IMTALK EPISODE 531 - Jordan Rapp and Mary Beth Ellis

News: Results from Challenge Penticton and IM Vitchy; 70.3 World Champs are coming up; Other Races; John's ITU update. 

This Weeks Discussion: The 70.3 World Champs are happening this weekend. We want to know your top three picks for both the mens and womens field. Can anyone pick all six? Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's the photo of the deer hitting at cyclist at a race in Dublin. 

Interview: John catches up with Jordan Rapp to talk about his season and his thoughts on this years Kona race. As always Jordan shares some deep insight into what is happening in the Ironman world right now. You can check out Jordan's work here: http://blog.rappstar.com Remember that Jordan always does good work on SlowTwitch.com as well. 

Interview: We get Mary Beth Ellis back on the show. She talks about her two last wins, what she learnt from last years Kona race, and what the goal is for this years race. You can check out all Mary's work here: http://marybethellisracing.com

IMTALK EPISODE 530

News: Results from IM Sweden, IM Copenhagen, IM Mont Tremblant, IM CDA; The final Kona pro slots; More 70.3 in China; WTC take over Cape Epic; Coming up races. 

This Weeks Discussion: We are heading to Kona at the beginning of October to do our Kona Super Special Shows. For this weeks discussion we want to know who you would want us to get on the show when we are over there. There will be some obvious people but let us know of some that we may not know about. Comment here. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a photo of Michael Young wearing the original Ironman Talk Jersey back in 2008 at IM Arizona. 

The Olympic Wrap Up: We go over both the male and female races at the Olympics. 

Statsatics: We look at the medal count from the games. 

Coaches Corner: John covers a question about eating before morning, intense, sessions. 

My First Tri: Paul 'Silky Smooth' Williams sent through his first tri. 

IMTALK EPISODE 529 - The Olympic Triathlon Special

News: Results from Embrunman, Challegne Regensburg, Midnightman; Coming up races; Swim/Run USA; The IMTalk Gear is shipping. 

This Weeks Discussion: The Olympic triathlon races are coming up over the next few days. We want you to give us your top 3 in both the mens and womens races. Can anyone get them 100% correct? Comment here. 

This Weeks Video Clips: Here are the mens and womens race from the Rio test event last year:

The Olympic Special: This week we have a detailed look at the Olympic triathlon races. 

Website of the Week: James 'The Wiseone' sent through this weeks website. It looks at the best bank for your buck with your time trial equipment. Click here to check it out. 

My First Tri: Daniel Clarke sent through his first tri. 

This Weeks Websites: Here's the link to the Blue Seventy PX4TX Swim Skin on ebay. 

IMTALK EPISODE 528

News: Results from Norseman and IM Boulder; To many races in the UK?; Asia Pacific 70.3: Coming up races; Why Andreas hasn't qualified yet; Lucy Gossage injury; Success for Challenge Wanaka. 

This Weeks Discusscion: This weeks discussion is a funny one. It's as simple as this: What not to say to triathletes. It was inspired by this piece on triathlon.net. Comment here

This Weeks Photo: We have our Challenge Roth camp coming up next year. You can get in here.

Age Grouper of the Week: John Duda is this weeks age grouper. He worked for 10 years to acheive his Kona dream, which he did at IM Lake Placid with a PB and 2nd in his age group. 

Statstastic: We have some stats on Norseman and Embrun man. 

App of the Week: Wada have an app that allows you to idenity banned drugs. Check it out here. 

IMTALK EPISODE 527 - Tim Pigott

News: Results from ADH Triathlon, IM Vineman, and IM Netherlands; Changes in KPR; John's new race; Challenge having championship race in Melbourne; IM Boulder is coming up. 

This Weeks Photo: Here's a great photo of John 'Mincey' Muncey in his IMTalk race kit at Zurich 5150. 

Movie Review: John and Bevan went to see Phil Keoghan's new doco Le Ride. You can get more info about it here: www.philkeoghanleride.com Here's the trailer for it. 

Interview: We get Tim Pigott on the show to talk about gadgets that help us look after our bodies. 

Website of the Week: Challenge Family have a great webpage that shows how much the tops pro's have made from prize money this year so far. Here's the male's link, and the female's link. 

This Weeks Websites: John's Race.