Feisty Triathlon

This week, Feisty's resident sports psychologist Dr. Erin Ayala joins the pod to answer all of our questions about mental performance, mental training, and tips for dealing with the mental stress of the world right now. First, the team tackles the latest news and the question: How do we keep the booming 20- to 29-year-old age group in the sport? Then: What mental skills you can practice on the tre...

Kelly O’Mara and Feisty CEO, Sara Gross, are coming to you straight from USA Triathlon's Endurance Exchange conference in Orlando, where the entire triathlon industry gets together to talk coaching, data, and where the sport is actually headed. We went for a few reasons: to run the first women-focused coaching workshop , to launch the Feisty Women’s Performance podcast , to catch up with friends a...

We’re kicking off the year with an absolute powerhouse: Rosie Wild—Major in the British Army, barrier-breaker, and t he first woman ever to pass the legendary paratrooper regiment test joins Kelly, Katie, and Joanne for the first episode of 2026. Rosie takes us inside her world: juggling an elite military career with pro triathlon, navigating brutal training environments, and chasing experiences t...

This episode originally dropped on May 23, 2025 Katie, Joanne, and Kelly are back with your front row seat to triathlon — diving into an exciting weekend of global racing, spotlighting Lucy Charles-Barclay’s Ironman Lanzarote win, Jeanne Lehair's victory on a rainy WTCS Yokohama course, and Slovakian Nikola Korbova making history by becoming the first woman to win an Xtri overall! We then get thei...

In this episode, Kelly and Joanne catch up on all things triathlon, including an in-depth Ironman Leeds recap, the return of Boise 70.3, new North American race announcements, and Joanne’s hectic announcing schedule for the rest of the year (and you thought racing was hard!)  The heart of the episode is a powerful, in-depth interview with long-time pro, Melanie McQuaid , a multi-time world ch...

For the final Feisty Triathlon podcast of the year, Kelly, Katie, and Joanne are joined by Chelsea Burns to recap the 2025 season and make their picks for most exciting race, comeback, and standout athlete of the year. But first, looking ahead to 2026 and beyond: What's does the new PTO/T100 and World Triathlon partnership really mean ? And what questions still need to be answered? Then it's the b...

A surprise early show for you to mini-preview the T100 Grand Final in Qatar this evening. Watch on T100's Youtube at 2a.m. ET tonight (early Friday morning)! A few highlights this week: Congrats to Kirsten Kasper who won her debut 70.3 at La Quinta and to Georgia Taylor-Brown for clocking " the fastest 70.3 in history ." What does that mean? Do records matter in triathlon? Then it's a quick previe...

This week, as most of America recovers from their Thanksgiving food comas and Joanne winds down her race announcing season, we’re honoring the sunset of another iconic chapter in triathlon. The legendary Dede Griesbauer —yes, the 55-year-old powerhouse with 21 years of pro racing under her belt—joins us to celebrate her retirement and reflect on a career defined by an unwavering love of swim-bike-...

This episode originally dropped on June 20, 2025 Joanne, Katie, and Kelly are joined by endurance athlete, FKT record holder, and former IronWomen host, Alyssa Godesky , for a deep dive into the crazy world of adventure racing.  Alyssa shares what she’s been up to lately, plus her favorite recent race performance (can you say: Lydia Russell at Happy Valley 70.3?!) She then gives a behind-the-...

We're rolling into the holidays with a little festive competition and a whole lot of triathlon chaos. Joanne kicks things off with her legendary #fit4christmas challenge—the fun way to keep moving as the days get shorter. And for the (slightly) more dedicated athlete, we've got Feisty's new Winter Cycling Program for anyone looking to build up their cycling this off-season with a coached program a...

The team is back together! Joanne Murphy and India Lee give us all the details from-the-ground in Marbella at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships (including a party we're not allowed to talk about), and then they try to tackle the question: What makes the challenge of Ironman so appealing? The Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Marbella: The energy, excitement, activations, and vibes were next le...

This week, Laura Siddall joins us for an Ironman 70.3 World Championships preview. But first Kelly & Sid dive straight into the 2026 Ironman qualification drama that isn't going away — and probably won't go away any time soon. While Ironman had promised a fairer, more balanced system with 30–35% of total slots for women, the actual allocations of the "performance pool" spots are coming in clos...

She's won a WTCS, she's been 7th at the Olympics, and she's raced in the women's Giro! Maya Kingma joins Kelly, Joanne, and Katie to talk all things swim-bike-run... and bike. First, she helps us tackle the big question: With so many series now on the calendar, how are pros supposed to choose? Between WTCS, T100, and Ironman races, it’s getting tougher to balance travel, recovery, and top-level pe...

The gang’s finally all here! Joanne’s somewhere between the post-Kona high and a jet lag hangover, but that’s not stopping us from diving into what’s next. First up: The World Triathlon Championship Finals in Wollongong. From the surprising upset in the elite race (and why it was surprising) to Katie's picks for the up-and-comers to watch and a few of our favorite para world champs. Plus, a couple...

From the lava fields of Kona last week to the golden shores of Wollongong, Australia: it's world championship season. This weekend Wollongong hosts the World Triathlon age-group, U23, juniors, and para world championships. Plus, a stacked WTCS Grand Final (which determins the world champion) and the re-scheduled T100 race . World Triathlon World Title: In the WTCS series, Beth Potter and Cassandre...

Welcome to a unique Feisty x HOKA post-Ironman World Championship event — teaming up for a live celebration brunch and panel discussion in Kona, featuring some amazing age-group and local athletes, and special guests Taylor Knibb, Daniela Ryf, and Gwen Jorgensen. First, we hear inspiring stories from the women who raced as part of the IRONMAN Foundation (some for their first time) and from the loc...

THAT WAS CRAZY! We're back after a wild Ironman World Championship race that saw one former world champion drop out early on the bike (Chelsea Sodaro), another defending champ here DNF in the heat (Lucy Charles-Barclay), and then race leader Taylor Knibb collapse with less than two miles to go. We hear from our new 2025 Ironman World Champion Solveig Løvseth — completing the Norwegian sweep of the...

On the eve of the IRONMAN World Championship, we’re joined by Feisty co-host and official race announcer Joanne Murphy, who somehow survives a week of wall-to-wall press conferences, interviews, banquets, and race-day hype—without totally losing her voice (or her mind). We talk about what it's actually like behind the scenes in Kona, how she preps for the chaos, and why she still makes time to soa...

The Queen is back — but this time, she’s not racing. Sara and Kelly catch up with 10-time world champion Daniela Ryf , who’s traded her dominance on the race course for a full plate of new roles — from launching a documentary about life after sport, to running her foundation in Kenya, to working with Felt and a fitness tech startup. Daniela opens up about: How much (or little) she's training in be...

Today, Sara's co-host is none other than triathlon legend Julie Moss — the woman who quite literally put Ironman on the map with her unforgettable 1982 crawl to the finish line. Julie shares stories from those early, wild-west days of triathlon. (Think: oranges for fuel, very little training, and “research” that involved signing up for an Ironman as a college project!). And, she reflects on what i...

USAT CEO and first-time Kona racer Vic Brumfield joins the show to share what inspired her to take on the Ironman World Championship and how she's approaching race day. They then dive into what it takes to bring more women into multisport and barriers women face—returning to racing after pregnancy, the time and financial demands of training, the need for more family-friendly race options and acces...

We’re back! LIVE from the iconic Canoe Club in Kona, we’re here all week to bring you the vibes and the interviews from the Big Island as the waves roll in and the sun sets on what may be the final all-women’s Ironman World Championship. To start, we're going deep into why is it the last all-women's race? (For now!) Why were there only 1,500 spots for women's Kona v. 2,300 for men's Nice? (Serious...

Who better to talk Kona than 3x IRONMAN World Champion Mirinda Carfrae? This week, the crew welcomes Rinny back to the mic to catch us up on first ultra-marathon and the shift from pro racing to what keeps her motivated now — with some tips for co-host Katie Zaferes on navigating the post-retirement, post-partum workouts. The team also discusses the big races of the past weekend: WTCS Weihai — Bet...

Ironman race announcer-rockstar Joanne Murphy is back from her three-country triathlon whirlwind—Belgium, Nice, and Wales—and gives us the vibe checks from the last men's Ironman World Championship in France. Plus, why are the crowds so electric in places like Tenby, Wales and Jersey, in the Channel islands? What makes these races unforgettable? It's a quick recap of the results from the weekend:...

Fresh off her second-place finish at the World Triathlon Championship Series race in Karlovy Vary, Taylor Spivey joins the Feisty Tri podcast to break down the breakthrough performance . Taylor and Katie Zaferes talk World Triathlon and draft-legal strategy, how tactics have changed over their careers, and how the race dynamics played out differently with a hard bike course in Karlovy Vary. When y...