IMTALK EPISODE 412

News: Results from IM Australia and lots of 70.3's; Camilla Pederson marks amazing comeback at Challenge Fuerteventura; Ironcat coming up; John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Discussion: Bevan's book is coming out in August this year. The publishers are deciding on the name of the book over the next week. We want to know what you think the name for his book could be? The book is on the mind/behaviours of exercise. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: John and the kids doing open water swimming. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Matt Cowing sent through Richard Baker this weeks age grouper. Richard lost his wife Emma pulmonary embolism caused by DVT weeks before doing Lanzarote in 2011. He's going to be racing at the race this year where he will be releasing some of her ashes. Richard is fundraising for the Lifeblood Charity and you can support him here: www.justgiving.com/bakerlifeblood

Website of the Week: Peter sent through this weeks website: www.tapiriik.com. You can see a review of it from DC Rainmaker here. 

Coaches Corner: John goes over the concept of the reverse taper. 

This Weeks Websites: Emma Pooley's money piece, Tim Egge's book, Ucan tips.   

IMTALK EPISODE 411- Tim Noakes

This week we have a different show as the boys are away. We have a little bit of news but the majority of the show is an interview with Professor Tim Noakes. John has a great interview with this legendary sports science thinker. 

You can check out Tim's Twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/ProfTimNoakes

IMTALK EPISODE 410 - Phil Patterson and Nate from Trainer Road

News: Results from Challenge Taiwan; Changes to Kona start; New IM in Taiwan; Challenge Roth has a strong race; Legacy and lottery spots announced. 

This Weeks Discussion: We want to know what you guys think the best pro performance has been since Kona 2013, not including Kona? Who has kicked butt the most? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Big Phil Paterson

Interview: This week we get top Age Grouper Phil Patterson on the show to talk about his progress which lead to a great IMNZ plus how he dealt with some hugely stressful times in his life post the Christchurch Earthquakes. 

Interview: We also talk to Nate from www.trainerroad.com. He talks about how Trainer Road works and how you get the most out of it. 

Website of the Week: Robin Gorry sent through this weeks website: www.velominati.com/the-rules

This Weeks Websites: Nemo Brauch sent through this recipe which is on John's website.  

 

IMTALK EPISODE 409

News: Our IMTalk Jerseys are out; IM announced IM Maryland, Challenge announces race in Denmark; WTC maybe taking over the Challenge Barcelona races; Challenge Taiwan and Strongman Japan are coming up; We are finding out what All World Athletes get. 

This Weeks Discussion: We want to know what you feel would create a stronger age group field in Kona: Having 15 age group qualifying IM races split around the world (where all the other races wouldn't have Kona slots) or having an even amount of slots distributed over all of the different IM races in the world? Give us your reasons for your answer. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: John's happy ending at the end of Auckland 70.3. Thanks to Mike Pizel for send it through. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Glen Newbold send through his sister Kelly Newbold as this weeks age grouper. Kelly quit her job and moved to Australia after deciding it was time to get healthy. Over the next year she trained and completed IMNZ. Over that time she lost 35kg and was proud to cross the line at IMNZ in a time of 16:40. Well done Kelly!

Website of the Week: Quite a few people have sent through this weeks website of the week, www.trihistory.com. It's a great site that Mike Plant and Scott Tinley have put together to keep a record of our amazing sport. 

This Weeks Websites: Bryan Payne Indiegogo fundraiser, Daniel Roberts Sports Management survey. 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 408 - Thorsten Radd and Sue Aquila

News: Results from IMSA and some 70.3; 2015 world 70.3 champ in Salzburgerland; John's ITU update; Macca's UK camp.

This Weeks Discussion: Now that WTC have announced that the 70.3 world champs are in Europe we were wondering if our European listeners would rather do the 70.3 Champs or the ITU Long Course Champs in 2015? Let us know you why you made your choice. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Nick Morales from www.trijuice.com sent through this photo of Tim from the USA in his IMTalk trisuit at IM Los Cabos.

Age Grouper of the Week: Matthew Binns sent through this weeks age grouper, Nicole Hart. Nicole managed to have the fastest age group run at the Melbourne IM. That's a wicked effort. 

Interview: We get Thorsten from www.trirating.com to go over the latest KPR rankings. You can get his KPR observer from his website plus check out www.im-predictions.com to pick who will perform at IM races around the world. 

Interview: We have Sue Aquila from Endurance Corner on the show this week. She covers how to train, prepare, and race in the heat. If you want to check out Endurance Corners camps click here. 

This Weeks Websites: Macca's UK Camp.