Racing should feel like “business” as usual so it's up to us to create race situations ahead of time. Today we get into the differences between training indoors and outdoors, why swimming matters for the bike, and responding to race adversity. Triathlon is about energy expenditure and so many little things go into your race, including stress, and upper body fatigue. Paper Tigers tend to roll over when faced with unexpected challenges.The way we respond to life and racing is ultimately on us. 

Topics:

• Training in the North
• Hysteria and nonsense in Social Media Race Groups
• A million answers for the same question
• Is Billy really a carpenter?
• Panic Rooms
• Seasons Change
• Our best shape of the year
• The impact weather conditions have on training
• Lower watts indoors 
• Not all power is created equally
• First outdoor ride
• “I’m Done. I’m over it.”
• The difference between trainer and outdoors
• Why swimming matters for your cycling
• Upper body fatigue
• Arms and Cycling
• Upper body tension
• It’s all about energy expenditure
• Stress is Stress
• Energy expenditure is energy expenditure
• Racing should feel like business as usual
• Responding to adversity
• The way we respond is on US! 
• 1/2 aero
• Broken Aero bars