The Triathlon Brick Session

The team discuss why having poor lab testing doesn't necessarily mean you won't perform on race day. A few funny stories along the way and yet another competition, that you, the listener can also join in with as well.

Another fun packed show with Andy, Rich, Mark, plus new comer James Phillips with his weekend round up. The lads chat about Open Water swimming and how best to enter cold water, they also discus IM Texas (World best) and of course Andy's quiz. Plus so much more - enjoy.........

I chat to Zibi specifically about the disappointing organisation at Challenge Roma. I also ask how the sport can gain some credibility back after the decision made by Ironman to acknowledge Ironman Texas as a legitimate World Record time after confirmation the race was short and poorly officiated. As always we chat about so much more......... enjoy.

I get the chance to catch up with Alice Hector who beat some of the best triathletes on the circuit to come second at Challenge Rome. We chat about her awesome race, her nutrition hacks and how the Italian medics attend to fatigued athletes (very funny). We have a blast chatting about the organisation during this event, so much fun! Pretty sure you'll be laughing out loud a lot during this interview. Enjoy.

Another jam packed show with a great new segment from James Phillips AKA the results man. The team chat about sleep, hallucinating, and of course Mark chats about his experience at Challenge Roma. We also have Andy's quiz with the scores currently 3 - 1 to Mark. Enjoy!

The team chat about the individual results from the CW games. Andy chats about the DW kayak race over the weekend. New to the show is Andy's questions for Mark and Rich, who now have a running competition going. Enjoy.......

Mar, Andy and Richard chat about the National Duathlon results, racing weight and so much more. The normal banter with the boys and a new competition between Richard and Mark. Enjoy!

The main topic of conversation in this episode from the guys is how Duathlon can contribute to your triathlon training. Andy Blow should know he raced Elite at the 2004 World Duathlon Championships alongside GB Elite Tom Lowe. Richard Stannard was no slouch either at the run - bike run format. Andy also chats about his awesome 10th place at the Red Bull Neptune steps event. Bloody cold day in the office.

As promised we catch up with Laura Siddall the Ironman New Zealand Champion 2018. Another great catch up with this awesome athletes and multiple Ironman Champion.

The team quickly discuss the results from ITU in Abu Dhabi and IM New Zealand over the weekend. The main subject of the show is all about the importance of pacing when racing and training. Mark also gives you another amusing cycling story!

I catch up with Laura who just missed out on the win at Wanaka 70.3 by just 11secs. However Laura did smash the bike record and will be racing IM Taupo in great shape. This is a great interview and probably one of my best to date.

Me, Richard Stannard and Andy Blow chat about what constitutes being a good remote coach and what an athlete should expect for their money. We also discuss some of the mistakes we made early in our triathlon careers that could have saved us some a lot of time and energy. This is a belter of a show so please enjoy!

Another great show today - Rich, Andy and I chat quickly chat about the awesome GB results at IM 70.3 Dubai. The main topic of conversation is the pros and cons of indoor training apposed to outdoor training. Enjoy!

A quick pre race chat with Kimberley Morrison who is racing Dubai 70.3 Friday (tomorrow). I tried to chat to Nikki Bartlett but the sound quality was poor, so we missed out there. This is a stacked field with some of the Worlds best racing so its going to be a tough one. We also have friend of the show Will Clarke racing with 3 of his BMC team mates.

In this episode the team (Richard, Andy & Mark) discuss marginal gains, we try to best answer a listeners training question regarding his training approach for 2 x 70.3 races with a four month gap. Richard also chats about how to really get good at swimming - no short cuts, or hacks though. Mark interviews Matthew Pritchard (AKA) Dirty Sanchez, who has stopped all his drug and booze fuelled antics for a more extreme lifestyle. Matt now challenges his mind and body in a different way, extreme physical challenges, multi disciplined events including Ironman, and undertaking a personal challenge of completing 30 x 70.3 IM in 30 days and much much more. Warning he does swear more than Mark! Enjoy

I quickly catch up with Susie Cheetham 2 x top 6 finisher at Kona and a bunch of other great results to her CV. She's racing this weekend at SA 70.3 so quickly listen to her chat about how she thinks she'll do. We're also going to get Susie and Emma Pallant back on the show together after the race to discuss how it all went.

Emma's resolve, hard work and stoic determination just shows what can be achieved with good old fashioned hard work. One of the best 70.3 Pro Triathletes in the World and this year she's going FULL IRONMAN DISTANCE. Coached and supported by her brilliant coach Michelle Dillon and Stuart Hayes. In this bonus episode we quickly chat about her 70.3 race in SA. We'll be speaking to Emma after the race next week (which she hopefully would have won) to discuss her going to Kona 2018.

A new line up for the show - joining Mark on a regular basis will be Richard Stannard and Andy Blow. Mark chats to an inspirational female Pro who is a top 10 Ironman Kona finisher, the current Swedish long course record holder. Asa Lundstrom is also training to be a Doctor, and if that isn't enough she's started her own coffee business as well.

Great news I have been selected to race the Patagonman in Dec 2018 along with Chris Stirling and Lucy Gossage. On this show I chat to the event organiser about this unique event in South America. I also catch up with Chris Stirling for his reaction at being selected. The race received a huge response from around the world with the UK being the second largest number of entries for the lottery. 20 athletes from the UK have been selected to race.

It was great catching up with Richard Stannard AKA "the fish". He was British triathlon champion in 2001, aquathlon world champion in 2003, 2006 and 2011 and biathle world champion in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012.Richard has been in the triathlon game for over 20 years and is still training and racing at the highest level. Richard is the current British Masters record holder in the 200m free, 400m free, 800m free and 1500m free categories. A top chap!