Last Friday, February 4th, on a warm summer's day here in Melbourne, Anna Davis broke her own World Record in the 1 hour Time Trial, also known as who can ride the furthest distance around an indoor track in an hour. This was an extraordinary feat, not only because it was her fourth age group world record, but she completed it in 45.3km/hr, making it the second fastest time ever by an Australian woman, second only to former professional cyclist Bridie O’Donnell. Oh, and did we mention she is 57 ...
Feb 14, 2022•58 min
Last week on the podcast we spoke about the best bike sessions for 2022, but for all the triathletes, what about the best swim and run sessions? Based on the analysis of our own athletes, what have we concluded are the most valuable swim and run sessions for you to be doing? What sessions can we say have given our athletes the most improvement? We’re going to discuss the key sessions you need to be doing if you want to improve faster this year. But this episode isn’t just for triathletes, we als...
Feb 07, 2022•47 min
With such a wide range of training sessions you could be doing, what are the best sessions you should be doing? What bike sessions are going to help you improve the most? Every year we get more and more data on our own athletes, as well as professional athletes around the world as to the most effective training sessions to improve your fitness, power and FTP. So in today’s episode we discuss what we think are the best bike sessions for 2022. Keys to the episode: What is the biggest training chan...
Jan 31, 2022•50 min
Last week we both had a crack at a Masters/Age Group National Title, Gerard in the cycling individual time trial and Jordan in the triathlon sprint champs, and we both came up short with two bronze medals. After everything we’ve spoken about pre race mentality, what to do in race week, how to execute your best performance, it’s just as important to do a post race analysis after every race. Because every race is an opportunity to learn and potentially make some valuable time gains for your next r...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min
This week we had the Australian Masters National Road Series take place, national titles on the line for the individual time trial, teams time trial, crit race and road race. For a lot of our athletes, this is their biggest race of the year, this is their A race, the one they’ve been training for. And for some select athletes, the goal of winning gold and wearing the coveted Australian Champions jersey is possible and is what they’re aiming for. Leading into your A race like this, naturally ther...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Happy new year and welcome to 2022! The new year naturally comes with resolutions and goals, so today we’re going to take you through the 7 MUST DO training rules for 2022. Often it’s less about resolutions or outcomes, and more about what actions do you need to change this year? Welcome back to the podcast for the year and we can’t wait to bring you another year’s worth of great episodes. Keys to the episode: Why getting to the start line is sometimes half the battle, and what you need to do ab...
Jan 11, 2022•52 min
Every year we like to reflect on what happened and pick out our top lessons and learnings of what we’ve taken this year. Each new year brings with it a new set of challenges and triumphs, but mostly for us it presents another year of evidence as to what is working and what is not working with athletes. So this is one of our favourite episodes to do as we get to really highlight the biggest and best lessons of the year that you can take to help you in 2022. This is our final episode for the year,...
Dec 20, 2021•54 min
With the holiday period approaching fast, it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to attack your training program. For most people, they have a week or a few weeks off where they are away from home, but have potentially more time to train. But is training more a good thing over this period? How do you balance a potential increase in training with a potential increase in busyness that naturally comes with this period? What’s the best program you could do to make the most fitness gains?...
Dec 13, 2021•42 min
Everything we do in training, all the preparation and work we put in is so that we can get to race day and perform well. We want to stand on the startline on the beach, ready to hit the water knowing we are in the best shape possible. We speak a lot on this podcast about race execution, how to attack the race, how to have a race plan... But your race doesn’t start when you’re on the beach. It starts the moment you wake up, in fact it actually starts the night before, the whole week before or eve...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr
In today’s podcast episode, we were joined by the GodFather of Triathlon Coaching Joe Friel. Not only is Joe one of the founding voices of triathlon training since it’s inception in the 80s, he’s also the founder of Training Peaks and the of 18 books with his Training Bibles’ becoming famous world wide. But mostly, Joe is a true inspiration to us, he was a pioneer for power coaching and training when Gerard was learning about it in the 2000s. We felt very privileged to get to talk to Joe and of ...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 19 min
In today’s episode we absolutely geeked out because we got to speak to arguably the number 1 triathlon coach in the world right now, Arild Tveiten. Arild is the head coach and sports director of the Norwegian Triathlon Federation. At the Olympics in Tokyo 2021, Kristian Blummenfelt, who has been coached by Arild for 11 years, took the gold medal in the men's individual event, and fellow Norwegian athletes Gustav Iden, Casper Stornes, and Lotte Miller finished 8th, 11th and 24th, respectively. (G...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 2 min
In part 1 of our 100th episode special, we told the epic story of Gerard Donnelly's professional triathlon career. The story finished with Gerard retiring from professional triathlon... In part 2 today we’re going to tell the story of Gerard's coaching career and how his coaching has developed over a 30+ year period. I didn’t think the story could get more exciting than part 1, but there are even more surreal, cool, life changing moments throughout this part of the story. And, a major part we’re...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 49 min
I (Jordan) couldn’t be more excited to bring this episode to you. We’ve interviewed some fantastic guests already on this podcast; elite athletes, former pros, olympians, world class coaches, experts in their field… And at the start of every episode, I introduce my fellow host of the podcast, former Australian Ironman Champion Gerard Donnelly. So because it’s our 100th episode, today I get to interview Dad, and tell you the story of his career, how he won that Australian Ironman and so much more...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Ryan Bolton has a very impressive resume both as an athlete and a coach. Coming out of college as a talented swimmer and runner, he gave triathlon a go and came 2nd as a junior in the world triathlon championships which kickstarted his professional triathlon career. He competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and is now one of the top Triathlon and Running Coaches in the world. He is the current USA Triathlon High Performance Advisor, he coaches top Ironman athletes such as Ben Hoffman, Heather J...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 23 min
If you’ve ever googled “how to connect to zwift” Or “how to set up my wahoo kickr” Or even “why won’t my kickr connect” You may have come across Shane Miller, the GP Lama on youtube. And if you’re like us, you’re one of the millions of people that have watched his youtube videos giving the latest help on all things technology related to cycling. Not only is he a tech guru, he is an elite cyclist in his own right, winning almost every possible masters title under the sun over the last decade, inc...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Do you think you’re getting the most out of yourself as an athlete? Do you think you’re performing as well as you could? Do you think you could be getting more out of yourself? In this episode we’re going to go through the top 10 ways to improve yourself as an athlete, and show you how you can get closer to your athletic potential. When discussing this podcast topic we had about 70 answers, but we came up with the top 10 to help you Keys to the episode: Why improving your swim technique could be...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 6 min
If you’ve been listening to our podcasts, you may have finally decided to purchase a power meter. Or, you’ve got a power meter already.... But how do you know if you’re using it correctly? Are you getting the most out of your power meter? Do you understand everything you need to do to make sure you’re getting accurate data? In this episode we’re going to go through the 8 things you need to know about your power meter. Keys to the episode: Proof of why even the pros need threshold training for ro...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min
So, you’ve decided to do another Ironman, what do you need to do between now and then to best prepare yourself? It’s common that once the dust settles after your race, once the pain subsides, as triathletes we can’t help ourselves but think “I want to do it again”. How would you like to hear the exact breakdown of what you should be doing to rest up and prepare yourself to be fitter, faster and stronger for the next one? How do you make sure you don’t just repeat the same race next time? In this...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Podiatrist Matt Fieldsend joined us on the podcast today to chat everything about foot and ankle mechanics and how it impacts your performance! Of course, the foot and ankle do not act in isolation, so we dive into the how the feet impact the rest of the body. With the amount of foot injuries in Triathlon, this was a great episode to dive into common injuries, their prevention and treatment, as well as addressing a lot of misconceptions about podiatry and the feet. Keys to the episode: How quick...
Sep 27, 2021•59 min
We know that training adaptation doesn’t actually occur in the training session, but instead in your recovery from a session. That’s why you couldn’t just do a hard session every day and expect to improve. Your body needs time to recover and adapt in order to get the training benefits. BUT, so much emphasis is placed on the training sessions themselves, what about how to do recovery well? What do you need to focus on when it’s time to recover? How would you like to make sure you’re giving your b...
Sep 20, 2021•59 min
In today’s episode the notorious Dr Mitch Anderson returns to the podcast to apply his expansive knowledge of the human body to your position on the bike! A topic he is not only knowledgeable on due to his medical background (respiratory physio, doctor and surgeon), but he has also lived the experience of finding the best position on the bike in order to break both the 12 and 24 hour cycling world records. So, what’s more important, comfort or aero? What part of your position should you be payin...
Sep 13, 2021•55 min
In today’s episode we are exploring the best training sessions on the bike to make you a well rounded rider. Last week we spoke about what we believe to be the best value running session, and today we’re going to really go into detail about what sessions could help you become a better cyclist. Obviously there’s not one stand alone session that’s going to magically ride like our man ‘Wow’ Van Aert, however Van Aert is someone that leaves clues as to what you could do to make you a stronger overal...
Sep 06, 2021•50 min
A special announcement about our free facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our community. Gerard and Jordan are both active in the group and inside we are sharing our best resources and streaming free live coaching sessions to help you with your training and racing. If you would like to join this free community on facebook, just type in TriVelo Coachi...
Aug 30, 2021•46 min
The nutrition doc is back! And it was another killer conversation. Dr Harry Weisinger, the My Performance Doctor, joined us again on the podcast to take another deep dive into everything endurance athletes need to know about nutrition and fuelling. If you haven't listened to our other 3 episodes with Dr Harry, they’re worth going back and listening to. For today’s episode, check out everything we spoke about below: The power of science A scientific perspective on motivation The effect of sauna o...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Of course we need to discuss THE event of the olympics games which is the track and field. And we’ve got Ex-Olympic Athlete from the 1996 Atlanta Games, 2 x Australian 5000m Champion and 1 x 10000m Champion, Julian Paynter. It cannot be understated just how special the Olympics are. And in this episode we dissect the highest of highs to the lowest of lows across all athletic performances (how good were our Aussies!). Plus Jules offers his insight into dealing with the pressures and the mental ga...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min
On today’s episode we are joined by swim expert Brenton Ford. We discuss the best results from the Olympics and what triathletes can learn from Olympic swimmers. But more importantly, what are some things that Olympic swimmers do that triathletes should NOT do? Plus we ask Brenton some of the most asked questions from triathletes about how to improve their swim leg. Keys to the episode: Going through the best olympic moments from the pool Why Brenton predicted Titmus would beat Ledecky a month b...
Aug 09, 2021•51 min
The Olympics brings with it a chance to see athletes at the top of their chosen sport, compete in a once in a 4 year event and show us how good they can be. We get to learn so much, the success stories, the failures, triumphs and tribulations, training schedules, family support, it’s the entire story behind each athlete that makes the Olympics so special. So of course we’re talking about the best and worst of the Olympics so far! And a reminder, if you like our podcast the best thing you can do ...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr
To start today’s episode we’d like to say thank you to all our new and old listeners, the podcast is growing and we’d love it if you left us a 5 star review, a positive comment and shared it with others in the cycling/triathlon community! Looking back over every episode we’ve done, we’ve learnt some absolutely brilliant lessons from our podcast guests. If you’re new to the podcast, we wanted to revisit some of the best lessons from our interviews. And if you’re a long time listener, we know you’...
Jul 26, 2021•57 min
We can learn so much from the pros. But not just from their triumphs, we learn just as much, if not more from their mistakes. It’s great to see that they are human and yes, they too make mistakes. So in this episode we discuss our top 7 takeaways from an action packed Tour de France. Keys to the episode: Breaking the Ironman world record The greatest Ironman athlete of all time’s number 1 tip to success The lesson that couldn’t be clearer from the Tour The mistake that a young Aussie made that c...
Jul 19, 2021•53 min
What’s the fastest way to improve your FTP? How do I increase it over 12 weeks? What would be the best program? What sessions should I do? When should I do them? These are some of the most common questions we get around FTP improvement. So in this episode we explore the most effective ways to build your FTP over a 12 week block. Keys to the episode: Why age is no barrier to FTP What’s the “true” peaking age? How long should you rest after an Ironman? How to recover well from an Ironman Unlocking...
Jul 11, 2021•57 min
