IMTALK EPISODE 461 - Andrew Messick and The Possibilitty Team

News: Lots of 70.3 results; New race in the UK; Challenge offering more entries to Roth; John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Discussion: We had Andrew Messick on the show this week and he talked about where the WTC are going. What do you see as WTC's biggest challenge in the next twelve months? Comment here. 

Interview: This week we have WTC CEO Andrew Messick on the show. He covers how WTC is going, where they are heading, and the 50 women in Kona topic. www.ironman.com

Statstastic: This week we talk about Hywel's London Marathon result. It was a bloody fast race where he was PBing all day long. Check out his blog post here. 

Interview: This week we have Happy Tremayne and IronTash on the show talking about there new group Possibilitty Race Team. You can join their group here: www.rt.possibilitty.com. 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 460

News: Not much news this week; Results from Cannes Triathlon and New Orleans 70.3; John's ITU update; Update on Challenge Oman; Our 10 year celebration weekend and Kona Camp. 

This Weeks Discussion: Warren 'Agent Smackdown' Sutherland sent through an email telling us his three bucket list races. This lead to this weeks discussion which is, what are three races that are on our your bucket list? You can choose any type of race. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: John's getting ready to do a TT in Kona. 

Statstastic: This week we look into Mark Allen's 10 wins at Nice Triathlon. 

Coaches Corner: John covers some of his running and he has a rant about Bevan. 

Random Questions from Bevan: Bevan needs to add more time to the show so he throws random questions at John. 

This Weeks Websites: The bike for our 10 year race, The run for our 10 year race. 

IMTALK EPISODE 459

News: Results from Ironman Taiwan; Strongman Japan is coming up; John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Discussion: Many of us have had training partners that do something that really annoys us. So this week we want to know what are those things are for you. Let us know what has annoyed you by the people you train with. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Skip "Bonecrusher" Slade sent through this weeks photo. It's a plaque that is on Fiesta Island, where the first triathlon was run. 

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Statstastic: This week we cover the first person to go sub 3 hours in the run at Kona. Here's the great article about it. 

Coaches Corner: This week John spends a lot of time covering if you should get a power meter and if you do what you need to know. 

This Weeks Websites: Dave Alley's race around Australia; Why WTC has military slots. 

IMTALK EPISODE 458 - Yvonne Van Vlerken

News: IM Taiwan is coming up; Hits Napa Valley is coming up as well. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's John's boy Thomas doing the Weekbix triathlon. 

Age Grouper of the Week: Paul 'Silky Smooth' Williams send through this weeks age grouper, Daniel Nash. While Daniel is a triathlete he recently took on an amazing physical challenge where he played 24 hours of tennis for charity. He managed to raise $4500. He said it was 50 times harder than doing an Ironman. 

Interview: This week we have Yvonne Van Vlerken back on the show. She talks about her recent results and talks about what her plan is for 2015. If you want to check out what Yvonne Van Vlerken is up to follow her on Twitter, click here. 

Website of the Week: Jeff 'The Explosion' Curry asked a question about where to race if you are trying to give yourself the best chance of getting to Kona. Russel Cox's website coachcox.co.nz has a great piece that Russel wrote about this subject. 

 

IMTALK EPISODE 457 - Jeff Symonds

News: Results from IM South Africa and Oceanside 70.3; Metaman turns into Bintain 70.3; John's ITU update.

This Weeks Discussion: Paul Silky Smooth Williams sent through a question that lead to this weeks discussion. Here's the question: Would racing for your country at regional champs make any difference for you or is there anything WTC or other organisations could do to make racing for your county more of a big deal. Or should they not do anything. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here is a photo that Seano the Porno sent through from the SLS photo challenge. 

Interview: This week we get IM Melbourne winner Jeff Symonds on the show. He talks us through his race day and what his plans are for the rest of 2015. Check out Jeff's website here. 

Statstastic: We look at the 10,000m world record. 

Website of the Week: www.triequal.com is a website that is devoted to getting 50 female pros at Kona.