IMTALK EPISODE 304 - Rachel Joyce and Felix Walchshofer from Challenge

News: Results from IM Melbourne and Hitz, John's ITU update, Texas 70.3 is this weekend and Lance is racing. 

This Weeks Discussion: This weeks discussion is coming from Will Hogarth: Training when you loose your training mojo. What have you done to get fitness back on track when the mojo has gone? Comment here.

Interview: We have Rachel Joyce on the show to have a talk about her race in Melbourne. Check out her website: http://racheljoyce.org/

Interview: We have Felix Walchshofer from Challenge to talk about what has been happening lately and where they are going from here. www.challenge-family.com

IMTALK EPISODE 303 - Justin Daerr

News: IM Melbourne is coming up this week and it has a great field, IM Cairns have 40 Kona slots plus there's a discounted rate IMNZ competitors, Michael Ralert racing Galverson 70.3.

This Weeks Discussion: Here's John's new Kona qualifying plan. Slack the championship events with slots but for championship events there is preferential entry for those that qualify. Eg in Asia Pacific there are now ~200 Qualifying spots across 5 events. John’s suggestions - Winner of each AG at each IM gets a Kona slot = ~24 slots/race. - Bump up slots at regional championship to ~120+ Kona slots. - Preferential entry for regional championship races opens one week before general entry for - 1. Top 10 in their AG at any ironman in the year before. 2. Kona Qualifiers from the year before. 3. The regional champs would move location from year to year. What do you think? Comment here

Make sure you get your IMTalk tri suit:

The tri suit order goes in this Friday so get in now. Click on this link to get yours now. 

Interview: This week we have Justin Daerr from Endurance Corner about how to train effectively in hot locations. You can check out some of Justin's pieces on www.endurancecorner.com. Make sure you check out their camps as well. 

This Weeks Websites: www.openfooddata.com, IronCamp in France, The Hits race in Florida.

 

IMTALK EPISODE 302 - DCRainmaker Ray Maker

News: IM Melbourne in two weeks, John's ITU, what the Ralerts are doing this year. 

This Weeks Discussion: Christine McKinlay sent through this weeks discussion: Did anyone make changes to their diet/nutrition after last years spate of interviews on paleo+ metabolic efficiency etc. Be keen to hear if anyone tried it, is till doing it and what changes you have seen. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Tim Hemming playing tennis ;-)

Interview: This week we have an interview with Ray Maker AKA DCRainmaker. His website is one of the best places for product reviews. Check it out here: www.dcrainmaker.com

Age Grouper of the Week: Last week we gave the AGOTW to Shanon Stallard for being the first age grouper home at IMNZ. Well we got it wrong. It was actually Tony Edmonds who was the first age grouper home as Shanon raced as a pro. So Tony, you are our age grouper of the week. 

Website of the Week: Andrew Kerr sent through this website, which DCRainmaker mentioned during his interview: www.trainerroad.com. It's a great tool for those of you who train indoors. 

IMTALK EPISODE 301 - Mimi Winsberg, M.D

News: Abu Dhabi Results, IMNZ Result and what happened with the weather, Kona Inspired by WTC, John's ITU update. 

Discussion of the week: Anthony Ripamonti come up with this weeks discussion: How has your participation in the sport affected your family and or colleagues? Positively? Negatively? Have you inspired others to try an Ironman? Comment here. 

Video of the Week: Matt Ellis had a cool video made about his winter training. Check it out here. 

Interview: We have Mimi Winsberg from Endurance Corner on the show this week. Mini discusses depression on how it affects athletes in our sport. 

John mentioned a fundraising effort that Kieran Sutherland is doing for the Mental Health Foundation. If you would like to support this click on this link: http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/kieransutherland/

Age Groupers of the Week: This week we had the two age group winners from IMNZ. Shanon Stallard won the mens in a time of 4:14 for a tenth overall and Hilary Wicks did a 4:32 for a sixth overall. Great work guys. 

Andrew Messicks Talk: Here's the clip that we talked about on the show. 

This Weeks Websites: www.konainspired.com.

IMTALK EPISODE 300 - Andrew Messick

News: IMNZ and Abu Dhabi Tri this weekend, talk of live TV coverage for Kona, Challenge Kraichgau is now the Half Distance European Championships, Chrissie's book is out, we have our own IMTalk Tri Suits coming out. 

Discussion of the Week: We're struggling for discussions lately so we have two questions this week. 1. What do you think would be a good discussion for discussion of the week? 2. If you were to give one tip to someone who was doing their first IM what would it be? Comment here. 

Interview: We have CEO of WTC Andrew Messick on the show again this week. He covers some questions around what is happening in the sport right now. Check out www.ironman.com to see what WTC are up to. 

Coaches Corner: Bevan does his second Coaches Corner in the six years of the show. He covers the importance of building esteem in other areas of life for IM triathletes. 

This Weeks Websites: Tri Ratings Kona picks, Chrissie interview, New race in Wales.