Week of Kona / Beth Gerdes and Lucho: Developing a Killer Run, Postpartum Ironman Success, and More

We bring together two badasses of the triathlon and endurance world: Pro triathlete Beth Gerdes and ATC's Tim "Lucho" Waggoner. Before ATC, before Beth was an IM athlete -- Lucho coached Beth and helped her develop her signature run--she runs a sub-3 marathon in an Ironman. In this show you will get lots of marathon talk and even specific workouts that may benefit your own training. We also pick Beth's brain on how she managed to bounce back and race so well after having her daughter.... Overcoming Injury, Developing a Fast Run and a 3-Hour Marathon: Beth's setbacks of stress fractures and how she build an injury-free body Her first MAF Test - what were her splits? Lucho's take on the talent beth presented and how he developed her potential The infamous double run day: AM - 11-mile progression run work all day PM - 11-mile progression run, again Naps before the track workouts A classic Daniels' workout... in the pool? 50-50-100s Beth on Postpartum Ironman Racing A run down on Beth's life since finding out she was pregnant to now: Surprise! Pregnant - Kona 2013 Wynne born - May 2014 First Ironman back, IM Malaysia - Sept 2014 (4 mo later) Ironman Western Australia Ironman Melbourne Ironman Cairns (mechanical DNF) Ironman WIN at Switzerland - July 2015 Kona as Pro 2015 How she gauged how much to train during and after pregnancy How Beth got her body back and got her fitness back Being a new mom and a pro triathlete ain't always easy... but how they deal The win at Switzerland Her approach to racing Kona Nutrition Chat! What do she and Luke eat? -Meals the week of a big race, pre-race dinner and breakfast Why Beth goes gluten free on race week but isn't normally GF Race superstitions