Sepp Kuss makes Colorado proud, Elite, Para and Age Group athletes are in Pontevedra, Spain for the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Grand Finals September 22-24. 

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In Today’s Show

• Endurance News – Sepp Kuss wins Vuelta, Pontevedra WTCS Grand Final; Who to look out for; Upcoming Races
• What’s new in the 303 – Harvest Moon Report, Mike Reilly at TriDot Coach Grad Ceremony
• Training Tip Week – Reasons Triathletes Get Injured

Endurance News:

Beaugrand and Potter headline women’s World Championship showdown in Pontevedra

 https://triathlon.org/events/start_list/2023_world_triathlon_championship_finals_pontevedra/582709

Yee and Wilde in box seats as men’s World Triathlon Championship Finals decider hits Pontevedra

 https://triathlon.org/events/start_list/2023_world_triathlon_championship_finals_pontevedra/582708

https://wtcs.triathlon.org/prize_money

Gwen Jorgensen gets Pontevedra shot at Olympic place after back-to-back wins

GWEN JORGENSEN: MY REASON FOR RETURNING TO TRIATHLON

Nearly 400 Age Group Team USA Athletes to Race at World Triathlon Championships Pontevedra

Lewis Pugh, 53, completed swimming all 315 miles of the Hudson River

What’s New in the 303:

Coaching Tip of the Week:

6. Name at least three reasons that a triathlete might get injured? (3 points; 1 paragraph)

Triathletes are at higher risk for injury due to the nature of the sport, the attitude of triathletes and a lack of proactive education.

Nature of the Sport

As a stamina sport, it requires a high volume of training to develop endurance, speed and strength. With high training volume comes the risk of overuse injuries. All three underlying sports of swim, bike and run are sagittal plane movements that result in a loss of frontal plane stability and muscle weakness.

Attitude of Triathletes

Triathletes also tend to think more training is better and that taking a day off is a sign of weakness. A lack of awareness of what causes injury can be a reason an athlete gets injured. Coaches should proactively discuss what causes injury with their athletes and the steps they can take to prevent them.

Proactive Education

The athlete should have a basic understanding that increasing training stress too fast, whether by volume or intensity, can cause an overuse injury. Having a underlying and undiagnosed functional strength, position or activation issue can also be a reason a triathlete might get injured.

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