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On this weeks show we have 9 time Ironman winner Luke McKenzie. He talks about the Island House Triathlon, what happening with his racing and his new clothing.     We also have: News, Discussion of the Week, My First Tri, and Question and Answers.

News: Results from Xterra World Champs and some other races; Coming up races.  This Weeks Discussion: Share your nations top three faster Ironman, both male and female, in Kona of all time. Comment here.  This Weeks Photo: Here's John and Dr Feelgood handing the winners metals to John's kids at a local race.  Age Groupers of the Week: This week we look at all of the age group winners from Kona this year. Plus we compare their times to last years winners.  Coaches Corner: We look into a study conducted by Dr Jennifer Robinson that promotes moving away from the Rice method in dealing with injury. You can read the study here.  This Weeks Websites: There is the drafting article we were talking about on the show. 

News: Matt Russell is doing well after his crash at Kona; Both Ryf and Gomez are going for the million dollar prize with the Triple Crown; Results from The Great Floridian; Top earners in the year so far, we talk about wetsuit cheaters at Kona. This Weeks Discussion: This Weeks Discussion: This week we want to know how should cheats be dealt with in the sport of triathlon? Also what do they need to do to be forgiven? Comment here Interview: This week we have an interview with former pro athlete Dirk Bockel. He talks to us about racing Kona as a pro and this years race. He also talks about his new book The Art of Triathlon Training, which you can get by clicking here.  Website of the Week: This week we have two websites. One is the movie 100 Meters. The other one is Breaking 2, the documentary about Nike's attempt to break 2 hours for a marathon.  Age Grouper of the Week: We look at all of the female age group winners at Kona.  My First Tri: Brett Ryan sent through his first tri, it's a funny story. 

This week it's all about The Ironman World Championships. We talk about the big race and have interviews with age groupers and pro Jocelyn McCauley who raced over on Saturday. 

This week we have our Kona Super Special. We cover this weekends Ironman World Championship and then we have lots of interviews, these include interviews with: Thorsten Radd (www.trirating.com), Michael Fox (www.foxenduranceracing.com), Jo Coombe, Nicky Rose, Rory Duckworth, and Greg Penner.

This week Mirinda Carfrae comes on the show to talk about her last year. In this time she as become a mother. She shares some amazing insight into how to deal with this special time in your life. She also talks about what she'll be doing as she heads back into pro racing. You can check out  Mirinda's website here: www.mirindacarfrae.com.  We also have an interview with Daniel Clarke.  Daniel, who runs www.trisplits.com, is an up and coming pro athlete. This week he comes on the show to talk about the transition from being a total beginner in the sport, to being an age group winner, to then go pro. He shares insights, and some tips, into progressing in the sport. You can check Daniel out here: www.ifnotyouthenwho.ca.  

This week we have an interview with Steve Kirby & Wayne Kurtz on Deca racing. They have so much experience in this field, on both the racing and organisation side of the sport. If you want to hear about the next level of endurance racing you will love this interview.  We also have News, Website of the Week, Discussion of the Week, Statstastic and Questions and Answers.

News: ITU worlds results; Other results; ITU Hall of Fame; 70.3 Chongqing postponed; Coming up races.  This Weeks Discussion: Nutrition is a big part of racing and one of the most important meals for a race is your breakfast. So for this weeks discussion we want to know what is your race day breakfast and why you have it? Interview: This week we have Braden Currie on the show. He talks about life away from the family, his racing this year, and his goals for the Ironman World Championships. You can follow Braden by going to his website: www.bradencurrie.com Age Grouper of the Week: We look at the ITU worlds and name some of the age group champs.  Statstastic: This week we look at how many athletes were able to compete on the ITU circuit.  This Weeks Websites: ITU Hall of Fame; Superleague. 

News: Les McDonald passes away; 70.3 Champs; Results from Challenge Aldmere, Ironman Wales and Ironman Wisconsin; Coming up races; John's ITU update.  This Weeks Discussion: We are sure some pro's would love to hear the answers to this weeks discussion, here it is: Would us (i.e. imtalk community) trying to crowd fund for a pro athlete work? What would you want in return for say $10/mth for a year?  Statstastic: We look at Daniela Ryf's career results.  Coaches Corner: John goes through his 5km plan.  This Weeks Websites: ÖtillÖ Swimrun World Series, Deca in Switzerland.   

News: We are going back to Roth (click here to find out the Camp Info); Results from the ITU Duathlon Camps; 70.3 World Champs and Challenge Admere are coming up;  Discussion of the Week: What are some of the outside of the box tools or techniques you use to make your training more effect or fun? Interview: Today we have an interview with Will O'Conner. Will has a PhD in Sport Science and works with several elite athletes. He has collaborated with the TriNZ high performance program as well as the Massey University Academy of Sport. On todays show he talks about run/walk and how to make the most of it in triathlon. You can check Wills website by clicking here: www.performanceadvantage.co.nz My First Tri: Nate Fillers sent through his first tri, it's a great story.  This Weeks Websites: Massage in Kona with Juliet. 

News: Results from ITU Long Course Champs, Ironman Canada and Ironman Vitchy; Coming up races; John's ITU update.  This Weeks Discussion: Now that a lot of us have experienced a rolling start at an Ironman, do you like it or what sort of start do you prefer? Also tell us if you are a front, middle or back of your age group and where you are from. Interview: This week we have an interview with Chief Executive Officer of The Professional Triathlon Organisation, Charles Adamo. He talks about the organisation and The Collins Cup. You can check out The Collins Cup here.  Coaches Corner: John covers a question about how close to an Ironman should you do an FTP test.  Website of the Week: Here's the Evergreen Endurance website. 

News: Lots of results; ITU long distance champs are coming up; Wanda announces Ironman Tallinn; Chrissie's book I out; the randomness of getting to Kona. This Weeks Discussion: We have the world 70.3 champs coming up over the weekend of the 9th & 10th of September. This week we want you to give us your picks for both the male and female pro races, also tell us why you made these picks. Comment here.  This Weeks Photo: Here's the photo of John receiving his award at Challenge Roth, let's just say he's not the biggest guy around ;-)  Coaches Corner: John goes over some questions around a spring marathon when you are training for a marathon, he also covers time spent in threshold in running and cycling workouts.  Website of the Week: 'Cool Hand' Chance Barber sent through the Global Cycling Networks YouTube channel as this weeks website. It now has triathlon content, check it out here.  App of the Week: Ironman now have an amazing app that allows you to track people when they are racing an Ironman. Click her

With John coming back from holiday today we don't have our normal show notes.  This Weeks Discussion: If you are a member of a triathlon club or team what do they do that make you want to remain a member? Comment here Interview: Today we have an interview with the authors of The Brave Athlete - Calm the f*ck down and rise to the occasion, Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson. This book takes you through many of the mental problems that athletes face in their journey to be the best that they can be. In our interview we talk about some of the areas covered in the book and some strategies to overcome these. 

News: Results from Norseman and Ironman Masstrick; John's ITU Update; Coming up races; Lots of female pro's pregnant; John's 'What the Hell' section.  This Weeks Discussion: Ian Blaiklock sent through an email about supplementation, and where is the line between banned drugs and supplements. This got us thinking about this weeks discussion, which is: What do you consider cheating? Comment here.  Statstastic: We look at the oldest male winner at Kona.  Interview: This week we have top sports nutritionist Ian Hellenmans on the show. We cover the topics of race day nutrition, her thoughts on LCHF, and some sports nutrition research she has been involved in. You can get in contact with Ien by clicking here.  Website of the Week: We have two this week. Here's Lee Thomas' Facebook group for setting up homestays and here is Jeremy Hopwood's link for the IMTalk meet up at the ITU Multisport festival in Penticton.  This Weeks Website: DCRainmakers downloading free maps for Garmin.  

News: John's ITU Update; Lots of results; Coming up races; Rant of the week. This Weeks Discussion: While the pro's may be the height of the sport sometimes they show they are human like the rest of us. For this weeks discussion we want you to share the most bizarre elite blunders you have seen. Comment here.  Interview: This week we have Thorsten Radd back on the show. He talks about what's happening in the KPR cut off and the Collins Cup. You can check out his website here: www.trirating.com Coaches Corner: This week John breaks down how to set up turn by turn directions on a Garmin Edge. Here's the gps file John used in this discussion. Here's Ride with GPS. This Weeks Websites: The Collins Cup, Garth Prowd death.   

News: Lots of results; Super League UK; Wanda under scrutiny in China; Coming up races.  This Weeks Discussion: With more information about the Collins Cup coming out we would love to know how you feel about this race? What are the good and bad things about this new innovation? Age Grouper of the Week: Colin Durrant sent through Victoria Nealon as this weeks age grouper. In her first triathlon ever, Ironman Frankfurt, she managed to get 5th in her age group.  Coaches Corner: John goes through his bucket list for triathlon.  Website of the Week: Here's the clip of John's City 2 Sky race.  High 5: John gives his High 5 for tips he was reminded of in Roth.  John's History Lesson: We look at Nice, a race that was one of the most important races in triathlon in the 80's, early 90s.  

News: Results from IMUK and John's ITU update, plus we look at Austria and Germany; One off Ironman in Philippines; Race of legends in Emburn next year; Yvonne's statement about Daniela in Roth; Coming up races; Rant of the Week.  This Weeks Discussion: With Embrun having a legends race next year we thought we would ask you 'what defines a legend?'. Let us know how you would define this? Roth vs Kona: We spend time breaking down the differences between both races to see which one we feel is better.  Coaches Corner: Both of the boys go through their training plans for the next period of time.  Website of the Week: This weeks website is www.triathlonworld.com, to us it's one of the best triathlon news websites out there. This Weeks Websites: Yvonne's Statement and Brett's reply; Our performance Tri Suit - Performance Suit and Apex Suit; www.trainehale.com; Lucy Gossage Piece.  

On todays show we have post race interviews with Bart Aernouts, Laura Siddal, Maurice Clavel, Yvonne Van Vlerken, Terenzo Bozzone, Brad Kahlefeldt and Dougal Allan.  We also have John's race report and post race interviews with Camp Kia Kaha participants. 

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