The Tri Summit
Speaking of Lesley Paterson...what if you could hear her talk live about triathlon?
That would be great, but what if Tim O’Donnell, Gustav Iden, Katie Zaferes, Heather Jackson, Andy Potts, Mark Allen, Bob Babbitt, Bill Christy, Hunter Allen, and others joined her?
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Well you can hear them all talk, very soon, and it’s free.
Some of their topics include:
- Avoiding Injury Upon Your Return
- Nutrition Periodization
- Performance Metrics to Master 2021
- Live Q&A with Olympian Katie Zaferes
- Live Q&A with Registered Sports Dietitian Sean Spanbauer
This is not a sponsored piece.
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Microadventures
Microadventures: A term coined by Alastair Humphreys, the author and adventurer who has inspired people all over the world to drop what they’re doing and get started on epic adventures.
But with this virus it’s not really that easy to fly to Mongolia and just trek across it. Or go to that triathlon you've already paid for.
So how about going on your own small adventure, a microadventure? What if you could just put aside a morning or an afternoon and embark on something unusual, exciting, and fun?
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One of my own microadventures. What's stopping you?
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As Alastair puts it, “A microadventure has the spirit (and therefore the benefits) of a big adventure. It's just all condensed into a weekend away, or even a midweek escape from the office. Even people living in big cities are not very far away from small pockets of wilderness.
Climb a hill, jump in a river, sleep under the stars. Try it.
I walked a 120-mile lap of the M25 but learned that I was still aiming too big. So I explored a lap of my own home with a 2-mile radius, discovering places I had never visited before.
I built a raft that sank in the Lake District, and drifted down a river on tractor inner tubes in Wales.
I cycled to the sea to sleep on the beach, and pedalled across the Pennines between the houses where my parents were born.
I cooked on campfires, slept on hilltops overlooking towns and cities and motorways, and watched meteor showers from my sleeping bag.
Sometimes it rained, sometimes the sun shone. Some nights were idyllic, others only reminded me to appreciate my own bed again.”
Sounds exciting, right?
What microadventures could you do?
You may know about the few I’ve done recently, like the north-south or the west-east runs across Singapore.
How about a back-yard marathon? Run 50-100 laps around a field until you hit 42.2? Or maybe go for 50 km? I'm seriously considering one soon - watch this space.
Explore new areas on your bike, with no regard for power, heart rate, time, or speed?
Swim in the open water to a new place with a few friends, climate permitting?
In Alastair’s words, “Dream big, start small — but do start.”
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Neuromuscular Rehab
Alyssa Morrison, a coach from Multisport in Motion, has an athlete rehabilitation background and over a decade of coaching experience resolving broken athletes' injuries.
She brings us a unique approach on injury prevention, especially for running where most of our injuries happen.
Included is a link to a series of videos showing you exactly what to do.
What I learned from this was:
- Core strength matters as it frees your main muscles up
- Engaging the mind with the muscles in a very deliberate way is critical
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Sprint Reads
 Is Atreyu the Canyon of shoes? Subscriber Gerald Manceau just sent me a link to this super cool shoe. Online-only, competitively priced, and great design. I tried to buy their $100 and a carbon sole shoe, but they were sold out so I went for this $75 option instead.
 My 13-year-old son’s sudden obsession with mountain bikes was largely fueled by YouTuber Seth Alvo. Well, now Diamondback is sponsoring a trail in Seth's backyard bike park, Berm Park. The North Carolina park will be open to the public this fall, and it will be free.
 A few months back, we told you about researchers in Singapore that had found a way for your sweat to make electricity. Now researches in Boulder, Colorado have done the same with your body heat. Would be cool if they joined forces.
 Subscriber Jason Lentzke, from Toro Performance tells us all about the importance of running shoe variety and rotation. I know I learned something.
  As Aussie pro cyclist Adam Hansen moves into triathlon, he's also designing his own bike and shoes. The bike is only 28mm wide, has derailleurs that are contained inside the frame, and a straight chain line no matter what gear you're in. I guess it isn't UCI legal.
 2017 Western States champion and Olympic trials qualifier Cat Bradley joins the Spring Energy Elite team. Spring Energy is a brand of endurance nutrition made with real food. Anyone here tried it?
 Subscriber Tri Coach Martin gets straight to the point with his 3 Rules of Triathlon Training.
 Is this 76 year-old, off-the-grid ultra runner the most elusive man in North America?
 Don't miss it. The Super League Triathlon games are coming to London on March 27!
 Zach Bitter talks with author Matt Fitzgerald on Zach's High Performance Outliers podcast.
 Subscriber Mollie McGlocklin from Sleep Is A Skill let me know that the Iron Cowboy has chosen the Biostrap as his tracker. He is now on day 5 of his 100 Ironmans in 100 days challenge!
 Many triathletes love talking about their diets. Here's a piece discussing whether or not a vegan diet is healthy for triathletes.
 Be careful if you ride the newest Canyon Aeroad CF SLX. Canyon has warned against riding it anymore due to Mathieu van der Poel's recent high-profile handlebar failure.
 Looking for a job in the industry? Here are a few:
 Follow me on Strava and Instagram and I’ll follow you back.
None of the Sprint Reads links are sponsored.
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Optimize your Nutrition
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 Tri Planner App
Need help getting organized for your races?
The IronHacks app allows you to:
1.  Calculate race split times (swim, bike, run, transitions)
2.  Calculate how much of what foods to eat per hour (200+ endurance fuels in the database)
3.  Get organized with a packing checklist
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Android
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