Team CPNZ - Endurance Sports Podcast

CP Media Tuesday night live 23 November 2021 Thanks to TRUE FLEECE MERINO for sponsoring this podcast 5:20 – Michael Vink Michael Vink Tour of Southland Champion joins the show to share with us what it takes to win New Zealand's toughest and most prestigious cycling event.  We discuss how he trains, what he does for a recovery during the tour and some of the key moments that took place during...

CP Media Tuesday night live 16 November 2021 Thanks to EVO CYCLES NZ for sponsoring this podcast 6:45 – Jonathan Kennett  Jonathan Kennett is a pioneer of mountain biking and cycle touring in NZ.   He was riding mountain bikes along with his brothers Simon and Paul before mountain bikes were called mountain bikes.  They have published 9 history cycling books and 15 guidebooks o...

Kathmandu Coast to Coast: MENTAL SKILLS EDITION brought to you by CP MEDIA Dr Lucy Hone – has been on a long-term mission to share the best of resilience psychology as widely as possible in order to reduce mental distress and equip people with actionable tools to cope with challenge, change and uncertainty.  Tonight she joins us to talk about resilience from a Coast to Coast perspective as sh...

CP Media Tuesday night live 19 October 2021 Thanks to TRUE FLEECE MERINO for sponsoring this podcast 6:30 – Tanya Bottomley Tanya first started to run when she was living in a destructive, abusive relationship. Running was her safe place, an area of her life that she could control. When she first started running it was with a grim determination, but what grew out of that was something much, much m...

CP Media Tuesday night live 12 October 2021 Thanks to ULTRA NZ for sponsoring this podcast 5:45 – Anna Christophorou We kick off the show with Anna Christophorou director of The Speed Freaks, a running group that supports people in recovery from addiction and mental distress. The crew are currently training for the Valley Ultra in November.  We catch up with Anna to find out why running is su...

The Frontrunner Hoka Christchurch Marathon is happening in APRIL 2022. This is part 1 of a four part series to take us from GOAL CONCEPTION to EVENT DAY REALITY.  @frontrunnercolombo @teamcpnz @hoka_newzealand @christchurchmarathon HOSTS Oska Inkster-Baynes @oskabaynes Richard Greer  @ric.greer

Kathmandu Coast to Coast: STRENGTH TRAINING EDITION brought to you by CP MEDIA Kim Vargo – Kim is a Strength Coach who specialises in working with endurance athletes.  We are really looking forward to talking to Kim about the importance of strength training and how we can incorporate it into an already packed training schedule when dealing with Kayaking, Running, Cycling not forgetting recove...

CP Media Wednesday night live 15 September 2021 Thanks to EVO CYCLES NZ for sponsoring this podcast 7:30 – Scott Martlew Scott Martlew represented New Zealand in the recent Paralympics held in Tokyo in the 200m Kayak Sprint and 200m Outrigger Canoe Sprint.  Scott sustained a thigh injury during a First XV rugby game in 2010 which then developed into an infection and subsequently over the days...

CP Media Wednesday night live 8 September 2021 Thanks to TRUE FLEECE NZ for sponsoring this podcast 5:45 – Josh Komen Josh Komen is an inspirational New Zealander.  Someone that had dreams of representing NZ at the highest level in the 800 on the track, he also had the talent and work ethic to do it.  That dream was stolen away from him when he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia...

Kathmandu Coast to Coast: 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION brought to you by CP MEDIA Joe Sheriff - Tonight we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast by catching up with the winner of the inaugural Coast to Coast in 1983.  79 entrants lined up on Kumara beach and 77 finished - 28 team competitors and 49 individuals.  Joe is lining up for the 2 day individual again 40 y...

CP Media Wednesday night live 26 August 2021 Thanks to EVO CYCLES NZ for sponsoring this podcast 9:30 – Cam Jones We kick off with NZ MTB Cameron Jones athlete who is lining up for the under 23 world champs in Val di Sole Italy this weekend. Cam is a fantastic athlete who no matter how hard he is pushing always seems to have a smile on his face. He has won the 2 day Coast to Coast and is the curre...

CP Media Wednesday night live 4 August 2021 Thanks to EVO CYCLES NZ for sponsoring this podcast 6:19 - Anton Cooper Anton Cooper NZ MTB athlete who lined up on the Olympic start line in great form and ready to tackle the Tokyo course.  He gave it everything and gave us plenty to cheer for as he mixed it up at the front of the field. 31:37 – Emma Dyke New Zealand Olympic Silver Medalist as par...

CP Media Wednesday night live 28 JULY 2021 Thanks to FRONTRUNNER COLOMBO for sponsoring this podcast 8:15 Anna Simcic Anna Simcic is a former high-performance athlete who represented NZ at two Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games where she won a gold and two silver medals. She was consistently ranked in the top 10 in the world during her swimming career with a highlight of setting a world short-co...

CP Media Wednesday Night Live 21 July 2021 – Whaka 100 Special 9:40 John Quinn  John is a high-performance and mental skills expert and works to help people fulfill their potential. We catch up with John to discuss the winter blues, the challenge of self-doubt, and hanging tough when it has all gone to custard.  We look at what we can do now in our preparation and also how to perform to...

CP Media Wednesday night live 14 JULY 2021 Thanks to SUUNTO NEW ZEALAND for sponsoring this podcast 5:20 Mike Phillips We talk to Pro Triathlete Mike Phillips.  Coming from a background in short course ITU racing Mike transitioned to long-distance triathlon in 2015, he has competed in 29 international Ironman/Challenge 70.3 & full events, finishing on the podium in 23 of them. Mike compet...

CP Media Wednesday night live 7 JULY 2021 Thanks to EVO CYCLES for sponsoring this podcast 5:50 Eddie Dawkins We talk to NZ track cycling star Eddie Dawkins.  He retired early last year following a career that earnt him three world titles, and four silver medals at the World Track Cycling Championships, eight Commonwealth Games medals, and a silver at the Olympics level.  Eddie is now gi...

CP Media Wednesday night live 30 June 2021 Thanks to SALOMON AND PURE SPORTS NUTRITION for sponsoring this podcast 7:30 Mal Law We kick off the show tonight with Mal Law who we got to know as a result of his High Five-0 Challenge for Mental Health that he completed in 2015 and subsequently Fifty - the movie that raised over 520 000 for the Mental Health Foundation.  We discuss his own trainin...

CP Media Wednesday night live 23 June 2021 Thanks to GIANT BICYCLES NZ for sponsoring this podcast 7:15 Billy Bowman Billy Bowman has just completed his mission a “there and back again 6000km multisport Pilgramage around New Zealand”.  Swimming, Cycling, Kayaking and Running from Helensville to Bluff to Cape Reinga and back home again.  Tonight we talk about his adventure, what he learnt...

CP Media Wednesday night live 16 June 2021 Thanks to EVO Cycles for sponsoring this podcast 5:36 Reta Trotman Reta Trotman is a bit of a legend in the Team CP community. For those of us that have been around for a while, you will remember as a CP Coach and Nutritionist who rode her bike really fast. So fast that she competed in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the Road Race and Time Trial in 2010...

CP Media Wednesday night live 9 June 2021 Thanks to True Fleece Merino for sponsoring this podcast 6:00 Bob McLachlan Bob McLachlan is the ultimate NZ outdoorsman so much so he has built a business around it - Best Foot Forward which helps to support people experience the NZ backcountry. Paddling some form of boat formed the cornerstone of Bob’s life as he grew up kayaking, before embarking on a c...

CP Media Wednesday night live 2 June 2021 Thanks to TEAM CP Nutrition for sponsoring this episode. 7:03 John Quinn is a high performance and mental skills expert and works to help people fulfill their potential.  This is the second time that we have featured John on the show due to his fantastic insights that he shared last year.  Today we look forward to discussing how we actually get o...

CP Media Wednesday night live 26 May 2021 Thanks to Salomon NZ for sponsoring this podcast 5:26 Brooke Thomas Brooke ran the Te Araroa Trail which is 3000km from Cape Reinga all the way to Bluff.  She completed her mission in 57 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes by running from 50-80kms a day, and climbing around 80,000 vertical metres in the process. In doing so she broke the women's record by more...

CP Media Wednesday night live 19 May 2021 - Whaka 100 Special 6:17 Jon Odams - Jon has been winning races since the late 90’s and is still at the top of his game.  The Giant backed rider from Australia rode the event in 2019 winning the shoot out the day prior to sit on pole position for the main event.   During the race was stung by a bee and dropped back from the lead but was able...

CP Media Wednesday Night Live 12 May 2021 – Steve Rickerby  Brought to you by Giant Bikes NZ 13:10  Steve Rickerby Steve is a Sports Scientist who works with Cycling New Zealand's elite level athletes and those on the development pathway to performing on the world stage. Steve has just arrived back from a training camp based in the Coromandel so we discuss all things High-Performance Spo...

CP Media Wednesday Night Live  5th May 2021 – Moss Burmester  Brought to you by True Fleece Merino NZ 7:38 Moss Burmester In tonight’s show we get to talk to a New Zealand Household name - Moss Burmester.  Moss has represented New Zealand at the highest level in four aquatic ​sports​; swimming, surf lifesaving, underwater hockey, and spearfishing​. The two-time Olympian and former W...