No Limits Map to Triathlon Podcast · Todd Malcolm - Ironman specific triathlon coach

213 - Road tripping ~ Dude...do you have a pump?

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Todd starts by saying he wants to talk about his recent road trip. He frames the show the way he usually does, as a map for people who train around busy lives. Then he rewinds to 2021. COVID was easing, and he was spending more time in the gym. He says he was also thinking about getting a rooftop tent. He explains the idea plainly because it still feels a little funny to him. He says he first saw one in Moab. He was there with Johan for the Moab 240. A Jeep with a rooftop tent stuck in his mind. That sight helped make the road-trip idea feel real. He keeps the tone loose and conversational as he tells it. He then shifts into another memory from racing. He forgets he still has his feet in his shoes. He has to scramble through transition. He is trying to get to his spot fast. He cannot find it. There are no bikes in the area yet because he is the first one around. He stands there feeling pretty ridiculous. He says it takes about three minutes of looking around before he figures it out. He eventually gets back to his bag and realizes the rack is right there. He was planning to put socks on. Then he decides not to bother and races without them. He talks through that choice with the kind of logic triathletes know well. It was not a very important race. He did not bring a towel. He was still trying to stay positive. He also admits he is competitive enough to want to do the best he can. A good song playing in transition helps keep the mood up. He mentions one of his swimmers, Patty, who was in Vancouver helping her daughter get checked into university and might be able to come out. He closes the episode with his usual thanks, a virtual high five, and a reminder about his free Triathlon Guide.

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A road-trip memory that turns gear dreams and race-day chaos into easy, useful triathlon talk.

The piece starts with a road-trip memory and settles into a modest triathlon origin story, moving from a rooftop tent catching Todd's eye in Moab to the way the idea lingered after COVID.

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For when you want a coach's recent road-trip story from a long-time triathlon voice.

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