IMTalk Episode 731 - Michael 'Dreamcatcher' Smith

News: 70.3 World Champs in 2022 are in New Zealand; 2021 races are starting to be cancelled; Results for last weekends VR; Coming up races; John’s ITU update.

This Week’s Photo: Here’s Bevan and John outside the IMTalk Studio’s in front of John’s new Cube bike.

This Weeks Discussion: What do you wear now that you said you’d never wear? For example: John put’s his hand up with compression socks. Comment here.

Interview: This week we have an interview with Michael “Dreamcatcher” Smith. Michael is a Para Athlete who has completed in Ironman races and is aiming for the 2024 Paralympics. You can follow Michael here.

Coaches Corner: John does a review of his new Cube Litening Bike.

This Weeks Websites: Slowtwitch article about PTO; Alex Yee’s fast run.

Additional Resources: Cerebral Palsy Family Network

IMTalk Episode 730 - Pro Athlete Sara Svensk

News: Results from Virtual Racing; Races from this time last year; Some races are happening in the UK, John’s ITU update.

Interview: This week we have an interview with Pro Athlete Sara Svensk. You can follow her on Instagram here.

This Weeks Discussion: How would you want your triathlon community to describe you as a person and as an athlete? Comment here

Coaches Corner: John does a review of the Form Smart Swim Goggles.

John’s History Listen: We look at the first Olympics in Sydney.

IMTalk Episode 729 - Dr Jeff Krebs

News: 2020 Ironman and 70.3 champs are cancelled; Embrunman also cancelled; Results from Virtual Racing; Events are still happening; Challenge Wanaka has moved it’s course.

Interview: This week we have an interview with age group athlete and doctor in Internal Medicine Dr Jeff Krebs. He talks about Ucan in the interview.

This Weeks Discussion: You’ve been hearing about John’s weekly swim on the show a lot lately, so this week we want to know what is your favourite swim set? Comment here

Website of the Week: This week we have a look at www.zwifthub.com.

This Weeks Websites: Joseph Stanford’s survey: Athlete version, Coach Version

IMTalk Episode 728 - Pro Athlete Sarah Crowley

News: Virtual racing results from the weekend; PTO continue to push the right buttons; Embrunman looks like it’s going ahead; John’s ITU Update

Interview: This week we have pro athlete Sarah Crowley on. You can follow Sarah here: www.sarahcrowleytriathlete.com

This Weeks Discussion: What’s the next big aspirational challenge we’ll see athletes jump on? It used to be cool/tough to get a tron bike on zwift, now every man and his dog has one. Lot’s are jumping on everesting so that is becoming more mainstream. Even Ironman used to be that almost impossible event that we now take for granted and is not that big a deal to most. What’s next? Comment here

Geek Corner: We look at Males and Females over 40 that have gone either sub 8 or 9 in an Ironman.

IMTalk Episode 727 - Getting the most out of your Zwift Power Up's

News: Virtual racing results from the weekend; Looking back on races from this time last year; more races cancelled.

Website of the Week: Here’s Rob Hutchings swimming down the Clutha.

This Weeks Discussion: What is the most adventurous/challenging training or race that you survived that in hindsight was bordering on being a bit stupid and unsafe? Comment here

Age Grouper of the Week: John Hancock sent through this weeks age grouper, Rob Hutchings.

Coaches Corner: John breaks down how to make the most out of power ups in Zwift.