Are you drinking too much water? Training for the wrong course? Pushing hard at the wrong times? Today, it’s all about why races fall apart, both because in-race decisions and lack of race specific training. We look smart heat acclimation, sweat tests, replicating your race course, and how to nail nutrition. The difference between a decent race and a great one comes down to the little things. 

Topics:

• Mind tricks of big training blocks
• The Dead of Summer Heat
• Being blind to getting fit
• Optimal training conditions 
• Summer training is hard to compute
• The body as a machine
• Heat and Hydration
• Why You Should be taking notes
• Dialing in Nutrition in the Heat
• How athletes typically screw up races
• Sweat Tests 
• Why straight water is bad for your race
• Is the Run the problem or what you do before it?
• When nutrition mistakes are amplified
• Practicing Race Day 
• Replicating the Ironman bike 
• Detailing Demands of the course you’re racing
• Race specific training
• Heat Acclimation vs. Fitness 

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