Talking Triathlon

Behind every great athlete there is a strong network of support and it just so happens that behind many of the world's best athletes is one super coach! Joel Filliol is one of the most successful coaches in triathlon with Olympic medals, world championships and just about everything in between. Joel works with athletes like Vincent Luis, Mario Mola, Jake Birtwhistle and Katie Zaferes. We sat down...

This week we turn our attention towards what we can expect to see in 2021 in triathlon. Will the Olympics happen? Who will win? What about the 70.3 and Ironman World Championships? Can we finally see a return to long course championship racing or are we going to have to wait until 2022? What will this mean for athletes like Tim O'Donell, Jan Frodeno and even Daniella Ryf? We give our picks for the...

This week we are joined by a rising star of American triathlon, Rudy Von Berg. Rudy is a multiple 70.3 Champion who finished fifth last December at the PTO Championship amongst a field of short and long course superstars. Rudy grew up in France with his Dad being a dominant age group athlete in his own right. We chat with Rudy about how he saw 2020, what the future has in store for him and why he...

This week we are joined by Macca to find out all about the latest announcement by the Pho3nix Foundation which will see Alistair Brownlee, Lucy Charles-Barclay, Kristian Blummenfelt and Nicola Spirig face off against each other to try and break a seven and eight hour iron distance triathlon. Chris has all of the information about how the race will work, gives hints as to where it might be and what...

Yo Yo Yo! This week we are joined by a rising star of long course triathlon. Sam Long decided to do an Ironman when recovering from a knee injury and since then has gone on to multiple wins at 70.3 and IM.  We talk to Sam about how he got into triathlon, what his Daytona race was like, what he thinks about long course v short course athletes and why he thinks he can be the best in the world. Tune...

2020 saw the introduction of the Professional Triathletes Organisation and their first event, the PTO Championship in Daytona. It also saw lots of people asking the same questions about the PTO. What are they? What is their business model? How do they plan to make money? Why don't they get along with Ironman?  This week we are joined by the CEO of the PTO, Sam Renouf to answer all of your question...

Despite some 'challenges' we actually got to see some amazing racing in 2020 and this week we sat down with Macca to talk all about the 2020 highlights and what we are looking forward to in 2021. Macca gives his thoughts on the PTO Championship, what we can expect to see from Jan Frodeno, Alistair Brownlee, Lucy Charles-Barclay, Daniela Ryf and the Norwegians in 2021 and who to watch at the Olympi...

We are excited to present three of our biggest interviews from 2020 together into one Kona special! This week we are joined by Macca to give his thoughts on the performances of your male podium from the 2019 Ironman World Championships as well as the interviews we did with Sebastian Kienle, Tim O'Donnell and Jan Frodeno in 2020.  These are some of the biggest names in our sport all combined into o...

Many of us missed out on seeing the biggest names in our sport line up in Kona in 2020 for the Ironman World Championships so to try and scratch that itch for 2020 we are proud to present the top three women from the 2019 race. We are joined by Chris McCormack to talk about Sarah Crowley, Lucy Charles-Barclay and Anne Haug. We have repackaged three of the biggest interviews from 2020 into one, act...

We made it! The year that felt like a decade is coming to an end and while there hasn't been that much happening in triathlon there has been lots of quality. This week we present the inaugural MX Endurance Podcast Awards. Triathlon Media Person of the Year, Race of the Year, Male and Female Athlete of the Year are just some of the categories we award. Will your picks walk away with the award? Will...

It finally happened! The inaugural PTO Championship took place in Daytona and this week we do a deep dive into every aspect of the event. Did the production live up to the hype? Did we see a war between the long and short course athletes? Did James pick anyone correct last week? We give our thoughts, feedback, things we loved and what we think can be improved at this new and exciting racing format...

Can you believe there is a championship race this weekend! Not only is this the biggest race of the year, it is one of the biggest fields ever assembled in triathlon. Stars of long, short and middle distance racing will go face-to-face on the Daytona speedway this weekend. We have your pre-race preview as well as who we think will reign supreme! Buckle-up for what is set to be the most exciting ra...

With Challenge Daytona bringing together stars of long and short course triathlon together who is going to reign supreme? This week we are joined by short and long course World Champion, Chris McCormack to discuss which athletes are stronger, who will dominate Challenge Daytona and why short course athletes have so much success at long course racing. This week we also discuss Andrew Starykowicz re...

World Record, Olympic appearances, some would say they would be the highlight of their career but we know the truth about this week's guest. The real highlight for Tim Don is being ranked #69 in the PTO Rankings! Tim is an incredible athlete who has had success at all levels and distances of the sport. He joins us this week to talk about his career, the challenges he has faced and is honest opinio...

This week we take a trip to Norway to discuss one of the most iconic triathlons on the planet. The Norseman Xtreme Triathlon is one of the toughest races on the planet to not only complete but to enter with thousands of people annually applying for less than 300 slots. Dag Oliver, General Manager of the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon joins us to tell us all about the race, it's history, it's future and...

Few athletes have shaken up the 70.3 distance as much as Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden. The current 70.3 world record holder and current Ironman 70.3 World Champion join us this week to talk about what's next. We discuss why Norway is quickly becoming a global triathlon powerhouse, why they think they will win the Olympics, beat everyone at the PTO Championships & their long course plans. W...

Lucy Charles-Barclay stormed onto the triathlon scene in 2017 with her second place in Kona and has become one of the biggest names in the sport.  This week we are excited to chat with Lucy about her career, from being told she would never come close to Daniela Ryf, to three second place finishes in Kona, Lucy has raised the bar in women's racing. We look at her early days in the sport and the str...

A bumper episode this week as we round up the PTO Wild card picks with Charles Adamo, Chairman of the PTO. How did we go with our predictions and what can we expect from the PTO's first marquee event. We then get to chat with 2012 Olympic Silver Medallist, Lisa Norden. Lisa has an amazing resume in both triathlon and cycling and has recently turned her attention to middle-distance triathlon. We ch...

In recent years we have seen Cam Wurf blast onto the Iron Man scene and win races and crush records. Cam's background in professional cycling has seen the way and iron man is raced change. This week we are joined by Adam Hansen, a professional cyclist who rides for Lotto–Soudal and has ridden 20 grand tours in a row. That is the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España every year....

The PTO are set to announce 20 wildcards spots to the inaugural PTO Championship in Daytona this year. With the top 40 ranked PTO athletes automatically qualifying who could get one of these golden tickets? This week we run through who we would pick for the wildcard slots that would make the December race the biggest and best triathlon event of the year! Who will we include? Who will we deny? Who...

Lots to unpack this week with the news that Daniela Ryf has done a 'Lionel' and is out injured, endurance sports tv is crowdfunding and the PTO is supporting even more races. We also saw a number of races happen around the world with some of the biggest names in the sport lining up in Cairns for the Asia-Pacific Championship. We round-up all the professional racing then turn our eye to the age gro...

Long course triathlon has been dominated by Jan Frodeno and Daniela Ryf in recent years. So much so that most of their competition have admitted that they don't even think they can beat them! Does this mean that Jan and Dani have beaten their competitors before the race has even begun? Who or what will it take for someone to stand up to their dominance and not be afraid? Who if anyone can beat the...

In recent years it has been complete German domination at long course racing and a big part of the success of Germany is multiple World Champion, Sebastian Kienle. This week we are extremely lucky to be joined by 2014 Ironman World Champion Sebastian Kienle. Sebi is one of the biggest names in the sport and part of the fabric of long distance racing. This week we discuss the impact of 2020, the em...

What a weekend of triathlon with Iron Man, 70.3, XTERRA and even a little ITU World Championship all happening. We round up the all the racing that happened over the weekend including all of the action from the ITU World Championship. We also look at the PTO supported Helvellyn Triathlon. All of the racing action, coverage and lack thereof raises the question whether Iron Man is critical to the fu...

The ITU faces backlash over a one-day World Championship, drama at the TDF and speculation that Iron Man World Champion Jan Frodeno is injured is just some of what we cover on this week's episode. We are also joined by Australian triathlete Jake Birtwhistle. Jake is the defending ITU Hamburg champion and we discuss a whole range of topics including the decision to make the event a championship rac...