The Triathlon. Encouragement has been building in our little podcast community for the Running Anthropologist project to cover this trifecta of sports that include running as only one component, and discuss its many diverse options (Sprint, Half and Full Triathlons of varying distances). In this episode, we delve right into why folks choose to do this, and preparation of doing a Triathlon, through the eyes of a remarkable athlete and coach in this arena, Jeremy Richardson. Jeremy is a Certified Ironman Coach and Physical Therapist, who comes from a competitive running background and made the switch to Triathlons "in a long, hard process of slow gains", during which he has learned a great deal from mentors to become a competitive triathlete. Jeremy is World Ranked 6th in his age group for Ironman 70.3, is an Ironman Gold All World Athlete and has competed in multiple Ironman World Championships, as well as being an All-American USAT Athlete.
Jeremy also happens to be the operational manager for the Best Damn Race organization, which puts on unique large running events across the US, and shares insight into our current situation of race cancellations, and keeping balance with training and motivation. He shares with us some wisdom and tips for training, and ideas for making the transition that stick for most, which he also shares in his own coaching programs with Top Notch Tri (link below). This opportunity for entering the cross training world is especially relevant to many during this time of limited running, and looking for new, exciting things one can do inside or near home in coming weeks and months! Whether it is a new bucket list item or turns into a lifelong addiction, we hope that you are able to take this as a primer in triathlon culture, learning about what's involved, and options for training and completing, give it a Tri!
You can find out more about his work and services at: https://www.topnotchtri.com/ and Best Damn Race at https://bestdamnrace.com/home/
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