04 | IRONMAN, 70.3 Muskoka Winner, Marathoner, Ultra-Marathoner, Winning Canadians in Doubles Rowing, and Food Science expert Carly Zanatta

In this episode, we welcome Carly Zanatta, a beast of an athlete, a highly accomplished and decorated athlete from rowing to running to triathlons. Carly shares her journey through high-level athletics and transitioning to and from sports, dealing with setbacks, qualifying for Boston off her first marathon time trial, completing an IROMAN as her first ever triathlon and so much more!

Time Stamps:

2:48 Carly’s rowing journey/background, getting into rowing after her brothers’ foot steps and getting hooked on training and competing

5:00 Rowing at the University of Massachusetts

7:00 The differences in Rowing between University of Massachusetts and the University of Guelph

11:30 Qualifying for the U23 National Team, handling nerves as an athlete and learning to manager pressure

13:20 Highlights of Collegiate and University Rowing: Winning Canadians in double rowing with teammate

14:55 Talking injuries and setbacks, overtraining and stress injuries, how to adapt and overcome

19:40 How Carly implements the study of Food Science into her own nutrition and training plans, keeping up to date on the newest and latest research in nutrition

21:00 Tips on fuelling, nutrition and supplementation tips for all athletes

22:50 Current training load

26:00 The Running journey

35:17 The Triathlon journey. From fear of the water to now swimming 25km weeks.

40:00 Full IRONMAN BREAKDOWN: Tackling the open water swim and overcoming a panic attack during the race

43:00 BIKE and RUN section of the TEXAS IM

44:05 Winning 2nd overall with another flat for 20 minutes at the IM Maryland

48:00 Winning 70.3 Muskoka

49:55: TRI Ontario- Professional Development Team

53:40 Bucket list races and role models

1:01:00 Using AI and Chat GPT for training- The benefits and how to personalize your training

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