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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