The PR Endurance Training Podcast

In this episode, the coaches dive into getting your bikes tuned and ready for the outdoor riding season. The Ontario Cycling Association has announced a preliminary calendar of events including a Time Trial Series set to start on May 15 - Yes, that’s right around the corner. Paolina and Roger talk about their favourite equipment, shops, their love of time trialling and more. As you look towards the upcoming season, you should nail down your bike position. There is a lot of “free speed” to tap into by optimizing your aerodynamic position. We offer the STAC Virtual Wind Tunnel where we can provide you with various positions to consider, along with factoring in various equipment (helmet, wheels, etc) and how those can bring you time savings. The biggest factor when it comes to improving your performance is you, and the hard work you will put in. To help with that, we’ve added INSCYD to the services we provide. Having that test at our fingertips provides us with valuable data to help make our athletes perform at their best. The coaches discuss the test, and the fact that they will be executing the testing protocol as well. Tip of the Week: Before going to sleep, have a scoop or two of your favourite protein powder. Why? Recovery and Muscle Growth. We of course recommend F2C Nutrition Pharma-Pure or Vegan-Pure. We can save you 15%. Just use code PRENDURANCE15

We are excited to partner with F2C Nutrition for our 4th year! You can do all the training you'd like, but without quailty nutritional support, you are going to run into trouble. With the wide range of high quality, science backed, and tested clean products that F2C Nutrition has, we know we will offer our athletes the best option available for day to day hydration, race fuelling, and recovery. If F2C Nutrition is new to you, we invite you to listen to our frank discussion about our favourite F2C Nutrition products (there is more than what we talked about), and how we use them. If you like what you hear or what you see (if you visit the F2C Nutrition website), we can save you 15%. Just use code PRENDURANCE15

We welcome our first guest to the podcast, Lori Haws, Registered Kinesiologist. We love Lori’s wholistic approach to treatment and injury prevention. We discuss Matrix Repatterning, Ki-Hara Resistance Stretching, Mashing, and Mediation. You’ll want to listen to discover more about how all of this can help you. Visit Lori at lorihaws.com (Facebook / Instagram). We close with a wrap-up of the #TranscendTo30 Challenge. Thank you to everyone who got involved in the challenge. From all the messages we received and posts we saw, we know you got a lot out of this and so did we, along with some pleasant surprises too. Many of us are still pushing forth with the no alcohol component with Dry Feb (https://www.dryfeb.ca/teams/pr-endurance-training) to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. We invite you to join or to donate.

The #TranscendTo30 Challenge is almost over but we like what we are experiencing and will keep many of the elements going. We also dive into the topics of: “Rest Days” and “What does it take to Perform at a High Level?” Reminder: Train with us using our Performance 1, 2 or 3 program for at least 4 months, and you’ll earn yourself a PR Endurance Training Tech Jersey. We also invite you to join to for Dry Feb (https://www.dryfeb.ca/teams/pr-endurance-training) to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

An update on the #TranscendTo30 Challenge (You can still join at any time), our PR Endurance Training Triathlon Club launches today (February 1st) - a great option for those looking into coaching for the first time.  Coach Paolina tackled the Everesting feat again, this time indoors on the trainer. Find out how it went and how it compared to doing it outdoors. We conclude the episode discussing the use of data/metrics vs simply listening to your body.  Reminder: Train with us using our Performance 1, 2 or 3 program for at least 4 months, and you’ll earn yourself a PR Endurance Training Tech Jersey. We also invite you to join to for Dry Feb (https://www.dryfeb.ca/teams/pr-endurance-training) to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

We are seven days into the #TranscendTo30 Challenge. We discuss what we’ve experienced and observed with ourselves and our enthusiastic group. You are still welcome to join the challenge. Read all about it here (https://www.prendurancetraining.com/single-post/transcend-to-thirty-day-challenge).  We reveal more details for The PR Endurance Training Triathlon Club - The PR Squad (www.prendurancetraining.com/the-pr-squad) which starts on February 1st. . If you are not quite ready to commit to one on one coaching, but you still desire a training option to keep you engaged during these challenging times, this is for you. Are you wondering about racing in 2021? We discuss what we are hearing, and what we have planned to deal with all scenarios. Reminder: Train with us using our Performance 1, 2 or 3 program for at least 4 months, and you’ll earn yourself a PR Endurance Training Tech Jersey.

Are you ready to take on the Transcend To Thirty Day Challenge? Listen further to find out more and visit our website (www.prendurancetraining.com) and/or our social media to connect and sign up. Part of the challenge involves us “Going Dry.” We invite you join our Dry Feb Group (https://www.dryfeb.ca/teams/pr-endurance-training) to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society or to donate. We also reveal more details regarding the launch of our PR Endurance Training Triathlon Club - The PR Squad (www.prendurancetraining.com/the-pr-squad) on February 1st. Live sessions are coming your way. Reminder:  Train with us using our Performance 1, 2 or 3 program for at least 4 months, and you’ll earn yourself a PR Endurance Training Tech Jersey. You can choose from our soon to be released Cancer Awareness & Solidarity gear design.

#whatsyourepic - This will be our overriding theme for 2021. We are encouraging our athletes (and you) to continue shooting for the stars to achieve great things no matter if actual races occur or not. What will be your epic this year? For 2021, we will introduce the PR Endurance Triathlon Club - The PR Squad, #whatsyourepic days (you can hire us to fully cater to you and your own epic event, we will host Epic rides of 300+km, our own Triathlon Events, Training Camps, Women’s Only Cycling Camps, and XC Skiing at Hardwood Hills. We also answer a question we received about using Erg mode with various cycling apps. Finally, we have a promotion this year - Train with us using our Performance 1, 2 or 3 program for at least 4 months, and you’ll earn yourself a PR Endurance Training Tech Jersey.

Our podcast Christmas present to you. We talk about why you should consider riding on rollers, along with fat biking, cross-country skiing, and other alternative activities to engage with this winter. And with us being in the midst of the holiday season, we talk about Christmas Consumption. Should you abstain? Definitely not! Have a listen and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Discover what it takes to complete the #EverestingChallenge with Coach Paolina who crushed it in September (https://everesting.cc/hall-of-fame/#/hill/4099235651). Whether you plan on taking this on virtually or outdoors on your chosen hill, you’ll want to listen to this episode. Look for us at PR Endurance Training to provide services to help you execute your Epic Race Day (like Everesting). We conclude the episode with a talk about laundering your technical gear to get rid of the stink. If you still have any questions, we welcome you to leave a voice message or message us on social media and we will be sure to get you an answer.

This episode features some recovered files from MSC Radio - a podcast for the MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series - which Coach Roger used to produce. The featured clips include interviews with the winners of the 2012 Gravenhurst Olympic Triathlon (Richard Pady & our own PR Endurance Training Coach Paolina Allan), 2012 Cobourg Internation Duathlon winners (Kevin Smith & Mindy Fleming), Master’s Legend Linda Lemon, 2011 Lakeside Triathlon Winner (Cameron Black), and a Bala Falls Race Preview with Jason Vurma. We hope you enjoy this Retro episode.

On this episode, the coaches dive into Strength Training because your body is your armour. Paolina kicks it off with the “7 Basic Human Movements” and we go from there to go over various, experiences, exercises and new equipment like the Ybells. Next we discuss Running with Power and with Stryd. Coach Roger has used Stryd since 2015 (https://triathlonmagazine.ca/news/stryd-the-power-meter-for-running/) and is a recognized Stryd Power Coach (https://www.stryd.com/coaches/). Finally, we finish with our thoughts on yesterday’s 2020 PTO Championship.

We discuss various methods of recovery that we have experience with. From the simple (sleep and nutrition) to one’s that require an extra expense (compression wear, percussion and vibration devices, etc). And whenever you can, please #shoplocal

This is our longest episode to date, but that’s certainly not a bad thing.  We covered a lot including; our thoughts on the various cycling apps; training now to reach your race specific cycling goals; tackling indoor cycling challenges like a Century ride; weight management/loss, and much more. Enjoy!

We start by briefly discussing the delaying of MultiSport Canada race registration and the postponement of Ironman Arizona to next year. Then we dive into a topic to help set you up for optimal indoor training - “5 Things You Should Know About Riding Indoors.” Discover our tips for trainers of choice, hydration (shoutout to F2C Nutrition), cadence/heart rate/wattage, nutrition, fan use, positioning, lubing, clothing choice, and much more.

We discuss the incredible accomplishment of Chris Nikic and his 1% Better Message and Challenge (https://chrisnikic.com), the training approach and mindset during Covid-19, we tease a future Everesting episode, and we explore the big announcement that MultiSport Canada (the largest triathlon series in Canada), is opening up registration for 2021. Visit www.MultiSportCanada.com

Coach Paolina & Roger cover the topic of “Why do you need a coach?”

The inaugural episode of the PR Endurance Training Podcast. Get introduced to the coaches of PRET , Paolina Allan and Roger Hospedales.