Coaches on Couches
Each week Coach D and Coach B-Fun share their 20+ years of endurance coaching, training and racing experience through less than serious conversations and interviews with other time crunched athletes, coaches, and experts within the endurance community. If you are a cyclist, triathlete, runner, or do-it-all athlete, this is made for you! We can't guarantee political correctness, but we can guarantee you will pull some great nuggets of information to help improve your own performance.
We'll be talking: Cycling, Running, Triathlon, Duathlon, Cross Country, Aquabike, SwimRun, Mountain Biking, Cyclocross, Gravel Grinders, and any other sports we have the pleasure of working with.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Dialing In Your Carb Intake
If you are a cyclist, triathlete, or runner, you've likely suffered the dreaded bonk before. It's not fun. One second you are crushing it, and a minute later, the lights are out. It's no secret that …
U23 Cyclocross National Champ Scott Funston
Should I Train By Time or Distance?
The age old debate. Should I train with distance or with time? Through the lens of a time crunched athlete, we think this is a pretty open and shut case. But...there are some instances where the cont…
The Tale of Jay and the Giant Triathlon
When we make the decision to take on something epic like a half or full ironman, or even our very first triathlon, or some nonsense like taking on a half or full ironman as our first triathlon, the n…
Are Fitness Metrics Wrecking Your Fitness?
Fitness, Form, and Fatigue, oh my! With all the ways to measure performance in this day and age, are cyclists, runners, and triathletes focused way too much on achieving an arbitrary fitness number? …
COC Throwback - The Golden Rules of Not Getting Dropped
This gem is well worth bringing back for another round. If you are a cyclists and absolutely hate getting dropped on a group ride or in a race, give this one a listen. Don't forget to comment with yo…
Looking Back at 100 Episodes
COC Throwback - Groundhog Day - How To Be An Early Riser Athlete
Okay campers, rise, and shine, and don't forget your booties ‘cause it’s cold out there… it’s cold out there every day. Today we are throwing it back to an oldie but goodie for all of you cyclists, r…
Managing a Long Race Season
For you cyclists, runners, and triathletes who just love to race every chance you get, this one is for you! We've talked a lot in past episodes about racing too much (they can't all be A races), putt…
When To Start Training For a Half Ironman
When someone is considering taking on an epic event like a half or full ironman, the first question we get is "when should I start?" The next question we get about 3 months later would be "is it too …
A Deep Dive With Jonny Brown
We are totally stoked to have Jonny Brown on our growing team of coaches. Having known Jonny for some time, this is a full circle, we are old, moment for us. He brings a ton of experience and clearly…
What We Are Excited For in 2022
Stick it to the end and find out how you can win two 3 day passes and mobile lodging to the 2022 Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas! New year, new you! Despite the ongoing uncer…
Inaugural 2021 Hammie Awards
Prepare yourself for an award show so big, so disorganized, so flashy, that it could only be dubbed...The Hammies. Coach D and Coach B-Fun look back on the cycling, running, and triathlon world in 20…
Choosing the Right Indoor Bike Trainer
If you could have a smart trainer OR a power meter and a dumb trainer, which would you choose? That is the question that sparked this episode.
Our athletes do a lot of training indoors, especially in…
Fueling a Half Distance Triathlon
We say it all the time, fueling is the 4th sport in triathlon. The longer you are out there, the more dialed in your nutrition and hydration strategies need to be. Since Ironman Memphis 70.3 is comin…
Ironman Memphis 70.3 Updated Race Preview
On this episode we were super excited to have Erika Larsen (Ironman Race Director) and Caroline Norris (Head of Sales and Events at the race venue, Shelby Farms Park) on the couch. A lot has changed …
Crit Racing for Newbies
With the TN State Criterium coming to our home turf, we figured it timely to talk about some of the golden rules of criterium racing. We'll cover a little on what crit racing is, what to expect, some…
Open Water Swimming Basics with Tim Linn
If there is one major barrier of entry into triathlon, it's swimming. And more specifically, swimming in the open water. Even really experienced triathletes can have some anxiety in the open water. S…
Picking the Right Triathlon Bike
You're ready for a new tri rig, but which one should you get? What size should you get? Disc brakes or rim brakes? Fully integrated super bike or one that uses standard parts? What about bar adjustab…
Skills Pay The Bills
In any sport, there are sets of skills you need to posses so that you can perform at your highest level. Let's face it, no one ever got to the elite level of curling without having some serious broom…