Simply Triathlon with Dina & Chris
Welcome to the Simply Triathlon Podcast and thanks so much for listening!
We're Dina & Chris, a couple of age group triathletes, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts. Our goal is to share our knowledge and experience in triathlon, nutrition, epic races, lessons learned, fun stuff, hard stuff, bizarre stuff, and more!
Dina Grimaldi is a triathlon coach, nutrition coach, and personal trainer who followed her dad's footsteps in picking up triathlon. She quickly found out that it's not all that cool to be the first person out of the water, because it just means everybody and their mother is going to pass you on the bike.
Chris Kopcha is a triathlon coach, nutrition coach, personal trainer, and yoga teacher who kind of stumbled into the world of fitness after deciding to change careers after spending 10 years as a teacher. Coming into the sport of triathlon as a runner, she found it's been a great lesson in patience at the pool so as not to have to make up so much time on the bike and run.
Enjoy!!
**We do drop the occasional expletive; be aware if sensitive or listening around kids!**
Simply Triathlon with Dina & Chris
Could You Be *UNintentionally* Underfueling for Your Training?
In this episode, we chat about a few different things based on recent news we’ve heard in the athetic world.
First, we talk about the new Boston Marathon rules regarding adjusted qualifying times for net downhill races - meaning, athletes may no longer be able to seek out downhill races to qualify for Boston, or at least not as easily!
We then touch on the passing of the first female winner of the Boston Marathon.
Finally, we chat about RED-S in triathletes, specifically Lionel Sanders as he has just hypothesized, and how athletes may very well be UNintentially underfueling and how to potentially spot this. We tie this into Dina’s ongoing injury and eating struggles, and how not enough rest days and general stress can also contribute to the body breaking down.
Questions for us related to triathlon, fitness, nutrition, anything? Topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Please send us a message anytime, and feel free to give us a follow!
Podcast Email: simplytriathlonpodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Instagram: @simplytriathlonpodcast
Dina's Instagram: @dinathlon
Chris's Instagram: @coachchriskopcha