Endurance Innovation

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• 3:30 on Ventum’s move from South Beach FL to Heber CIty UT
• 6:30 Diaa on positivity in tough times
• 11:30 the Ventum story
• 21:15 Ventum’s key innovations
  • No downtube…

• 2:00 missing swim workouts
  • Challenge dryland workout can be found here
• 5:45 the big picture of scheduling
• 9:30 Andrew’s case study of one
• 13:00 spreading your volume
• 17:30 don’t do Lionel’s workouts!
• 20:30…

• 3:30 academic papers in the time of COVID
  • How can we see so many studies with such fast turn-around times when it typically takes months to get a paper published
  • Utility overrides rigor in some cases
• 16…

• 2:00 marketing hype vs marketing honesty
• 5:30 legitimate Velocite / Venn innovations: filament winding for wheels and AI-assisted design
• 6:15 the Velocite design process: their aero road bike, the Syn
  • D…

• 2:00 how do you access physical care when in-person visits are no longer possible
  • Check to see if your rehab team is doing virtual appointments
  • A good therapist can assess issues quite well simply by t…

• 3:00 rim vs disk? 
  • Corey’s take is that the emergence of disk brakes is the safety in pro racing when descending at high speed rather than improvement in braking quality. 
  • He prefers disk on his own bi…

• 3:00 what is the Notio aero sensor and what it does
• 6:30 gear that’s fast on one rider at their speed is not necessarily fast on you at your speed
• 8:30 the impact of rider speed on aerodynamic drag
• 14:3…

• 2:30 the role of nutrition in immune function 
  • Eat your vegetables!
  • Supplements MAY be useful to complement a sound diet: Vitamin D, C, maybe turmeric, Omega fatty acids, good as fruits and vegetables.
  • …

• 3:00 custom, 3D printed aerobars
• 4:00 off-the-shelf, long-pad options
• 8:30 Morf bars
• 11:15 the advantages of shorter crank arms
• 13:15 crank length is part of your drive train
• 17:00 into the weeds we go ab…

• 1:00 what is HRV (heart rate variability) and how is it relevant to training?
• 2:00 a summary of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
• 3:00 the state of the parasympathetic branch a…

• 2:00 race suit (kit)
• 3:00 what makes a race kit NOT aerodynamic: wrinkles or flapping fabric. Fit is everything.
• 4:45 be careful with buying kits online without trying it on first
• 6:00 sleeved vs sleeve…

• 1:30 first time IM bid
  • Assess fitness history and strengths / weaknesses
  • Determine training availability and discuss whether that is sufficient for Ironman training
  • Assess psychological necessities to ‘…

• 1:30 what’s in a name?
• 4:30 the history of Gebiomized
• 8:00 how solutions find problems across industries
• 9:00 the technical details of pressure mapping sensor mats 
• 12:30 the value of having your fit pro…

• 1x chainring choice process:
  • Identify goal race power and own aerodynamics to calculate projected speed
  • Identify your typical cadence at that power
  • Use bikecalc.com 'speed at cadence' calculator to calc…

• 7:30 wheels
  • Deeper is faster in conditions with side winds.
  • The stronger the side wind, the greater the effect
  • Rear disk wheels are an excellent choice! But they are not always allowed
  • Buy newer generati…

• 3:30 what is an extreme triathlon and how does it differ from a traditional Ironman race?
• 7:30 the XTri swim: early mornings and darkness
• 14:30 the XTri bike
  • Hills
  • Weather: check the forecast, but have c…

• 3:00 a primer on the Virtual Wind Tunnel
• 6:15 a dissection of Andrew (and his bike)
  • BARS 4.4%
  • FOREARMS 6.0%
  • FORKS 3.7%
  • FRAME 4.4%
  • FR WHEEL 2.7%
  • GEARTRAIN 7.0%
  • HEAD 1.4%
  • L FOOT 3.7%
  • L LEG 12.9%
  • R FOOT 4.8%
  • R LEG …

• 8:30 the cooling Omius headband
• 10:15 making the headband even more efficient by dousing with water
• 18:45 Andrew’s experience with the band
• 20:00 why aluminum for this application?
• 21:00 design considera…

• 1:20 the TriRig origin story
• 7:00 the genesis of the Omega brake
• 14:30 on the not-so-obvious costs of manufacturing
• 16:00 the sigma stem
• 17:50 the new Alpha One aerobar: Nick’s favourite piece of gear
• 20:…

• 2:45 take a break from training and do other 'stuff'
• 6:00 plan and dream - what gets you fired up about racing?
• 7:15 the power of dreams and positive thinking
• 8:15 what will it take to achieve that drea…