IMTALK EPISODE 361

News: IM Lanzarote and Texas are coming up, Challenge announce three half distance races in Australia, WTC will be rotating the world 70.3 champs, WTC are trying different swim starts, lots of 70.3 results. 

This Weeks Discussion: John come up with this weeks question: If there was a single thing you could do to try and make the pro race at big Ironman races (Kona, Frankfurt or Melbourne) more exciting, what would that be? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Hywel did the London Marathon with a Hawaiian top on. Turns out it was a good move as he did a 2:32:51!

Coaches Corner: This weeks John covers quite a few questions that you guys have sent through over the last few months.  

Website of the Week: The Mountain Snail sent through this weeks website: www.effortlessswimming.com. Here's what MS wrote about it: Brenton Ford’s a pretty serious Aussie swim coach but young and imaginative.  He’s started a swimming-for-triathlon podcast recently and has lots of interviews with Aussie open water swimmers and triathletes which are refreshingly relevant to what we do (ie not about pool swimming).

IMTALK EPISODE 360 - Terenzo Bozzone and Dylan McNiece

News: Results from Challenge Taiwan and IM Australia, Lots of 70.3 results, Vabrousek finishes 125 Iron Distance race, John's ITU update. 

Discussion of the Week: With WTC trying to put on an IM in Boulder, Richard Soares was having a discussion with a mate of his around if they would pay $750 for a local race. So this weeks discussion is that question: would you pay $750 for a local race? Give us your reasons for your answer. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: On this weeks show we had the Blender Challenge. Here's the photo of both John and Bevan's blenders. 

Interview with Terenzo Bozzone: This week we have Terenzo Bozzone back on the show. He talks about his last year of racing, what he's going to be up to for the rest of 2013. He also shares what life is like as a pro and the type of training when he was a kid. You can keep in contact with Terenzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/terenzo1 or Facebook here. 

Interview with Dylan McNiece: Dylan McNiece took out the new Challange Taiwan last weekend. We caught up with him about the race. If you want to find out more about Dylan check out his website: http://dylanmcneice.com

This Weeks Website: Our new sponsor Endurance Junkie, Article where a reporter useds Peds. 

IMTALK EPISODE 359

News: News: New Challenge Taiwan this weekend, IM Port Mac this weekend, Ironman Australia Legends club, Challenge working with Mark Allen Online, Alstair Brownlee does 28:32 for 10k, John's ITU Update.

This Weeks Discussion: You've been made the CEO of WTC and your job is to create more profit for the organisation. What would you do to help the WTC grow and make more money? Comment here.  

This Weeks Video: It's the Richard Simmons YouTube clip that Bevan was talking about on the show. 

Coaches Corner: John talks through his HR testing and some of the files from the Auckland race. He also covers some follow up questions from the Paul Laursen interview. Here are the links that go with it: Sodium Study, Sports Drink write up from Paul. 

Website of the Week: John Newing sent through Forksoverknives.com for this weeks website. It's a website that promote the plant based diet. John likes the recipes on there. 

This Weeks Websites: Michael Davidson website, Christian Isakson's fundraising page. 

IMTALK EPISODE 358 - Mahe Drysdale, Daniel Plews, and Adam Otstot

News: Koh Samui results, Ralert wins New Orleans 70.3, John's ITU update, Hits Marble Falls is coming up. 

This Weeks Discussion: Sam Newell sent through this weeks question, here it is: Do you think the AG ranking system will lead to WTC changing the qualifying criteria for Kona into a ranking system? If they did do this what would be the positive and negative sides of doing it? Comment here

This Weeks Video: Christian Isakson keeps doing great work, check out this latest clip:

Interview: This week we have an Mahe Drysdale and Daniel Plews on the show. Mahe is the current Olympic Rowing Champion and he is training for an Ironman. Daniel works at High Performance Sport New Zealand, he is coaching Mahe through his IM experience. 

Interview: Adam Otsot is a top age grouper who has just turned pro. On this weeks show we have a talk to Adam and see how he's approaching the step up to being pro. If you want to check out his website click here. 

IMTALK EPISODE 357

News: Results from IM South Africa & Hits Nappa Valley, Norden takes our 70.3, Strongman is coming up, Who's leading the age group and pro rankings, John's ITU. 

This Weeks Discussion: Bree Witteveen sent through this weeks discussion: A lot of folks seem to be jumping on the triathlon coach bang wagon these days and calling themselves coaches after taking just one weekend class. What does it take to become a legitimate and/or GOOD triathlon coach? Do you have to be fast or just be passionate and knowledgeable about the sport? What makes a good coach and what do you look for? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: John looking sharp in his IMTalk tri suit at the Auckland race. 

Age Grouper of the Week: The guys at the Sports Science Crew kicked butt at IMNZ. Rob Creasey and Daniel Plews were the 2nd and 3rd overall and Paul Laursen nailed the sub 10. These guys definitely do what they preach. 

Website of the Week: Tom Ballard sent through TriRadar.com for this weeks website. It's a great website that covers everything triathlon. They have blogs from top athletes, gear reviews, race reports, training articles and more. 

Coaches Corner: Jeff Curry sent through a question about how to get faster. So John gives some tips on how to increase your speed.