IMTalk Episode 551 - Thorsten Radde

News: Results from Israman, 70.3 Dubai and 70.3 South Africa; Challenge will have a 20m draft zone across the whole field (both age groupers and pros) at The Championship; Ironman are working on a TV series that follows people trying to qualify for Kona. 

This Weeks Discussion: What are the key factors that make you choose a certain race? Plus, what do think of the 20m draft zone in Challenge's championship race? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: This weeks photo is of John and the kids in the pool. 

Interview: This week we have Thorsten Radde from www.trirating.com. He takes us through some of the insights from his Trirating Report 2016. You can get the report by clicking here. 

Coaches Corner: This week John goes through a power file from one of his rides from this week. If you want to see the file, click here. 

This Weeks Websites: The website that triggers this weeks rant from John. 

IMTalk Episode 550 - Joe Friel

News: Gwen Jorgensen is pregnant; Vote for the Brownlees at the Laureus Sport Awards by clicking here;  Coming up races; Trirating's top ten athletes from 2016. 

This Weeks Discussion: John has started our own IMTalk Strava page, which you can go to here, and we have come up with our 'Wanger of the Week' award idea (listen to the show to understand). We want you guys to come up with some challenges for our Strava group so this week share some challenges that you like. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's the result of Bevan's first tie practising session. 

Interview: Joe Friel is back on the show to talk about his updated version of The Triathlete's Training Bible. Joe share some amazing wisdom about how to get the most out of your training. Click here to get the book. Click here for Joe's website. 

Age Groupers of the Week: This week we look at the results from the All World Athletes from 2016.

Statstastic: We look at Gwen Jorgensen's results in ITU racing. 

Coaches Corner: We look at a study that compares the different in effort between indoor trainer sessions on the bike and riding outside. 

Website of the Week: Peter Coulsen sent through this YouTube List that has lots of cycling documentaries.  

IMTalk Episode 549 - Moira Horan (Women for Tri) and Rich Izzo (Toughman)

News: Next to no news this week other than one result. 

This Weeks Discussion: With Bevan getting married on the 11th of Feb we wanted to hear what you thought he should do for his stags party. He's hoping you would be kind to him ;-) Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a photo of John taking control at a local triathlon. 

Website of the Week: Daniel Clarke sent through www.trisplits.com 

Age Grouper of the Week: This week we look at the results from the All World Athletes. 

Interview: We have Moira Horan on the show. She lets us know what is happening with getting more females into the sport. You can check her out here: www.staystrongmultisport.com and www.womenfortri.com.

Interview: we have Rich Izzo on the show to talk about the Toughman race series. If you want to check out one of their races to go: www.toughmantri.com.

Interview: We also have Rob Wilby from Oxygenaddict on as well. You can get his free 4 week training programme by clicking here: www.team.oxygenaddict.com

IMTalk Episode 548 - The Iron Century Team

News: Craig Percival fundraising page; IMNZ adding 70.3 for this year; New Ironman in Korea and Argentina; Results from Tauranga Half; John's ITU update; Discussion around Lance in NZ.  

This Weeks Discussion: Mick Simpson sent through a question, that inspired this weeks discussion, about the type of athlete you admire. So this weeks question is, which athlete do you have more respect for, one who has overcome massive life battles (like drugs and alcohol) or one who has achieved their success without making mistakes along the way? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a picture of John towing Tom on his bike ride while on holiday. 

Statstastic: We look at when the cut off was introduced to Ironman racing. 

Interview: We have John Mergler and Debi Hazelden on the show to talk about Iron Century, the crazy challenge where John will complete 100 Ironmen (in training) in 100 days, and Debi will complete 100 Half IM's at the same time. If you want to support them and follow them along the way go to http://www.mm.events/iron-century/

Website of the Week: Here's a great website from Team USA Tri about the pro's earnings in 2016. Click here to check it out. 

John's Training Update: John gives a quick update on his training for Challenge Roth.

IMTalk Episode 547 - Matt Fitzgerald (Part two)

This week we get Matt Fitzgerald back on the show to talk about his book 'How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle'. In his fascinating new book, Matt examines more then a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toughness. He shares some of these in this great interview. You can get the book by clicking here. You can also check out all of Matt's work here: www.mattfitzgerald.org