IMTALK EPISODE 327 - Barry Siff

News: Races coming up, World 70.3 Champs this weekend,  

Age Grouper of the Week: Ben 'The Running Man' Schorr sent through this weeks age grouper of the week, Gene Tschudy. Gene is one of those guys works full time, trains like an animal and shares his enthusiasm for the sport with all of those around him. He also recently got a Kona slot!

Interview: Barry Siff is one of the good guys of the sport. He's currently working with the crew at the Hits triathlon series. Over the years he's been an athlete, a very successful race director, triathlon promoter, writer and he's on the board of USAT. In this interview he shares lots of great insight, including why Boulder is such a great place for athletes. 

John's History Lesson: In this weeks history lesson we look at the Ironman World Championships from the years 1978-1982. 

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News: IM Canada changes to a Challenge Race, Lots of results, IM KPR, Lady Madonna Buder becomes the oldest person to complete an IM, John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Photo: Richard Bains sent through this great shot from the Olympic Mountain Bike Champs. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Alex Pettitt sent through a great AGOTW this week. Her partner Wayne O'Brien has gone through a really tough time lately. This amazingly fit guy has had a heart attack which just about ended his life. Thanks to the great medical team he got through it and survived. Through this he has showed an amazing attitude and character. Keep it up Wayne. 

This Week in Lance: Bevan gets to do his own segment this week. We cover the whole Lance issue and our thoughts on it. During this segment Bevan mentioned this site: Click here. 

Website of the Week: Tim Egge has sent through a website he as started for first timers call firsttimeironman.com. It's a place where you can put your IM story on the net. 

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News: Our thoughts on IMNY, Results from Embrunman, Challenge Vichy, IM Sweeden and IM Mont Tremblanc, Barry Siff joins Hits, Crowie book coming out, John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Discussion: With so many races being effected by weather this year we want to you think is the best option to start a race if there is no swim? Also what would you do if the swim has a staggered start but then it gets called off? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Frank McVeigh looking cool doing a jig-saw with his daughter. 

                     

John's Perspective: John shares his thoughts about who will move to long course triathlon after the Olympics. 

Website of the Week: The Wiseone sent through a great clip from Competitor about drafting, check it out here. 

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News: Death at IMNY, Olympic wrap up, IMNY results, People upset about fees for IMNY, Challenge Copenhagen results, Lots of races coming up. 

This Weeks Discussion: Zlatko send through a question which got John thinking. If triathlon were to have three metal events at the Olympics which events would you want? Also if a top triathlete were to race at another event at the Olympics, like the 1500m swim, which event would they do best at? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photos: Mal James was doing media work at the Olympics. Here's some photos he took from both the mens and womens race.

Coaches Corner: John introduces he NFPG check. It's a plan to put your mind in the right place when you are racing.  

Website of the Week: Nick from Tri Juice has a great piece about exotic races around the world. You can check it out here: www.trijuice.com

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News: The Olympics, Results from Norseman and Ultraman Canada, Challenge Copenhagen and IMNY are coming up.

This Weeks Discussions: John wants to know, does the quality of the pro field at an ironman event you go to matter to you? If there were no pro’s would you care? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photos: Mal James was doing media work at the female triathlon race at the Olympics. Here's some photos he took. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Admiral Rosey sent through Emma Rand as this weeks AGOTW. Admiral said that Emma is a great personality in her local tri scene and that she trains really hard. This was rewarded with her win at the Outlaw Triathlon! Well done Emma. 

Websites of the Week: The Ironman Europe YouTube channel had a lot of great videos, you can check them out here. Plus we talked about www.iutasport.com, it's the place you go if you are thinking of doing an ultra distance tri event. 

This Weeks Websites: Thorsten's Kona qualifiers wrap up.