I just wanted to say thank you, Jordan and Gerard, for your outstanding podcasts on "Train Smarter Race Faster". My story is one of taking back up the sport of long distance triathlon after a 17 year hiatus ... just under a year ago and having a crack in the 50-54 age group. I quickly found your podcasts to be the most informative, relateable and easy to listen to especially with many of your coaching / training philosophies being aligned to mine.
So applying them to my training and competition programme and processes was very easy and also very fruitful. Having previously been a back of the pack triathlete I was not going out to set world records but wanted to enjoy the journey of training for the 2023 Cairns Ironman. Your material contributed so much towards that. In the weekend before last, my experience in Cairns was sensational.
While exceeding my goal time easily the part I was most proud of was the bike leg where the second lap of the Palm Cove- Port Douglas-Palm Cove leg was achieved in exactly the same speed as the first lap (and with a lower average heart rate than the first lap). Not only that, but by starting conservatively on the bike (using target power) I passed hundreds of cyclists and was only passed by two during the whole leg.
You two have been a constant on my journey and I would be remiss not to say thank you and how much appreciated your story telling, advice and tips has been. I will always be grateful for that.
