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This week Coach Rob Wilby answers two listener questions.

Elizabeth DNF'd at IRONMAN Lake Placid after standing on a cold beach for 40 minutes before the swim start.

Angie wants to know whether her gym bike is enough, or whether it's time to invest in a proper smart trainer setup.

Plus a preview for everyone racing IRONMAN UK in Leeds this weekend, where ...


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This week Coach Rob answers listener questions covering the details that trip up first-time IRONMAN athletes.

What actually goes in your special needs bags on the bike and run course?

Should you change kit in transition or race the whole day in a tri suit?

What does the final two-week taper look like after your last race simulation?

Rob also breaks...


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In this episode:

Racing without a power meter: why Rob thinks a power meter is a "worry removal tool" rather than a cost, and how to reframe the spend over your training block. If you're going with heart rate, he covers the five variables that distort it, the time-lag that trips you up, how to set functional threshold heart rate from a 20-minute test, and ...

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Should busy age-groupers actually race in carbon-plated shoes? And how do you train for an IRONMAN when your job runs on four-days-on, four-days-off night shifts?

In this listener Q&A, Coach Rob Wilby answers real questions from athletes preparing for their first IRONMAN and 70.3. He covers how to structure training around shift work and disrupted sleep, why recover...


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Success on IRONMAN race day is as much a fuelling equation as a fitness challenge.

This episode Coach Rob Wilby works through a batch of athlete questions on carbohydrate intake, hydration, electrolytes and bottle strategy, all framed by the recent heat spells that saw IRONMAN France cancelled, Frankfurt shortened and lots of other European races affected.

In th...


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