Happy New Year and welcome back to the podcast for 2024! It’s a special episode today as it’s our 200th episode. Our aim for today’s episode is to pack the most amount of gold nuggets we can fit into 60 minutes. This journey of podcasting has resulted in tonnes of research from us, researching guests, interviewing them, the conversations before and after the recordings, new training and racing science, episode preparation - and over the journey we have what feels like an infinite list of wisdom, so we want to give you as much of it in one key episode as possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're so excited that Le Tour is back that we're doing spontaneous Tour de France episodes over the next few weeks to talk about everything to do with the world's greatest bike race. We're 5 stages in already and there has been too much drama to be able to cover in one episode! Today we talk about everything that's happened so far, including the amazing breakaways performances, the fairytale story of the year, the greatest lessons to learn from a cycling coaching perspective and how the race will unfold over the coming weeks. This episode is audio only, our weekly Tuesday episodes will still be released as per usual.    The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stef started in triathlon as an age group triathlete, and like most civilians who dare step across the start line of a swim, bike, run event, she too was instantly addicted. A chance meeting with an editor of one of the triathlon magazines resulted in an offer to add her expertise as a personal trainer/coach to the pages of the publication During her time in the sport she started to recognise these trends throughout the industry: Women’s coverage in race reports and previews in comparison to the men’s was poor; Female triathletes didn’t get as much exposure as many of the men; The women’s racing seemed to be an after thought; The female to male ratio in participation numbers was small – growing over the years, but still between 18-30% depending on the distance of the event, and; The barriers to entry for the sport were high for women especially – anything from walking into a bike shop to swimming in the open water. So with her experience, passion, observations and drive the idea of WITSUP.com was born. The concept of WITSUP.com was to provide an online and real life community for women in triathlon. Key points of the episode: The value of community and atmosphere in a sport The gap between men and women’s representation How much the gap has closed and how far there is still to go The common theme among the best triathletes in the world on how they achieve success Why it’s dangerous to rely solely on triathlon for happiness How important it is to share the negatives as well as the positive highlights Being open about previously “taboo” topics The one character trait you need to be successful in triathlons Why copying the pros is a bad idea Most importantly, remembering why we do the sport, for fun and enjoyment! If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a while, but more and more of us are looking to 2021 with genuine races on the calendar again. So which race should we pick? Should we go for an IM? A 70.3? The biggest Gran Fondo? In this episode Gerard breaks down the factors his athletes MUST consider when selecting a race. If you don't do these things, you risk having a horrible race experience. In the episode we talk about: Turning a covid mistake into a major cycling win How to sprint well at the end of a race Being a good runner vs a good triathlon runner The race Gerard did this year which ranks as hard as Kona Ironman Gerard's minimum requirements of an athlete who wants to do an Ironman How many hours should you really be training for? How long should your longest ride and run be? (Hint: I bet it's longer than you think) The list of questions you need to answer if you expect to complete a triathlon As always, we covered a lot! If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.