- What's up, Trainiacs?
Welcome to this week's Triathlon Newsday Tuesday,
where in this week's edition of Newsday,
coaches of the year are announced.
Unfortunately, some Ironmans are canceled,
while others are born for the first time.
And, another pro joins the YouTube game.
Let's do it.
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What's up, Trainiacs?
Welcome to this week's Triathlon Newsday Tuesday,
where every single Tuesday, as long as there is news
around the triathlon world and I'm not traveling,
we talk about what's going on all around the world
in triathlon.
As always, make sure you stick around to the end,
where we share everyone's favorite part
of Triathlon Newsday, that's a story
from the Trainiac community.
And we have a really good one in honor of Fathers Day,
and some of the new announcements.
In addition to that, full links to everything we talk about
will be in the description below.
Let's start off with the announcement
the USA Triathlon made announcing their coaches
of the year.
And they announced three coaches in three different
kind of buckets of coaching performance,
were announced as coaches of the year.
The National Coach of the Year was Ian O'Brien
of ORIGIN Performance.
The Paratriathlon Coach of the Year was Derick Williamson,
who is the head coach of the Toyota USA Paratriathlon
Resident Team.
And Christy Lausch was announced
as the Developmental Coach of the Year
as head coach of the Mini Cow Tri and MC Elite Team.
Congratulations to all those three coaches.
I hope someday that I can meet you.
Reach out, say hi via Instagram if you see this.
Two of our favorite people, Sarah and Ben True,
have launched their very own YouTube channel.
I didn't even know this.
I talk to them all the time.
They have launched the Sarah and Ben TrueTube
YouTube channel, with a really good first video
that is very much in line with what Sarah and Ben are.
They're goofy, they're fun, they're genuine,
and they're very giving.
They want to launch this YouTube channel,
kind of how they agreed to become instructors
for protriathlontraining.com.
They feel a need to give back to the sport
that has given everything to them in their life.
So, go subscribe, check it out.
Watch the video and support and hang out
with Sarah and Ben True, a couple of my favs.
Now, the newest full distance Ironman in North America
was announced last week, and it will be,
after a showdown between it
and three other potential cities,
Ironman Tulsa in Oklahoma will take place
for the first time May 31st, 2020.
Now, this is the first of a multi-year agreement,
and Tulsa beat out three other contenders,
being Des Moines, Fayetteville, and Memphis.
Now, this comes just shortly after the announcement
that Ironman Boulder that happened
just a couple of weeks ago, would be the last time
Ironman Boulder is held.
In addition to that, Ironman Boulder said
that Half Ironman Boulder 2020 will take place,
but that is even in question.
So, here we've got Ironman opening up shop in one city,
closing shop, potentially twice, in another city,
which is really like the endurance training mecca
of North America.
And this goes to show, a lot of what I talk about
in an upcoming video that I'm doing,
discussing the state of Ironman racing.
While it seemingly is growing by leaps and bounds
and we've got this wildly successful
World Triathlon Corporation that runs it,
it isn't all just roses.
It's a very tough industry,
that companies are having a very tough time in.
So if you wanna make sure that you see that video
later this week when it comes out,
hit the subscribe button below.
Now, in race news, it was a very actually quiet week
on the circuit.
70.3 Les Sables d'Olonne was won by Frederik Van Lierde
and Francesca Sanjana.
Half Ironman Luxembourg also happened over the weekend.
It was won by Lucas Voigt and Imogen Simmonds.
And then Challenge,
can people please phonetically spell this
for me in the comments?
Geraardsbergen was won by Pieter Heemeryck
and Daniela Bleymehl, who were both the favorites to win
in that Half Ironman distance Challenge race.
FYI, Challenge Roth is about three weeks away,
and I'm scared.
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Now, moving on to a couple of updates
for the Triathlon Taren podcast,
we just released a very, very quickly popular interview
with Cam Wurf, where we talk about
just how obsessed he is with me.
It's almost creepy, I could feel him undressing me
with his eyes over the phone.
Geez, Cam.
And right now, like 58 minutes from now,
we will be interviewing Matt Bottrill
of Bottrill Performance Coaching,
who has become one of the real premier coaches
in pro and amateur triathlon coaching.
And he's got a real habit, because he was himself
a former pro cyclist,
of getting people really, really strong on the bike,
and we're gonna dig into what he feels
are the key points that are required for amateurs
to develop strength on the bike.
Now, let's get into today's Trainiac story,
and in honor of the new Tulsa Ironman
and this past Dads Day, happy Dads Day
to all the dads out there, I wanna share a great story,
which goes, my name is Troy Rogers from Oklahoma.
After competing my first Triathlon last week
in rough weather, and planning my next few,
I decided to share why I'm doing this.
A few years ago, I sat next to my dad in the hospital.
Under doctor's orders, his recovery for heart surgery
was supposed to include lots and lots of cardio.
He hated the thought of it, because he and I,
we were tough guys.
We would lift weight and scoff at people
who would run just for fun.
He told me that he would do what his doctor ordered
as long as I would do it with him.
I committed to do that with him.
We agreed that we would change our lifestyles
and we would run races together.
Unfortunately, my dad never got the chance to do that,
as he passed away before his surgery.
In the aftermath and grief, I allowed my health
to go south.
I gained weight, felt terrible all the time,
and it affected all areas of my life and work.
I wasn't the husband, father, or minister that I should be.
I kept thinking about my dad
and the two of us planning on running races together,
and this is when I found triathlon.
It's more than a race, it's a true challenge,
both mentally and physically for me,
and it's exactly what I needed.
Triathlon helped me take back control over my health
and it set me on a path that I committed to go down
with my dad.
My first 10-mile bike ride of training
took me more than 58 minutes, and I couldn't swim 50 meters
without stopping.
I couldn't run half a mile.
But today, I swam 500 meters, biked 12 miles,
and ran 3.1 miles, all uphill, at least
that's what it seems, in one hour, 39 minutes,
finishing fifth in my age group.
My dad is the best man I've ever known,
and showed me what it takes to tackle challenges.
I started this journey to better my health
and to honor my commitment to my dad.
I'm currently planning a race of a 70.3 in September.
Then, Lord willing, I will step up
to the full distance Ironman in 2020.
When I step across that finish line
and hear the words, "You are an Ironman,"
I would like to say that my journey will be complete.
But really, who am I kidding?
I'll just sign up for the next one.
Sincerely, Troy Rogers from Oklahoma.
Thank you so, so much for sharing that, Troy.
I'm sorry to hear about your dad,
but I'm glad that you are continuing his memory
with something that is so personally rewarding for you,
and thank you very much for sharing that story.
So, if anyone else out there
wants to get their story shared,
it can be anything, really.
Any story about how triathlon has affected your life,
email it into us with some race photos
at taren@triathlontaren.com.
And if you like these Newsday Tuesdays,
which I know a lot of you do,
hit that subscribe button below.
Later, Trainiacs.
(claps) Not too bad.