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2025 Free Speed Review: What Actually Made Us Faster

In this episode of The Giddy Up Edge, Evan Gruda and 8x World Champion coach Michellie Jones break down the ultimate concept every triathlete loves: free speed—the performance you unlock without adding more training hours.

We look back on the biggest needle-movers from 2025 (and the mistakes worth leaving behind), starting with the foundations: sleep as a non-negotiable, smarter recovery, better warmups, automatic refueling, and ego-free easy days. From there, we go discipline-by-discipline with practical upgrades you can steal immediately:

🏊 Swim: masters groups, higher stroke rate, tempo…

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