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IMTALK EPISODE 272

News: Results for IM Germany, Lake Placid and The Outlaw. IMUK, Extrememan and Vineman are coming up this weekend. New Hits triathlon series coming to the U.S. John's ITU update and Tour De France wrap up. 

Discussion of the Week: Neil sent this email through: In 1984 there was an tri that was based on each leg taking approximately the same amount of time. It was called the Equilateral Triathlon, ask Scott Molina he took part in it. The swim leg was 5.6 miles, the bike 50 miles and the run 20 miles. The idea was that for a quality athlete each leg would take approximately 2hrs. If there was an equilibrium triathlon today who would be World Champion?  Secondly how many listeners would still be taking part if these were the distances? Comment here

This Weeks Photo: Matty's sister Sian Evans looking cool in an IMTalk jersey!

Age Grouper of the Week: Gavin Rogers send through Charles Cowan for AGOTW. Charles was aiming for a Kona slot but his race at IM Switzerland had everything go wrong. Charles managed to overcome many problems to still finish the race. 

Website of the Week: John Levison from www.tri247.com sent us through a wrap up of guys who have gone sub 8. It's a great piece, check it out here

This Weeks Websites: Hits Triathlon on Trijuice, www.lanyfootrace.com

 

 

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IMTALK EPISODE 271

News: IM Germany and Outlaw Triathlon coming up, Results for Vineman 70.3 and Racine 70.3, John's ITU update, Sub 9 hour ladies in history, Stadler has heart surgery.

Discussion of the Week: The speed of the top pros, both male and female, seems to be coming down lately. Why do think we have seen this shift in speed over the last few years? Comment here 

This Weeks Photo: Bevan (with bad ears) and John's Abba shot.

Interview: We have Hunter Allen, the power expert on the show again. This time he covers how to use power training in hills and races that have lots of hills. Check out his website where you get his great book Training and Racing with a power meter. 

This Weeks Websites: Stadler has heart surgery, Sub 9 hour ladies.

 

 

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IMTALK EPISODE 270

News: Wellington and Raelert break world records at Challenge Roth, IM Switzerland and Rev3 results, Avia Vineman 70.3 is up this weekend, John's ITU update/ 

Discussion of the Week: After years of developing yourself as an athlete you feel you can get to Kona. During the race a big pack of riders, who are drafting, rides past you and you know that if you let them go there's a high chance that you won't get a Kona slot. What would you do in this situation? Comment here

This Weeks Photo: Brain Lafleur's Des and Troy photo. 

Age Groupers of the Week: We went old school this week and picked the top finishers in the 50-55 age group from Challenge Roth. They were Joachim Grütjen and Ursula P Marti.

Coaches Corner: John covers how to kick in the swim. 

Websites of the Week: Jared Walbridge and James Bowtell sent through these links: How to pack for an Ironman, Universal Sport, Free Tour De France TV.

This Weeks Websites: Pacing Calculator, Gomez-Whiltshire incident, Dave Reckzin donation page for Scleroderma, Lukas Verzbicas interview, Bevan Mckinnon race report.    

 

 

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IMTALK EPISODE 269

News: Vanhoenacker beats the world record, Results for IM Austria; Korea and ForrestMan, Challenge Roth and IM Switzerland are coming up, Team Commerzbank to lose sponsorship. 

This Weeks Discussion: The legend that is Chrissie Wellington is racing this weekend at Challenge Roth. What time do you predict she will do? John thinks 8:16 and Bevan 8:24. Comment here

This Weeks Photo: Kat in Austria 

High 5: Jared Walbridge sent through a great High 5 on non-training things to do in your taper period. This one is worth checking out. 

Website of the Week: This weeks website is www.iwillfoundation.com. It's Matt Long's foundation that helps people with illness or traumatic injury move towards having fitness in their life. If you are doing a race and want to fund raise this is a great foundation to support. 

This Weeks Websites: Jason Bailey's interview with Ben Bright, Outside mag's drug piece.

 

 

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