My 5 Biggest Ironman Triathlon Mistakes [So you don't make them in your race]

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️What was your biggest triathlon mistake, and how did you fix it?

[@sam004]

Hi sir am from India... My name is Sagar Chavan... Am preparing for iron-man. But I don't have road bike... Can you give me your road bike for practice please...

[@deanb61]

Biggest mistake, that's easy, it was booking my first ironman for 2020!

[@ellenvoyage594]

Undereating.. oh my gosh, yes. It’s amazing how many aches and pains cleared up when I started re-fueling properly!

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Yeah it's crazy! I had a lot of really bad workouts (mostly runs, but rides/swims too) where I was just completely out of energy. And absolutely you're right. Big difference on the recovery side of things too. Perfectly find the next day vs destroyed.

[@ezrajordan9020]

Great video Justin! I made some similar mistakes on my 1st IM. I didn't get my Heart rate zones set up properly. Consequently, I trained almost exclusively in Zone 3 which I understand is a big no no. I also ignored strength training and speed work. It was a blessing that these mistakes didn't cost me too much in the end. I have since corrected those and working towards another successful IM season. Hope to see you on the course again someday.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

I've got a friend who's training for his first right now, and we just recently were working on his zones. They were off too, and yeah, he was spending a bunch of time in (what's actually) z3. I don't stress about looow z3 *too much* on running, but especially for biking, I think it's really easy to go just try to hammer every ride, and that's that grey zone of badness. Excited for your year!

[@pauldeacon8211]

Great points I spotted a good few of my current mistakes, I seem to starve myself training

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

That *STILL* gets me. If I had to bet, I think that's probably the most common one. Looking back, I can easily identify signs of perpetual underfueling. I just had no energy. I could get the workouts done, but had zero 'snap.'

[@sonny5614]

Committed many of the mistakes you reviewed however I was the opposite in terms of diet. I fell into the trap of over eating / eating poorly. Tried to justify it by the amount of training I was doing but no amount of training justifies pizzas, donuts, chocolates, etc. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Haha yeahhhh been there at times too. I've got a whole 'What I eat' video in the works, but long and short of it, I don't really follow any specific diet; I just try to *generally* eat 'decently' and it all works out in the end. I know it's popular/trendy to be fully vegetarian, etc etc, but I also don't think you need to by any means. As long as you're eating a decently varied diet, you're probably okay. That said, yeah, super sugary stuff is tough because you get blood sugar spikes and crashes, that sort of thing, vs more sustained energy.

[@tomasvalve930]

Samuel Cervantes same here!🤛😬

[@ThaLarsen]

For training ride nutrition i recommend just mixing in some regular sugar and table salt into your water. Essentially the same thing as a gel besides the price.

[@Mapletime]

Or maple syrup!

[@MatthewWilliams-rz9sj]

Thank you. My first IM will be mid 2023 so this is really helpful.

[@HarishChouhan]

Really good tips. I have stopped spending on my bike and instead got a personal trainer for functional training. Also paying attention to nutrition on and off the bike

[@GogglesTyresandTrainers]

Your points ring true for me as well Justin, especially nutrition!

[@andulasis6283]

Thanks, I think the food problem will be my biggest but I ll try to learn from yours! :)

[@bonn1771]

best thing for me getting power pedels, and loving the saying you fit or your F (S )

[@davidmarks2805]

Some of the best advice I got regarding buying gear, is if you want to go faster by lightening a bike, lose a pound of body weight vs spending a ton of money to shave a few grams of bike weight.

[@Antoine-Zim]

Hi Justin. If I got an advice here, that would be invest in a good 2nd hand TT bike and with the money you saved like that, gradually add accessories like bike computer, confortable saddle, power meter… that a way better investment TMO to a really expensive new bike with absolutely no accessories. Definitely been and still be underfueled during training, I’m working on that. Great content.keep it up

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Yeah, that's a great idea. And yes, the underfueling is a permanent struggle, isn't it?! It's so hard to nail day in and out with a job/real life.

[@andreasmagnusson2521]

Great video, on point! Keep it up.

[@matreive5917]

Great video! Lots of great tips. Thanks for posting.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Glad it was helpful! I recently rewatched this, and yeah, still struggle with a lot of them today. The food thing is a constant pain.

[@ginahudson7359]

Very helpful! Thanks for sharing!

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

You bet!

[@tomtownsend7273]

Awesome Video!

[@johnnysbookreviews]

What cheap bike would you recommend for multiple Half and Full Iron Man's that I plan on doing? I was thinking of a cervelo, but it's way too expensive.

[@lowerthomas]

Great points made here, thank you! My first full is coming up fast (IM Chatt) and I have found all your points to be spot on.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Hope you have a great race! Chatt's fun

[@hayabusa27]

Thanks for the tips dude

[@DavidePetrini]

Bel video complimenti !

[@jaketaylor3697]

Great video thanks you

[@julianafelix8808]

Thanks!!!

[@kaw420TSVR]

Im Very glad i have seen this now rather than later, thanks very much

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Certainly! Good luck with your race. :)

[@jamalharrison4695]

Your example about nutrition casual mentioning an 80 mile bike ride and then 20 mile run the following day scared me…

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

That's a very normal reaction 😅

[@joyridaz]

It’s been driving me crazy, watching this video and I know I’ve seen that place before… at first I thought it was Tobacco Road but now I realize it’s 4-mile creek…. Grt video, your quickly drawing this marathoner to the dark side…. Hopefully on a cost efficient manner

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Ha, small world! Yeah, that's right on the McAlpineway greenway. Spent a loooooot of miles running back and forth there.

[@ospremiumaccount119]

thanks

[@gregganderson297]

Thanks!

[@parthmache4733]

True very less people talk about money wasted most of the tri content is sponsered they just want to push out more products

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Absolutely correct. That was a topic I very nearly dove into but chose not to. It's in a lot of reveiwers' interest to make everything great so that they have more commission or sponsorships. I have a full time job I love and I have zero desire to make KZbin a full time gig. If I don't like something, my income won't ever depend on what I say about it.

[@adamhaney9447]

@@JustinDoesTriathlon That's character, my man.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

@@adamhaney9447 Thanks man. I'm not about all the CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING PRODUCT 'reviews' out there. I'm not at all opposed to people making money from advertising or referral links on the whole, but whenever your review has stepped into the territory of promoting it because YOU get a check out of it, that's not cool at all. I like to keep my channel closer to like, "would I tell my best friend to get this?" essentially. I know I'm not saving the world with a product review, but I'm also not gonna sell out for $20 in referral credit either.

[@xelionizer]

Yet; if you haven't made those mistakes, you wouldn't be where you are today!!

[@jacksondnj]

Justin, great context. The constant video cuts were extremely distracting. I challenge you to watch the video and count how may cuts are made (every 5-10 seconds?). Maybe it’s a style that others like, but I find it hard to watch. Keep up the great content.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Haha, there would be a lot, I'm sure. You're definitely correct and I always appreciate the feedback. It's a difficult line between cutting out all the awkward pauses and UHs, but perhaps I went too far. I'm definitely not a "KZbinr" at heart, just trying to share what I've learned and hopefully help out. Always trying to improve though, so I will pay more attention to it! The first videos I made are downright awkward 😂😂😆. Thanks!

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

I still struggle with this, but this was some really valuable feedback that I've tried to improve on. I appreciate you writing it down!

[@kylepoundsvlogs2455]

1:55 I disagree. You say equipment helps slower riders more. That doesn't make sense to me. I propose it helps the faster riders more. wind resistence is greater at higher speeds, so the easiest way to increase speed when the problem is the wind resistance is by having less of it. when your slower the thing to do to be faster would be to forget about wind resistence and get out of the saddle and try to get power. The 10 meter distance in the rides isn't big enough for the pros because they go so fast they can still draft off of each other. A slower rider would never draft off of somebody ten meters ahead of them. Good equipment helps a faster rider psychologically as well, like how a nice computer would be appreciated more by a computer nerd than a regular person.

[@pavanatanaya]

Hire a coach. Money well spent

[@charlesroberts2166]

Totally agree about spending money on 'all the gear'. It makes me laugh when you see someone all kitted out with aero gear, to make them faster, & then they come to a complete standstill when mounting their bikes ... & even some professionals do it ... smh I think one of the other mistakes triathletes make is that they don't include practicing the full distance in their training &, therefore, struggle in the real event.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

For some, much easier to pull out the credit card than do the workouts. 🙃