IMTALK EPISODE 294

News: Chrissie Wellington is taking some time off, Challenge Wanaka and Israman are coming up this weekend, a new iron distance race called Bone Island Tri has been announced.

This Weeks Photo: Sharon and David 'The Green Light Kid' Rowe have arrived in Wanaka for this weekends race. This weeks photo is The Green Light Kid showing of Des and Troy over Wanaka. Love it!

This Weeks Discussion: We'd been told a lot about http://www.strava.com/ by Adam Titley and Luke Millar. It seems like a great app. This got us wondering, what is the best apps you use for your training? You can put one other 'non training' app in there as well ;-) Comment here.  

Interview: We have Dirk Friel from www.trainingpeaks.com this week. He talks to us about what they are doing to give you better information about your training. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Justin Waller sent through Richard Hunter (along with his guide Alan Gulledge) became only the second visually impaired athlete to break 12 hours with a 11:55 finish. This is an amazing effort as Richard has only 5% vision. 

Coaches Corner: John covers how you can use this time of the year to identiy small areas for improvement and then put some focus into it. 

Weblink of the Week, Brought to you by SLS use the code IMTalk at www.slstri.com for a 25% discount: www.trirating.com has done it again, John just loves this site. Check it out.  

This Weeks Website: Chrissies Audio Motivation. 

  

IMTALK EPISODE 293 - Tim Pigott on Stretching

News: Results from the Hits race in Naples, Cam Brown wins POT Half, Wanaka and IMNZ coming up, Kiwi triathlete takes out NZ road cycle champs. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a shot from the media conference at the 2011 Ironman World Champs. 

This Weeks Discussion: Who is going to put in the break though performance and get in the top 10 on Thorstens rating in 2012? Comment here

Age Grouper of the Week: Stuart Anderson sent through Jenny Gowans as this weeks age grouper. She managed to get a 3rd in the 70.3 world champs and win her age group at Phuket. She did all of this while working 60 hours a week!

Interview: This week we have an interview with Tim Pigott about stretching. It's a great insight into the latest thinking in this area. Check out his website here: theperformanceclinic.co.uk 

Interview: We have a new sponsor on the show with Sebastian Linke from SLS. SLS have intelligent race apparel and the great thing for your guys is that you get 25% off when you enter the discount code IMTalk at check out. As John would say it's a no brainer! 

This Weeks Websites: Morton's link about riding carbon bikes on trainers.

IMTALK EPISODE 292

It's the second week in our holiday so once again I've released another show which includes my other Podcast, Fitness Behavior. This weeks show is on the fitness reset. I hope you enjoy it - Bev. 

We'll be back in the studios next week, get ready for a massive 2012!

IMTALK EPISODE 291

Because we are taking a couple weeks off I've released an episode of my other podcast Fitness Behavior in this weeks show. The show is about Action Triggers and in the show I mention that there's a workbook that you can get on here. Click on the link down below to get it: 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 290 - Best of the Year 2011

This weeks show is the best of the year where we cover the best parts of 2011 in the Ironman world. We must say a big thanks to Thorsten from www.trirating.com Check out his great website for more details about everything we talked about on the show. 

This Weeks Discussion: We didn't talk about this on the show but we are taking two weeks off over the holiday break. In that time we'll put out the two best interviews from this year. So we want to know from you guys which interviews you want us to use in these shows? The most voted for ones will be used. Comment here. 

Age Grouper of the Week: The Fonginator sent through this weeks age grouper: Rhona Maclean. Rhona is a quiet achiever who has kept improving over the years and has consistantly delivered great results. Plus Bel informs us that she's a great chick. 

Thanks to everyone for your amazing support in 2011! We look forward to taking everything to the next level in 2012. Thanks for being a part of the IMTalk community.