An *Almost* Breakthrough Race || 70.3 Maine Recap 

Why don't you pack at least 2 reserve gels? Feels like so many athletes just lose their bottles along the way?

Ari you're super funny, I laughed so hard at "I was having a super controlled blow up by myself". The podiums are coming :)

Great race Ari! You have that podium finish in your sights now, the fitness is there, things just have to go right.

Checklists are for first timers. With the second one you think you know everything by heart and then you're at the swim start wondering why your wetsuit wont fit and you realize you took your wife's instead of yours. (me)

Love the format of alternating close-up Ari commentary shots and vlog style video content. Nice one!

I think you need to spend a summer in Europe. Come for 6 weeks. Race 6-8 times. Low key events. Sprints.Olympic. France. Germany. Mainly. Just working on race skills. And going gun to tape more often. Overall standard of swimming is also generally high.

Great positivity. Keep at it. You'll get your breakthrough race soon. Good luck at your upcoming races.

I saw the result on the GTN RU-vid channel. I was so happy to see that you were 5th. Keep training and the results will come!

Really stupid to lose bottles like that. If you call yourself a pro you should test and evaluate every detail. Bottle holders that lose a bottle over a bump a poor engineering which is the stupidest low tech thing on a 10k+ bike. It reminds me of the situation you had with the electric shifters running out of battery power. Critical systems should have redundancy - they should be learning from industries like aerospace (well, before the bean counters moved in that is).

Sorry Ari!!

13:18 FINALLY, someone else who dismounts their bike the BEST way.

lesson learned but not all is lost. it's an interesting data point to know how hard you can push on low fuel mode. now you need to find your top end of how many carbs you can handle per hour.

Congratulations! You are getting there!

Fantastic race and upcoming training Ari. Looking forward to the breakthrough.

This is the gotcha of triathlon. We always feel like we can do better if we fixed a thing or two, and so we are compelled to keep doing them.

Launching bottles is not acceptable. I haven't lost a bottle and use the simple elastic over the ripple trick. It might take just a little more time but with practice I can remove the band, pull the bottle and replace it while still in aero. Give up 15 seconds on the bike or 5 min on the run after losing your nutrition....no trainer for me

Congrats on your race! Regarding your drinks I’ve seen it happen so many times you could open a shop just by collecting all the fallen bottles 😊 However I noticed the more seasoned triathletes generally secure the bottles with a DIY thick elastic band system which secures the bottle by holding down the nozzle. The system is quite simple and easy to put back into place. I also noticed that it’s systematically the rear cage bottles that fall out. I’ve never lost a bottle on my frame…

Can we ask if you blow dried your hair before the swim and also when is JR swim vid coming? Hehe. Well done managing the effort without carbs, are you thinking about a few elastics to tie down bottles? Chase pack podcast needs new hosts now…..

Nice recap, keep making progress. Experiment with rubber bands or similar bands around bottles of you haven't already

Lol imagine getting a draft penalty these days? Ironman Frankfurt and T100 races are basically draft legal.

Securing bottles is easy waiting for San Remo + penny camp videos

i’m curious why you’re not using the internal hydration storage on the bike

If he maintains that 1st five-mile (run) pace -- he's a lock for 2nd.

It seems that just about every second pro triathlete race recap video these days starts with the ole’ ‘I lost my nutrition’ line. … Hopefully Ari this will be a mistake you make only once. Sure, ‘secure’ your bottles, BUT also … please … pack a redundancy / back up. Your canyon has a pretty big built in ‘bento box’ type compartment (I think) - so there is no excuse for not packing 8 gels as back ups. The worst that happens is that you don’t end up using them. Sweet - put them back in the fridge and use them in training next week. Better still - 4 x 30gram ‘precision hydration’ caffeine gels plus 1 x 90g carb gel in your gel compartment, so that you lose one - or both - 110 gram carb bottles will not make a difference. … anyhoo … this was a ‘teachable moment’ … as long as you don’t repeat the mistake.

congratz on the progress. why italy ? its a lot of travel. eu guys usually complain the us have lots more races.

You’ll get it Ari, great race recap and it’s right there!

My Tadej will offer you nutrition during your race in Italy!

Congrats Ari, it good to see your talent flourish. You need some cord to loop over the nipple of the bottle to stop it getting shot out when you hit a bump

Such smart racing in the bike. Very good

Good Job. Well done. You are in the right path.

Congratulations, keep up the great work

Great performance! Love seeing the progress!

What size of crank do u use

Hope to see you in Nice 2025 and Kona 2026!

Respect for your performance despite the errors. Baffling to me how pro triathletes spend countless hours training , punishing themselves physically and mentally , spending thousands on bikes and travel, for it all to be influenced by unsecured bottles falling off the bike. Nutrition is everything during a race, its has to be locked down. How competitors and bike manufacturers haven't solved this problem so far is beyond me. Secure your nutrition Ari and that podium is yours.

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

And congrats!! Such a great race for you!! 🎉

Have you ever talked about why you went all in on tri as opposed to running? As a 7:50 guy did you ever think maybe you had 15 more seconds to drop there

Have a question - what are doing in triathlon what are your goals. Have watched you for a few years and am confused as I pursue my dreams as a triathlete.

Biiiiiig WeHe guy Great results though brotha! Podium next year for sure🤙

oh man that bed is scary!

Good luck baby 😘 🪻

More tunes. More tunes.

nice! you got this

Do I spy Connecticut plates? Hartford born and raised. Living in Maryland now. Where in Connecticut is good to take tt bikes out for a good ride? I come up often to check on my parents.

Huge watts.

Great result

Is it real cash? How they pay? And how quickly after the race?

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Don't think Trevor is a good swimmer. Have you seen the results at IM Frankfurt?

big jerry garcia vibes from papa klau

Every time Trevor and Lionel race, I always check Ari on the start list. the best of luck on your next race.

Be careful about the microplastic in those packets if rice that you heat up in the microwave

90 seconds off the front, but how many seconds is that moustache costing you on the swim and bike? 🥸