TRAINING FOR IRONMAN 70.3 OCEANSIDE - Workout details, new treadmill, & Coros!

[@Simply_Auds]

Love your vlog! Cant wait to watch more!!! 🎉🙌🏼

[@megmikerodriguez6011]

🤩Love Taylor, my COROS and the TM this frigid winter...let's GO Annie! And fyi, 40 degrees is a heatwave for us over here in upstate NY, just sayin. 😉 God bless your journey, Megan ps. hope you get the runner's knee figured out asap...it's a real bummer to battle! Often it's tight quads (which are often tight due to weak/tight hips/flexors and glutes). Do you do regular glute strength exercises? It's a MUST with all the bike miles. 🙏💪

[@julzdelviscio]

Get it girl! That bike trail looks so cool

[@cometriwithannie]

it’s the best! 56 miles of uninterrupted trail 🤌

[@emmapalmer5060]

Woo see you in Oceanside! You’ll be miles and miles ahead of me, but I’ll be cheering you on from the middle of the pack 🫶

[@veggiem0nster]

You might know this, on your Coros watch you can do indoor run and set it to “Virtual Run” - then you can run on Zwift! It’s handy if you don’t have a “smart” treadmill 🏃‍♀️

[@cometriwithannie]

Oh nice!! I might have to get Zwift again haha!

[@veggiem0nster]

@@cometriwithannieoh yeah, and Zwift running is free - no subscription needed!

[@aaronp3781]

2 triathletes trying to lift a treadmill. Upper body workout…. Haha! Great update Annie!

[@nealgladwin7091]

Really enjoyed your vlog Annie ! regarding the swimming side of your training, when exhaling underwater do you breathe through your mouth or nose ?🏊‍♀️

[@cometriwithannie]

kinda both! mostly mouth

[@raycamerooonvialu3488]

See you at Oceanside

[@kidgiven]

Where did you learn how to swim? How long have you been swimming? I have swam for about 5 months in my life. I cruise at about 2:00-2:05/100yards. My best 100 yard splits are 1:50ish. When I hear times like yours I’m just flabbergasted. I need to get better!

[@cometriwithannie]

I started in June 2022 and would swim around 2:00 / 100 yards. Little by little I've been whittling the times down! Now I can swim 1:30 - 1:35 per 100 pretty comfortably. I recommend having someone record you swimming and you'll see where you can improve your form. I always have to remind myself to keep high elbows during the pull and rotate my body! But lots of people have issues with sinking legs or lifiting their head too high when they breathe

[@kelliebranagan]

What races have you got this year gal? I’m tempted to come over for Arizona in nov!

[@cometriwithannie]

Oceanside in April, Oregon in July, And debating on a full….either IM California in October or I could be convinced to do Arizona instead 😏

[@kaitlinhughes6071]

Do you have recommendations for a road bike saddle? I'm training for my first 70.3 and have found that longer than 90 min rides start to cause quite a bit of pain.

[@megmikerodriguez6011]

What saddle are you riding on right now? Saddles are very specific person to person, some prefer a split nose and others prefer a longer skinny nose with a cutout. There are shorter snub nose saddles and saddles with more or less padding. I had good luck with Terry for my first couple of saddles for longer rides, using both the Corta and the Butterfly. You can put in the type of riding you're doing (TT, road bike, competitive, touring, etc.) and they will recommend a saddle to try and have a nice return policy if you're not happy with it. Wish you the best...I tried about 10 saddles in my search for the right one/s. 😁

[@hrvojelukacic3636]

How are you comparing TP Virtual vs Zwift? Is it better? Is it better value for koney? Tnx and keep goong😊

[@cometriwithannie]

it is literally the same thing (with worse graphics) & it’s free for TP Premium members! & free till March for everyone

[@david_castaneda]

I heard erg mode isn’t ideal. Have you heard anything like that? Curious because I stopped using it a few months ago …

[@cometriwithannie]

I think as long as you maintain the same cadence you would outdoors, then there’s no issue. I’ve never felt it negatively affect my outdoor power! It actually makes pushing hard watts outside easier for me

[@kidgiven]

@@cometriwithannielove erg mode

[@714Endurance]

Your coach gives your workouts in km? What a weird guy.

[@cometriwithannie]

for real, as an american, i find it offensive 🇺🇸 🦅