- Morning, Trainiacs.
The Triathlon Training Master Classes with the Pros
are live.
(claps) Yes, yes.
That is right.
Our sister website, get this, write this down,
this is the first time I'm announcing this,
protriathlontraining.com is live.
We got How to Swim with Lucy Charles and Reece Barclay,
How to Run with Sarah and Ben True,
How to Strength Train with Erin Carson,
Mirinda Carfrae, and Tim O'Donnell,
and today, I'm gonna give you the highlights
from How to Bike with Cam Wurf.
That's right, the Kona Bike Course record holder,
two-time Bike Course record defending champion.
I don't like calling Cam Wurf a champion.
Like a rude, Australian ginger.
Kinda sounds like me, besides the Australian part.
We're gonna go over some of the best lessons
that Cam gave in that course.
They were actually really good.
And like I say, it hurts me to say that.
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Oh, boy.
(exclaims)
Icy.
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Man, it is so nice to ride outside.
Gotta have 17 layers of clothing on.
Dig it.
Cam Wurf, spit gold, let's uncover some gems.
(laughs)
This is the aftermath of traveling for a race.
Any bets on how long it'll take before I clean it up?
All right, so let's get into the highlights of the
How to Bike with Cam Wurf Master Class.
Now, one of the coolest things about
learning from these athletes is that
you get an inside scoop, and like, that's kind of the point
of protriathlontraining.com, that's the URL,
you get to see and hear what their approach is
to the sport that they are best at.
And you would think that a lot of these athletes are like,
hyper-focused and so analytical about every last detail
about their sport, and in Cam's case,
that's just not the case.
So what we're gonna talk about here today,
are some of the interesting things
that were in the video instructions
that we went through with Cam.
I'll do a podcast with little sound bytes
from some of the audio lessons that we did with Cam.
And at the end of this video, I'll give you a coupon code
for this big, sizzly launch.
So, first really interesting thing was to hear that Cam,
even though he rides upwards of, I wanna say,
1000 to 1500 kilometers a week,
it's crazy if you follow him on Strava,
he said that he's thought about what happens
post his pro-racing years, and he said that he
really would just focus on three key sessions.
- Need to do your Ironman, or you know,
time trial specific session, your specific race workout,
whatever, however you wanted that to be,
but for that sort of period.
That's obviously a key one.
On your race bike, working those muscles,
just making sure they're familiar
for the demands they're gonna have on race day.
The second one, for me, is
the fundamental of every sporting discipline, is strength.
So, you wanna have some sort of a strength session in there.
The other one that I would fit in after that
would just be a general ride, just spending that time
on your bike.
You know, it might be on a weekend,
you might have a few extra hours.
Get out there and just ride your bike.
- So those are the three key sessions
that everyone needs to do, and really,
what Cam does at the most elite level.
Now he does those three workouts,
but then in addition to that, he does a bunch of
general riding to build his overall fitness.
Next thing that was really interesting
was to hear about how he paces a triathlon.
And we actually had sports scientist, Sebastian Weber,
who was there at all of this testing and training
that Cam was doing.
And he said in a podcast that we did with him
that one of the most beneficial and unique things
that Cam is able to do is his pacing strategy.
And here's what he said about pacing.
- I like to be finished stronger than the way I started.
I like to be out of, you know, that first 20 minutes,
I like to that first 20 minutes, just settle down.
You have just got out of the water, of course.
And often, it's been a, you know, a bumpy swim.
I don't know about anyone else,
but it certainly knocks my stomach around a bit.
So you don't wanna be making anything more difficult
in that first 20 minutes.
Just let your stomach settle down,
maybe start to have a little bit of a drink,
but don't force it.
Just let everything just get comfortable
and get in the groove, because you're gonna be out there
for four hours.
- So between that and how he uses the course
to his advantage, I would actually
credit to a good chunk of the reason why
I did very well in the bike portion of
Half Ironman Puerto Rico.
I kinda took those lessons and instantly,
next race, put out a 2:18 Half Ironman bike split.
I'm pumped.
I didn't even think I had that in me.
But the third thing that was really, really neat,
and I heard this from Cam and from Sarah and from Lucy,
is that Cam, particular, he does not get hung up
in the details and the nitty-gritty of the tech
and the gadgets and the how much PSI you have to be having
in your tires.
- Now, a pretty good test I do,
is I just flick the tire, and if it has a bit of a ping,
(tire thuds)
around that 100, 110 PSI, you know the tire's alive,
and you're good to go.
- When you've got a guy that is the peak of the sport,
setting Ironman Kona Course records,
not just one year, but two years in a row,
going by pinging and flicking a tire
and using heart rate to do his pacing
and kind of general perceived exertion
for setting course records that have stood for
dozens of years in these events,
he's not really focused on all of the nitty-gritty details.
It gives you comfort that, us age-group triathletes
don't have to have the 110% optimized position
and wheels and latex tubes and helmet, and and and and,
and in this course, what Cam said is that
there's a lot of common sense that has been forgotten,
and it's a lot of that common sense training
that he thinks is what will make you faster.
So, if you wanna go check that out,
up until the end of April, we have set up
a coupon code that is PTTLAUNCH20,
like Pro Triathlon Training Launch 20,
that over this month, we are launching up until
the end of April, at 20% off any course.
Cam's course, Lucy's swimming course,
Erin Carson, Mirinda Carfrae, Tim O'Donnell's
strength training course, Sarah and Ben True's run course,
all at protriathlontraining.com.
Go check it out.
There is gold in there, and I really think that
this is gonna be something that is huge in triathlon.
'Cause when else do you get to hear in-depth
for five to eight hours how pros train
and how they distill that down to age-group triathletes?
It's pretty cool.
Go check it out.
Later, Trainiacs.
Thanks, Cam.
Oh, and fun little tidbit, Cam wants everyone to know that
A, he does not coach, and B, because he is not coaching,
he is donating every last dollar of the proceeds from this
to the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
Pains me to admit it, but you're a good guy, Cam.