(bicycle wheel clicking as it spins)
- Morning Trainiacs.
We are in the meat of prep for Half Iron-Man Worlds
in South Africa.
It is a grand total of three weeks away, to the day.
That means today is gonna be big.
(bicycle wheel clicking as it spins)
And I'm well aware that I am wearing a aero helmet
with a road bike.
We're gonna talk about common triathlete faux pas,
such as that, right after this.
(invigorating music)
Whoa, oh my goodness, whoa.
(bicycle wheel clicking as it spins)
Holy, that was serious.
That was 113 K, just under 70 miles, in 3 1/2 hours,
but the main work of it was three times through,
30 minutes low cadence, just under race pace.
Ten minutes higher cadence, like race cadence,
at or above race pace.
And it's 30 plus degrees Celsius.
Feels like 40-something.
90 Fahrenheit, feels like 110.
And the wind, the wind, oh.
(bicycle wheel clicking as it spins)
So the reason I wore the full-on aero helmet
with the road bike is because,
on these long rides by myself,
I enjoy listening to podcasts.
And this here Lazer Wasp Air TT, dead silent.
Love it for that.
But, showing up to a road ride, or riding a road bike,
with a full-on aero helmet, huge waving a flag,
like I am a triathlete everyone.
What you should be wearing to any road ride
is typically just something more like the Lazer road helmet.
You're gonna look like you fit in.
You don't need all of that aerodynamics
from a time trail helmet because
a lot of the aerodynamics is taken care of by the peloton.
But, if you want to be nice and aerodynamic
but still look pretty good and be fairly aero,
you go with an aero road helmet, like the Lazer Bullet here.
And this gets a huge amount of the aerodynamic benefits
of something like this,
but you're not gonna just scream triathlete,
and a lot of road riders are gonna be wearing
something like this.
So if you can only get one helmet,
make it an aero road.
I'm riding a Lazer at the moment.
Lazer Bullet.
Look at this, you can also go like this.
Nice and breezy.
Super aero.
Alright I gotta go do this brick run.
Something about that in a second.
Wow, I know I say that every time, but this is for real.
A run in the heat, not my idea of a good time.
No, that was seven k in 4.2 per kilometer.
So about 4.3 miles in 6:47 per mile average pace.
That's solidly above target race pace.
In the heat, I'll take it.
Alright so, next thing.
When you're in a running group,
show up with some socks.
But I'm not talking about going out for coffee
with these little babies.
No, these are not made for a night on the town,
just gathering with your local running group
for a coffee, perhaps a scone if ya wanna live large.
Mmm-mmm.
Just going out in these, day to day,
it screams triathlete.
Use them for, maybe flying,
maybe a little bit of recovery after a workout.
Maybe during the run, maybe.
You're just advertising that you're a triathlete.
a proud triathlete, but you wanna look cool.
Also, bare feet for running groups.
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.
At minimum, nice little sockette for extra cool points,
mid-calf height sock for extra, extra cool points.
Get them from Scooty.
While we're down here, if you're a triathlete
and all you can afford is one pair of cycling shoes,
get yourself a pair of triathlon shoes.
However, no socks.
Turn in your card as an athlete.
Basically, you are out of sports for life.
Essentially, you're Lance Armstrong.
Wear socks, all times.
Just, do yourself a favor.
Listen to me on this one.
Next, and final thing, if you're a triathlete
going to join cycling or running groups,
don't ruin your perfectly clean front end
by slapping on one of these.
(slapping)
Sure, if you're gonna show up to a road ride
with your tri bike,
as long as you stay out of the way
and you've got good group road-riding manners,
for which I will link to at the end of the video,
all fine and dandy.
But don't be drinking out of that.
Again, flag.
I'm a triathlete and don't know what I'm doing
with these new friends of mine.
Fit in.
Now you know what is perfectly cool?
Being a triathlete, swimming with swimmers,
biking with cyclists, and running with runners.
It's all just endurance sport.
I'm just kinda goofing around here,
and I know that when people are starting into triathlon,
it's intimidating to go and join up
with all these new groups and new friends
that have been doing it for years and have all the gear.
And, if we feel a little bit better about ourselves
and we feel like we fit in,
we're probably gonna go and do it a little bit more.
So, a little bit of joking, a little bit of seriousness.
Have fun.
And you know what's totally cool?
Is subscribing to Triathlon Taren.
If you aren't already subscribed,
hit that subscribe button below.
And if you are subscribed,
you are like mid-length socks to me.
Whew, I love me some mid-length socks.
I started out hating mid-length socks.
Now I can't get enough.
Later, Trainiacs.