IMTALK EPISODE 418

News: Pete Jacobs is doing Roth; Lots of 70.3 results; Lots of results coming up.

This Weeks Discussion: How does fast/junk food sponsorship of triathlon sit with you? e.g. If KFC offered to sponsor you would you take it if you were a struggling pro or event promoter. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: David Hughes gave his fame moment when he was in Melbourne. Here's the photo that Bevan took. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Frank McVeigh sent through Bob Davison for this weeks AGOTW. Not only has Bob done all types of crazy races he is also a big event director Ireland. Bob is one of the good guys of the sport. 

What happened to...? We do an update on what happened with Leanda Cave with the Welsh Commonwealth Games Triathlon team. Make sure you check out Tim's piece in this months 220 Triathlon mag on it. Here's Leanda's site here. 

Coaches Corner: Sportie Doc Tamis Lewis sent us through some info about the nutrition conversation we have had lately. Here's the article she recommended. 

IMTALK EPISODE 417

News: IM Cairns results; Cam Brown oldest IM winner; Challenge Bahrain prize purse breakdown; Coming up races; Update on the rankings. 

This Weeks Discussion: Peter Coulson sent through this weeks discussion. He was wondering where the mecca for training is in your country? You can only put down places in the country that you live in. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Some of the Epic Camp Lite Crew looking sharp on their cool bikes. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Bradley "Speedo" Odom sent through this weeks age grouper, Harvey Gayer. Harvey has been a successful triathlete and Bradley said is a alround good guy. While this is great one of Harvey's biggest achievements is his massive weight loss. Check out these photos. 

Coaches Corner: John does an update on Project 2014 and a wrap up of Epic Camp Lite. 

Website of the Week: Seano The Porno sent through this site, Grist.com. It has a music clip that has been totally created on a bike. 

This Weeks Website: Team Every Man Jack, WSJ piece on Iron Distance races, Kickstarter for The Perfect Triathlon bag, Shining 4 Sharn. 

IMTALK EPISODE 416

This weeks show is all about Epic Camp Lite and John's race. We do a little bit of news and some short interviews with some of the Epic Campers. 

This Weeks Discussion: With Crowie being DQ'd at Kona 70.3 we were wondering what are the stupidest rules in triathlon? If there was one rule you could change what would it be? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Ed 'Mr Demolition' Walford send through this great shot.

  

IMTALK EPISODE 415 - Dr Dan Benardot and Epic Camp Lite

News: Results from Brazil; Jo Lawn is pregnant; U.S Tri hall of fame class for this year named.

This Weeks Discussion: Toni Hodge sent through this question, here's her message: Leaving aside the typical controversy of giving spots to celebrities, there is another issue which is the fact that he joins a long line of MALE celebrities being given this opportunity.  Women are currently underrepresented in the sport and so we should be encouraging WTC to find a female celebrity to take on the challenge and inspire women around the world. So, question of the week, which female celebrity would you like to see WTC inviting to race at Kona in 2015? Comment here.

This Weeks Photo: Here's a shot of the Epic Camp Lite crew in Hawaii. 

Interview: This week we have a great interview with Dr Dan Benardot. Dan is one of the worlds leading sports nutritionist who has worked with many elite athletes, including Olympic medal winning Marathoners. On this weeks show he shares some great thinking on the topic of nutrition. You can check out his website here: foodandsport.com, here's the link to his nutritiming.com. 

Epic Camp Lite Update: John gives an update on Epic Camp Lite and we have interviews with a few of the Epic Campers. One of these is Neil Scholes who's coaching website we mentioned, the website is: www.performance-edge.me. 

IMTALK EPISODE 414 - Felix Walchshofer and Chad from Trainer Road

News: Results from IM Texas and Lanzarote; John's ITU update; Sister Madonna is being inducted into USA's Triathlon Hall of Fame; IM Brazil coming up. 

This Weeks Discussion: James 'The Wiseone' Bowtell has sent through this weeks question: So other than wanting to take all the carbon in the atmosphere and put it into race wheels and bike frames, how do you combine sustainability and triathlon? What should we be doing as a triathlete community to help the planet? What should we be more aware of that we might be doing to hurt the planet? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a photo of Mike Pizel looking cool in his IMTalk trisuit.                 

                       

Interview: We have an interview Felix Walchshofer from www.challenge-family.com. He give us an update on all things Challenge. 

Interview: We have Chad from www.trainerroad.com about how to improve your 40TT. 

And the Winner is: The winner of our Ulitmate Kona Experience is Jens Dahlman. You'll be joining us in Kona this year for the world champs!

This Weeks Websites: Two great pieces from John Levison at Tri247.com: Women doing sub 9 and the domination from the Brownlee's and Gomez.