QT2 Systems - 10 Tips to Crush Your Next Triathlon - Episode 10 - Keep Your Calm
Release Date: 03/19/2025
Race Recap - Episode 3 - 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship - Marbella
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Welcome to the QT2 Podcast Series Race Recap. For this series, we have invited our athletes to come and talk about their race day experiences. We’ll cover their journey to the starting line, course details, pre-race and race day logistics, travel and expenses, and more. Episode 3 takes us to the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Marbella, Spain. Listen on as QT2 athletes Gretchen Cooney, Chelsea Conway and Ryan Zelinski tell you about their experiences racing on this beautiful and challenging course. Hear about how they qualified, their travel experiences getting and staying in...
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QT2 Systems - Race Recap - Episode 2 - 2025 TCS New York City Marathon
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Welcome to the QT2 Podcast Series Race Recap. For this series, we have invited our athletes to come and talk about their race day experiences. We’ll cover their journey to the starting line, course details, pre-race and race day logistics, travel and expenses, and more. Episode 2 takes us to the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. At nearly 60,000 finishers, the TCS is the largest marathon. And also one of the most difficult to get into. Listen on as QT2 athletes and NYC marathon veterans Howard Voletsky and Terry Alexander tell you about their NYC marathon experience, from securing your entry,...
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QT2 Systems - Race Recap - Episode 1 - 2025 IRONMAN World Championship - Kona
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Welcome to the QT2 Podcast Series Race Recap. For this series, we have invited our athletes to come and talk about their race day experiences. We’ll cover their journey to the starting line, course details, pre-race and race day logistics, travel and expenses, and more. Episode 1 takes us to the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship in Kona. Listen on as QT2 athletes Lauren Magin, Nancy McMahon and Jennie Hansen tell you about their experiences on the big stage from travel tips to training guidance to crossing the most storied finish line in all of triathlon. Learn more about QT2 Systems at...
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QT2 Systems - Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports - Episode 6 - Maintaining a Larger View
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 6 - Maintaining a Larger View/Managing a Disappointing Result In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. What happens when you nail your training, but fall short on race day? It could be for so many reasons. In this final episode of the series, Coach Tim talks about the race debrief, and why it's such an important...
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QT2 Systems - Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports - Episode 5 - Coping Visualization
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 5 - Coping Visualization In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In episode 5, Coach Tim delves into Coping Visualization. As we mentally prepare for race day, we so often visualize the perfect day. Perfect weather. Perfect execution. But in the world of endurance sports, a race is seldom perfect. A real race day...
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QT2 Systems - Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports - Episode 4 - True Goal Setting
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 4 - True Goal Setting In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In episode 4, Coach Tim explains the differences between goals, targets and outcomes. Goals are things over which you have near total control - e.g., your hydration intake. Targets are things over which you have some level of control, but not total control...
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QT2 Systems - Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports - Episode 3 - Recognizing Your Controllables & Uncontrollables
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 3 - Recognizing Your Controllables & Uncontrollables In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In sports, as in life, there are always things that you cannot control. The list is seemingly endless. But, what you can control is how you respond, If it's hot and humid on race day, how will you respond? If you get a...
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QT2 Systems - Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports - Episode 2 - Setting & Managing Appropriate Expectations
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 2 - Setting & Managing Appropriate Expectations. In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In Episode 2, Coach Tim takes a deep dive into the first strategy for altering mindset - setting & managing appropriate expectations. This strategy is written to the athlete who anytime they lace up expects a PR and/or the...
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QT2 Systems - Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports - Episode 1 - What is Mindset?
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports & How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 1 - What Is Mindset? In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In Episode 1, Coach Tim sets the framework for the rest of the series, defining Mindset as the lens through which we we see the world. How we see a situation defines how we approach a solution to the problem, or even if we can see a solution. But yet,...
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My First Triathlon - Episode 5 - Race Day
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My First Triathlon. In this five part series, we are joined by veteran QT2 coaches Jackie Miller and Eric Kahl. Collectively, they have helped 100s of people get to the starting line of their first triathlon. Jackie and Eric share their insights on everything a beginner should know before lining up for their first race. Episode 5 is all about Race Day. Jackie and Eric walk you through what the day looks like, including race morning logistics, transition set up, race strategy for the swim, bike and run, and post-race celebration. Learn more about Coach Jackie at Learn more about Coach...
info_outlineWant to race faster? Finish stronger? Stand on the podium? Tune into QT2's podcast series 10 Tips to Crush Your Next Triathlon. In this series, we will be joined by our coaches to talk about all that goes into performing well on race day.
For Episode 10 - Keep Your Calm, we welcome QT2 Systems Coach Anne Basso. It's race time! Over the past several months, you have put in countless hours of training. You've made smart nutrition choices, invested time and money to support your goals, and likely made personal sacrifices to get yourself to the starting line. All of a sudden it's almost race time and the reality hits. With this often comes feeling pressure to nail the day and try to make sure that nothing goes wrong. But the thing is, in the world of triathlon, it's very unlikely that everything will go perfectly. The key is how to prepare for potential hurdles and how you respond if they happen.
In this episode, Coach Anne provides some valuable tips on how to stay calm and minimize stress during race week and on race day.
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