News: Challenge annouces Challenge Bahrain with a $500,000 prize purse, Ironman announces 70.3 Kraichgau, WTC buys the Auckland Marathon, IM Texas and Lanzarote are coming up.
The Ultimate Kona Experience is about to be drawn!
Thank you to everyone who has brought a copy of our Ultimate Kona Guide. You are now in the draw for nexts weeks draw to win. We will be doing the draw on the show next week. Click on the link below to down load the Excel File with everyones names and the number that they will have for the draw:
Click here to download the people who are in the draw for the Ultimate Kona Experience.
This Weeks Discussion: John was wondering if you were a pro athlete who at best could get 8th in Kona, but ultimately you would be somewhere between 8th-15th would you still go and race at the world champs. Let us know your reasons for your answer. Comment here.
This Weeks Photo: Here's Bevan dressed up as an old time American Football player.
Age Grouper of the Week: Richard Thompson sent through this weeks age grouper, Scotty Farrell. Scotty had an amazing race at Taupo this year where he got 16th overall. You can read a piece on him here.
Interview: This week we have an interview with Gina Kehr, from www.endurancecorner.com, about swimming. Gina has had 5 top 10's in Kona as a pro and she shares lots of good insight in this interview. You can check out her website here: affinitymultisport.com
John's Interesting Fact: Here's the swimming pool we were talking about on the show, click here. Here's the video we were talking about on the show: