The boys have been working hard today. We have nearly three hours of interviews for you! Here's who we have (click on their name to go to their website): Farris Al Sultan, Rachael Joyce, Caroline Steffen, Freddy Van Lierde, Matt Dickson, Luw Hollander.
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Welcome to the first Kona Super Special for the 2011 Ironman World Champs. In todays show we haves interviews with Macca, Mirinda Carfrae, Mary Beth Ellis and Tim O'Donnell. Check out there websites here: Tim O'Donnell, Mirinda Carfrae, Chris McCormack, Mary Beth Ellis
The Kona Super Special are brought you by:
Donating Listeners, Endurance Sport Travel, O2Creation, Lava Java, Audio-Technica and our regular sponsors, Coffees of Hawaii, Extreme Endurance and Athlinks.com.
News: We have our first Kona Super Special, Armstrong competes in Xterra USA champs, results for a few races, Challenge Barcelona is coming up.
This Weeks Discussion: Last time we went to the media conference at the Ironman World Champs the questions were a little bit boring. So this year we thought you guys could come up with the questions. Give us your questions and we'll choose two each to ask. Comment here
Interviews: We have two interviews this week. We have Paul Huddle and Sister Madonna Buder.
Check out Paul's coaching website here. Here's the Wiki on Sister Madonna.
News: Our first Kona build up, Results from Challenge Henley and Esprit Triathlon, John's ITU update, Robot doing IM Kona course, Alexander rides non sponsored bike.
This weeks discussion: In the last twelve months what have been the best thing that a race organiser has done to make your race great? Comment here
This Weeks Photo: Mountain Snails son Callum ripping it up in a running race.
Age Grouper of the Week: Tom Babbington sent through this weeks age grouper, Andy Brodziak. While aiming to get to Kona this year Andy unfortunately experienced the loss of his Mum. This pulled him away from his training but he devoted IMUK to his Mum and managed to get a Kona slot. Well done Andy.
Website of the Week: Christopher Sproule is involved with The Half Full Tri. It's a triathlon that raises money that goes to helps kids with cancer. It's a great cause, check out the site here: www.halffulltri.com
This Weeks Websites: James Moons blog, Epic Swim in Taupo, Iron Maori, Scott Rigsby Foundation and Ed Wallace's fundraising page.
News: Lots of race results and John's ITU update.
This Weeks Discussion: Annette sent us an email about Gordon Macaulay trying to beat the IMNZ bike course record in next years race. This lead to her question: When experts in their field set out to break a record in a triathlon like an Ironman is it relevant? Remember the best post wins You Are An Ironman: How six weekend warriors chased their dream of finishing the world's toughest triathlon. Comment here.
This Weeks Photo: Bevan, Porno on and the boys on their road trip to Dunedin for the rugby world cup.
Age Grouper of the Week: Tim Stutzer send through Julia Nikololpoulos for this weeks age grouper. She had an amazing race in IM Germany where she won her age group by over twenty mins!
Geek Out with Thorsten: Thorsten has been doing a lot of work around the stats in our sport. We discuss some of his recent post. You can get them here: Kona Pro Rankings, More Kona analysis, Is it harder for women to get Kona slots, Kona top 3s, or check out his great website: www.trirating.smartersoftware.de.
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