The Triathlon Hour

Taylor Knibb (Ep 63)

The Ironman World Championships were yesterday and over the next week we will be recording episodes with the winners and big players. But today, in the meantime, we look ahead to the next big race - the Ironman 70.3 World Champs that take place in 3 weeks time. And Taylor Knibb is the favourite to win that race. She has a world class swim, the best 70.3 bike in the sport and is a solid runner. She’s the athlete you have to get through if you’re any chance. We go through all her training in the build up and find out what training she’s done to become the big favourite for the race.

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Joe Skipper (Ep 62)

The last day of our five episodes in five days to celebrate the Ironman World Champs with one of my all time favourite people in triathlon, the junkyard dog himself Joe Skipper. So many people are predicting Joe to have a massive race in Kona this weekend. He's in career best form, has the bike/run on his day to beat just about everyone in the world and in this episode he takes us right through the training he's been doing to get in what he hopes is World Championship winning shape. We also have all the usual fun chat that comes with talking to Joe!! Thanks everyone for tuning in this week, I hope you've enjoyed all the episodes and it's made you more excited/ready for the Ironman World Champs hearing about the training blocks the athlete and coaches have done in the lead up. If you haven't listened to them all, then hopefully you've got some long rides, runs or car trips over the weekend to listen to them to help motivate you and make the time fly by!

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Dan Plews (Ep 61)

Dan Plews is one of the worlds best long course triathlon coaches, in this episode we discuss everything that goes into preparing for the Ironman Worlds Champs at Kona. We go deep on every single thing you'd want to know about preparing for this race. The training, the altitude or heat camps, nutrition, what you need to specifically train for in this race vs other races! If you like nerdy, deep dive, detailed training chat then this is the episode for you!

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Skye Moench (Ep 60)

Day three of our Ironman World Champs week is Skye Moench! Skye came 4th at last years World Champs and with the women's race being on Thursday we are only a bit over one day away from seeing if she can better that this year. This chat with Skye is awesome, she takes us deep inside the training she's done in the lead up (and in her career as a whole). Not only do we talk about all of her training in crazy detail, we also chat about diet and weight in potentially the most meaningful way we ever have on an episode. Is looking at yourself and hating what you see normal as a triathlete even if you're in great shape? Are you alone if you have ever had thoughts like that? You're not and hear about it from one of the worlds best professional triathletes in this episode! 

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Braden Currie (Ep 59)

Braden Currie joins us to take a deep look into his training leading into the Ironman World Championships. Braden was in the lead for the first 6 hours at last years Ironman World Championships and ended up coming 3rd. This chat is all about the training he’s done to try and win.

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Daniel Baekkegard (Ep 58)

Ironman World champs week is finally here!! And to kick off our week of one podcast per day we have Daniel Baekkegard! Daniel was in the lead group of 5 at last years Ironman World Champs for the first 5 hours of the race and came 3rd at last years Ironman 70.3 World Champs. He gave more training details in this episode than any guest ever has in the past. If you're willing to do the 32 hour minimum weeks Daniel does you can literally copy his World Champs prep after listening to this episode! Daniel will be at the front of the World Champs this weekend, that's a given, it's just how long he stays there for that is the question. 

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Mikal Iden (Ep 57)

Mikal is the coach of Lionel Sanders, the Norwegian triathlon team and a handful of other big name pro triathletes. We talk about Lionel’s training and go deep on the Norwegian team’s approach to triathlon. There is nothing but detailed training chat in this one!

 

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Ben Kanute (Ep 56)

Ben Kanute might be the most underrated Ironman 70.3 triathlete to have ever lived. He came 2nd at the 2017 70.3 World Championships behind Javier Gomez, 4th in 2018 behind Jan Frodeno, Alistair Brownlee & Javier Gomez and then 6th in 2021 in one of the deepest races in Ironman 70.3 history. He’s also won multiple Ironman 70.3’s in dominant fashion. We talk in extreme detail about the training that got him to that level, the system he and his coach use in their training.

 

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Jess Stenson (Ep 55)

A detailed look into the training block leading into wining a commonwealth games marathon gold medal. A full race debrief by Jess taking us play by play through her race, the highs, the lows and the inside stories you missed watching it on TV. We also talk race shoes, nutrition and all the little details that go into winning a marathon gold medal.

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Sam Laidlow (Ep 54)

Sam Laidlow is a pro triathlete who has made waves in 2022. He raced off the front of the Ironman World Championships and the Canadian Open. He’s also called out other big name triathletes and made it known he is here to be the best. This has led to some drama. We talk about that + his training on todays episode.

 

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