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The PR Endurance Training Podcast

The PR Endurance Training Podcast

By PR Endurance Training

A podcast brought to you by Paolina Allan & Roger Hospedales, the head coaches of PR Endurance Training. Making use of our 50+ years of racing and coaching experience, we will discuss topics regarding training for endurance sport, interview athletes, talk to industry experts/partners, and answer your questions.
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#16 - Lori Haws - Registered Kinesiologist & Wrapping Up #TranscendTo30

The PR Endurance Training PodcastFeb 18, 2021

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#29 - Training Camps

#29 - Training Camps

Our first podcast for 2023. In this episode, we discuss the details of our upcoming camps and why you should come to them. We hope to see you at either of them or both.
May 12, 202314:46
#28 - Mont-Tremblant Training Camp
May 26, 202226:55
#27 - Ironman Race Nutrition
Mar 21, 202201:18:49
#26 - Athlete Chat with Kim Lewis
Jan 31, 202201:06:20
#25 - Athlete Chat with Ryan Hiscox
Oct 19, 202159:19
#24 - Hairshirt, Our Triathlon Club, Nutrition Stories & How To Get Faster

#24 - Hairshirt, Our Triathlon Club, Nutrition Stories & How To Get Faster

We are back after a bit of a break.

What’s in this episode?:

  • The epic Hairshirt Ride experience
  • PR Endurance Training Triathlon Club - we’ve got group workouts, clinics, camps, seminars, and race days coming. We invite you to join us.
  • Nutrition - Stories and our strong support of F2C Nutrition’s Rehab Recovery, Hydra-Durance, Glyco-Durance and Endurance 5:1. If anything catches your eye, use code PRENDURANCE15 to save on your order.
  • How to get faster? - Hint: There are no shortcuts. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” - Robert Collier

Visit us at www.prendurancetraining.com

Jul 09, 202142:42
#23 - Race Every Day
May 04, 202146:13
#22b - Your Achy Junk (Tenderness/Hurts So Good Edition)
Apr 13, 202150:57
#22 - Your Achy Junk
Apr 13, 202146:49
#21 - Failure & Transitioning To Outside Riding

#21 - Failure & Transitioning To Outside Riding

In this episode, we discuss “Failure.” If you don’t nail a workout or race is that a failure, or an opportunity to grow, learn and get even better. When those workouts are not going perfectly, what do you do? How you do re-adjust your focus? All your workouts are all pieces to the puzzle, the good ones and the bad ones are valuable. You are certainly not a failure when things don’t go well. Stay positive and keep charging forward. 

#believeitachieveit

With the oncoming of spring, outdoor riding is returning and you will have to prepare yourself for the different feeling and needs of riding outdoors. Those first few rides will likely be a shock to the system after a winter of indoor trainer riding. We discuss what to expect and what you should focus on for those early season rides.

Tip of the Week: Always have money packed in your bike seat bag or bento box for emergencies.

Apr 08, 202146:20
#20 - Virtual Racing Tips & Time Trial Pacing
Mar 31, 202136:23
#19 - Hacking the Race of Truth

#19 - Hacking the Race of Truth

In this episode, we build on episode #18 and dive to hacks for improving your speed for the “Race of Truth” - The Time Trial.

Tip of the Week: Make use of at least 3 of the hacks mentioned.

Mar 16, 202146:36
#18 - Get Your Bikes Ready, Time Trials, STAC Virtual Wind Tunnel & Time to get INSCYD

#18 - Get Your Bikes Ready, Time Trials, STAC Virtual Wind Tunnel & Time to get INSCYD

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

Mar 04, 202152:59
#17 - F2C Nutrition

#17 - F2C Nutrition

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


Feb 26, 202128:03
#16 - Lori Haws - Registered Kinesiologist & Wrapping Up #TranscendTo30

#16 - Lori Haws - Registered Kinesiologist & Wrapping Up #TranscendTo30

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.

Feb 18, 202154:40
#15 - Reaping the Benefits of Transcend to 30, Rest Days, and High Level Performance

#15 - Reaping the Benefits of Transcend to 30, Rest Days, and High Level Performance

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.

Feb 09, 202158:37
#14 - Triathlon Club Launch, Indoor Everesting, Dry Feb, and Data vs No Data

#14 - Triathlon Club Launch, Indoor Everesting, Dry Feb, and Data vs No Data

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.

Feb 01, 202148:16
#13 - Transcend To 30 Challenge Update, The PR Squad, and Racing in 2021

#13 - Transcend To 30 Challenge Update, The PR Squad, and Racing in 2021

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.

Jan 25, 202155:38
#12 - Transcend To Thirty Day Challenge & The PR Squad

#12 - Transcend To Thirty Day Challenge & The PR Squad

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.

Jan 12, 202129:24
#11 - #WHATSYOUREPIC

#11 - #WHATSYOUREPIC

#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.

Jan 07, 202141:38
#10 - Rollers, Fat Biking, XC Skiing & Christmas Consumption

#10 - Rollers, Fat Biking, XC Skiing & Christmas Consumption

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!
Dec 23, 202001:02:50
#9 - Everesting & Laundry

#9 - Everesting & Laundry

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.

Dec 16, 202053:25
#8 - Retro Day from the MSC Radio Archives

#8 - Retro Day from the MSC Radio Archives

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.

Dec 12, 202016:45
#7 - Strength Training, Running With Power & The 2020 PTO Championship

#7 - Strength Training, Running With Power & The 2020 PTO Championship

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.

Dec 07, 202001:11:47
#6 - Recovery

#6 - Recovery

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
Nov 30, 202037:44
#5 - Indoor Cycling: Battle of the Apps, Time to get Serious, and Weight Management

#5 - Indoor Cycling: Battle of the Apps, Time to get Serious, and Weight Management

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!

Nov 23, 202001:00:14
#4 - 5 Things You Should Know About Riding Indoors

#4 - 5 Things You Should Know About Riding Indoors

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.

Nov 17, 202039:57
#3 - Chris Nikic, Training & Everesting, and MultiSport Canada opens race registration for 2021
Nov 10, 202025:02
#2 - Why do you need a coach?

#2 - Why do you need a coach?

Coach Paolina & Roger cover the topic of “Why do you need a coach?”
Nov 03, 202019:56
PR Endurance Training Podcast - Episode 1 (Who are we?)

PR Endurance Training Podcast - Episode 1 (Who are we?)

The inaugural episode of the PR Endurance Training Podcast. Get introduced to the coaches of PRET , Paolina Allan and Roger Hospedales.
Nov 03, 202020:16