Catalyst Dietitian - David Bryant

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Tomorrow, 26th July from 5am - 10am, 6PR Perth radio will be broadcasting from the WAIS building to kick off the Paris Olympics!

Patrons are encouraged to walk over the eastern concourse to watch a bit of live radio and help us show support for our Aussie athletes. The gate between HBF Stadium and WAIS will be open from 6am, but patrons can walk around the building beforehand.

Inside WAIS

“The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change; And the realist adjusts the sails.” 🥹

A broken collarbone racing in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 after another bike swerved across the road whilst putting their feet into shoes, taking me out. Nowhere to go. Crashes happen. I was thriving over in Europe learning my race craft, finally feeling like I belonged again against the worlds best, until it all changed in an instant 🚴

As I go into surgery today back in 🇦🇺, I’ve been pretty pessimistic the past week. Yet as the days have passed I am becoming more optimistic on how we can tackle the road ahead, thanks to the amazing support I’ve received getting me home and all booked for surgery within days. By the time I was back from a Welsh hospital 🏥 , my flight home thanks to & was already booked on the best possible route ✈️.

From seeing the outpouring of raw emotion from teammates post race 🥹, to having coaches and support staff by my side putting my socks on, packing my bags, buttering me sourdough and even helping me shower, it has been amazing and as I always say when racing, forever grateful ☺️

The personal messages I’ve received from Paralympic & Olympic athletes from various countries, sports, competitors & Paratriathlon classes all over the world 🌍 has been heartwarming 💙

I’m back at 🏡 in the most supportive environment possible to bounce back and thrive over the next 8 weeks 🏋🏻‍♂️

To my beautiful wife, gorgeous kids, family & close friends 😉, you mean the world to me 🥰

“Sometimes the wrong 🚂 leads you to the right station 🇫🇷 “

🥂 The Race Nutrition Report, 🥈 place Besancon 🇫🇷 Paratriathlon World Cup 👨🏼‍🍳

⏰ Another arvo race at 215pm, I think I’m getting the hang of this?!? ✅

🥖 7am French baguette with Nutella of course! 🥜
☕️ few brews across the morning 💩
🥛 9am yoghurt 🥣 to settle the bowels and protein distribution 💪🏻

🥪 11am early lunch, another French baguette with goats 🐐 cheese 🧀

🥐 1pm Pain au chocolat, always feel so French saying it 👩🏻‍🍳
🏊🏻‍♂️ 130pm Fry’s Cadbury Turkish delight post swim warmup, 40g of rocket fuel 🚀

🏃 Race…. Good swim, big wattages on the bike & a run to back it up thanks to optimal energy levels, 0️⃣ gut issues ✌️

⛺️ Post race, 1L of Yoplait drink 🥤 30g protein, + 80g carbohydrate 🥰

😱 Recovery tent bonus, beer 🍺 , local cheese 🧀 and French fries, the French just get me 🥹🤣 🍟

🍽️ Solo diner, French 🐟 Brasserie, huge local oysters, crispy whitebait, a lot of fresh bread and butter to top up energy stores, fish n chippies & a French Chardonnay 🥂 Nearly forgot the crème brûlée 🍮

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Onto Swansea this weekend, local black pudding? 🙃

🥈 2nd Place, Besancon 🇫🇷 Paratriathlon World 🌎 Cup.

🥖 Merci Beacoup! Hands down the best race on the calendar, racing through 3 of the most quintessential French country villages on a rolling hilly course👩‍🌾

💪🏻 2 races, 2 weeks, 2 silver medals 🥈 down and 2 weeks to go racing in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Canada 🇨🇦 to come in this final push for Paralympic Qualification 🫢

🥹Besancon holds a special place for me, it was my first ever World Triathlon Paratriathlon race way back in 2019 where I first met Elotik Pro Triathlon and .liam in the smallest of French hotel rooms 👬🏼 🏨

🚴 5 years ago I came 2nd to 2x Gold Medalist, 🥇Martin Schulz - Paratriathlon , fast forward 5 years, we’ve both gotten about 2mins quicker on the course and we’re still in 1st and 2second place, albeit now dads to young kids as well 👼🏼

✅ One of my better swim/bike/run races after a solid week of training to keep the consistency over this month of training and racing the world! 🗺️

🍟 How could you not like a race that provides local cheese 🧀 , French fries and beer 🍻 in the athletes recovery tent! ⛺️

🥂 Stormflower Vineyard
🙏🏻 Inside WAIS AusTriathlon
Brooks Running flew in the Hyperion Elite 4 yesterday running from 4th into 2nd on the run👟!

🇮🇹 “Ubuntu”, I am, because we are 🥹
2nd 🥈 place at Taranto Paratriathlon World Cup 🫡
Came home from 🇯🇵 last month with my tail between my legs in 7th place.

Regrouped back at home base at Inside WAIS 🏡 the past month relying on my close family, friends & team Elotik Pro Triathlon .
Positive signs yesterday from the tweaks racing on the Italian Naval 🛳️ ✈️ base & had a great battle with 🇹🇷 & 🇮🇪.
One down 🇮🇹 , 3 to go 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇨🇦 this month on this journey to 🇫🇷 Paralympics.

🇯🇵 Nana korobi, ya oki 🍣 as the Japanese say, Don’t give up, don’t give in 🫡
7th place in Yokahama, not my finest hour (& 12 seconds) of racing.
Back to base camp ⛺️ in Perth for a few weeks before a big expedition in June of racing 🇪🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇦.

👨🏼‍🍳 Being INTENTIONAL 💪🏻 yet FLEXIBLE 🧠 with your nutrition choices to maximise performance and recovery👌🏻

The Stormflower Vineyard 🥂 race nutrition report, 🥈place Turkey 🇹🇷 Paratriathlon World Cup.

Far too many athletes aren’t INTENTIONAL enough with their daily nutrition choices pre/during/post training and racing, compromising performance/recovery.

AND nutrition will never be perfect either, so it’s about being FLEXIBLE with your daily food choices/availability depending on the environment so that overall you are consistent each day.

315pm, race start 🏎️ 😮‍💨 🌅
3pm, 10 jelly beans (not blue or pink as my daughter wanted me to bring them back to 🇦🇺) 🍭
Small sips of sports drink 🥤
230pm post swim warmup, Snickers Bar 🍫

12pm Turkish Woodfired Pita bread filled with cheese, tomato and patata 🔥
10am Turkish Simmet 🥯 with stringy cheese. Washed down with Ayran drink 🥛

9am, Turkish Coffee x 2 ☕️
8am, brekky boofay, various pita and flat breads with cheese. Bit of yoghurt, good for the bowwwels 🥪
730am, jog 🏃
7am, coupla cold brews ☕️
Sleep 🛌

8pm, Lahmucan, Turkish pizza 🧀 🍅 🌿 , ie flat bread topped with small amounts of lamb mince, herbs, veg and spices 😋

Will race nutrition look a bit different next week in Tokyo 🇯🇵 for the World Series paratriathlon race?
You bet!
But the concepts will be the same through being INTENTIONAL and FLEXIBLE with the food choices available 🍣 We should get sushi Carol 🍱!

BELIEVE! … Said my lovely wife, support team & Ted Lasso 😂 2nd 🥈 place at the Turkey Paratriathlon World Cup, justifying the quick trip there & back in less than a week ✈️ 🙃 As always improvements and learnings from the race, such as Ayran 🥛 (salty yoghurt drink) being a great pre and post race drink 🥤 🤣 Back in Perth for another week before the big World Series race in Yokahama 🇯🇵 We should get sushi Carol 🍣

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦“Islands in stream… and we rely on each other, ah ha” 💙

🥹 And boy have I relied on a big support team of coaches & support staff the past 6 months to be a better athlete on & off the track to nab 3rd 🥉 at Devonport Paratriathlon World Series race on the weekend. 🙏🏻

👨🏼‍🍳 Stuck to the recipe of completing the final prep with a week in Tassie surrounded by my amazing family, friends & local produce & as a result thrived on race day securing crucial points towards Paris 2024 qualification 🇫🇷 Forever grateful 🙆🏼‍♂️

👟 have just announced a huge 20% off SITEWIDE, happening right now for the leap year, get in quick because the sale will only last for 29 hours! Here’s your chance to let rip in the new Hyperion Elite 4, their fastest ever shoe 🚀

🥈 place at Oceania Paratriathlon Championships on the weekend. Good points towards Paris 🇫🇷 Paralympic qualification & plenty learnt in prep for Devonport World Paratriathlon Series race next month. Good early signs breaking in the new P5 🚲 thanks to & the Hyperion Elite 4 👟 🔥

“It’s a choice not a sacrifice”.
8th at Paratriathlon Champs yesterday. An aberration of a performance after having an amazing opportunity in Europe the past 2months. Forever grateful for the support near and afar and so special to have my family on deck in Spain 🇪🇸 Truly grateful 🙏🏻 🤗 Bring on

🇫🇷 The 🥂 Race Nutrition Report 👨🏼‍🍳
✅ 5th Place at Paris Paralympic Test Event 🥐
😮‍💨 A few adversities in the past 2 weeks which we wont go into, as all we really want to hear is the fueling report 🥹 but a step in the right direction and an invaluable experience testing the challenging bike 🚴 course which had it all ie the sights, cobbles and wobbles 🪨
😴4am, “It’s a duathlon due to poor water quality” 🤣
🥖 5am, Nutella baguette and cold brews ☕️ at the hotel as the brekky buffet wasn’t open 👨🏼‍🍳
😎6am, EBike to race sight, 2x Choc rice bars 🍫
💧 7am, Sip 💦
🏃🏼‍♂️ 8am, Run/Bike/Run 🚲
⛱ 9am, 1L Yoplait Yoghurt Drink (when in Paris) 🥛 and 2 slices of leftover pizza 🍕 from dinner (what a clever idea) 🤓
😋Grazed all day, the highlight being a French baguette salmon roll, large flan 🍮 and sparkling for 6euro on way home! ✅
🏕 Based back in Girona 🇪🇸 until the World 🌎 Champs late September with ,bring it on 💪🏻
💻 Enquire within for an online nutrition consult 🧑🏼‍💻

👨🏼‍🍳 The Stormflower Vineyard Race Nutrition Report 💨
🌧 6th Place at Swansea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 World Paratriathlon Series, which turned into an AQUATHON 🏊🏻‍♂️ 🏃🏼‍♂️ due to dangerous winds 🌬 Not ideal from a points (25% points reduction) & no bike 🚴 to unleash but good signs of progress in the swim/run ✅
☕️ 8am, French press.
🍞 9am, one thing we take for granted in 🇦🇺 with 🏨 is always having a fridge! As our room didn’t have a fridge or toaster, peanut butter jam sandwiches 🥪 from good old TESCO, how British. Washed down with 2 natural yoghurts to settle the bowels.. ✌️
🧊 10am, Iced latte because well, we always have an iced latte mid morning (quick detour of the local markets foraging too 👨‍🌾 🤫 ).
🧀 11am, ran the gauntlet leaving cheddar cheese unrefrigerated overnight but made the captains call with .liam to not risk the sweaty cheese sandwiches & opt for peanut butter jam sangas again!
💦 12pm small sips of Lucozade.
🍫 1pm, Fry’s Turkish Delgiht, packing 40g of carbohdyrates just before the warmup swim!
🛬 230pm Post Race, coke, jog cooldown, choccy milk 🥛 & a cheeseburger 🍔 as that was the only offering on site & something is better than nothing from a recovery point of view to get some protein & cabrohydrates in post race.
🏠 4 weeks back in Perth back at base camp ⛺️ at Inside WAIS before we head back to Europe for the Olympic/Paralympic test event in Paris 🇫🇷 & then another training camp stint in Girona Spain 🇪🇸 with Elotik Pro Triathlon 🚀 until World Champs late September .
🙏🏻 Thanks to my support team on ground here with Triathlon Australia & my family back home. Youre a superstar 💕
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👨🏼‍🍳 The Stormflower Vineyard Race Nutrition Report 🥂
✅ 5th Place at World Triathlon Montreal World Paratriathlon Series 🇨🇦
The first big of many qualifying races of 2023/24 to contribute towards Paris 2024 qualification.
☕️ 6am, Cold Brew time, good old French press and coffee beans from home, such a handy travel companion!
🥯 7am, with competition being hot for the toaster downstairs, opted for soft brioche buns with pb and jam in the room.
💦 8am, Sipping Bindi Nutrition Australia across the morning to prepare for the hot temp forecasted ☀️
🍚 9am, pre race swim warmup, 2 LCM bars, choc chip cookie 🍪 dough flavour over here!
🏊🏻‍♂️ 10am, race start, not quite managing to make the front swim pack but the swim prep continues to progress in the Fiski Swim clear goggles.
🚴 Bike, on the Formula One Track 🏎, a battle with Hammer 🇺🇸 in aero, averaging 44km/hr 😅
🏃🏼‍♂️ Run, Brooks Running 👟 offthebike in equal 3rd with Cordeiro 🇧🇷 and Hammer 🇺🇸 who eventually ran away in the heat (apparent temp 36 and humid) trying to chase down Daniel 🇨🇦 🥇.
🛀 Post Race, with another race to come in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, recovery was maximized trying to do the small things ie jog cool down, 600ml choccy milk, 600ml A***n yoghurt drink, whole pizza, protein drink, all before the massive 4km ride back to the hotel 🏨😂.
❤️ I truly love TRIATHLON as every race brings a new challenge and learnings. Looking forward to backing it up again this week in Swansea Wales for the 2nd World Series race of the Paralympic Qualifying Period. Expect a cool and challenging bike course! 😎 Missing my superstar wife 💕, kids and family doing a great job back home 🏡

🥉 place at Yokohama Paratriathlon World Series Race yesterday, my first overseas podium ✅
🏊🏻‍♂️ We made the trip for a hitout & to learn a few things pre Paralympic Qualification in July & with some positive and negative aspects of the race, we’ll be better for it 🚀
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🥖 Busso was the Entree 🐟, but Yokohama 🇯🇵 is the Main 🍱 this weekend at the first international Paratriathlon World Series race for 2023 🍣
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🥂 race nutrition report 🍾 []

🚀 20km TT, 44.9km/Ave, vital stats 🔥 []

🥯 3 hot cross buns, ☕️ 3 cold brews, 🍫 1 Turkish Delight, 💦 sips of pre race 🏎 []

📟 (oh & 160 HR, 319w, 94rpm 😉 ) 🎛 []

📸 epic pic, please get me in aero next time 😆

🏃🏼‍♂️ Sunday Long Run Ie Another week done ✅ 🤵🏼

Can’t wait to represent team Paratriathlon Australia on home soil in April!

Triathlon Western Australia Inc is pleased to announce a new addition to the 2023 SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon line-up! For the first time in the festival’s history, we'll host the 2023 Oceania Cup Busselton and the 2023 Oceania Triathlon Para Cup Busselton! 🏆

The 2023 Oceania Triathlon Cup will take place from 10am AWST on Friday, 28 April 2023. Australia’s top elite and U23 athletes will compete over the Super Sprint Eliminator race in the race for ranking points ahead of the 2023 international season.

The 2023 Oceania Para Cup will take place from 7.30am AWST on Sunday, 30 April 2023. As a World Triathlon Continental Cup, the race will provide a crucial ranking points opportunity for Australia’s top para triathletes ahead of the Paralympic qualification period starting 1 July.

These events provide an excellent opportunity for for WA locals to race on home ground, for Australian athletes to earn points towards a world ranking, and for all athletes racing to continue to develop and test their skills which is essential as we look toward Paris and beyond.

Read more 👉 https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-cup-busselton/

Event Schedule: https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-triathlon-cup-event-schedule/
Course Maps: https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-triathlon-cup-busselton-course-maps/

Western Australia - City of Busselton - SunSmart Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Triathlon Western Australia Inc Triathlon Australia Oceania Triathlon World Triathlon

🥇 1st win at a World Series Paratriathlon World Triathlon race in Devonport, capped off with doing it in front of my beautiful family of 4 for the 1st time 🥰 []

👨🏼‍🍳 The Stormflower Vineyard 🥂 race nutrition report ☕️ []

0530 6 pancakes 🥞 (Audrey wanted the 7th & 8th 👧🏼) + 3 cups of French press ☕️ []

0630 sip Bindi Nutrition Australia 💦
0700 LCM 🍚 bar
0800 Cadbury Dairy Milk Fry’s Turkish Delight 🍫 🚀
0830 Race Start 🏊🏻‍♂️ 🚴 🏃🏼‍♂️

😇 Very positive signs across the 🏊🏻‍♂️🚴🏃🏼‍♂️ thanks to Elotik Pro Triathlon, Inside WAIS , Triathlon Australia , a long process since 2018 to get to this position 🙏🏻

🥐 Bring on the build to Paris qualification 🇫🇷
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🥇 1st win at a World Series Paratriathlon race in Devonport, capped off with doing it in front of my beautiful family of 4 for the 1st time 🥰 []

👨🏼‍🍳 The 🥂 race nutrition report ☕️ []

0530 6 pancakes 🥞 (Audrey wanted the 7th & 8th 👧🏼) + 3 cups of French press ☕️ []

0630 sip 💦
0700 LCM 🍚 bar
0800 Fry’s Turkish Delight 🍫 🚀
0830 Race Start 🏊🏻‍♂️ 🚴 🏃🏼‍♂️

😇 Very positive signs across the 🏊🏻‍♂️🚴🏃🏼‍♂️ thanks to , a long process since 2018 to get to this position 🙏🏻

🥐 Bring on the build to Paris qualification 🇫🇷
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🍾 The Stormflower Vineyard race nutrition report 👨🏼‍🍳 []
😮‍💨 “It’s never “just a sprint” 🏎 []
🍞 4 crumpets ☕️ 3 cold brews 🍚 2 LCM bars 💦 1cup of Bindi Nutrition Australia 🍽 pre race 🔥 []
🦵 High intensity, high carbohydrate demand with a PB bike split 💪🏻 []
🚴 6th overall at Mandurah Triathlon Club state interclub champs for Stadium Tri-Club 🎉 []
📷 Focused Ninja Photography 📸

🏃🏼‍♂️ “Most success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing, for an uncommonly long period of time” 🥪

👨🏼‍🍳 “A buffet brekky won’t make an athletes race, but it certainly can break one!” 😱 []

🥂 The Stormflower Vineyard race nutrition report 🍾 []

🙋🏼‍♂️4th at World Triathlon PTS5 Paratriathlon world championships 🌍 []

🏊🏻‍♂️ Debut front swim pack 🥹[]
🚴 Strong ride >300w/>40km ave []
🏃🏼‍♂️ Ran into 3rd in Brooks Running Hyperion Elites 👟, 18:09 nothing flash due to calf/hammy issues but what a month post bike crash 💥 and not knowing if I’d even make the start line🥲 THE END 🏁 []

🤓 The juicy stuff 🍽 []

☀️ 5am, “Oi .liam 🛌 are you awake, want a cold brew?” ☕️
530am, “Oi Liam are you awake, do you want another cold brew? 🐶 []

🥘 6am, All the brekky buffet options in the world 🏨, always intrigued what other athletes eat race morning, 😎 stuck to the tried and tested recipe, 4 slices of the plainest whitest toast 🍞 with Nutella 😋 []

🧊 8am, Sports drink slushie 🥶
🍚 830am, 2 x LCM bars, lashed out and went choc with rainbow sprinkles, not bhed 🌈 []
🚀 9am, Caffeine gel, 80mg ✌️ []

🏊🏻‍♂️ 915am, swim the swim course (30degrees water temp) []
🤵🏼 945am, its business time! 🔥 []
🚲 Bike, small sips of Bindi Nutrition Australia 💦 Bot much due to optimal pre cooling/hydration status []
🏃🏼‍♂️ Run, hold on, wearing this secret headband Omius 🤫 ! []

🎉 Celebrations, Ayran yoghurt drink by the litre , salty, icy, creamy & delish🥛😊
☕️ Another 2 iced lattes with the Captain Liam 👬🏼
🍱Buffet Hotel Dinner 🇯🇵 🍻 … this time a bit more exciting than the whitest plainest toast at brekky! []

✈️ Fly home to 👨‍👩‍👧
💙 Baby Beau Patrick Bryant born 3 days later 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 💙
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🍏 2 fruit 🥔 5 veg 🍆[]
🫁 2 cracked ribs 🤕 5 staples in my head; 🚴 🚑 []
🌎4 weeks out from the World Championships, my amazing team & family today, are the reason I came 4th in the world in PTS5 😇 []

…🥹Unbelievable, what a month, never give up, topped off with coming home to my gorgeous girls and arrival of our new bub next week🤰🏻Race at 0900, Depart Dubai at 0240 ✈️ 😴 THANKYOU