- Morning trainiacs, hurdling.
(upbeat music)
So trainiacs, we're here, at the airport, NTK.
So little change of plans from Mel,
the usual accompanier of triathlon terrain races.
So, NTK, I put out on Instagram yesterday
that we would answer questions about just whatever.
How you doing? Do you want to say anything?
Do you want to say hi? - Hello.
- Hi. - Canadian coffee.
- It's not good to importance.
Sam asks how did you propose to MTK?
Take it away.
- We were watching Homeland on the couch,
and Gracie, who Gracie is still a puppy
and she had just eaten poo in the yard.
Well, not in the yard, in the balcony of the condo,
and he pulled out a ring in that very romantic environment.
- From my sweatpants, and I knelt down on the dog bed.
So romantic.
- Did you kneel?
Kinda not really kneel.
- Sure I did, I knelt.
- Not like on one knee though.
- No it was, yeah it was.
Brandon asks what is the single most important piece
of advice you can give to someone racing their first 70.3.
I don't know, there's a lot.
- That's a broad question.
- Just a very broad question.
That's like how to triathlon.
I would actually say come in with a mindset
that it's gonna be hard.
- Come in with a mindset that is stronger than
the other people out there.
So everyone is gonna be nervous.
Everyone is gonna be hurting.
But if you come in knowing that you're going to be nervous
and that's okay and that it's going to hurt
and that's okay
and all you're looking to do is just go through that process
and enjoy the process without letting those demons like,
oh, that sucks, it sucks,
get into your head.
I think you'll have a better race than a lot of people
that let that seep into negativity.
I think that's an answer that is broad enough
that it covers it.
Mike says, what is your biggest regret in life
that you missed out on?
You said you have an answer for this.
- Yes, that I didn't continue learning French
after high school.
- Who wants to learn French?
- That's not nice.
There's France people watching you.
- Okay, sorry, France.
- Also, guitar.
That I didn't ever follow up on playing guitar.
- I would then follow that up with that I didn't pursue
rhythmic dance.
Last question before we have to hop onto the plane.
Sisari says, going back to when you started making series,
games, and triathlon,
what do you wish you knew earlier
that pushing yourself into a really uncomfortable place
be it speed or distance that you're doing.
That's where you start making games in your training.
So it was when I started doing really fast, intense
bursts on the track,
pushing longer than 8k, then to 9k, then to 12k.
What is a progress?
Progress happens at the edge of discomfort.
- You danced a lot.
This is a tight connection here.
Patrick asks, what do I eat the morning of the race?
About two slices small little toast.
Just a little bit of light honey
or peanut butter.
Raymond asks, how much faster is the venta than the cervelo?
At the same perceived exertion,
probably a kilometer to a mile faster.
But it also takes a lot less out of my body
because it's more stable.
So that's good.
We're here.
- Hello. - Hi.
So we're in Coeur D'alene right now.
And staying at an awesome place, thanks to this guy.
Hero of the week, Phil, doing his first race.
Last couple of questions for the day.
Number one.
- Mariam, what can I do to be a good sherpa?
I guess that's for me. - That's for you.
- Oh, boy.
- Photos. - Oh, yes.
- Understand the spouse is gonna be extremely grumpy.
- The moods, the many moods.
- Hold the mounds of food that come after the race.
- Have food ready and prepared
and don't take it personally when they bark at you
because they're grumpy and tired.
Next one, Benjamin.
Does triathlon make you guys closer?
When is NTK doing her first race?
- You be the answerer of that first one.
- Does it make us closer? - Yes.
- I don't know.
It allows me time alone in the house
where you can't mess it up when I'm by myself.
- You are so welcome.
- What was the other question?
- When are you doing your first race?
- Oh, that's a long way off.
- It's NTK.
- Yes, n, no.
Next question, Robbie.
How do you manage work training relationship?
- I'd probably be a bad person to ask
because we built garage
and my commute is 18 feet away.
So I do my training in there, I do my work in there.
That makes it easier
and work is triathlon.
I'd be a bad person to ask.
I will link to a video there
where a friend of mine who's done a 107,
106 or 105 sprint
and he owns a company that is cleaning pools
which is the worst business to have if you wanna be
a good triathlete and he's an awesome triathlete.
He's a better person to ask.
- But how do you manage training and relationship?
- So well, we're doing it. - Huh.
Cory, does the pain cavern stink?
Yes.
But not of what you think, not of sweat.
Not of sweat and grossness.
It stinks of off gassing of paint
and the glue from the flooring.
- Entire flooring is OSB particle board on top of foam
and that makes it nice and warm in there
but I didn't realize that it's gonna smell like glue
for about a year.
- It really smells like glue.
- Yeah, not good.
- Fletcher, what made you want to do triathlon?
- Excellent one to end off on.
I will give you the brief story
and then you should go listen to the very first podcast
that we ever did where she interviewed me.
- We went really deep into his background
and history in life.
- Essentially, I wanted to challenge myself
with something that scared the hell out of me.
I had lost a fair bit of weight from weightlifting
but wasn't really passionate about it
and I got hurt a bunch from weightlifting
and I started biking one day a week
and I was like, this is boring.
And then I mixed up biking and then running on the treadmill
and I was like, well, that's boring.
And then I started swimming and then a friend of mine
who is a really elite under 21 athlete
that I went to school with,
- Jock.
- He said, yeah you could do a triathlon.
I was like, how do you do it? How do you do a triathlon?
And he's like, well, you enter.
And then you do it.
And then I did a triathlon.
- And here we are. - And that's how you do it.
- And that was it.
- And now we're gonna go enjoy the lovely Coeur D'alene town
- And the company of Phil and Cindy.
Very excited.
- Yes, shoutout to Phil and Cindy who are a feet away.
- You'll meet them on future videos.
- The best.
Alright, later.