Thanks for the follow up. After watching Zel Am See this weekend at the very end they announced the next HOF entries with Karen Smyers and Graig Alexander. I’m sure most people were like “who is Karen Symers”? Doubling down, triathlon history class is open for registration.
Thank you for providing a comprehensive wrap up of mainstream and unique fitness stories each week. I love the newsletter format and look forward to the pod as I was regular listener when you were with Feisty.
I am a big endurance sports podcast follower of many shows while I walk our dog for a hour 2x a day. It is clear to me that even the top triathlon podcast hosts (except for Bob Babbitt) don’t have knowledge or history of the sport before the roughly 2010 timeframe. It is often brought up that the sport is still young. then if that’s true we should know the likes of former top Kona, ITU and Olympic triathletes. Just last week on the claimed most popular tri pod the names of Wendy Ingram and Hamish Carter where brought up and no one had a clue about their importance and skill level in helping make the sport what it is today.
It would be super if you had a short “Back in the Day” segment highlighting a former pro or race. Happy to help with the prompting and research” DM for any follow up. Thx
I’m seriously missing your podcast. I appreciate the slow takes, the courage to be controversial, and the female voice. So many dudes out there… while I don’t take a lot of time to watch professional triathlon, I felt like I stayed connected and interested with your previews and recaps. Congratulations on 200, and I look forward to what’s to come.
Congrats on 200, Kelly! Triathlonish is one of only two newsletters that I always read every single week. Your perspectives, insights, and anti-bs style never disappoint.
Since you asked, I'd love to see more human-interest conversations with unique (non-celebrity) people from around the sport, whether in podcast and/or written form. There are a lot of interview shows out there already that focus on race news and pros, and they generally lack surprise and substance. I suspect you know or could find very interesting topics and BTS people -- race directors, product developers, course designers, volunteer managers, coaches, nutritionists, superfans, wacky age groupers, etc. -- who've been around the sport and have provocative/contrarian/comical/critical things to say based on what they see and are working on in their respective roles.
And in general, I just love the unexpected and surprising story, whether it comes through a Q&A or not. This may be a silly example, but WTF is up with technical bucket hats? Who was the gear designer who convinced Hayden Wilde to start wearing them? Are they legit from a functional perspective, or mostly about fashion (and logo visibility)? How much does Precision pay pros to wear theirs?
I would argue that the local permitting process plays as big (or bigger) role than any course designer. As a former race director I’ve had courses change massively all due to the permitting process.
Thanks for the follow up. After watching Zel Am See this weekend at the very end they announced the next HOF entries with Karen Smyers and Graig Alexander. I’m sure most people were like “who is Karen Symers”? Doubling down, triathlon history class is open for registration.
Thank you for providing a comprehensive wrap up of mainstream and unique fitness stories each week. I love the newsletter format and look forward to the pod as I was regular listener when you were with Feisty.
I am a big endurance sports podcast follower of many shows while I walk our dog for a hour 2x a day. It is clear to me that even the top triathlon podcast hosts (except for Bob Babbitt) don’t have knowledge or history of the sport before the roughly 2010 timeframe. It is often brought up that the sport is still young. then if that’s true we should know the likes of former top Kona, ITU and Olympic triathletes. Just last week on the claimed most popular tri pod the names of Wendy Ingram and Hamish Carter where brought up and no one had a clue about their importance and skill level in helping make the sport what it is today.
It would be super if you had a short “Back in the Day” segment highlighting a former pro or race. Happy to help with the prompting and research” DM for any follow up. Thx
Hard agree on the lack of historical knowledge. Interesting idea about a 'back in the day' segment!
I’m seriously missing your podcast. I appreciate the slow takes, the courage to be controversial, and the female voice. So many dudes out there… while I don’t take a lot of time to watch professional triathlon, I felt like I stayed connected and interested with your previews and recaps. Congratulations on 200, and I look forward to what’s to come.
Congrats on 200, Kelly! Triathlonish is one of only two newsletters that I always read every single week. Your perspectives, insights, and anti-bs style never disappoint.
Since you asked, I'd love to see more human-interest conversations with unique (non-celebrity) people from around the sport, whether in podcast and/or written form. There are a lot of interview shows out there already that focus on race news and pros, and they generally lack surprise and substance. I suspect you know or could find very interesting topics and BTS people -- race directors, product developers, course designers, volunteer managers, coaches, nutritionists, superfans, wacky age groupers, etc. -- who've been around the sport and have provocative/contrarian/comical/critical things to say based on what they see and are working on in their respective roles.
And in general, I just love the unexpected and surprising story, whether it comes through a Q&A or not. This may be a silly example, but WTF is up with technical bucket hats? Who was the gear designer who convinced Hayden Wilde to start wearing them? Are they legit from a functional perspective, or mostly about fashion (and logo visibility)? How much does Precision pay pros to wear theirs?
Thanks for asking and keep up the good work.
Course designers is an interesting one, I don't know if triathlon has that as a specific job. Now I feel like I need to find out.
And appreciate the ideas.
fwiw, I think the bucket hats are mostly style
I would argue that the local permitting process plays as big (or bigger) role than any course designer. As a former race director I’ve had courses change massively all due to the permitting process.