Talking Triathlon

As is becoming quite the pattern, when we start to doubt an athlete they make a triumphant return and prove us wrong! That was certainly the case over the weekend in Swansea where Alistair Brownlee put together an amazing performance to comfortably win. That is just one of the races we recap this weekend as well as the new transgender athlete policy from World Triathlon, the return of Lucy Charles...

Considering a big part of our audience probably doesn't know (or care) what the Commonwealth Games are, we are going to pretend like we don't spend a lot of time talking about the Commonwealth Games this week. If we did talk about the Commonwealth Games though we would probably discuss all the drama from the men's race and the absolute domination of Flora Duffy in the women's race. We do talk a lo...

We wanted to see a battle between Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden in Edmonton and in the end, both races turned out to be action packed events that came to a head on the run! This week we look at all the action from Edmonton, preview the Mixed Team Relay at the Commonwealth Games and spend an alarming amount of time talking about the Brownlee brothers! For more information about MX Endurance:...

This weekend we will get to see some of the best athletes in the world go head to head at the PTO Tour in Canada. Will we see Laura Philipp continue her incredible run of performances this year or will see her knocked off the top spot by someone like Emma Pallant-Browne or Ashleigh Gentle? The men is set to see world number 1, Kristian Blummenfelt face off against world number 2, Gustav Iden but t...

Last week, minutes after we finished recording, the PTO released the points from Challenge Roth (last week we interviewed the winner) which saw Magnus Ditlev receive the most points of any male performance in history. The PTO called this the greatest ever performance!  So this week, we discuss this in detail. Was it the best ever performance? Or is that something that cannot be decided based purel...

What better way to recap all the action from Challenge Roth than speak with the winner of the men's race, Magnus Ditlev! Magnus talks us through his race, how it unfolded and what this result means for the rest of his year and goals moving forward. We also discuss recent changes made by British Triathlon for transgender athletes, what Frodo pulling out of Roth means for Kona later this year and mu...

It is one of the biggest races in the world and this year we will see two of the greatest long course athletes go head-to-head in Roth with Jan Frodeno coming up against Patrick Lange. They won't have it easy though with young guns, Sam Long and Magnus Ditlev there to cause an upset! We discuss all the action from WTCS Montreal, IronMan Frankfurt, Elsinore 70.3, Mont Tremblant 70.3 and IronMan Nic...

The PTO have promised us that their tour races will see the best of the best race each other and it looks like they might be coming good on their promise as the first names are announced for their PTO Tour event in Canada. Will we see more Norwegian domination or will a local favourite take the win? We also look at the ridiculous amount of races this weekend and wonder whether it would be better t...

This week we are joined by professional cyclist, Alex Dowsett who was instrumental in Joe Skipper's lightning fast 3:16 180km bike split at Sub7Sub8. Alex talks about exactly what it was like to be part of the event, the last minute change to Joe Skipper and what exactly it takes to ride that fast for that long. We also discuss all the drama from WTCS Leeds, Sarah True's return to racing and the f...

After years of build up (and too many episodes of this podcast about it) Sub7Sub8 has finally happened and it exceeded all of our expectations! This week we discuss not only all the action from Sub but also Laura Phillip's incredible 8:18 in Hamburg, we preview WTCS Leeds and the news that Jan Frodeno will be racing Roth in what is now a stacked field! For more information about MX Endurance:  htt...

We are live in Germany for Pho3nix Sub7Sub8 this week! We let you know what has been happening on the ground, the news that Alistair Brownlee is out and Joe Skipper is in and our thoughts and predictions ahead of the big race. We also include the Facebook Live video featuring Kristian, Joe, Kat and Nicola and much much more! For more information about MX Endurance:  http://www.mxendurance.com   To...

Confirmation this week that Gustav Iden will join a long list of triathlon superstars on the big island in October! We discuss the final pacemakers for Sub7Sub8, look at the results from The Championship, Chattanooga 703 and Ironman Lanzarote. For more information about MX Endurance:  http://www.mxendurance.com   To sign up as a podcast member and get a whole bunch of benefits head to   https://ww...

WTCS racing is back and we saw some seriously action packed racing over the weekend with Team GB dominating both the men's and women's races. We discuss some more news to come out of St George including reports that Andreas Dreitz was taken out by an on course motorbike, Alistair Brownlee's reaction to sitting the race out and the pacer reveals for Sub7Sub8 next month. We then also look at the new...

The Ironman World Championship is back and we have new world champions! This week we unpack all of the action from St George. We discuss some of the standout performances including Kristian Blummenfelt, Lionel Sanders, Kat Matthews, Skye Moench and the significance of Daniela Ryf's win. We are then joined by Tyler Mislawchuk to discuss the first WTCS race for 2022 in Yokohama this weekend.   For m...

It's race week and we are here to bring you all the action from St George. We are joined by a number of pro athletes and triathlon experts to talk about how all the action from the biggest race in nearly 3 years is going to unfold. Who are your picks? Who are your dark horse picks? Find out all you need to make your picks! For more information about MX Endurance:  http://www.mxendurance.com   To s...

An action packed weekend of racing with Ironman Texas coming down to the wire, SLT Arena Games back to being edge of your seat racing and more withdrawls from St George! We look at the action that saw Ben Hoffman and Magnus Ditlev fight for the win in Texas. We talk about the withdrawl of Javier Gomez and Joe Skipper from St George and the potential withdrawl of Laura Philipp as well! For more inf...

The Ironman World Championship is getting close and with more and more athletes getting injured, sick or opting out the pool of potential winners is getting smaller and smaller. So who will walk away with the crown? This week we look at who we think are the top contenders in St George. Will Lionel Sanders be able to out run the Norwegians? Will Laura Phillip be unbeatable? Will someone surprise us...

What a week for news with confirmation that Jan Frodeno will not be defending his Ironman world championship in St George next month. We also discuss the announcement of Kat Matthews as the replacement for Lucy Charles-Barclay at the Pho3nix Sub7Sub8 later this year. We go into the ongoing 'beef' between Kristian Blummenfelt and Joe Skipper and ask why no one is talking about SLT Arena Games! For...

We are joined this week to discuss the news that Lucy Charles-Barclay is injured and will miss most of the big races this year. We got Chris McCormack on to talk about what this means for the Pho3nix Sub8 Project and the other major events this season. We also look at all the action from South Africa and Oceanside and the announcement of Nicola Spirig's retirement. For more information about MX En...

One of the most stacked fields we have seen since The Collins Cup will race this weekend at Oceanside 70.3 and we have your full event preview with who to watch, what might happen and our predicitions. We also discuss Ironman South Africa, Sam Long not racing Kona this year and Andrew Messick talking about the World Championships leaving Kona? For more information about MX Endurance:  http://www.m...

A news heavy episode this week as we discuss Hayden Wilde attempting to make the New Zealand Commonwealth Games track team, Maya Kingma nearly running as fast as Gwen Jorgensen and Flora Duffy setting her sites on 70.3 Worlds. We also look at the incredible performances from Lanzarote 70.3 where Kat Matthews put herself down as a serious contender for the title in St George in May. For more inform...

This week we are back to look at all the action from Clash Miami and get excited about some big races coming up in the next few weeks including Lanzarote 70.3 this weekend and Oceanside 70.3 which is looking to have one of the most stacked fields since The Collins Cup. We look at the performances of Sam Long and Ashleigh Gentle in Miami and give our predictions for Lanzarote which has Anne Haug, J...

This week we are joined by the winner of Dubai 70.3 and the new (kind of) 70.3 World Record Holder, Marten Van Riel. We talk about his incredible Dubai performance, why finishing 4th place at the Olympics is the worst and why this year he is going to make the step up to the top of the podium in the WTCS. We also preview Clash Miami, Discuss the Couples Championship and what Daniela Ryf's Dubai per...

A big return to racing this weekend with Dubai 70.3 which will see Kristian Blummenfelt and Daniela Ryf back in action. Of course we will not be watching because it isn't being televised but never fear! You can always watch the... Couples Championship... The other 'big' race that is happening this weekend that we had both forgotten was on! We also talk about the implications of Russia and Ukrain o...

This week we are joined by two of the strongest long course women on the planet, Kat Matthews and Skye Moench.  We discuss the times they've raced together, what their 2022 season is looking like and dive into how being competitors on the race course doesn't mean you can't be friends as well. We also discuss Richard Murray changing countries, Duabi 70.3 turning into a real stacked field and much m...