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Episode 78 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.com This weeks news  Results: The RedMan, Lake Barkley FullOdussey, Espirit, Cancun 70.3 Coming up: Chesapeakman, Elbaman  Changes to 70.3 Champs course.       This weeks discussionWould you be interested in competing in long course Aquabike races? Is there a place for these races in you build up to an Ironman?If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion.    Age grouper of the week Tim Cote sent through this weeks age grouper, Chelsea Sanders. There what Tim said about her: On this topic, I did want to recruit my buddy Chelsea Sanders for the real age grouper of the week. She has been working her ass off training for this ironman and ended up being the first women! This was her first ironman distance race and she got first place! Unbelievable! I mean this was no Hawaii or Ironman sanction event but, hard work is hard work. And she did awesome. (and she's an ironman listener) High 5How to look after your eyes 1.    UV Protection – in NZ a

Episode 77 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.com This weeks news  Results: The Grand Columbian, GreatIllini, Espirit and the Big Man.  The Red Man, Lake Barkley, Odyssey.  Lots of athletes get their Olympic spots.        This weeks discussionIt a chance for your partner to have their say. This week we want Iron-partners tips to keep the relationship in tact in the build up to the big day? If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion.    Age grouper of the week Sarah Hawkins sent through this weeks age grouper, here’s who email: We moved house to Dorset approx 8 miles from the venue of Ironman UK two weeks before so his ironman training including unpacking furniture! The day before the event he fell off his bike and bruised his hip and took a few layers of skin off his shoulder and elbow .... looked very sore.  But his bike was OK!!!! Ed soldiered on and in true PIRATE spirit he peeled on his wetsuit and faced the Ironman!  This was only his fourth ever triathlon race after a sprint,

Episode 76 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.com This weeks news IM Talk Camp, email us to find out more! USA triathlon has 100,000 members. Results: IM Wisconsin, Cologne 226, TheBig man, Iron Desert tri    Jerseys are ordered. Coming up: The Grand Columbian, Great Illini Tri, Espirit Tri   Website of the WeekThis weeks website is www.fulontri.com        This is another great club website. Thanks to Greg Keers for sending it through! Plus we want to say hi to Lee Jackson and Coach Lee, they love the show.    This weeks discussionIt’s you chance to share one key thing in the build up to your first Ironman that might help others. Pay it forward. If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion.    Age grouper of the week Jack Lynch sent through this weeks age grouper. Check out his email:I've a nomination for AG of the week from the Kenmare Half.  His name is Liam Dolan, a 26yr old from the Setanta triathlon club in Dundalk.  There's a great bunch of lads up there who all listen to the s

Episode 75 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.com This weeks news  Hawaii finalist in worlds best event.  Stringing camp in chch, contact John.   Ironmman Talk jerseys are for sell untilSeptember the 9th. Email us to get one.  Races: The Big Woody, The Canadian, The AstroMan, Kenmare Half. Monaco & Sinapore 70.3  Coming up: IM Wisconsin, Cologne   Competition Entries Here is the list of people who have entered the Ironman Talk Ad competition. Click on their names to see their ad. Thanks to those who entered!Krsnendu dasa                                         Nick mathews Chance Barber 1                                   Chance Barber 2Mal James                                              Roland J Young Gareth Scobie                                          Andy Payne     Product Review Center  Art of tri http://www.artoftri.com/ What I like about art of tri1.    Eco friendly2.    Promotes the history of the sport3.    Passionate triathlete running a small tri business.           Tops look great and unique.Thi

Episode 74 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.comThis weeks news  Tri One O One canceled.  Challenge Wanaka site back up.  Results: IM Canada, IM Louisville, IM Korea, Almere triathlon, Extreme Man.  Coming up: The Big Woody, The Canadian, The AstroMan, Kenmare Half. Monaco & Sinapore 70.3   Website of the weekPlease see this web site for a product that may be worth sharing with the listeners (http://www.vizyvest.com/Text/Home/3.htm ).  I have not seen one of these products, but have received the info from our local Cycle Club. It may be of interest as we all want to be safe.Cheers Peter       This weeks discussionWith the amount of athletes trying to compete in an Ironman should the cut off time be reduced? If so, what time would be better? If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion.    Age grouper of the week Ian Clarke sent us through this email. Well done Fiona for a great first race! Keep up the good work guys, loving the podcasts!!!!I would like to put forward Fiona Boxal

www.ironmantalk.com Episode 37This weeks news  Another 70.3 in South Africa Results: EnbrumMan, IMUK, Timberman,Germany 70.3, 5430 TriIM Canada, IM Kentuky, Almere Tri, Extrememan, Austria.  Class is back.  Ironman Talk competition!We had a great pair of Oakley transition sunglasses that Rolland sent through for us to review. We decided that we would have a competition to give them away. So here’s what you need to do: Create an ad for Ironman Talk, around 30secs to a couple mins long, put it on YouTube.com and then link to it on Athlinks. We’ll pick three finalist and then we can all have a vote for the winner. Entries close at the end of August. It’s time to create!Website of the weekDaniel Kasack sent through www.chasingkimbia.com It shows a lot about Kenyan runners in a video blog. These guys are amazing!Club websiteIan Marksbury sent through this weeks club website. While there is a lot of great information for their members he thought we would appreciate the pictureon the front page of one of there membe

Episode 72 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.com This weeks news Apparently Peter Reed is going to be racing Monaco 70.3. Results: Norseman, Slovakman, Vineman, Ostseeman. Coming up: IMUK, EnbrumMan and Germany 70.3. Ironman Talk competition! We had a great pair of Oakley transition sunglasses that Rolland sent through for us to review. We decided that we would have a competition to give them away. So here’s what you need to do: Create an ad for Ironman Talk, around 30secs to a couple mins long, put it on YouTube.com and then link to it on Athlinks. We’ll pick three finalist and then we can all have a vote for the winner. Entries close at the end of August. It’s time to create! This weeks discussion Given the growth of Ironman races, especially in Nth America, is it a good idea to have WTC “Ironman? races that don’t have Kona slots. Would you still turn up? If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion. Age grouper of the week Here’s what the BBC wrote about this

Episode 71 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.comSorry but there are no show notes this week as Bevan's been away. Kia Kaha

Episode 70 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.com This weeks newsLake Placid 2008 sells out in minutes, there are community spots left.   Ironman Talk competition!We had a great pair of Oakley transition sunglasses that Rolland sent through for us to review. We decided that we would have a competition to give them away. So here’s what you need to do: Create an ad for Ironman Talk, around 30secs to a couple mins long, put it on YouTube.com and then link to it on Athlinks. We’ll pick three finalist and then we can all have a vote for the winner. Entries close at the end of August. It’s time to create! Topic of the weekWhat are the best parenting tips we can give for the age group Ironman athlete? How can you fit training around 3 kids?  Click here to add your comment. Age grouper of the weekSteve Hollingsworth send through this weeks age grouper, here’s what he said:Not sure if it's too late to nominate age grouper of the week from Ironman Austria but would like to nominate my mate Dan Lynch. Like me, this was his fi

Episode 69 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.com This weeks news    Results: IM Lake Placid, Vineman 70.3    Prize money increase at Timerman.    Races coming up: Kalmar tri,eXtremalna Sobota.    I’ve put INMZ 1990 on YouTube. It’s the closest IM finish ever. Get the link from ‘This Weeks Websites’ lower down on this page.Ironman Talk competition!\We had a great pair of Oakley transition sunglasses that Rolland sent through for us to review. We decided that we would have a competition to give them away. So here’s what you need to do: Create an ad for Ironman Talk, around 30secs to a couple mins long, put it on YouTube.com and then link to it on Athlinks. We’ll pick three finalist and then we can all have a vote for the winner. Entries close at the end of August. It’s time to create! Topic of the weekIf you were to start over again as an Ironman what are the products that you would save your money on. What things have been a waste of money? Plus which products were worth the money spent. Click here to add your comm

Episode 68 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.com This weeks news Results: world long course champs, Lake Stevens 70.3. Races coming up: IM Lake Placid, Vineman 70.3. Ironman Austia 2008 sold out in 19 hours! Race Director for the 101 races. Rhoysey wins half. Ironman Talk competition! We had a great pair of Oakley transition sunglasses that Rolland sent through for us to review. We decided that we would have a competition to give them away. So here’s what you need to do: Create an ad for Ironman Talk, around 30secs to a couple mins long, put it on YouTube.com and then link to it on Athlinks. We’ll pick three finalist and then we can all have a vote for the winner. Entries close at the end of August. It’s time to create! Topic of the week When I interviewed Macca in Roth he came up with the idea of having a metal system for Ironman races. So for example a 13 hour athlete would get a bronze, 11 hours silver and so on. Do you think this is a good idea? Give us your reasons if you do or don’t. Plus if you

Episode 67 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.comThis weeks newsResults: Ironman Austria, Ireman.Races coming up: World long course champs.$200,000 US prize money at IM Korea.Ironman Talk competition!We had a great pair of Oakley transition sunglasses that Rolland sent through for us to review. We decided that we would have a competition to give them away. So here’s what you need to do: Create an ad for Ironman Talk, around 30secs to a couple mins long, put it on YouTube.com and then link to it on Athlinks. We’ll pick three finalist and then we can all have a vote for the winner. Entries close at the end of August. It’s time to create!Age grouper of the weekJacek Nowakowski is this weeks age grouper. There were lots of reasons why he is but the main reason was he is such a great supporter of Triathlon in Poland. He backs a lot of the Polish Ironmen by providing coaching, training camp and gear funding. It’s people like Jacek that make a difference to our sport. Website of the weekTom Newman is setting up a kids tr

Episode 66 Ironman Talk Bevan�s Roth Interviews Felix Macca McDonald Hellriegel Llanos While I�ve been in Roth I�ve been a busy boy getting interviews. These are all the interview I could put together while I was in Roth. I have managed to line up a few more for the future. I found every pro to be friendly, profession and a good advertisement for the sport. Check out their websites: www.challengeroth.com www.chrismccormack.com www.trimacca.com www.thomas-hellriegel.de Some photos from Roth Ralf and Silke were amazing on race day, they took loads of photos. Here are three, if you want to all of them click here: Ralf�s photos plus Ironman Coach David Glover, www.davidglover.net, has some photos here: Davidsphotos Age grouper of the week Stuart Steele competed in Roth, he�s a regular listener of the show. The cool thing about Stuart was that he did the race with his father Ian. I couldn�t find their results on the web but they did managed to get the loca

The last in the Roth specials. We're back to normal next week.

Here's a wicked interview with Macca, enjoy. Kia Kaha Bevan

I got a chance to catch up with Felix, the Roth race organiser. He was a great interview! Kia Kaha Bevan

I'm in Germany so the notes are only on the website this week. Go to www.ironmantalk.com Kia Kaha Bevan

Episode 64 Ironman Talk www.ironmantalk.com This weeks news Badmann breaks 70.3 record Plantar Fasciitis for Cam McCormack parts way with Kestrel.  Results: 1-5 Ironman, Scloss IM distance, Eagelman 70.3, One 0 One. Coming up: IM Japan, UK 70.3, heaps of  Halfs around the world.Hot topic Should there be a separate Kona IM for those that can’t qualify for October. Would you go?If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion. Age grouper of the weekLaura Sophiea is this weeks Age Grouper. Laura manage to win the 50-54 age group at the Eagleman 70.3 in an amazing time of 4:48.53. She did a 28.52 swim, 2:29.04 bike and a 145.33 run. That’s a super race. Laura, you are our age grouper of the week. Website of the WeekQuite a few of our listener have sent this one through to us. Podrunner is a dance mix that comes in different BPM. Here’s their bit on their website: djsteveboy.com/Steve Boyett maintains two popular podcasts: iTunes Top 50 Music Podcast Groovelectric (dance music mixes o

Episode 63 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.com This weeks newsResults for: Austria 70.3, Switzerland 70.3, Hawaii 70.3, Bala HIM, Weymouth HIM.The weekends races: Scloss IM distance tri, Eagelman 70.3, One o One. John Blazeman Dies.Macca seems to be doing a lot of racing early season, like the big 4 used to. Hot topic Get out the popcorn and then tell us what the best tri or endurance sport movies are. Let us know when you can get them from.  If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion. Age grouper of the weekI listen to your show every week and look forward to hearing about "all things Ironman"I would like to nominate an age grouper of the week. His name is Mark VanAkkeren. He is 27.Yesterday at Honu 70.3, he won the swim with a 24:09 and kept pace with the pros on the bike with a 2:15 bike split. He ended up going a 4:16, and won his age group by 16 minutes or so. He was the second amateur finisher. I know for sure that before the race he was drinking some coffee from "Coffees

Episode 62 Ironman Talkwww.ironmantalk.com This weeks newsResults for: IM Brazil, Triple T, Auburn Half, Victoria Half. Up coming race: Hawaii 70.3, Austia 70.3, Switzerland 70.3, Bala & Weymouth Half. It was Ficker on the cover!Cycling and it’s drugs issues. Tim Don aloud to race at the Olympics. Feedback on Van Leid from Dave. ITU on FOX in the USA. Hot topic With John having a kid real soon I thought that we could think of a name for his child. Give a name for both sexes. I like the sound of Bevan!  If you want to add a comment click here: add comment then open the discussion.  Product Review CentreOakley Transitions. Transitions Optical has been selling Transitions Lenses for 15 years. These are prescription lenses that are clear indoors and go dark outdoors. They come in 2 colours clear/grey & clear/brown.  Indoors they are clear and offer all the benefits of regular clear lenses but outdoor they automatically adapt to light intensity to offer instant glare protection, reduce eye fatigue and blo