IMTalk Episode 513 - Jim Vance

News: Challenge announce The Championship race; Strong field for Challenge Roth; John's Epic Lite for Queenstown/Wanaka; ITU update; Frodeno and Ryf at Laureus Sport Awards; IM Australia is coming up. 

This Weeks Discussion: Do you think The Championship from Challenge will be a success? Let us know why you have your thoughts? When you give your thoughts share where you are from in the world. Comment here.

This Weeks Photo: The Mountain Snail swam the Cook Straight. He made sure he wore his cool IMTalk swim cap.

Age Grouper of the Week: The Mountain Snail sent through Daryl Bloomfield. He has been an IM for years but more importantly he has run the Scorchers triathlon races in Wellington for 13 years. This series has had over 100 races and has been an important part of the triathlon community. Daryl is a good man that has given so much to our great sport.

Interview: Jim Vance has released his book Triathlon 2.0. It's about how to understand your data so you can get the most out of your devices, which will lead to improved performance. In this interview he shares some great insight on this topic. You can get his book by clicking here. 

Coaches Corner: We cover question about HR and power when riding into the wind. 

This Weeks Websites: Bevan's Fitness Behaviour podcast interview with leading sports psychologist. 

IMTalk Episode 512 - 10 Year Clip Show

This week we are doing our 10 Year Clip Show. It's some of the funny bits from the show over the last ten years. We have to say a big thanks to Ross 'Give a Lot' Little for his work on this one. We hope you enjoy. 

IMTalk Episode 511 - 10 Year Anniversary Weekend

News: Results from IMSA and ITU Gold Coast; Strongman is coming up; Macca's latest venture. 

This Weeks Discussion: Lately we have been asking about how triathlon has been going in your local area. An extension of this question that The Mountain Snail asked over the weekend is: Do you think we will see a renaissance of small club races or are they dying? Tell us your thoughts. Comment here. 

10 Year Anniversary Weekend: The rest of this weeks show is about our 10 Year Anniversary Weekend. We have interviews, the stories and how we are feeling now. You can check out all of the photos from it here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3. 

IMTalk Episode 510 - Rob Wilby

News: Our anniversary camp is coming up; John's race; Some 70.3 results; John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Discussion: This weeks discussion comes from Ross Little. What has been the biggest shock in your opinions in the last 10 years, from Chrissie coming onto the scene and dominating everything and setting a new height for women's tri? To seeing the ITU stars (finally) start to win big in IRONMAN? The tech advances? Or was it something else? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's 'The Material Provider' Phil Paterson doing John's Sea to Sky race in his IMTalk one piece. 

Interview: We get Rob Wilby from www.team.oxygenaddict.com on the show to talk about FTP testing. Remember that the team at Oxygenaddict.com are doing a webinar on this topic, click here to reserve your place.  

IMTalk Episode 509

News: The old flag stays; Lottery slots system announced; Long Course champs going to Penticton; Hits series is kicking off. 

This Weeks Discussion: With it being our 10 year anniversary we thought it's a good chance for you to ask us some questions. So this weeks discussion is what questions do you have for Bevan and John? You can ask anything you want ;-) Comment here.

This Weeks Video: Here's the video of IMSA back in 2001. See if you can spot John in it. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Helen Majorhazi and Sus Chesmar sent through Di Chesmar for this weeks Age Grouper. She managed to take out her age group at Challenge Wanaka. 

App of the Week: Rob “Speedy G” Arruda sent through www.springmoves.com. It's a great app that uses music to improve your cadence.