Helicopters, swim training, and sprinter vans - pro triathletes preseason

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This episode is a whirlwind! We're back to full time triathlon training, but we take a quick look back on our ski trip of a lifetime to Powder Creek Lodge in BC, Canada. Back home in Bend, we get in a swim workout, start setting up Paula's new Specialized Shiv TT, and get a tour of an INCREDIBLE sprinter van by Yama Vans in Calgary.
0:00 intro
1:15 Backcountry Skiing in BC
5:02 Swim Workout
6:55 New Tri bike setup
9:55 Yama Van Sprinter van Tour
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[@yamavans]

Such a pleasure meeting you both, hopefully it’s just the start of an epic adventure together 🤙🏼! Sorry for making you late to dinner!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

haha it was 100% worth being late to dinner! If we didn't have the dinner, we'd probably have been late for bed, we were having such a great time chatting. Looking forward to the future!

[@barth510]

Glad to hear that Flynn has recovered from his injury! Thanks for the updates, Yama van rocks

[@kerricappy4890]

Your cinematography is next level.

[@Natalie-rl7dq]

Some of those mountain / ski shots were beyond amazing!! 😍😍 It was beautiful and perfect shots!!!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Thank you so much!! Glad you liked them!

[@codyr2318]

Beautiful van... Man when the camera was panning over the bed and I could see that surfboard art and the lights, had a moment where I felt how cool it would be to wake up in a place like that anywhere in the country, ready to have an adventure.

[@yamavans]

Took the words right out of our mouths, Cory! It’s a hell of a way to explore the country 🤙🏼

[@Teeve01]

Your videos are all rad but I’m pretty psyched about the swim portion of them. Pretty sure I’m going to learn how swim watching them. Just gorgeous footage

[@vincenthall5977]

Sooo much powww! Felt like a backcountry video

[@ironman140.6]

THE BEST TRIATHLON CHANNEL ON THIS PLANET!!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

🙏🙏❤️

[@Nicky-Stiles]

I wouldn’t say I’m mad that Flynn hasn’t been on strava, I’m just disappointed he’s not taking his training seriously.

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

The Corbins overtrained him while we were skiing, he needed a rest week anyway ;)

[@debashistalukdar5523]

😆😆

[@griffindavis974]

Interested in a new garage set up vid!

[@wnegrini]

Addicted to your videos! Editing and image quality is insane!! In love with the Yamavan!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Glad you like them! Yama is 👌

[@micawilli2136]

Nice footage on ski trip, stay warm in our weather! Ha

[@cdnnurse01]

The skiing looked incredible, and that van wowzer

[@gimmeasecond1741]

14:28 "Vans are not straight in anyway" Somewhere, @trixiemattel ears are ringing

[@Shimamba]

“We DID a couple weeks of cinematic videos but back to the vlogging” *Proceeds to put out a cinematic BANGER*

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

😂 ok but we talked a lot. I’ll always make everything as cinematic as possible, but the editing time the last couple weeks was 😵‍💫

[@buildingreno]

Wow, that ski trip looked like a nightmare! So sorry you had to endure that! 😬

[@edutoro11]

I am so glad the Vlog is back!!!!... I feel that the art in these videos has had a huge leap in the last years and it keeps getting better and better!!!. That skying section was beautiful... and the van part just made me want to go on and buy one of those!!!

[@petebarber6778]

thankyou

[@pedrogalache4309]

Amazing place!!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

We agree! Will remember it for ever :)

[@CoachShanks]

Always interested in a bike shop tour!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

👌

[@LaskeyHart]

What a steamer of an intro!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

that's my #1 goal in life. Steamy intros

[@andrewgeorge2853]

Such a cool van! Def going to follow Flyn on Strava now!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

haha he appreciates it!

[@donp2366]

Van looked awesome wow and happy to see the vlogs back

[@champiw]

Such a cool video! We need a garage tour for sure !!

[@epatnode75]

Another fantastic video. That new kit is going to be on point! Yes, on sharing with us more about the new garage setup.

[@monsterenery765]

Great Video very cool skiing and van stuff = 👍👍

[@CG-99]

Wattshop are awesome great gear, great advice.

[@olyjackson3060]

Amazing video, loved it all the way through, i do enjoy the mix of vlog and arty

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

nice, thanks for letting me know. That's exactly what I'm trying to go for 👌

[@dece8277]

Dude, i Love ur vlogs really, nice!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Glad you like them! Thanks!

[@outerlimit1999]

Who needs a drone when you have your own helicopter.

[@davidhaythorn5983]

Just finished up the blog drop Eric your video work is always outstanding, but sometimes you completely blow my mind the ski section was truly awesome footage, you have so much powder snow there we seldom if ever get snow like that in the UK, anymore maybe some in Scotland way up north but virtually nothing elsewhere. I was at a local 5 mile road race this morning in my clouds of course. and we also picked up a new motorhome yesterday. It seems triathletes the world over have way too many bikes, at least one or in our case more dogs, and a campervan or motorhome. Must be because we love the outdoors so much. If Paula didn't yet please ask Mr Bernard to drop those super new clod boom echo race shoes for us everyday running and tri folk, if you can. Stay safe both see you next week, much love from the UK.

[@vsrugby]

The drone footage following the helicopter was insane Eric🗻🚁 🤞 for the van build it looked epic !

[@MoonManCycles]

Lol, Yes we want to see the garage setup. That should of been obvious

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

I mean... you never know, some people only want to see what we eat while training haha

[@seanvonlost]

Paula talking to the PTO board makes sense after I saw the move to Milwaukee. Won’t be as warm there! I’m disappointed myself being that it would be an easy event make living in Texas. As long as it continues to move and explore new options, that’s much better than the ones that stay in the same awful place year after year ( 😏 not naming in major names).

[@CG-99]

Go with a 170 Sprinter, NOT the 144……the extra length is a game changer in terms of comfort and ease of use

[@bretgreenfield1511]

Wow!!! Sking video gave me the tingles:) did a run, bike, hike to exhaustion, lol, learned this will be the way to max out each work out, with a long hike, go dream, and go shib:) and do believe shib is already on board with this dream, so is every chicken mic nugget eaten, as when I win, promise to give a speech about respect for life, this is like my best opportunity to like say, eating life:(just should not happen, does not need to, as this is earth, home and life to all:)

[@Wingman771]

would love an updated video of the bike workshop area!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Coming soon!

[@ciscokid0127]

I miss Paula's yellow jacket 🧥 i love that one!

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

it's still in rotation!

[@anniemeyjes9787]

Awesome video again! Thanks team! Does the XS require smaller wheels or no change?

[@paula_findlay]

same wheels!

[@nightsfalling]

The van was pretty nice, I’m curious about the shower since you guys showed the other van shower. I could not figure out where it was.

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

no interior shower on this one, just the exterior shower at the back. I think we'd probably opt for no interior shower to save space in our future van

[@maureenjohnson6671]

Great video, are there avalanche threats on those ski mountains?

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Yep there definitely are, but we were with guides with lots of experience at this spot, and they were extremely cautious, so we didn’t ski anything very steep

[@mslade2011]

Someone mentioned a TTL tri-suit on the Zwift ride this morning. Can I second that? Where do we vote?

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Haha we don’t have plans for that but it gets mentioned a lot ;)

[@camillaswenson]

I don't want to be that person. but you might want to put your seat belt on Eric when driving...... ;) Stay safe we want you two to continue smashing it out there ;)

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Hey thanks, I do appreciate that. I wear my seatbelt 100% of the time, except when I'm filming during the first 30 seconds of leaving the house 👌 That's why the shot ended. Wouldn't imagine driving anywhere without it.

[@wh2804]

Switch frame size? Paula was so strong on the bike in 2022. Did frame dimensions change? Why the switch? Love the vids!

[@neillloyd67]

Must admit i wondered that too

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

it's not necessarily a permanent switch and we're matching her position exactly on the smaller frame. The theory is that having a little more spacer stack under the arm rests will clean up the air hitting the front of the bike. If the win tunnel doesn't confirm this, then she'll just go with whichever size she likes best. The small also gives her more room to change fit for UCI time trials like Canadian TT champs she did last year

[@bricembaumgardner]

Two things: 1) yes we 1000% want to see the new garage set up. 2) if Paula went from a S frame to a XS frame, that means her S frame is…somewhere…let’s make a deal on that, yeah? DM me.

[@MerridethHawk]

Can we get a TTL tshirt with Flynn-ster on it?!?!🙏 I mean, what's the hold up lol 😆😜🐶🤎

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

Haha we might need to do a pre-order on that one

[@briang1561]

I got lost in that song

[@dalefoote8262]

Being GenX I have to ask….. am I the only viewer looking for the back story on the 4Runner? Looks like sweet ride. What year is it? Etc….

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

It's a '98, we got it a couple years ago, it's got 268k miles on it and still ticking. I'm not sure we'd take it on a road trip, but around town, to the trails, and for carting the dog around. Can't be beat. Love how it's not humongous like the current day ones

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

Watching from Maui, Hi. For sure you Mainland people are at different level. Maui is going backwards on time, education, technology and lifestyle.

[@redrock5058]

Another great vid! Question: which types/genre of skis did you guys use for the ski trip? Nordic skiing? Thx (from a water skiier, haha, the snow part is a work in progress).

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

these are "touring" skis, specifically designed for walking up on skins, then skiing down. A bit wider and more powder focused than a resort-specific ski