Triathlon Nutrition Academy
by Taryn Richardson
Welcome to the Triathlon Nutrition Academy Podcast! Brought to you by Advanced Sports Dietitian, Taryn Richardson. Listen as I break down the latest science to give you practical, easy to digest strategies to transform yourself into a Supercharged Triathlete! You have so much untapped potential...and I want to help you unlock that with the power of nutrition.
Episodes
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Three Off-Season Nutrition Mistakes That Wreck Your Next Season
Off-season nutrition is where your next triathlon season gets won or lost, so which of these 3 mistakes are you making right now? After two decades of working with triathletes, I can tell you that the athletes who struggle most in race season usually got it wrong months earlier, in the…
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Three Fuelling Changes That Fixed 8 Years of Race-Day Gut Issues
Race-day gut issues followed Marie Stevenson through 8 years of triathlon, and she’s a family doctor. So how did she race the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice without them? Marie is a family doctor from Calgary, Canada, who has been racing triathlon for 17 years. She thought her nutrition...
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How to Fuel a Hot Race Without Falling Apart on the Run
Two of the best triathletes on the planet came undone in the Kona heat in back-to-back years, so how do you fuel a hot race without falling apart on the run? After two decades of working with triathletes, I can tell you that most hot races are won or lost before the gun even goes off. As an...
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How Masters Triathletes Can Stay Fast After 50 with Joe Friel
Are you still training like you did in your 20s, going hard every session and wondering why recovery takes so much longer than it used to? This is one of the most listened-to episodes of the Triathlon Nutrition Academy podcast, back by popular demand. I sat down with coach Joe Friel, co-founder…
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Three Questions Holding Triathletes Back From Dialling In Their Nutrition
Why is your triathlon nutrition strategy still not working when you already know what to do? I asked the triathletes who just finished my Triathlon Fuel Camp what they had spent money on to improve their performance. 70% had paid for a bike fit, 66% had a coach and 50% had bought a power meter…
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The Triathlon Nutrition Academy in Under 10 Minutes
If you have heard about the Triathlon Nutrition Academy and wondered what it actually is, this is your answer in under 10 minutes. You already have a training system. You have a coach or a program, a week of sessions you love to turn green and the discipline to follow it. What most triathletes...
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He Ate 1,000 More Calories a Day and Lost 8kg: What 9 Months of Triathlon Nutrition Actually Changes
What happens when you eat 1,000 more calories a day? For Curt, a 54 year old triathlete from Texas, it meant losing 8kg, ditching the daily nap and finally making it through a training day without bonking. That is not a typo, and it is not a fluke. Nine months ago, three brand new Triathlon...
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How to Gain Muscle While Losing Body Fat
Can you gain muscle while losing body fat at the same time, or is body recomposition just a clickbait headline? For years the advice has been that you have to pick one. Eat in a calorie deficit and lose body fat, or eat in a calorie surplus and build muscle. A brand new study published in the...
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How 5 Masters Triathletes Fuelled the Hilliest 70.3 in the World
What does it take to fuel the hilliest 70.3 in the world? Six Triathlon Nutrition Academy athletes lined up at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France on 12 and 13 September 2026. A 1.9km swim in the Mediterranean, 90km on the bike with around 1190m of climbing, a long grind up the…
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The Next 4 Things I'd Fix If You Were My Athlete
Most triathletes are working their nutrition list backwards. They start at number eight and skip one through seven entirely. In Episode 229 I walked you through the first four things I fix with every triathlete I work with. The big rocks. This is Part 2, and it picks up at number five. If you…
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How to Fuel an Ironman When You've Only Ever Raced 70.3
You can get away with a fuelling gap over five hours. You cannot get away with it over 13. Stepping up from 70.3 to Ironman is the exact moment most triathletes work out that their fuelling needs attention. Julie Whitton is 13 weeks out from Ironman Western Australia, her first full distance race...
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Maurten vs Precision vs SIS Beta Fuel: A Triathlon Dietitian's Verdict
Are you paying up to $5.20 a gel because that is what they hand out on course? Maurten, Precision Fuel and Hydration and SIS Beta Fuel are the three gels I get asked about more than any others. So I put them side by side and worked out what is actually in the packet, what each one costs you per…
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Over 45 and Losing Power? Your Protein Isn't Working Like It Used To
Everywhere you look, someone is telling you to eat more protein. If you are over 45 and your power is going backwards, more protein is not the fix you have been promised. Back in January the US dietary guidelines roughly doubled their protein recommendation, and that was overdue. But guidelines...
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Are you Overtraining or Under-Fuelling?
Your legs are heavy, your easy sessions feel hard, and you are not improving despite training consistently. If you immediately thought overtraining, you are right. That is also the exact symptom list for under-fuelling. Researchers went looking for every training overload study that also measured...
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Is Carb Loading a Myth?
Is carb loading a myth? A paper published in June has social media convinced that it is. A comment landed on my socials this week saying exactly that. It didn't appear out of nowhere. There is a new paper doing the rounds, the headlines have picked it up and sprinted into some pretty heavy...
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Why Eating Healthy Isn't Enough to Fuel a Triathlon with James Anderson
You can eat really good food all day long and still have no idea how to fuel a triathlon. Dr James Anderson is a dentist, a Triathlon Nutrition Academy athlete and one of the most organised humans you will ever meet. Smoothie bags prepped in the freezer. Snack bags packed for every work day....
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How Do You Carb Load for a Triathlon Without Feeling Bloated and Heavy?
Want to build your own carb loading plan? Grab my complete Carb Loading Masterclass here: https://www.dietitianapproved.com/carb-loading A giant bowl of pasta the night before your race is not carbohydrate loading. Not even close. In two decades of working with age group triathletes, Taryn has...
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If Challenge Roth Is On Your Bucket List, Listen to This First
Thinking about putting Challenge Roth on your bucket list? Three TNA athletes just raced it, and they are telling you exactly what to get right before you sign up. Three TNA athletes share what it really takes to race Challenge Roth, from importing race nutrition into Australia to riding through...
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Pros Are Fuelling at 200g of Carbs an Hour. Should You?
Pros are fuelling at up to 200 grams of carbs an hour. Should you be chasing that number too? High carb fuelling is the hottest topic in endurance sport right now, and the numbers keep climbing. INEOS Grenadiers are fuelling their riders at up to 150 grams of carbs an hour on big Touar de France...
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How to Swim Faster Off Just Three Sessions a Week
Swimming more laps won't make you a faster triathlete. A three-time Olympian who used to swim 80 kilometres a week is here to tell you why. Brian Johns is a three-time Olympian, former short-course 400-metre individual medley world record holder and now Head of Coaching Science at FORM. He's…
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Why Tracking Calories Is Making You Slower (Not Leaner)
Is your calorie tracking app actually working against you? You're logging everything, hitting your macros and training hard but your long sessions are falling apart, the scale won't budge and you're exhausted in a way that sleep just isn't fixing. The app says you're on track. So what's going...
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How to Fuel Your First Ironman and Actually Enjoy It with Lily Godding
What does it actually take to finish your first Ironman at 22 years old - and cross that finish line with a smile? Lily Godding is a TNA athlete, a rugby rep player and a chef who had never raced a triathlon three years ago. On the weekend, she crossed the finish line of Ironman Cairns 140.6 in…
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Five Habits of Triathletes Who Reach the Start Line Ready to Race
Are you actually going to hit the start line ready - or are you going to arrive having done all the training but undone the work in race week? Taryn is recording this one live from Cairns, where the TNA crew has flown in from all over the world to race the 70.3 and Ironman. Every single one of...
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Does Hydrogen Water Actually Work for Triathlon Recovery?
Hydrogen water is all over your feed right now. Tablets, bottles, little machines bubbling away on the kitchen bench, all promising less soreness, faster bounce-back and recovery at the cellular level. But does it actually do anything for you as a triathlete, or are you about to drop sixty bucks…
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The 3 Recovery Nutrition Mistakes Triathletes Make (And How to Fix Them)
You’re doing the training. You’re showing up consistently. But if your legs constantly feel heavy, your energy crashes every afternoon and you can’t seem to bounce back between sessions, your recovery nutrition could be the missing piece. In this episode, Advanced Sports Dietitian and Triathlon...
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Pressure Is Not the Enemy: The Mental Game of Triathlon with Dr Haley Perlus
Do race day nerves throw you completely off your game? Maybe you second-guess your pacing, panic when things don’t go to plan or let pressure spiral into poor decisions around fuelling and performance. In this episode of the Triathlon Nutrition Academy Podcast, Advanced Sports Dietitian Taryn...
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What Ozempic and GLP-1 Drugs Do to Your Triathlon Performance
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are now firmly inside the triathlon conversation. Athletes are seeing dramatic weight loss results and wondering whether these drugs could help them perform better too. But what actually happens when you combine appetite-suppressing medications...
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She Tripled Her Food Intake and Got Leaner - Emma Jeffcoat's Nutrition Turnaround
What does it actually take to recover from surgery in half the expected time and come back stronger than ever? Australian elite triathlete Emma Jeffcoat did exactly that — and she's on the podcast to break down how. About Emma Jeffcoat Emma Jeffcoat is an Australian elite triathlete and Tokyo…
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Can Your Gut Microbiome Predict Your Training Response with Dr Matthew Cooke
Can Your Gut Microbiome Predict Your Training Response with Dr Matthew Cooke Your gut isn’t just along for the ride… it could be influencing how well you train, recover and perform. In this episode, Advanced Sports Dietitian Taryn Richardson is joined by integrative physiologist and researcher Dr...
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Stop Optimising the 5% You Haven't Earned Yet
Are you spending way too much time worrying about gels, supplements and race day nutrition… but still not getting the performance you want? Here’s the hard truth: most triathletes are focusing on the wrong things. In this episode, Advanced Sports Dietitian Taryn Richardson breaks down why chasing...
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DIY Triathlon Nutrition Has an Expiry Date
Still Googling “what to eat before training” at 9pm the night before your race? If you’re relying on free calculators, generic meal plans or advice from your training buddy to fuel your triathlon, this episode is your wake-up call. Because while DIY nutrition might get you started, it won’t get…
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Three New Triathletes Share What No One Tells You Before You Join TNA
What actually happens when you stop winging your nutrition and start doing it properly? In this episode, I’m joined by three brand new Triathlon Nutrition Academy athletes who are right at the beginning of their journey and still remember exactly what it felt like on the outside looking in. From...
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The Tired Triathlete Problem: Why “Eating Clean” Was Ruining Her Performance
Are you doing everything “right”… but still feeling exhausted? If you’re a triathlete who’s training consistently, eating “clean” and still hitting the wall by the end of the week, this episode will hit close to home. In this powerful athlete case study, Taryn sits down with TNA athlete Julia...
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Seven Nutrition Mistakes Triathletes Are Making in 2026
Are you unknowingly sabotaging your triathlon performance with your nutrition? In this episode, Advanced Sports Dietitian Taryn Richardson breaks down the 7 biggest nutrition mistakes triathletes are making in 2026 and why they’re holding you back from training hard, recovering properly and...
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Struggling With Your Nutrition? This Is What You’re Missing
Why you’re still struggling with your nutrition (and what to do about it) You’re training consistently, trying to eat well and doing all the “right” things… so why do you still feel exhausted, hungry and stuck? If you feel like your nutrition isn’t matching your effort, this episode will help you...
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Red Light Therapy for Athletes
What if one of the biggest factors affecting your energy, recovery and long-term health wasn’t your training or nutrition… but the light you’re exposed to every day? Most triathletes spend hours dialling in their fuelling, sessions and recovery protocols. But modern life has quietly changed...
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From Couch to Ironman at 48
What happens when someone with zero athletic background decides to completely change their life… and accidentally signs up for an Ironman four months later? In this episode of the Triathlon Nutrition Academy Podcast, Advanced Sports Dietitian Taryn Richardson sits down with Triathlon Nutrition...
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How to Lose Weight Without Losing Power
Trying to lean up but your FTP keeps tanking? If every time you try to “eat less” your watts drop, your legs feel flat and your sessions turn into survival mode… this episode is for you. In this week’s podcast, I’m breaking down how to lose body fat strategically without compromising performance....
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The First 4 Things I Fix With Every Triathlete’s Nutrition
Training hard but still feeling flat, constantly hungry or stuck at a performance plateau? If you dropped into my world tomorrow as a triathlete, there are four things I would fix immediately. And no, it’s not your supplements, your race day gel strategy or your power to weight ratio. In this...
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Ironman Changed Its On-Course Hydration. Here’s What That Means for You
Ironman has changed its on-course hydration globally. Sounds simple. It’s not. All Ironman-branded events have now moved to PH1000 for hydration and Maurten for carbohydrate fuelling, separating fluids and carbs completely. If you’ve relied on sports drink to do both jobs, this shift has major...
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Matthew Hauser: Becoming a World Champion Triathlete
What does it take to go from a promising junior to a world champion triathlete? In this episode, I sit down with Aussie triathlete and 2025 World Champion Matt Hauser for a real, behind-the-scenes chat about his training load, nutrition evolution and what’s driven his rise to the top of the world...
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Three Triathletes. One Strategy. Ridiculous Results
What do a rookie, a masters athlete and a seasoned racer all have in common? They nailed their nutrition strategy - and the results speak for themselves. In this episode, Taryn sits down with three very different athletes from the Triathlon Nutrition Academy - Jo, Kelly and Erin - to unpack the...
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You Won’t Believe How Edward Dropped 12kg and Took 65 Minutes Off His Ironman
How a Full-Time ER Doctor Shaved 65 Minutes Off His Ironman PB 🎧 “You don’t have to sacrifice your health or performance when life gets busy - if you get your nutrition right.” In this episode, I’m joined by TNA alum and emergency room physician, Edward Walsh, who proves that even the busiest...
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The Problem With Outsourcing Your Nutrition to AI
Are you outsourcing your nutrition to an app or ChatGPT and hoping it just works? Here’s why that could be a massive mistake... In this episode, I unpack the shiny trap of using AI tools and nutrition apps to guide your fuelling strategy. Sure, they’re convenient, look polished and promise quick...
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From Zero to Ironman in Five Months
What happens when you throw yourself head-first into triathlon, sign up for an Ironman with zero experience and try to DIY your nutrition along the way? Meet Daniel Walker – ex-MMA fighter, all-in endurance newbie and now a proud Triathlon Nutrition Academy grad. In this episode, Dan shares his...
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n=1 The Power of Personalised Nutrition for Triathletes
Still copying someone else’s nutrition plan and hoping it works for you? It’s time to stop guessing. In this episode, I break down the concept of N=1 — why your nutrition plan should be as individual as your training schedule, sweat rate, gut tolerance and race goals. If you’ve ever grabbed…
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How Brian Fuelled a 45-Minute 70.3 PB Through Total Life Chaos
What happens when your race goals collide with toddlers, ER visits, and zero sleep? In this episode, I sit down with Brian Joseph – a busy triathlete, full-time professional and dad of three – who managed to pull off a massive 45-minute PB at his 70.3, despite life being a total circus. From…
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Seven Tips to Navigate Alcohol and the Festive Season Without Sabotaging Your Performance
Feeling festive but don’t want to blow your training gains? In this episode of the Triathlon Nutrition Academy podcast, I’m diving into how alcohol really affects your performance as an endurance athlete—and what you can do about it. Whether you're mid-race season in Australia or base building in…
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About this show
Welcome to the Triathlon Nutrition Academy Podcast! Brought to you by Advanced Sports Dietitian, Taryn Richardson. Listen as I break down the latest science to give you practical, easy to digest strategies to transform yourself into a Supercharged Triathlete! You have so much untapped potential...and I want to help you unlock that with the power of nutrition.
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