{"podcast":{"title":"Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast","slug":"crushing-iron-triathlon-podcast-6956","podcast_index_feed_id":6956,"rss_url":"https://crushingiron.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://crushingiron.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/a/9/7/5a9727d4ed3a97f6bafc7308ab683e82/Podcast_logo_1400x1400.jpg","author":"Mike Tarrolly","episode_count":955,"summary":"Crushing Iron is an age grouper and his coach talking and learning about triathlon. Together they explore the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual side of training and racing everything from a Sprint to an Ironman. Great for beginners and intermediates triathletes. Released every Monday and Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T08:19:41.094330+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crushing-iron-triathlon-podcast-6956"},"episode":{"title":"#939 – Listener Q&A 7-16-26","slug":"939-listener-q-a-7-16-26","published_at":"2026-07-16T09:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crushing-iron-triathlon-podcast-6956/939-listener-q-a-7-16-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crushing-iron-triathlon-podcast-6956","url":"https://crushingiron.libsyn.com/939-listener-qa-7-16-26","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/crushingiron/Listener_QA_7-16-26.mp3?dest-id=445513","summary":"Back again with some great questions from you!! We start with the ongoing dilemma of speed work and how to handle it best when training for long course racing. We talk with what we thought was an ex-Badger lineman about how much to increase bike volume from a 70.3 to a full. We discuss what makes a race course \"fair\" vs. something we feel is getting dumbed down. We talk about the warm up as it relates to racing and how we can somehow feel better after going deep into training sets. Plus, much more sprinkled in to take you to the top of the podium, or simply feel better and stick with your plan. Topics: Tour de France What a controlled swim feels like Speed work, track work and it's relation to triathlon long course training Does a former Badger lineman jump into the question pool? How much should you increase cycling volume from a 70.3 to a full and how do you implement it Nutrition ratio secretes What makes a race course \"fair?\" That interesting phenomenon about getting faster when deep into training sets and how does it translate to racing? Tubeless tires and PSI and flats etc… Should you work with a coach year-round? Pacing and racing. A trip back through memory lane Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com","meta_description":"Back again with some great questions from you!! We start with the ongoing dilemma of speed work and how to handle it best when training for long course ra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crushing-iron-triathlon-podcast-6956/episodes/939-listener-q-a-7-16-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crushing-iron-triathlon-podcast-6956/939-listener-q-a-7-16-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}