- On the plane ride back,
I got pretty ambitious
and I made something
that I think is gonna answer a--
So, as I loosen them up,
as I, ooh, that's nice.
Awesome athlete, but 4:12 half Ironman personal best,
about a 1:54 Olympics personal best.
What's up trainiacs.
After a 18 hour plus a five--
Pete, I think your slurping is,
yeah, it's ruining the audio.
Plus a five hour negative time difference.
I think I was up for 31 straight hours yesterday,
coming back from Kona.
On the plane ride back,
I got pretty ambitious
and I made something that I think
is gonna answer a ton of questions.
One of the things I get asked most often
on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google plus.
We rely on those Google plus peeps.
So, it's what watch do I use?
What shoes do I use?
What bike computer, what trainer,
what camera do I use?
What audio system do I use?
All of that stuff
and the thing that I've always struggled with is,
number one, I want to do it through an affiliate,
like, because that is the best way
to actually make a living out of this.
I can't constantly do all these videos for free.
Sorry, but I'm not sorry,
and not everyone wants to buy a training program from me
or wants to be trainiac kits.
But, affiliate links to products
that I always use day to day,
cost you nothing extra and we make a small commission.
So, it's like totally win win.
It allows us to keep doing this
because believe me you,
Kona was bloody expensive.
Whoo, but then to be perfectly honest with you.
Listing all the things on my website that I use
day to day and affiliate linking out to them,
that then creates two problems.
Number one, those affiliate links, they change
and all of a sudden,
people go to a dead link and they're like,
what the hell do you use?
Oh god, gotta go fix that.
And then number two,
if, let's say you're in Canada
and my affiliate link is going to the United States,
again, you're like where do we go?
Where do I buy this?
Enter kit.com, this is not a sponsored video whatsoever,
but the dudes from Kit reached out from me
and they're like, hey, we got a solution
for a lot of creators out there,
that you might want to take a look at.
I took a look at it while we were down in Kona
and I like it and I made it.
And now you can all find out what the gear is, that I have.
So, if you now go to kit.com/triathlontaren,
you've got all of these kits.
You've got my bike stuff.
You've got what I use to make these videos.
You've got what I call a total fitness enhancement kit.
Things like standing desks
and the eye mask I use for sleeping,
recovery boots, injury prevention gear.
Then there's nutrition gear.
Things that I use during race, before a race,
after a race, day to day eating my face off.
You've got my running kit, my swim gear kit,
and all my podcasting gear.
So, it's all there and then you can take a look at it
and what happens is,
no matter where you are in the world,
this kit.com apparently shows you
the link to where you can buy it
for your territory.
So, if you're in the UK,
sends you to UK amazon.
So, let me tell you about the greatest hits of what I use.
The bike kit, right now,
I'm rocking a Rudy Boost 01 helmet.
I am currently waiting for a new bike computer,
hint hint, on the right side of the screen right now.
I got the PowerTap P1 power pedals.
That is a bike box that I haven't really covered.
Again, hint, hint.
Bike trainer, over on the side there.
Not saying I have it,
but I'm saying that today, hopefully,
FedEx is going to show up with one.
On the running side of things.
Right now, I'm using a Garmin 920 XT,
that is just a nightmare to use at the moment,
it is not agreeing with me,
and I'm using a flipbelt to carry my keys, my phone,
my GoPro, all that stuff.
Swim gear, this is probably one of the most
popular videos that I have out there,
is what is in my swim bag?
So, I listed it all out.
As you can see, I'm a big fan of Finis products.
And the GoPro and the gimbal that I use,
and the mic (exhaling), and amp.
Now, what I'd like you to do,
if you you want to take a look at that, by all means,
take a look at that.
Second thing I'd like you to do is,
I just took a stab at filling out
the top of my head things
that I get a lot of questions on.
Ask me in the comments below,
maybe even before you go and take a look
at that kit.com/triathlontaren
and let me know what are the things
that you want to know about what I use
and then I'll make sure
that I go and put it on kit
and that's the nice thing about the internet.
I don't have to guess,
I can work with you
and you tell me what you want
and I can go make it.
And if all the things on my kit.com,
these Bose QC35 nose canceling headphones,
best investment I've ever made.
Alright, it's not all fun and games in here.
It is boat work.
We got an actual workout today.
We're back at it.
Enough about Kona and looking at other people do good things
I got a sports myself.
Good sportsing to you.
Alright, trainiacs.
We are, at the moment,
I don't have a hot clue what today is, Thursday?
A week and a half away from Half Ironman Austin
and one of the biggest things that we've got to manage
is genius here, knowing that I was going to be
all on my feet the entire time that we were in Kona,
I brought myself a pair of racing flats
and a pair of Toms, not smart.
So, I've got myself a little bit of heel pain,
so I've got to do a lot of work here,
to make sure that my calves are loosened up.
So, as I loosen them up.
As I, ooh, that's nice,
but if at any point there's pain,
particularly in the run
because I probably shouldn't be experiencing
any pain while on the bike,
I gotta just leave.
Call it a day.
I'll be alright, trainiacs.
You know what isn't going to be alright, however?
Stupid GoPro, waterproof,
apparently not, in Kailua Bay.
(hip hop music)
Is the achilles, ankle, heel feeling good?
No, it's feeling bad.
Nah, supposed to do 20 minutes,
I did eight.
Chatting with Coach Pat yesterday,
for all of you new trainiacs who haven't been around,
Coach Pat, Patrick Peacock, awesome athlete.
About a 4:12 Half Ironman personal best.
About a 1:54 Olympic personal best.
My coach, he's local here in Winnipeg.
He doesn't have hair, awesome guy.
So, what we were intending on doing is
the block around my house is almost a perfect kilometer.
So, I've started doing loops,
so it's not like I'd get so far out
and not be able to turn back.
I did one loop, kinda loosened up by the end of it.
Did the second loop,
was pretty well loosened up by the end of it,
but I could still feel it just a pinch,
just a little bit.
And I don't want to chance it.
So, as Pat said yesterday,
the hay is in the barn.
By that, he means we've done the work.
We've been working since August 9th.
So, when we started this big build up
and I was coming into that already
with a fair bit of fitness from
the marathon swim that we did at the end of June.
So, it's not like in these next 10 days,
I'm gonna be getting faster.
The work has already been done
and this last 10 day period
has literally just about making sure that I'm rested,
that I get some little pops of speed here and there,
my body knows what race speed feels like.
I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas,
I've got a package coming that is so exciting.
That I'll probably have to tell you all about tomorrow,
'cause it doesn't look promising.
Alright, later trainiacs.