IMTALK EPISODE 538

News: Wildflower is on hold (hopefully not gone) in 2017; Results from Island House Tri and IM Los Cabos; IM Florida is coming up; Thorsten's article on IMLive coverage at Kona; Ironman is now in Italy. 

This Weeks Discussion: If you could come up with 1 event to try and catapult triathlon what would it be, what innovations would you bring in, and where and when would it be held? (for example we see Island House Tri, Collins Cup, Challenge Bahrain). Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's Bevan's Photo of Daniela Ryf at the World Champs. 

Age Groupers of the Week: This week we have a look at some of the top Age Group results at the World Champs. 

High 5: John does a High 5 on how to train for the Triple T. 

Coaches Corner: John has started his training for Roth. This week he shares his plan. 

My First Tri: Matthew Crehan sent through his first triathlon. 

This Weeks Websites: Here is Emma's (length of NZ ride) fundraising page. 

IMTALK EPISODE 537 - DIMITY LEE DUKE

News: Results from IM Barcelona, IM Taiwan and Xterra World Champs; Kona wrap up; Iron Century; No Gomez at Kona 2017; Selling IV at races. 

This Weeks Discussion: Steve Morris send through this question: If triathlon was a more mainstream sport do you think a performance like Ryf would be being questioned? In many other sports as soon as someone dominates in the way she did at Kona their performance is questioned. What do you think? Comment here. 

This Weeks Video: Here's the short version of Kona put out by WTC. 

Website of the Week: Lee Spoor sent through this amazing site that creates a cool visual version of your training ride. Check it out here: www.relive.cc. 

Interview: This week we have an interview with Pro Athlete Dimity Lee Duke. She shares what it's like to be a pro in Asia, her road to becoming a pro, and what her goals are in the sport. Check out her Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/dimityduke/

This Weeks Websites: Benn Coubrough's website; Finn's infograph on his race. 

IMTALK EPISODE 536 - CHRIS HAUTH

On this weeks show we have an interview with Coach Chris Hauth, from www.aimpcoaching.com. He covers his swimming and triathlon career and shares many good insights into being a successful athlete. 

Plus we have an interview with Rob Wilby from Oxygenaddict.com. If you want to join their team click on this link: www.team.oxygenaddict.com

After that we have our Kona race day experience, this includes the happenings of the day and lots of age group interviews. 

Lastly we have a few Epic Camp interviews. 

IMTALK EPISODE 535 - Kona Race Coordinators and Thorsten 'The Geek' Radd

News: A new race called The Collins Cup; Results from ITU Long Course Champs, IM Chattanooga, IM Mallorca; Kona News; Jacobs is out of Kona; IM Hall of Fame; IMTalk Gear is out again; Coming up races. 

This Weeks Discussion: This years Ironman Hall of Fame athletes have been announced, they are Lew Friedland and Peter Reid. For this weeks discussion we want to know who you think should be inducted into the Hall of Fame in the future? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a great photo of Ben Moore crossing the finish line at Ironman Wales in his cool IMTalk Tri Suit.

Interview: We get Thorsten 'The Geek' from TriRating.com on the show again. We talk about Kona and his amazing 2016 Kona Rating Report, which you can get here. 

Interview: This week we have three of the Race Directors for the Ironman World Champs in Kona. We have Registration Director Cindy Armer, Run Director Jason Braswell, and Finish Line Director Laura Varney. They all share what they do on the big day. 

This Weeks Websites: Get your cool new IMTalk gear by clicking here. 

IMTALK EPISODE 534

News: What happened at the ITU championships; Results from IM Walse; Coming up races; WTC announces IM Hamburg; Kona News. 

This Weeks Discussion: For those of you who have raced Kona, what surprised you about the course that you wished you knew beforehand? Also do you feel this race is harder than any other and if you feel it is, why is that the case? Comment here.

This Weeks Photo: Here is a great photo of Kevin 'The Assassin' Hunt in his new IMTalk gear!

Website of the Week: Richard Swan asked the question about percentage time difference between the fastest IM ride time in comparison to the worlds fastest cyclists. We got received of good answers on this one. Scott Watkins also wrote a great piece about this topic on his website: www.trijedi.com. 

John's Science Corner: We continue to look at cramping studies.

Interview: We have Rob Wilby from Team.Oxygenaddict.com back on the show to talk about reverse periodisation. Here's the link to the webinars that Rob mentioned in his interview.

This Weeks Websites:TriRatings Kona Report.