us with a platform to challenge ourselves and become a part of an incredible community of like-minded triathletes. #trilife The Ironman brand has become synonymous with a lifestyle, culture, and achievement that only 1% can claim. It's amazing how a simple logo can represent so much more. #anythingispossible Take a moment to think about how many corporations have achieved the same level of recognition. By studying them and applying their principles to your brand, you too can create a culture and community that inspires lifetime loyalty. Let's all strive to create a culture that not only challenges us to achieve our goals but also fosters a sense of community and belonging. #agegroupers #foreverathlete #ironman #triforlife

What's your triathlon or race mantra? Do you repeat it over and over to get you to the finish? Do you have one for the swim, one for the bike and one for the run? Don't have one yet? I have written down quite a few for inspiration in my blog. https://lnkd.in/dR9rYqsH #triathlon #swimbikerun #mantra #triathlonquotes #chilitri

Happy National Triathlon Week! This week we're celebrating all things multisport. What's your favorite thing about the sport of triathlon? Tell us in the comments. #TriWeek #RiseEndurance #triathlon #SwimBikeRun #TriLife #IronmanTri #RiseEnduranceCoaching #TriathlonTraining #IronmanTraining #USATriathlon

This one was my fourth race. Why do i train ? Why do I participate in races? Honestly I have no idea. I mean I can come up with a few answers that will make some sense, but making sense is one thing and reality is often another. I feel that my curiosity lead me to triathlon training and racing for a reason. I will discover that reason maybe in retrospect when reverse engineer my life after a few years. So the last one was an aquathlon. run 2.5 km swim 1km run another 2.5 km Was it fun? Nope. It was challenging. It was hard to the point I almost threw up. What about the training before that? Was that fun? Nope. Again challenging Hard. What are you doing man? Why do you choose to suffer? Like I said, I have no idea. Do you train and race? Why? #run #aquathlon #triathlon #swim #cycling #training #race #curiosity #challenging #hardthings

Attention to Details! Rather you are racing your first triathlon, or trying to make your federations Olympic Team, the small details matter. Cobblestones are on the course description for the test event, as they make up 26% of the Olympic Course and 32% of the Mixed Team Relay course. How big they are, and if they are on corners vs a straight away are important details. Thus said, paying attention to details matters: 1. Proper tire pressure / Don’t run clinchers. 2. Don’t shift from big to small ring on them, shift ahead of time to avoid dropping chain. 3. Pack placement is critical, riding near the back is risky for a gap forming or getting caught in a crash. It will be exciting to see who best handles the adversity thrown at them on race day. Adapt. Overcome. Thrive. #triathlon #cycling #olympics

NEWS: How the Paris Olympic Triathlon New Flag races look with one month to go 🗓️ With just one month left in the Olympic qualification window, the world's top athletes brace for the final push. Read more 👇 #OlympicTRI #RoadToParis2024 #Paris2024 #Triathlon

Laura Lindemann who won recent 2024 World Triathlon Indoor Cup in Lievin says a few seconds later (at 8m 05 sec of the video) that the final race was "all out". But it is not exactly true - look at the breakdown of her results in the semi-final and the final: Swim 150m - Bike 3000m - Run 1000m Semi-Final 01'47 - 04'49 - 03'10 = 10minutes 25sec Final 01'49 - 04'42 - 03'04 = 10minutes 19sec So a bit slower swim helped Laura not just to improve her Bike and Run legs. Look at how comfortably she added speed and controlled the race in her last 400 meters (starting on 6m 20sec of the video). That's very impressive, of course, but in order to control the swimming pace like that one needs to work not necessarily on the power of the swimming strokes, i.e. no on improving your best strokes. Rather one needs to work on improving the bad strokes and on improving the rhythm. There are multiple strategies on improving the worst strokes, but first you need to know what is the difference between you good and bad strokes, and what are the root causes of the bad strokes. And MySwimEdge gives a lot of insightful data about your every stroke. https://lnkd.in/ev5mUknf myswimedge.com #worldtriathlon #elitetriathlon

Endorsing products, particularly when you have a vested interest, can often be received by consumers as "heavily weighted." However, when the proof is clearly evident in performance, then it transcends mere endorsement to become a testament to genuine impact. For ambitious multi-sport athletes, speed and efficiency are non-negotiable. Carbon Mafia wheels stand out by offering unparalleled aerodynamics and lightweight construction, ensuring every pedal stroke translates into maximum forward thrust. With these wheels, you're not just investing in equipment; you're investing in those crucial seconds that could mean the difference between a podium finish and the rest of the pack. Seeing the measurable improvement in my own performance, I can confidently say that Carbon Mafia wheels are not just a choice but a competitive advantage. #m5triathlon #CarbonMafia

State Of The Art innovation carried out in the flume at T3! Creating the fastest wetsuit, swimskin or trisuit is not only about pure velocity, but efficiency, function and rules. A wetsuit's primary function is thermal insulation and safety against cold water, which within the rules of FINA, World Triathlon and The IRONMAN Group also leads to the best performance over the distance swum. For swimskins and trisuits, it is all about efficiency, improving velocity without additional thermal and metabolic cost. There are plenty more novel measurements under the surface, proprietary to the project. It also allowed us to validate and refine our tehnique and methods used for reversed extrapolation using the VO2 Master in swimming, with an avg. reproducability of ~100-150 ml @ ~4000 and 6000 ml VO2. However, for R&D at this level, we needed continuous systems to collect the input and output affected by the wetsuits and swimskins with the highest precission to quantify and breakdown the wetsuit and swimskin efficiency. We have further developed a snorkel system for a gold standard mixing chamber system validated on douglas bag and lung simulators for the purpose. This has been a project led by Santara Technology, analysed by Entalpi AS and would never have been possible without multiple teams from deboer wetsuits, FORM, greenteg AG, Trimtex Sport Group -> Surpas, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences mechanical engineering and sports department, but not the least a large thanks to Kevin Korff Konrad and his team at Tenerife Top Training (T3) for the incredible fascility and support! It was not the first time, and definitively not the last time 😎🤓 We have just started...

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