IMTALK EPISODE 346 - Dylan McNiece and Justin Daerr

News: Results from Israman, Tri Dhabi is gone, Clare Carney nearly dies, K-Swiss is out of IM and Newton are the new shoe sponsor. 

This Weeks Discussion: John is about to start Project 2014! He was wondering how you think he will do at IMNZ next year? He also wants to know where you think he will get in his age group in Kona? Give a time for IMNZ and a place for Kona. Comment here. 

Interview: This week we have Challenge Wanaka winner Dylan McNeice on the show this week. He shares his experience on the Wanaka race, staying in the sport and what to from here. Check out his website here: www.dylanmcneice.com 

Website of the Week: Roger Thompson sent through his wives dinner club's recipe website: www.spokanedinnerclub.blogspot.co.nz It's got some great recipes in there. 

Interview: Justin Daerr from Endurance corner is back on the show this week. He shares his thoughts on the benefits and dangers of blowing up in training. Make sure you check out The Best of Endurance Corner ebook. It's only $9.99 on Amazon. 

This Weeks Websites: News piece about Clare Carney.  

IMTALK EPISODE 345

News: Results from Challenge Wanaka and Auckland 70.3, This week in Lance, Almere becomes a Challenge race. 

This Weeks Photo: Richard Swan send through this photo of Clyde Rozanoski finishing the New York Marathon in front of Lance

Age Grouper of the Week: Sam Pollard is this weeks age grouper. Sam road across Australia and then competed in IMWA. While he was doing this he performed, as a musician, on 18 nights. He did this as a massive fundraiser. You can check out his website here. 

High 5: John shares his High 5 on how to lose your jelly belly. 

This Weeks Websites: Trijuices' calendar of all of the new Triathlons in 2013.  

 

IMTALK EPISODE 343 - Chris 'Macca' McCormack

News: Challenge Wanaka and Asia Pacific 70.3 Champs in Auckland are coming up this weekend. 

Interview: This week we have Macca back on the show. He talks about his work with Challenge, his Kona and what is happening in 2013. Check out his website here: www.chrismccormack.com

Age Grouper of the Week: Scott Connolly send through Benny Moore as this weeks age grouper. Benny had a horrible race experience in 2008 where he was in a really bad place when he finished. From there he came back and had an amazing race at IMWA, finishing in a time of 9:10! 

Website of the Week: Grant Callaghan send through www.ironchicks.com.au as this weeks website. It's a great place for chicks to share about training experiences. 

John's History Lesson: John talks about the ITU world champs in the mid 90's. 

IMTALK EPISODE 343 - Jo Lawn

News: Results from POT Half, This week in Lance, Mahe Drysdale is doing an Ironman, Bevan's race report. 

This Weeks Discussion: Bevan's been getting back into listening to music when he's out running. So this week he was wondering what music you guys are listening to when you are out there training. Give us your latest hits. Comment here. 

Interview: New Zealand Ironman legend Jo Lawn is on this weeks show. She talks about racing Challenge Wanaka, the later part of her career and life after Ironman. Check out Jo's website here: www.joannalawn.com

Age Grouper of the Week: Richard Swan sent through Anna Ross for this weeks age grouper. She managed to pull of a 4th age group place in her first Ironman, which was at the Kona world champs! 

High 5: Skip Slade send through a High 5 on 'Lessons from an IM volunteer'. 

This Weeks Websites: Link to Ken Glah USAT Lifetime Achievement Award nomination. 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 342 - Paul Newsome and Thorsten 'The Geek'

In this weeks holiday season show we have another different type of show. On todays show we have two interviews and an episode of Fitness Behavior. 

Interview: Paul Newsome from Swim Smooth is back on the show again. He shares more great swimming tips. These guys are great at helping all different types of swimmers find their next level. Check out their website here: www.swimsmooth.com

Interview: Thorsten 'The Geek' from www.trirating.com is on the show this week. In this interview we talk about the best performances of 2012. What were the best performances in a single race, who was the best overall athletes and what races were the hardest? Thorsten brings the stats forward to help us figure these questions out. 

Fitness Behavior: In this episode of Fitness Behavior Bevan covers 'crucial moments' and how we can pre-plan for these. It's a great tool to help us overcome challenging moments, in both life and racing.