IMTALK EPISODE 359

News: News: New Challenge Taiwan this weekend, IM Port Mac this weekend, Ironman Australia Legends club, Challenge working with Mark Allen Online, Alstair Brownlee does 28:32 for 10k, John's ITU Update.

This Weeks Discussion: You've been made the CEO of WTC and your job is to create more profit for the organisation. What would you do to help the WTC grow and make more money? Comment here.  

This Weeks Video: It's the Richard Simmons YouTube clip that Bevan was talking about on the show. 

Coaches Corner: John talks through his HR testing and some of the files from the Auckland race. He also covers some follow up questions from the Paul Laursen interview. Here are the links that go with it: Sodium Study, Sports Drink write up from Paul. 

Website of the Week: John Newing sent through Forksoverknives.com for this weeks website. It's a website that promote the plant based diet. John likes the recipes on there. 

This Weeks Websites: Michael Davidson website, Christian Isakson's fundraising page. 

IMTALK EPISODE 358 - Mahe Drysdale, Daniel Plews, and Adam Otstot

News: Koh Samui results, Ralert wins New Orleans 70.3, John's ITU update, Hits Marble Falls is coming up. 

This Weeks Discussion: Sam Newell sent through this weeks question, here it is: Do you think the AG ranking system will lead to WTC changing the qualifying criteria for Kona into a ranking system? If they did do this what would be the positive and negative sides of doing it? Comment here

This Weeks Video: Christian Isakson keeps doing great work, check out this latest clip:

Interview: This week we have an Mahe Drysdale and Daniel Plews on the show. Mahe is the current Olympic Rowing Champion and he is training for an Ironman. Daniel works at High Performance Sport New Zealand, he is coaching Mahe through his IM experience. 

Interview: Adam Otsot is a top age grouper who has just turned pro. On this weeks show we have a talk to Adam and see how he's approaching the step up to being pro. If you want to check out his website click here. 

IMTALK EPISODE 357

News: Results from IM South Africa & Hits Nappa Valley, Norden takes our 70.3, Strongman is coming up, Who's leading the age group and pro rankings, John's ITU. 

This Weeks Discussion: Bree Witteveen sent through this weeks discussion: A lot of folks seem to be jumping on the triathlon coach bang wagon these days and calling themselves coaches after taking just one weekend class. What does it take to become a legitimate and/or GOOD triathlon coach? Do you have to be fast or just be passionate and knowledgeable about the sport? What makes a good coach and what do you look for? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: John looking sharp in his IMTalk tri suit at the Auckland race. 

Age Grouper of the Week: The guys at the Sports Science Crew kicked butt at IMNZ. Rob Creasey and Daniel Plews were the 2nd and 3rd overall and Paul Laursen nailed the sub 10. These guys definitely do what they preach. 

Website of the Week: Tom Ballard sent through TriRadar.com for this weeks website. It's a great website that covers everything triathlon. They have blogs from top athletes, gear reviews, race reports, training articles and more. 

Coaches Corner: Jeff Curry sent through a question about how to get faster. So John gives some tips on how to increase your speed. 

IMTALK EPISODE 356 - Paul Laursen

News: John's race report and the Auckland ITU update, IM South Africa & Hits Napa Valley are coming up.

This Weeks Discussion: Bevan finally gets his question on for this weeks discussion. What is the one thing you don’t do that you know you should to get faster? This is the best question ever ;-) Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a photo of the boys in the IMTalk studios. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Ken Young sent through Vaughan Hunt for this weeks Age Grouper. Vanghan had a crash in IMNZ but still managed to finish the race. After the race he had an X-Ray which showed he had a compressoin fracture in his back. Well done Vaughan. 

Interview: Paul Laursen leads the Performance Physiology Team at High Performance Sport New Zealand. On this weeks show he shares the lastest thinking on electrolyes and nutrition for Ironman. This is a great interview. Check out his profile on the AUT website. 

Website of the Week: Paul Laursen has an app called Never-Bonk. It helps you to figure out how much fuel you need for an IM. Click here to find out more: www.never-bonk.com

This Weeks Website: Swim Smooth website for training ideas.

IMTALK EPISODE 355 - Dirk Friel, Andrew Johnson and Russel Cox

News: IM Austria going to a split start, Oceanside 70.3 results, ITU update.

This Weeks Discussion: If we move away from mass starts do you prefer waves starts of say 300, individual time trial starts (like some races in the US) or do you have a better suggestion? Bevan's question will be coming next week ;-) Comment here.

This Weeks Photo: Bevan's running group doing a happy jump after their Half Marathon. 

Interview: This week we have Dirk Friel and Andrew Johnson from Training Peaks. The break down some of the power files from IM Melbourne. They share some great insight into how the pros work and what age groupers can learn from this. 

Interview: We have Russel Cox from www.trainstravels.com. He had a great post on his site about why there was so much drafting at IM Melbourne. He shares some of this insight with us.  

This Weeks Websites: Article about deaths in triathlon, Training Peaks Melbourne Files.