- And where is the best place
to spend your next $1,000 on triathlon?
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You are talking to a published triathlete author.
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I'll let you in on a little secret though.
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That's right trainiacs, that's when I got up.
It's taper time.
I get sleep-in days. What days?
Big news on something today.
You are talking to a published triathlete author, published.
Let me make breakfast and explain when I get to the office.
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So a couple of months ago, I call up LAVA Magazine
about a project that I wanted to work on.
Talked to them about that project,
which was a hard no thank you.
However, what they said was
they liked my content, thank you.
And they wanted to have more age group content
for the average trainiac type person out there,
just not a pro, not a coach.
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Not a person that's done 20, 30 races,
with gobs and gobs of money,
just the average triathlete out there.
And I said, "You know what, I've got some ideas
"about articles that I wanna write
"that aren't necessarily a good vlog topic.
"What if I wrote them for you?"
And they were into it.
So I wrote a few articles and just the other day,
one of them got published.
And the topic that I came up with was,
tax checks just came for North Americans
over the last couple of months,
and where is the best place
to spend your next $1,000 on triathlon
that'll get you the best, I think I called it,
speed per dollar.
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So in that article, I wanna say there were four, maybe five,
of the best places that you can spend
your next $1,000 on triathlon.
So today, why don't I just give you a sneak preview of that?
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Okay, so I'm gonna link the entire article
down in the description below, where you can go directly to
lavamagazine.com/
where-triathletes-can-spend-their-tax-return/
Easy, it's just in the description below.
But the idea behind where triathletes should spend
their next $1,000 is, that is like,
that is a point where you can't necessarily get
a huge amount in triathlon.
Everything in triathlon is like mad cheddar, yo.
But with tax returns averaging a little over $3,000
for people that do get a tax return,
let's earmark the lion's share of that
to our significant others in support of race Sherpas.
But, let's say that we peel off $1,000 of that
to go towards triathlon,
where is that $1,000, a fairly tight budget, best spent?
What's the best bang for buck?
Do you wanna go brick background?
Let's go brick background.
I don't think we've done a brick background in awhile.
(groans) Cheek notes.
So the first thing that is
the best bang for your buck by far,
best bang for your buck by far, that's a lot of b's,
is an aero helmet and aero bars.
80% of the drag that's caused by you being on a bike,
going into the wind,
is caused by your body, not necessarily the bike itself.
So two things that'll really help ya
underneath that $1,000 price point
are an aero helmet,
which apparently is just as much an increase in speed
as a $3,000, $4,000, $5,000 set of wheels is,
but it costs anywhere from $200 to $500.
A set of aero bars that are really nice and adjustable
that can keep you in that tucked-in aero position
for an entire race
is going to make that 80% of your drag
(clicks tongue) tucked in, out of the wind.
So make sure that you've got yourself an aero helmet
and that whatever position you're in,
you're able to hold it for an entire race.
Aero helmet, aero bars,
probably the best dollar per speed ROI that you can get.
Next in line would likely be a set of aero wheels.
The thing about that,
that makes it less of a good return on your investment,
is when you start getting into the really expensive wheels
with tons of marketing and tons of science behind them.
If you can get yourself a good pair of aero wheels,
and we're talking anywhere
from about 50 or 60 mils deep, or deeper,
will get you 80% to 90% of the benefit
as those super-expensive wheels.
So brands like, got them down here,
FLO Cycling and 3SIXTY5, spelt in a really funny way.
Three, the number; 60, the word; five, the number;
all in caps, no spaces.
You can get these wheel sets for anywhere from about
$700 to $1,200, $1,300.
That's a really good bang for your buck.
I haven't actually tried these wheels,
but there isn't a lot of murmur out there
that these wheels are a total rip-off.
People that have them, they love them.
Now the next thing,
and I've experienced this over the last year,
is getting yourself with that $1,000
anywhere from six to 12 months of coaching,
or about 12 triathlontaren.com/coaching coaching plans.
Just sayin', just sayin'.
But this past winter when I started working with Pat,
I found a huge benefit to having that
objective, knowledgeable person
that was creating my training plan.
My numbers became better, my confidence was raised,
I was putting more power into the bike,
putting more speed into the run,
I was getting right to the edge of pushing myself too hard,
and then I'd get backed off.
I really loved the experience
and if you're coming into triathlon
needing to gain a lot of knowledge
about how to become faster
and how to structure a training plan,
huge fan of coaching.
Now, related to that, the fourth thing is for people
who struggle with swimming.
And this is a destination swim camp.
Companies like Total Immersion will often have
anywhere from a one to three day camp,
where you go to typically a very tropical location
and you just spend a few days swimming.
That's literally all you do, you just swim.
But if you need a huge amount of help,
you need to learn how to swim,
you need to stop struggling in the water,
and you wanna get away from just your regular pool,
and get into some really specific one-on-one coaching,
these camps might help.
I hear a lot of people that go to them and come back
and they go from struggling to swim the length of a pool
to being able to swim for a mile quite easily.
And then the fifth and final thing that
is a good place to spend your next $1,000 in triathlon
is kind of a soft thing,
but spending that money and going to a destination,
I would say Ironman-branded, race.
As much static as the World Triathlon Corporation gets,
being like the overlord of triathlon (vibration)
and money-grubbing as much as they can,
you know what, they put on a fantastic show.
And you know that when you go to an Ironman-branded race,
you're gonna have the support of the community,
you're gonna have a well-marked, well-supported course,
the finish line is gonna have an amazing amount of energy,
and you are going to drink the Kool-Aid
of the Ironman brand.
I know I did.
I was shocked, I loved it.
And you know what?
It motivated me to want to do another,
and want to do another.
So having that big event to train for and experience
makes me want to train and experience more.
It's a vicious cycle, really.
Here ya go, brick background out.
So yeah, there you go, that was the article
that I wrote for LAVA Magazine, number one.
Thank you to everyone from LAVA who has since come over
and joined the channel.
Welcome, you're a new trainiac.
Trainiacs, in the comments below,
welcome the new LAVA followers to the trainiac community.
And number two, thanks to TJ from LAVA for letting me write.
I don't just talk at a camera lens
and tell poop jokes all the time.
I can string together a word or two.
Not that many, actually.
I'll let ya in on a little secret though.
No-triathlon Kim is a trained journalist
and she might have made me sound
a little bit more intelligent than I actually am.
Thanks NTK.
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