That sounds like fun

1. When your race plan does not seem to be going well - that do you do from a mental aspect to stay focused and try and win?


Tks Ian

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Graham Wilson
USAT Level III Elite Coach
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Did she have an inkling when competing back in the ITU days that she would be as good as she is in Long Course Triathlon ?

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

What does she want to accomplish with the rest of her time in triathlon?

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Does she remember passing me at Oceanside?

Will she do the TT in Tokio 2020? And I second the "what she still wants to achieve" question

 
She must have had some key rivalries in her youth against other young athletes, so what alowed her to progress and eventually beat all of them. Was it support from parents? A good coaching system? Mental strength and determination?

Tubs

what do you do outside of tri to relax and enjoy life?

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80/20 Endurance Ambassador

She started a Pro racing team "Birds" and on her website she is selling clothes, fuel, strength training and starting an AG Membership with benefits. Is she thinking about life after Triathlon and considering retiring on the top?
https://www.spiritmultisport.com/...ms/daniela-ryf-birds

@danielaryfbirds

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http://www.sfuelsgolonger.com

Daniella seems remarkably unbeatable at this time. Does she think she still has room for an increased performance? If so, where? How?

The day after Oceanside I saw a woman running extremely fast, but it looked effortless. however her form was very odd, like she was very upright, nearly leaning back, head behind shoulders behind hips. Only later did I realize it was Daniela Ryf.

Now obviously, as a multi-time world champion, that form is working for her, but is it something that past coaches have tried to change? Does she do it intentionally or is it her natural running gait?

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Sharon McN
@IronCharo
#TeamZoot
Clif Bar Pace Team 2003-2018

Her coach promotes heal striking and being upright instead of slightly leaning forward. He wrote an article specifically addressing her running style and says all Triathletes should run that way. I disagree but I'm not a world champion either.

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I would ask her how long does she expect her career at the top to last, and if she thinks she is shortening that time by crushing races, rather than just winning them? I'm pretty sure her coach had that in mind for Chrissie Wellington, but she chose the burn out route, to the longevity one. Is he guiding her also in that direction, and she just ignores his advice because if feels good to win by 20+ minutes??

great question!

to add to this what would she value more ironman "world record " or winning again the 1million for the tripple crown?

She already has the record, so I will go with another million she does not have

Ask her about balance.

She seems to have no personal life. (don't ask it that way)

Ask her about balance. As in what does she do away from the sport when not swim/bike/run etc...

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Those aren't the only two options. Maybe she just decided she was done. That's what she said. And her last race was a win, so it's not like the retirement was forced by inability to perform. I'd give her some credit over the spewage from her butt-hurt ex-coach. Yes, I'm sure he'd have liked to milked her as a cash cow for another 5-6 years. Tough shit.

I see the m dot has got you brainwashed lol.
For people that think that the " world" record is not brand owned Chrissie still has the fastest time in Roth

Another question would be if she goes for the record does she have sponsor bonuses for that?

I agree entirely with you monty but I think for her at this stage it's probably less about money. I think she lives very comfortably and is more driven becoming faster.and closing the gender gap.

I think so too, she has said many times over that winning is not the motivator nor money, it's about finding the perfect race and seeing how she can push herself. Recent Babbitt interview in San Diego touched upon this as well

She'll obviously answer for herself.
But I seem to remember an interview with someone like Chrissie Wellington who said that Ryf is a machine who is only focused on triathlon.

Ask her about shoe, cleat and cleat position. I’ve seen her bikes at the felt booth over the years and in pics.

Basically I’ve seen her try everything from carbon slippers with mid foot SPD, to traditional sponsor stuff.

Maurice

- What was the biggest shift in training or mindset she had to make when she started with Sutto and transitioned to her current level of awesomeness at IM distance?
- What's the biggest mistake she sees age-groupers make on race day?
- If she could go back a decade and talk to her younger self, what advice would she give her?

I see the m dot has got you brainwashed lol. //

Too funny, WTC has me brainwashed, have you seen my posts over the past 15+years?? (-;

Of course I was talking about the Kona record, perhaps not clear enough. As for the world record, their isn't one. Of course people and organizations make shit up all the time, and WTC is allowed to call their records whatever they want, until they can't. But course records have some validity as long as their is an * to explain differences from year to year. To me, as long as you ride 112 and run 26.2 in the Kona heat, on that island, pretty much doesnt matter if you switched a road here or there. Overall conditions are what make the course fast or slow, we got to see that in spades last year, best one in 40...

May be too late to get in, but ask her if in her mind she is racing against the men or the women. And follow up with how it feels to chick some of the top tier men.

Jellyfish aside, in her A races, it seems like if she is racing the women, it's really her against the clock. Finding ways to challenge herself at this point must be hard.

So, how did the interview go? Anything interesting or that stands out for you in what she said?

Interview went great. She's clearly had some media training and taken to it well. I have even greater respect for her after the chat.

There are some things that stood out to me...

• Races sans watch - this is probably a carry over from ITU days, but clearly her races are all about going for the win and more about mental drive and moving forward than anything else. This came up because I asked her about her first Kona when she got 2nd to Mirinda Carefree 2014. Daniela was describing the out-n-back in the Energy Lab and that's where she got passed. I asked if she took a split at the turnaround cone to judge the gap and she revealed that she races without a watch.
• We spoke of earlier years when she was racing draft legal in the Olympic Pipeline for Switzerland and she spoke of her coach by name on a few occasions. Later when she shifted to non-draft, long course, she changed coaches and referred to "her coach" and left his name off. I found that to be a smart choice.
• She's seems very loyal and loving to her home nation - she won some very big races in Lausanne, she rides on DT Swiss wheels, she's sponsored by what seems to be a Swiss national energy company.
• She studied food science at the university level and it makes her a great partner for any nutritional company
• She's funny, articulate (in this second language), attentive, a great interview in the sense that she has no agenda to push, she's a soft seller of her partners, she's willing to answer questions.
• I was pleasantly surprised that she down plays some of her income - I asked her about winning $1 mil in the Triple Crown and she's - very smoothly - guided us off that.
• Also, she rests HARD and LONG in her off seasons: she puts on weight, often does little to no exercise for sometimes a few months. That struck me.
• When she trains at altitude she regularly sleeps 10 hours a night + two 1 hour naps each day

I should have the video up soon.

Ian

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Ian Murray
http://www.TriathlonTrainingSeries.com
I like the pursuit of mastery
Twitter - @TriCoachIan

Here's the interview
https://www.youtube.com/...v=2lhRnEZvsP8&t=


Ian

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Ian Murray
http://www.TriathlonTrainingSeries.com
I like the pursuit of mastery
Twitter - @TriCoachIan

FYI you timestamp linked to the end of the interview

Fixed. Thanks