IMTALK EPISODE 237

News: Lance is coming to NZ, Results for IM Arizona, Beach to Battleship and South Island Half IM, 2011 ITU Long Distance location announced, remember to order your jersey. 

This Weeks Discussion: The Wise One James Bowtell sent through this weeks question: If you are trying to get your spouse/significant other participating in the sport or your training, what are the best tips for doing this? Comment here

Interview: We interview Annette Lee about the Epic Camp DVD 'Going Hard, Going Long'. You can get the DVD here: Stormyshop.com 

Age Grouper of the Week: Scott Richdale sent through Liam Dolan for Age Grouper of the Week. After swimming a 1:25 in the swim at Kona he passed 1385 people in the bike and run to finish in a time of 9:31! What an amazing performance. 

High 5: Andy Brind-Surch sent through this weeks High 5: 'the real reason endurance do things'

  1. Carbo loading- excuse to eat lots of food.
  2. Taper/off season- reason to lazy.  
  3. Shave their legs- so they look better.
  4. Getting down to race weight-.
  5. Train crazy amounts.

This Weeks Websites: Tom Williams, from Marathon Talk, Winter Swim, Great YouTube clip from Chance Barber, Jules Gorham new triathlon blog, ITU Champs Location, Trijuice article

 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 236

News: Lots of results, Arizona coming up, Tri Star has a new race, Janus no longer with WTC, IMTalk bike jerseys.

Discussion of the Week: Scott Walker sent through this weeks question: What movies are best to watch when you are on the wind trainer? Comment here

Age Grouper of the Week: Tim Petersen sent through Christian Salling for having a great first race while having a flat and a broken derailer. 

Website of the Week: Andrew Winter sent through a great site to help with motivation when you are on a wind trainer. It gives you intervals to work, check it out here.

This Weeks Websites: Paradise Tri Training, Craig Johns coaching website, SlowTwitch Janus discussion

 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 234 - Heleen Bij De Vaate

NEWS: Our response to the Ironman Access Program, Triple T and Ibiza long distance results, Silverman and IM Florida are coming up, Steffen and Jacobs do well at Noosa, Arizona field stacked.

Discussion of the Week: 'Daddy Death' Pete Tinholt sent through this week question. What is the best system to reward athletes who have completed a lot of Ironman races but have not been to Kona? Comment here

Interview: John has an interview with top 10 Kona finisher Heleen Bij De Vaate. Check out her website

Coach's Corner: John talks through his race at the Auckland Marathon. 

Links from the show: Lava Mag, 'Cool Hand' Chance Barber sent through this great running article,  Shawn Burke sent through these meditation websites: Short Naps, Longer Meditation. The clip about Ironman Access program. 

 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 232 - 2010 Kona Champ Chris 'Macca' McCormack

News: Challenge Great Barrier with great prize money, Kona follow up, Henning to race AZ, Kona now has a stand alone website, results from the Great Floridian

This Weeks Discussion: Tim Tansley sent through this weeks question: What endurance events have equal status to an Ironman or maybe even greater status than Kona? Comment here

Interview: We have an interview that goes for over an hour with two time World Champ Chris McCormack. Check him out on here on Facebook, Twitter and his own website

This Weeks Links: Ice Compression gear, Em's facebook page