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Have you have dreamed of competing in the IRONMAN World Championships? Listen to the stories of how these QT2 Systems and OutRival Racing athletes made their dreams come true. Episode 5 features QT2 Systems athlete Jeff Schleppy and his Coach Tim Snow. For Jeff it's all about his Journey back to Kona. Jeff joined a triathlon club in 2014 as a means of getting in shape and living a healthier lifestyle. Within three years he qualified for the IRONMAN World Championships in only his second attempt at an IRONMAN event. Jeff spent the next five years chasing another bid to Kona. Every workout, every race became about earning a slot, and every miss became a failure in his mind. It was only when Jeff stepped back from the pressure he put on himself and learned to love the sport again that he raced his way to a qualifying slot.

Have you have dreamed of competing in the IRONMAN World Championships? Listen to the stories of how these QT2 Systems and OutRival Racing athletes made their dreams come true. Episode 4 features QT2 Systems athlete Ryan Zelinski and his Mission Plan Coach Anne Basso. Listen to how this baseball and football player transformed into an elite triathlete, earning his spot at the 2022 IRONMAN World Championships. Ryan raced his first triathlon over a decade ago wearing shorts and a t-shirt and riding a mountain bike. Eighteen months later, he raced his first IRONMAN and a year after that he was on the cusp of earning a qualifying spot. But it took seven years and countless hours of hard work, guided by QT2 Systems Mission Plan Coach Anne Basso, to earn his spot at the blazing hot 2021 IRONMAN Couer d' Alene.

Have you have dreamed of competing in the IRONMAN World Championships? Listen to the stories of how these QT2 Systems and OutRival Racing athletes made their dreams come true. Episode 3 features QT2 Systems athlete Damon Little and his Coach Doug MacLean. Damon participated in his first sprint triathlon in 2013 figuring "how hard could it be" even though he did not know how to swim and had minimal running experience. After a few sprints, he decided to make the leap to long course and hired Doug MacLean as his coach. He raced his first IRONMAN in 2013. Six years and ten IRONMANs later, he earned his spot to the 2020 IRONMAN World Championships. Then the world shut down. 2020 was moved to February 2021, then cancelled. 2021 was cancelled. Through it all, he kept training, and now will toe the line in 2022. Listen along to find out how Damon went from surviving his first race, to middle of the pack long course athlete, to near misses, to earning his spot, to holding onto his dream through the past few years.

Have you have dreamed of competing in the IRONMAN World Championships? Listen to the stories of how these QT2 Systems and OutRival Racing athletes made their dreams come true. Episode 2 features OutRival Racing athlete Dawn English and her Coach John Spinney. For her first triathlon in 1999, Dawn used a training plan pulled from a book she checked out of the library. It took just one race for her to be hooked on the sport. Over the past two decades, Dawn has raced dozens of races and learned a thing or two - including that PopTarts and Twizzlers are not ideal race fueling and, sometimes, to get where you want, you need to change your approach. After several near misses, Dawn joined up with Coach Spinney and earned her ticket to Kona by taking a top spot on the podium at her hometown race - IRONMAN Texas.

Have you have dreamed of competing in the IRONMAN World Championships? Listen to the stories of how these QT2 Systems and OutRival Racing athletes made their dreams come true. Episode 1 features QT2 Systems athlete Derek Sheridan and his Coach Doug MacLean. Learn how Derek went from participating in his first triathlon on a bet to earning his Kona slot in just five years.

Discussion on long course racing fueling considerations.

In this Lava magazine extra, coach Jesse Kropelnicki discusses some of the extreme things that ahtletes do in preparation for Ironman; right or wrong?

Lava Magazine Extra: QT2 Coach Jesse Kropelnicki discusses a concept of mental fitness and its impact on Endurance athletes.

Coach Jesse Kropelnicki of QT2 systems discusses the value of using heartrate in your long distance racing.

Swim mechanics review with elite level coach Jesse Kropelnicki.

Coach Jesse Kropelnicki discussing how athlete's should manage stress increases in thier training program.

This is a review of the popular energy gels on the market for endurance sports by Coach Jesse Kropelnicki of QT2 Systems.  Pros, cons, and characteristics!