IMTALK EPISODE 387

News: IM Arizona is coming up, MetaMan 2014 is announced, Starykowicz backs up at Rev3, Bozzone wins Aussie Pro Champs, Crowie not doing IM anymore?, Challenge Melbourne has more slots open, NBC to premiere The GoPro IM World Champs. 

This Weeks Discussion: This week we are adding our second question for our Kona ebook. This week we want you to give us your top tips for racing the Hawaii Ironman. What is the tip that you can give that will help others do well in this iconic race? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: John looking sharp on his bike at the Ashburton Half. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Bel Fong sent through Cath Thiele as this weeks age grouper. Bel says that Cath is a true inspiration to lots of female athletes out there. She runs the great website, ironchicks.com.au. This sight is a great resource for female triathletes. Cath also had a great race at Kona this year! 

Websites of the Week: Here are the two sites we mentioned on todays show: Jack Daniels Vdot formula, Marathon Pace Chart. 

John's Race Update: John gives a race review from his race last weekend. 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 386

News: Sutton and Xena are leaving Team TBB, IM Florida results, Another new race in the UK, Hits Lake Havasu is coming up. 

This Weeks Discussion: We are going to be selling a ebook as a part of our lottery to Kona idea. The legal way for us to get around this is to sell a product and then do a prize draw for someone who brought it. To make it easy for us we are going to get you guys to help us come up with an ebook called 'The IMTalk Guide to Kona'. What we need from you is: Best things you can do to help you qualify, top 10 race tips, best 10 things to do when in Kona for race week, 10 non tri things to do in Kona. This week we are going to focus on one of these areas, so what we want from you is: tips on what made the difference for you to get to Kona. Keep it to one to two sentences per tip. Comment here

This Weeks Photo: Check out John's cool Kona Tri Suit.

Age Grouper of the Week: Lindell Percival sent through her husband Craig as this weeks age group. Craig is a well know name in the Australian tri community. Craig recently did Ultraman Canada and he managed to get third overall. He also managed break a few course records along the way. Craig has a coaching business which you can check out at www.nolimitsendurance.com.au

High 5: James 'The Wiseone' sent through this weeks High 5, how to deal with the post Kona doldrums. 

Website/App of the Week: We had quite a few people send through podcast apps for Android. Click here to check them out: Podkicker, Shiftyjelly, Beyond Pod.

 

IMTALK EPISODE 385 - Dirk Bockel and Sam Gyde

News: Beckham to do IM?, Xterra World Champs, Whitfield retired, IM Florida is coming up, Legends show is out. 

This Weeks Discussion: John has been talking up his chances of getting a top 5 in Kona. If John does get in the top 5 what would be a fun dare that Bevan would have to do? If John doesn't get in the top 5 John would have to do the dare. So we want to know what you think the dare could be? This could be fun, or not! Comment here. 

Interview: This week we have Pro Ironman Dirk Bockek on the show. He shares his Kona experience with us. He also shares his thoughts on the current state of the sport and his amazing Roth race. Check out his website here: www.liveandlettri.com You can watch is Kona Documentary here. 

Interview: Sam Gyde is a three time Kona age group winner. He took out the 35-39 age group in Kona a few weeks ago. This week he shares some insight into what it takes to be the best age grouper in the world! If you want to check out Sam's website go to www.samgyde.com

IMTALK EPISODE 384 - Bob Seebohar and Catherine Faux

News: Challenge UK is moving, Beach to Battleship is coming up, your chance to get to Kona through IMTalk is happening!

This Weeks Discussion: This week we were wondering if you think that the top five age group winners at Kona each year should get an automatic slot for the following years race? Currently only the winner gets the slot. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a pick of Rick Laird looking sharp in his IMTalk SLS tri suit. 

Interview: This week we have the fastest ever female age grouper at Kona, Catherine Faux. She shares her Kona experience and other insight into what it takes to be a successful age grouper. Check out this great piece about Catherine from John Levison on www.tri247.com.

Interview: We also have Bob Seebohar on the show again. We get him to go over lots of the nutrition stuff that we have been talking about lately. He gives some clear advice on what we should be doing with our nutrition. Click here to check out Bob's website.  

Click here if you want to see John's Metabolic Efficiency Test Report. 

This Weeks Websites: The Secret Pro, Epic Woman. 

IMTALK EPISODE 383 - POST KONA SUPER SPECIAL

This weeks show is all about the Ironman World Championships last weekend in Kona. We break down every part of the race in both the pro's races and the age group races. 

This Weeks Discussion: After watching the coverage of the world champs over the weekend we were wondering what you think would be one thing that WTC could do to improve the coverage? Try to think of things that will improve your experience of race day as a viewer. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photos: This week we have photo's of the 2013 World Ironman Champions Mirinda Carfrae and Frederik Van Lierde.

Interview: We have AJ from www.trainingpeaks.com on the show. He talks about the power files from some of the pros at Kona. 

Websites from the show: Trirating, CoachCox.co.uk.