EPISODE · Jul 17, 2025 · 44 MIN
Episode 89: Building Your Endurance Capacity, Open Water Swim Confidence, and Comparing Race Performances
from The Endurance Drive Podcast · host The Endurance Drive
In this week's insights-focused episode, we're powering through a bunch of relevant training and coaching tidbits on topics including: why "time on feet" is a useful mindset shift for workouts on tough or hot days, a case study on building open water swimming confidence, why triathlons (and most other races) aren't apples-to-apples comparisons, how you can build your "endurance bucket" and improve capacity over time, how to improve your speed in an open water swimming context, how to effectively climb hills on the bike, how to approach training in the week(s) between big races, and why your training plan is a map and not the territory. Check it out!View extended show notes for this episode at http://theendurancedrive.com/podcast.To share feedback or ask questions to be featured on a future episode, please use this form or email: [email protected].
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In this week's insights-focused episode, we're powering through a bunch of relevant training and coaching tidbits on topics including: why "time on feet" is a useful mindset shift for workouts on tough or hot days, a case study on building open water swimming confidence, why triathlons (and most other races) aren't apples-to-apples comparisons, how you can build your "endurance bucket" and improve capacity over time, how to improve your speed in an open water swimming context, how to effectively climb hills on the bike, how to approach training in the week(s) between big races, and why your training plan is a map and not the territory. Check it out!View extended show notes for this episode at http://theendurancedrive.com/podcast.To share feedback or ask questions to be featured on a future episode, please use this form or email: [email protected].
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