Talking Triathlon

This week we are excited to present an extremely special episode of the MX Endurance Podcast as Chris McCormack sits down with Olympic champion, Kristian Blummenfelt and his coach, Arild Tveiten. Find out how Norway became a triathlon powerhouse, how the Olympic race unfolded and what we can expect to see in Kona later this year. Chris geeks out finding out some of the secrets used by the Norwegia...

You heard it here first last year when Kristian and Gustav said Norway want to win the Olympics AND Kona this year and now it's been confirmed! This week we take a look at the news that Kristian Blummenfelt is officially going after not only Olympic gold but also a Kona title as well. If that isn't enough? He also wants a WTCS World title too. We look at just how jam packed his schedule is, talk a...

Last week we crowned our new Olympic Champions, Kristian Blummenfelt and Flora Duffy. This week we recap all of the action from Tokyo 2020 2021. We break down the men's and women's races, what we were surprised by, what we weren't surprised by and how the biggest triathlons of the last 5 years went down. We also look at Lisa Norden's Iron Man debut, discuss triathlon's latest doping scandal and th...

We are days away from our sports biggest event. So big it only comes around every four (five) years, The Olympics. We are joined by Macca to give you the complete run down on all the action from Tokyo. Sit down with your friends and impressive them with your knowledge about how the race should unfold, who could shake the race up as well as some history about the event. We also run through the Tri...

This weekend we see two of the biggest names face of in Germany at the Tri Battle Royale. Lionel Sanders will race Jan Frodeno and word on the street is that a world record might fall. We got Macca on this week to talk all about how the race will unfold. Chris talks about why this sort of racing is so good for the future of triathlon, why he thinks the world record will be broken and exactly what...

No you did not misread the title of this week's episode. Lucy Charles-Barclay has announced that she is not just trying to go sub 8 next year, she wants to beat Jan Frodeno's current Iron Distance record of 7:35! We discuss the implications of this achievement and look at Lionel Sanders pathway to Kona for 2021 and if the Canadian will decide not to line up in Kona this year and instead focus on t...

This week we are joined by GTN's Fraser Cartmell as our third co-host and we have an interview with Kat Matthews off the back of her incredible second place finish at Iron Man Tulsa where she ran a blistering 2:49 marathon! We run through the recent IM CDA results with Sam Long winning, Elsinore 70.3 with Lucy Charles-Barclay winning with a sub-4 performance and Nicola Spirig winning the ETU Champ...

This week we are lucky to be joined by the number one ranked US athlete, Skye Moench. Skye has stormed onto the professional race scene with a win at 2019 IM European Championships and a list of amazing results already this year. We talk about Skye's journey into the sport, her thoughts around the Collins Cup, how Covid-19 has benefited professional racing and what she thinks she needs to do to be...

Throughout the history of triathlon there have been so many incredible performances and so many incredible athletes. But who are the greatest female triathletes of all time? This week we are joined by Annie Emmerson to determine once and for all who the greatest of all time are! With so many incredible athletes to choose from who will come out on top? Will it be Daniela Ryf who has dominated long...

This week we get the inside scoop from WTCS Leeds from the current WTCS Leader and winner from the weekend, Maya Kingma.  Maya won her first WTCS event over the weekend after a third place finish in Yokohama and will now go to the Olympics as the number 1 ranked athlete in the world.  Maya talks us through how everything happened over the weekend, what her first win means for her and all about how...

This week we look at all of the action that unfolded over the weekend in St. Pölten and Arzachena and what to get excited for this weekend with an all-star line up at WTCS Leeds. With so much on the line for so many countries Olympic qualifications it is sure to be an incredible race.   We discuss Alistair Brownlee's impact on the race last weekend, Johnny finding form and the incredible finish at...

A not so short conversation mostly about short course racing with the news that Lucy Charles-Barclay is lining up at WTCS Leeds. How will the superstar of long course go against the world's fastest triathletes? We also look at all the action from Iron Man Tulsa where Daniela Ryf dominated and Patrick Lange returned to the top of the podium. We go through all the action from Lisbon and discuss what...

World Triathlon is back and with a bang and we recap all of the action with Tim Heming from 220 Triathlon! We dissect both the mens and women's races and what this means for team selections for Tokyo later this year. We preview Lisbon and Ironman Tulsa this weekend and look at the potential impact that the mixed team relay could have on the mens and women's events at the Olympics later this year....

This week we are joined by short-course Canadian Superstar, Tyler Mislawchuk to talk all about the upcoming World Triathlon Championship Series which kicks off this weekend in Yokohama. Tyler is one of the red hot favourites to win gold in Tokyo this year and goes through how the year is shaping up, what to watch for this weekend and how he has been preparing for one of the biggest years of his ca...

St George 70.3 might have shown us one of the closest finishes of recent times between Sam Long and Lionel Sanders. To add even more fuel to the fire was the confusion around Danish athlete, Daniel Bækkegård who was eventually DQ'd for not serving a penalty. We are joined by Daniel this week to get the inside scoop on exactly what happened, discuss his career including 'that' finish line stomp and...

On the list of things that get better with age you wouldn't probably put triathletes but Jan Frodeno is proving that age is but a number after a commanding performance over the weekend leaving us to wonder, is there anyone who can beat him? To tackle such a big question we thought we should bring in the big guns so Macca joins us this week to give us his thoughts on whether anyone can beat the Ger...

So much to discuss this week like changes to the PTO Rankings with Daniela Ryf no longer being the number 1 ranked athlete! We discuss Lucy Charles-Barclay at the Team GB Olympic trials, Florida 70.3 and chat with the winners of the Super League Arena Games, Sophie Coldwell & Marten van Riel. We find out what they have been doing to excel at this exciting new format of racing, what their plans are...

Adam Hansen is back again to talk all about innovation in sport as he talks us through exactly what is going on with the bike that he is building for himself and why it is going to be unlike anything we ever seen. Adam then turns his attention the upcoming Sub7Sub8 Project by the Pho3nix Foundation and goes through just how hard a 180km TTT is going to be. Adam's extensive experience in the pro pe...

Beth Potter has stormed onto the triathlon scene over the last two weeks winning the Super League Arena Games and then seemingly breaking the 5km road World Record a week later. But here's the thing, those of you who are familiar with Beth will know this is not a miracle! This week we are joined by the former 10,000m Olympian who has turned her attention to triathlon. We discuss her incredible per...

A news packed episode this week with so much to talk about including the Super League Arena Games, Ironman New Zealand, Geelong 70.3 and a look at the recent Tokyo qualification of Chris Thompson, an On sponsored athlete who wore a blacked out pair of Nike's with permission from On. This makes us ask the question, if every athlete is choosing to wear the Nike super shoes why would they ever sponso...

This weekend sees the return of the Super League Triathlon Arena Games in London. This exciting new format of racing sees real world and virtual racing collide with that signature SLT style. This weekend we will be seeing a number of long course athletes making their Arena Games debut including Lucy Charles-Barclay and Tim Don. We give the full event preview as well as discuss the 2023 70.3 World...

Fresh of her win at Challenge Miami, two time Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist joins us this week to talk about her impressive result at Challenge Miami. We talk about Jodie's race in Miami, her thoughts on this new format and distance of racing and what we can expect to see of her this year. We also talk her about the highs and lows of her career including her many ITU wins, stepping up to long c...

It's only March and we already have one of the biggest races of the year happening this weekend as Lionel Sanders faces off against Jan Frodeno at Challenge Miami! We discuss both the men's and women's race, who we think will win and how this will impact the Collins Cup selection for later this year. We also discuss Dubai 70.3, the new Vespa Pro Triathlon Team and much much more! For more informat...

Ellie Salthouse made the switch from ITU to 70.3 in 2016 and since then has won multiple 70.3's including the 2021 Australian Long Course Championship recently. This week Ellie joins us to tell all about her progression through the sport from a kids 'tryathlon' all the way to now. We talk about the differences she has found between short and long course racing, the challenges the sport faces and w...

With the introduction of Super League Triathlon, the PTO attempted to make long course triathlon exciting and the announcement of the sub7/8 project, there is lots of triathlon coming to your screen. The question that needs to be asked though, is can triathlon work on TV? This week we are joined by the SLT commentary team to find out what they think needs to be done to make triathlon work on tv. W...