IMTALK EPISODE 343 - Chris 'Macca' McCormack

News: Challenge Wanaka and Asia Pacific 70.3 Champs in Auckland are coming up this weekend. 

Interview: This week we have Macca back on the show. He talks about his work with Challenge, his Kona and what is happening in 2013. Check out his website here: www.chrismccormack.com

Age Grouper of the Week: Scott Connolly send through Benny Moore as this weeks age grouper. Benny had a horrible race experience in 2008 where he was in a really bad place when he finished. From there he came back and had an amazing race at IMWA, finishing in a time of 9:10! 

Website of the Week: Grant Callaghan send through www.ironchicks.com.au as this weeks website. It's a great place for chicks to share about training experiences. 

John's History Lesson: John talks about the ITU world champs in the mid 90's. 

IMTALK EPISODE 343 - Jo Lawn

News: Results from POT Half, This week in Lance, Mahe Drysdale is doing an Ironman, Bevan's race report. 

This Weeks Discussion: Bevan's been getting back into listening to music when he's out running. So this week he was wondering what music you guys are listening to when you are out there training. Give us your latest hits. Comment here. 

Interview: New Zealand Ironman legend Jo Lawn is on this weeks show. She talks about racing Challenge Wanaka, the later part of her career and life after Ironman. Check out Jo's website here: www.joannalawn.com

Age Grouper of the Week: Richard Swan sent through Anna Ross for this weeks age grouper. She managed to pull of a 4th age group place in her first Ironman, which was at the Kona world champs! 

High 5: Skip Slade send through a High 5 on 'Lessons from an IM volunteer'. 

This Weeks Websites: Link to Ken Glah USAT Lifetime Achievement Award nomination. 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 342 - Paul Newsome and Thorsten 'The Geek'

In this weeks holiday season show we have another different type of show. On todays show we have two interviews and an episode of Fitness Behavior. 

Interview: Paul Newsome from Swim Smooth is back on the show again. He shares more great swimming tips. These guys are great at helping all different types of swimmers find their next level. Check out their website here: www.swimsmooth.com

Interview: Thorsten 'The Geek' from www.trirating.com is on the show this week. In this interview we talk about the best performances of 2012. What were the best performances in a single race, who was the best overall athletes and what races were the hardest? Thorsten brings the stats forward to help us figure these questions out. 

Fitness Behavior: In this episode of Fitness Behavior Bevan covers 'crucial moments' and how we can pre-plan for these. It's a great tool to help us overcome challenging moments, in both life and racing. 

IMTALK EPISODE 341 - Merry Christmas

Welcome to our Christmas day show! We hope you have an amazing day ;-) Here's what we have in this weeks show: 

Interview: This week we have Barry Siff back on the show. He shares what he's been up to, how the Hits races are going and his thoughts on ITU. It's a great interview, Barry knows his stuff. 

Fitness Behavior: We also have a episode of Bevan's other Podcast, Fitness Behavior. In this show he talks about 'The Process Challenge'. If you want to download the PDF you can get it from here. It cost $3 U.S.

IMTALK EPISODE 340

This Weeks News: Bevan's making his comeback, Challenge announces more races, John's ITU update, Time Don going long, Inside Tri's 10 most influential people. 

This Weeks Photo: The Mountain Snails Family, Dad looking great in his IMTalk Tri Suit.

       

This Weeks Discussion: On this weeks show we confirmed our names for the different level of IMTalk IM finishers. We now need you to come up with the second name, this will make sense when you listen to the show. Also what do you think were the top 3, either male or female, performances of 2012? Comment here. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Marcel sent through Doug Neil and a race that the Banora Tri Club puts on every week. The sprint course race happens 26 times a year. Over the years Doug has done the race over 600 times! That's wicked work. 

Website of the Week: Last week we had a question about cramping at night. A few people sent through Ben Greenfields website as a good resourse on these types of questions. Check it out here: bengreenfieldfitness.com