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- It's the GTN Show and we have another packed show
with results from the Otillo Swimrun World Champs,
Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote, and more.
- We do, and also it's building up now
to the 70.3 World Champs.
Just a few days time, and combining that with
the big end-of-season races coming up,
plus the back of Eurobike.
There's a lot of exciting new tech
and we're gonna be sharing some of that with you.
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- I think it's safe to say
there's been a lot of cycling and triathlon tech
released in last week or so.
- Yeah, we just had Eurobike,
where a lot of the latest products and
tech have been launched
and we've picked a few of our favourites.
- Yes, so CeramicSpeed have been around
for a number of years, designing products
that save us watts on the bike.
And whilst they started with bearings,
they have more latterly ventured
into things like the chain.
- Well, yeah, they have this week just announced
their new UFO Drip chain coating.
And after 4000 hours of testing,
apparently it is the fastest product for your chain.
And it's obviously been time well-spent as apparently
it can save you as much as two to three watts.
Notio Konect is a rather groundbreaking piece of technology.
Now it was actually previewed at Eurobike last year,
and it's been designed in partnership with Argon 18.
Basically, it's a sensor that sits
on the front of your bike
and effectively measures how aerodynamic you are.
- By measuring and cross-referencing eight sensor families,
it can bring together accurate data regarding
your drag coefficient.
And the really cool thing is,
you can see this data in real time on your bike computer.
And if you're worried about it being exclusive to Argon 18,
they have said that it'll hopefully be available
for any bike brand.
- Our friends at Polar just announced the release
of their new OH1 optical heart-rate sensor.
Now, it looks pretty much
like the average heart-rate sensor,
but the great thing is you can wear it on your arm
or even on your upper leg, apparently.
- Yeah, and hopefully we'll be getting hold of these soon,
so we'll be able to try it out
and let you know how we get on.
- In July, Bianchi announced a partnership
with the car brand Ferrari,
and at Eurobike, they unveiled a couple of the outcomes
from that collaboration, one of which included
the partial construction of a triathlon concept bike.
- And apparently, the plan is to complete this
with internal hydraulic and electronic routing.
But we'll just have to wait and see.
- And we all know the brand Oakley for their eyewear,
but they've actually just started to venture
into cycling helmets.
- Yeah, they've just released their Aro helmet range
and it's the Aro 7 that's really cool to eye.
It's a TT helmet, which features their prism lens.
You can easily remove it and
just place it on the top of the helmet.
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Last week we asked you,
"What is your favourite triathlon discipline?"
And we gave you four options of
swim, bike, run, and even transition.
And it was actually transition that came in
in fourth place with 3%.
- [Heather] Well, third place, it was swimming with 15%.
- [Mark] And in second place, it was the running with 21%.
- And in first place, it was cycling with 59%.
Well, it looks as though the masses
have all agreed with Mark on this one,
but I reckon that they don't all experience
the same British weather that we sometimes get.
I did survive a hundred-mile time trial
in the pouring rain on the weekend, so at the moment,
running is definitely staying as my favourite.
- Right, well, this week's poll might require you
to think a little bit, because this weekend,
we have the Ironman 70.3 World Champs,
and for the women, it's a really tight field,
so we're really keen to get your views.
Which female do you think is going to take the win?
- Yeah, as you said, it is a very competitive field.
Now, we've done the hard task of
whittling it down to three athletes.
So you have the option of Holly Lawrence,
Daniela Ryf, or Heather Jackson.
Now we know three is a really tough call,
so we giving you the option of other.
And if you do think it's gonna be another athlete,
make sure you tick that box
and leave your predictions in the comments section below.
- Yeah, and to enter that poll, you just click on the link
above Heather's head to enter.
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It's time for the caption competition.
And this is your opportunity to win a cap
by sending in your captions.
And last week we used the photo of Nicola Spirig
running in front of Fabian Cancellara.
- Well, since we actually used that photo last weekend,
she went and did her very first triathlon
since giving birth and went and won it.
- Well, we'll let Fabian off
for having to run behind her then.
- Yeah, I think so.
Right, well, we have chosen our winner for this competition
and it is Brian Glynn, who came up with the caption:
Fabulous to see an ex pro cyclist
getting into the spirig of triathlon.
- That's great, Brian.
So, just get in contact with us over Facebook
to claim your cap.
- This week, it's a photo of GTN's Dan Lloyd in the pool.
- Think I'll start this one off, Heather.
Actually, never mind.
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- Well, if you reckon you can do any better than that,
leave your captions in the comments below.
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- It's that time of year.
It's another busy week of racing,
so let's get stuck into the results.
- Yeah, it was an interesting result, actually,
in the Des Moines Escape Series Triathlon,
which is an Olympic distance.
The men's event was won by Javier Gomez,
who's focusing on the 70.3 Worlds,
which are now in just a few days' time.
And the women's race was won by Lauren Goss of the USA.
- This weekend we have the twelfth edition of
the Otillo Swimrun World Championships,
which take place in Sweden.
Now, for those that don't know anything about this event,
it takes place off the coast of Stockholm
on 26 islands, totaling 10 kilometres of swimming
and 65 kilometres of running.
And this year, they had terrible weather conditions,
but still, the course record was broken by one minute
by the Swedish Armed Forces team in the men's event.
- Well, over in the women's race,
it was the team Addnature/Campz that came out on top,
and the mixed event was won
by the team Thule Crew/Trispot.se.
- And over at Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote,
it was South Africa's James Cunnama that took the win
in the men's event, which is really impressive,
considering he's focusing on Kona,
which is around five weeks from now.
- Well, over on the women's side,
it's Lucy Charles, also focusing on Kona,
who looked to be in great form going into the run.
She had a three-minute lead.
But Anna Haug flew past her
and ended up winning by eight minutes.
Over in Austria, the Middle Distance Challenge event
in Kaiserwinkl-Walschee, the weather was so bad
they had to shorten the swim and the bike,
but there were still some really strong performances.
- Yeah, and in the men's event,
it was Thomas Steger of Austria that took the win.
And in the woman's, it was Laura Siddall of Great Britain.
- Coming up this weekend is the 70.3 World Championships
out in Chattanooga, and I'm delighted to say
that I've got the opportunity to go out there
to follow the race, but also to compete in it.
And if you're interested,
you can follow my progress on social media,
because I'm gonna be using this Quarq Qollector,
which will give real-time data to show exactly
how I'm getting on in the event.
- There's no hiding now, Heather.
- I know.
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- Now it's time for this week's TriDIY,
where we get you to send in photos of your latest tri hacks.
- Well, our first one is in from Philip Tucker,
and he has designed his own bicycle computer map
that he's obviously made.
- Yeah, so he's actually had this punched out
on a CNC machine at work
and he's even powder-coated it in black to match his bike.
and I can only imagine it's just because
where his bars come in at an angle,
he's just had to improvise and make something himself.
- [Heather] It's quite some effort.
- Next in from TRI_AND_TRI on Twitter.
He appears to have deconstructed some electronic gears
so that he can place them on his hoods
or on his base bar on his tri bike.
Meaning that he can actually change gear
when he is off his aero bars,
whether he's climbing or descending, so that's really cool.
I really like that.
- Well, next in, we have this one from James Loew.
James has adapted his normal water bottle
into an aerobottle, so quite ingenious in that sense,
by making a hole in the side of the bottle,
putting it on its side,
and then it looks as though he's used glue
to make sure it doesn't leak from the straw
and tied it on with a piece of elastic.
- Yeah, that's a really nice money-saving hack.
And don't forget to keep sending in your photos
over Twitter using the hashtag #TRIDIY or over Facebook.
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We're back at Coach's Corner
and this week we have a running video in from Mo Al-harbi.
This starts with a real shot of him running,
where I can see he's got a fair bit of motion
and swaying from side to side in his hips as he runs.
And a simple fix for this is just to do
some hip and glute strengthening exercises,
just to help with that stability as you're running.
And then as this shot moves closer,
I can see that he's bringing his arms across his chest
a fair bit when he runs.
So simply saying, just to try and bring them through
in a forward motion,
just to help with that symmetry as you're running.
And then finally, side shot also shows that he's got
kind of limited movement in his hips.
So I'd simply say just to do some hip flexor stretches,
just to increase that length of the stride
as you're running.
And please keep sending your videos in using the hashtag
#CoachsCorner on Twitter or over Facebook.
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- Onto comments of the week, and one that caught my eye
from the Eight Key Stretches video
came in from Jay Richman.
He says, "Niggles? What are niggles?
Is it when someone tickles you at night?"
Now, Jay, I think this might have got
a little lost in translation, because a niggle,
in our language, anyway, is just a little ache or pain.
- Yeah, and from the video on descending on a TT
versus a road bike, I had a comment in from andoman121.
He said, "This is ridiculous.
We all know fixed is king of the descents."
Now, I'd love to see that.
That would be very entertaining.
And then Craig Orrell said,
"I hope Mark did more than the downhill exercise
to justify that slab of chocolate cake."
And if you didn't see the video,
I did finish it with a rather large piece
of chocolate cake in front of me.
But I can confirm I did do a lot of cycling that day.
- Yeah, yeah.
Well, do keep commenting on our videos
because we love reading your comments.
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- Now on to the Tri Zone, where we get you to send in photos
of your transition area with your bike all racked up.
So to kick things off, we have a photo here
from Darren Cusick of his transition zone
in a rather Baltic Belfast.
- Well, it looks as though he's tried
to beat the elements a bit here.
He's got bags well laid-out,
trying to keep his kit as dry as possible.
Our next is Richella Wardenier
at her first triathlon on Saturday.
She looks pretty happy about the fact.
- [Mark] Yeah, she's also amid eating,
but also very color-coordinated.
I like it.
- [Heather] Nice.
- And we have another from Sebastian Wohlert
and it's his first ever, another first-ever triathlon
and this time it's in Cologne.
- Well, considering it's his first one,
this is a very tidy layout.
It looks like he's got some good tips there, I think.
- Very impressive, Sebastian.
And please keep your photos coming in using the hashtag
#TRIZONE on Twitter or sending them in over Facebook.
And on Friday, we have our
five essential bike skills to master.
- Saturday, I'll be bringing you
a Pro Bike from Chattanooga.
- And on Sunday, we have drafting on hips
versus drafting on feet for swimming.
- On Monday, I'm going to be showing you
how to repair your wetsuit.
- And on Tuesday, we have how to train
like a pro for swimming.
- On Wednesday, you guessed it,
we're back here for the GTN show.
- That's it from us.
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