IMTALK EPISODE 278

News: Results for Cologne 226 and The Candian 226, IMWI, IM Wales REV3 Cedar Point coming up, Jo Lawn is doing Kona, 70.3 world champs this weekend, John's ITU update. 

Discussion of the Week: Thanks to you guys and girls the boys are heading to Kona in a few weeks for our biannual Kona Super Specials. What are the challenges that you want us to do when we are there? One rule, we can't end up in jail! Comment here. 

This Weeks Photos: John and Kids with Triathlon Legend Hamish Carter. 

Coach's Corner: John gives some more tips on climbing in the mountains. 

This Weeks Websites: REV3 pros, Steeplechase Finisher, gpisies.com.

IMTALK EPISODE 277

News: Lots of results from all over the world, Melbourne sells out in five minutes, Sweden to hold first Ironman, Phuket 70.3 gets 30 Kona slots, CEO tweet about Kona slots. 

Discussion of the Week: In last weeks discussion Jordan 'Rappstar' Rapp made a comment about changing the world champs to the different regional champs location every year. Do you think world champs outside of Kona would work? Also, what would be the effect of this on Kona? Comment here. 

Triathlete Mind Affilate link: Chris Janzen was on the show last week. If you want to get his books click here. 

This Weeks Photo: Bel Fong has a great race shot, see if you can beat it ;-) 

Age Grouper of the Week: Nemo 'Doree' Brauch sent through Coach Patrick McCrann as this weeks age grouper. After having to pull out of Lake Placid due to a crash he came back the next year and pulled off a PB! He's also great at getting people to be successful in IMs. 

High 5: Hywell 'Towel' Davies has sent through this weeks High 5 on climbing in the alps. He mentioned this website: www.cycling-challenge.com

Youtube clip: James 'The Wiseone' Bowtell picked up an IMTalk jersey in this Youtube clip. 

This Weeks Websites: Ironband, Patrick McCrann's blog about his crash.

IMTALK EPISODE 276 - Chris Janzen

This week we have another different kind of show. We have an Epic Camp wrap up and then we have an interview. 

Interview: We have an interview with Chris Janzen from Triathlete Mind. He talks about ways you can improve your mind game for triathlon. Check out his site here: www.triathletemind.com

IMTALK EPISODE 275 - Dr Tamsin Lewis

This weeks show is a little different as John is on Epic Camp. Luckily we had prerecorded an interview and there's an episode of Bevan's Fitness Behavior podcast. 

Interview:

Dr Tamsin Lewis is an up and coming pro who has had some great results over the last few years. She shares some of her experiences around racing, being a part of Team TBB and being a doctor in our sport. Check out her twitter feed. 

Fitness Behavior:

Fitness Behavior is Bevan's podcast on general fitness. If you want to get his show you can get it here: www.bevanjameseyles.com or you can subscribe to it on itunes here. 

If you want to get the $3 U.S PDF workbook that goes along side the Black and White rules show you can get it here

This Weeks Photo: John and Hywell 'Towel' at the top of Col du Semnoz. 

IMTALK EPISODE 274

News: IM Asia Pacific Champ to be in Melbourne, Results from IM Regensburg and Norseman, Embrunman and Challenge Copenhagen are coming up, Hits triathlon serious doing some cool stuff to get clubs involved in their races, John's ITU update.

This Weeks Discussion: Would it be a good idea for the regional IM champs (eg Frankfurt, Melbourne etc) to become the main qualifiers for Kona (with lots of slots) and to qualify for a regional IM you need to have done a relatively easy qualifying time in the last 3-5 years. All other IM's would have only say 1-3 spots per AG. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: With Epic Camp starting next week here's a photo of the boys at Epic Camp NZ 2008. 

High 5: This week John came up with a High 5 on hill climbing tips. 

Website of the Week: Jordan 'The Rappstar' Rap has all the Kona results of all time. Plus here's the quake website John was talking about. 

This Weeks Website: Bainsy's beautiful race, Hits triathlon.