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Send us a textWelcome to the Agegroup Multisport Podcast, on this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Evans.Daniel says "I'm a long distance age group triathlete. I grew up in West Wales then went to university in Bristol to study physiotherapy. After graduating I moved to Hull with my partner.Sport background I grew up playing a lot of rugby (as much as possible), playing for Scarlets under 18's, Carmarthen Quins (welsh premiership) and Hull RUFC (English National 1). It has always been a dream of mine to compete in Ironman Wales, therefore I made the switch to triathlons. My first triathlon was Ripon triathlon in 2023, then later that year I did Ironman Wales where I came 3rd in age group. In 2024 I moved to Australia and competed in Geelong 70.3, Ironman 70.3 Cairns, Townsville long distance world championships, western Sydney 70.3. Plans for 2025 UTMB Tarawera 52km ultra and Ironman Wales. "hope you enjoy Daniels story.You Can Follow us onYouTube - AMP GBInstagram @amp_1967Facebook : AMPGBfind all our episodes on our websiteWebsite is : https://agegroupmultisportpodcast.buzzsprout.com/email: agegroupmultisportpodcast@gmail.comIf you are an agegroup athlete and would like to come on the pod, get in touch.
In this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, Ben Sheppard talks to Kellie Branagan.Kellie shares her inspiring journey from a reluctant runner to a dedicated triathlete and Ironman competitor. She discusses her challenges, training experiences, and the mental shifts that helped her overcome self-doubt. Kellie emphasises the importance of nutrition, the power of perseverance, and the joy of sharing successes and struggles in her athletic journey, discussing the challenges she faced, the resilience she developed, and the emotional highs and lows of competing. She reflects on her experiences in Ironman Wales, her mental strategies to overcome fear, and her aspirations for future races. Ben & Kellie also highlight the importance of embracing failure, the significance of support from family and friends, and the belief that anyone can achieve their goals with determination and the right mindset.Follow usBen Sheppard - https://www.instagram.com/bensheppard93/Kellie Branagan - https://www.instagram.com/kellie.branagan/
In this video we delve into Team Oxygenaddict athlete Allun Sutherland's incredible journey from complete beginner to Ironman Wales finisher. This is genuinely one of, if not the most incredible, inspirational age-group stories we've ever had. Alan started with no experience - literally unable to swim, didn't own a bike, and couldn't run for more than a couple of minutes without needing to stop and rest. But in less than 12 months, through patience, determination, and trusting the training process, he was able to confidently deal with everything the day threw at him - including rough sea conditions, jellyfish, and bad weather. Hear Allun's firsthand account of the training process and progression of a complete beginner, mastering race-day strategies, dealing with injuries, and the importance of mental resilience. If you're new to triathlon and have your sights set on one day tackling Ironman, you'll want to tune in to hear Alan's remarkable journey from a complete novice to an Ironman finisher at one of the toughest Ironman races in the world. A testament to what you can achieve with the right mindset! * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this show? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Book an application call to see if you'd be a good fit for Team Oxygenaddict for the coming 12 months here: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/consultation-call/ * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
In this episode, we delve into the invaluable insights gained from our athletes' recent participation in various Ironman races, including Ironman Wales, Ironman Italy, and the Ironman World Championships in Nice. We cover important challenges like managing punctures, understanding race cutoffs, seeding strategies for the swim, fueling strategies, adapting race strategy on the fly, and more. We also dive into detail on gearing adjustments for hilly courses and various practical tips for race weekend. Whether you're a seasoned triathlete or gearing up for your first Ironman, there'll be some nuggets in here to help arm you with answers to the various "what-ifs" of raceday! * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this show? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Book an application call to see if you'd be a good fit for Team Oxygenaddict for the coming 12 months here: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/consultation-call/ * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
In this episode, Coach Rob focuses on navigating the transition period between the end of the race season and the onset of winter training in preparation for the next year. Including the importance of taking a break post-race season, particularly after major events like the Ironman World Championships and Ironman Wales, to reflect and recover. Key tips include defining a clear off-season period, engaging in varied cross-training activities, beginning strength training, setting goals for the upcoming season, and gradually reintroducing structured training schedules. The most important goal - mental and physical refreshment to prevent burnout and ensure readiness for the winter training block. * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this episode? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team Oxygenaddict - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Read more about becoming a Team Oxygenaddict athlete: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/ Join us by the end of September 2024 and receive a £200 discount on our annual membership! Book an application call to see if you'd be a good fit for Team Oxygenaddict for the coming 12 months, and if successful redeem your £200 discount - valid until the end of September 2024. https://team.oxygenaddict.com/consultation-call/ * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
This week we're answering some of the common and most useful questions that we've been asked ahead of IRONMAN Wales. Including: * The best way to get through the long, 1km run from the swim exit to T1... * What is / isn't allowed in transition in terms of full changes of clothes, nudity rules etc... * The importance of flushing your wetsuit with water once you get in the sea... * Avoiding wetsuit rub on your neck, which is often a lot more painful in a sea swim... * Essential but non-obvious race-day kit that you may not have on your checklist... * Sensible clothing choices for various weather possibilities... * What to do (and not do!) during your final taper week... * Final raceday tips & advice Many of the topcis we cover are relevant to all IRONMAN races, not just Wales specifically. But if you're racing IRONMAN Wales this coming weekend, this is an episode you won't want to miss! * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this episode? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team Oxygenaddict - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Read more about becoming a Team Oxygenaddict athlete: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/ Join us by the end of September 2024 and receive a £200 discount on our annual membership! Book an application call to see if you'd be a good fit for Team Oxygenaddict for the coming 12 months, and if successful redeem your £200 discount - valid until the end of September 2024. https://team.oxygenaddict.com/consultation-call/ * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
This week, we bring you the story of Team Oxygenaddict athlete Emma Yates who last year battled brilliantly for the win at Ironman Wales last year. We hear about the build up to the race, her race day strategy, including her nutrition and hydration approach, and get inside her mindset as she runs side by side with a great rival. We also hear about how she bounced back from the disappointment of a race earlier in the year that didn't go as well as she had hoped - and find out what we can all learn when we treat a situation that might initially appear as a ‘failure', and learn the lessons from it. * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this episode? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team Oxygenaddict - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Read more about becoming a Team Oxygenaddict athlete: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/ Join us by the end of September 2024 and receive a £200 discount on our annual membership! Book an application call to see if you'd be a good fit for Team Oxygenaddict for the coming 12 months, and if successful redeem your £200 discount - valid until the end of September 2024. https://team.oxygenaddict.com/consultation-call/ * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
In this episode, Team Oxygenaddict's Coach Rob shares the main goals and focus of the last few weeks of training before your Ironman. He focuses on the last big weekend of training - the "Race Sim Weekend", two weeks before race day, and explains effective tapering techniques to ensure you are both fit and fresh. Learn how to simulate race day conditions in your training, avoid common mistakes, and get detailed advice on planning your workouts, nutrition, and gear. This episode is especially useful for athletes preparing for Ironman Wales, but the tips are broadly applicable to all Ironman participants. * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this show? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Book an application call to see if you'd be a good fit for Team Oxygenaddict for the coming 12 months here: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/consultation-call/ * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
Send us a Text Message.It was a pleasure to meet and chat to Irish Multisport Athlete Rob Dwyer Robs story, though relatively new to multisport, was refreshing to hear.Rob says"I came from a hurling back round which I played right up until last May 2023.I decided to retire from it and a friend of mine was at me to have a go at a triathlon since covid, with that I took on my first try a tri in June of 2023.""After that first one I was hooked and with the season pretty much under way, I decided to take on the pikeman an Olympic distance Triathlon in Wexford that year.That was a wrap for 2023, then over the Christmas period I was training away on the turbo and my friend decided it would be great idea to take on Ironman Wales in September 2024 which I signed up for. ""So with that done I got training and decided to to take on the duathlon season in 2024 with kicking of my season off in Waterford and wrapping it up in The Phoniex park for the national finals. With my results in that being good enough I was lucky enough to be put forward to represent Ireland at the world championships in Malaga later this year."You can find Rob on instagram at rob_dwyerThanks for listening.You Can Follow us on Instagram @amp_1967X : agegroupmultisportpodcastFacebook : AMPGBfind all our episodes on our websiteor our YouTube Channel AMP GBWebsite is : https://agegroupmultisportpodcast.buzzsprout.com/email: agegroupmultisportpodcast@gmail.comIf you are an agegroup athlete and would like to come on the pod, get in touch.
In this episode, Coach Rob Wilby dives into the crucial strategies to ensure you meet the cutoff times in Ironman races - especially tougher races like Ironman Wales. He outlines five key tips spanning swimming, biking, running, transitions, and equipment. These actionable tips are designed to help athletes manage time effectively and tackle challenging courses. Rob emphasizes the importance of preparation, the benefits of drafting, optimizing your gear, and the necessity of pacing yourself throughout the race. He also highlights the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them to ensure you cross the finish line within the cut-off time. * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Like what you heard in this show? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. Join the Team Oxygenaddict waiting list and be the first to find out when a space becomes available: https://team.oxygenaddict.com/waiting-list * * * * * * * * * * * * precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
Preparing for a hilly Ironman or half Ironman? Learn the best strategies to tackle challenging courses like Ironman Wales. This episode covers essential tips on controlling power, equipment adjustments, specific training exercises, and on-site course preparation. Discover how to protect your legs for the run and optimize your performance on race day.
In Episode 1 of Inside Tri Show's Road to Roth series with lifejacketskin.com, we speak to Race Director Felix Walchshöfer, about what makes Challenge Roth one of the biggest, most popular and well-supported triathlons in the World. Roth has been part of Felix's life since he was first a volunteer at the age of 4. His late father Herbert was brave enough to say 'No' to Ironman's demands and remain independent and helped to grow Challenge Roth into what it is today. His Mum Alice and sister Catherine are still very much part of the organising team. You always hear what a nice guy Felix is, and when you listen to this interview, you'll understand why. Follow Felix on socials https://www.instagram.com/felix_walchshoefer/?hl=en Lifejacket Skin Protection Lifejacket Skin Protection are sponsoring the Road to Roth series. They want you to look after your skin when you're out and about training. Use the code ROADTOROTH for 10% off the entire store at lifejacketskin.com or follow this link: https://lifejacketskin.com/discount/ROADTOROTH Sponsor Helen Helen's taking on challenge Roth in 2024, along with the Shropshire Way 80km ultra and Ironman Wales to finish! She's raising money for MOVE Against Cancer to help people affected by cancer to stay active. You can sponsor her here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/helen-murray-move Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The boys welcome the politest person they have ever encountered on the Ironman Wales course, Emily Marchant!We fly through Emily's endurance career, a self-confessed runner that does triathlon. With a huge 2024 on the cards, we take a look at her events and her ambitions for each of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Recently, Coach Rob hosted a webinar for the Ironman Wales race organisers, to help athletes prepare for Ironman Wales 2024. In this episode, Coach Rob and Coach Chris answer twenty questions that were asked by athletes who attended that webinar. We really think that these questions will help athletes prepare for any Ironman event this year - whether it's your first time, or you're a seasoned athlete. SPONSORS Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan for your next event. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. Listeners get 15% off their first order of fuel and electrolytes with Precision Fuel & Hydration. Simply use this link and the discount will be auto-applied at the checkout. Watch on youtube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
This week the boys sit down with Ryan from RG Elite Sports Therapy.They cover everything preparation, recovery and prevention, as well as Ryan's very own Ironman Wales journey.Listen up, cos you know you could stretch better, right? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this week's episode my guest is the brilliant Joe Skipper. Joe is one of the worlds top Ironman athletes. He has 3 top ten Ironman World Championship finishes to his name, including 5th in 2022, and is one of the greatest cyclists the sport has ever seen. He has won several Ironman races, and in September 2022, he made up over fifteen minutes after suffering a bike mechanical in Tenby to win at IRONMAN Wales, with one of the most impressive full distance performances on British soil. He also took part in the Sub7 project where, along with Kristian Blummenfelt he broke the seven hour mark in the 140.6-mile iron-distance. And he has now competed in a HYROX – and, despite the race not going how he might have hoped, he loved it and sounds like he wants to come back for more! In this chat we talk more about the sub7 project experience, we talk about his training (including his running training and how that might translate to HYROX), we discuss his best sporting experiences, how he liked HYROX, and lots lots more. It's a brilliant chat with a truly incredible athlete and I think you'll really enjoy it.
This week Coach Rob chats to Team Oxygenaddict Tullia Turner about her successful full-distance debut at IRONMAN Wales. Tullia's story is one that many listeners will resonate with, as you hear how she used triathlon as a force for good when she was in a tough place mentally. Rob and Tullia chat about: How Tullia's personal struggles motivated her towards IRONMAN glory... Her challenging historical relationship with food and exercise... How she managed her training around a busy, stressful work life as a teacher... Adapting to training LESS but in a MORE effective way with Team Oxygenaddict compared to when she was self-coached... Dealing with imposter syndrome and being one of a small number of female entrants... The feeling of standing on the startline and knowing it's one of the most special moments in your life... The importance of "protecting the second half of the run"... The feeling of getting off the bike KNOWING you're going to be an IRONMAN... The mental boost of passing 500+ people on the run thanks to a brilliantly executed race strategy... Reflecting on the personal growth and immense self-pride that IRONMAN has enabled... The importance of recovery in Tullia's progress and preparation... The purity of a motivation like proving something to yourself rather than racing the clock or other athletes. * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Team Oxygenaddict Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team Oxygenaddict - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here * * * * * * * * * * Precision Fuel & Hydration PF&H help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. They provide educational tools, Sweat Tests and a range of electrolytes and fuel to help you perform at your best. Take the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your next race. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. If you want to try out some fuel and electrolytes to use during your training and races, Oxygen Addict listeners get 15% off their first order. If you missed the code during today's show, click here https://visit.pfandh.com/OA23 and the discount will be automatically applied, or, email James at hello@pfandh.com and he'll be happy to help. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
On this week's show, coaches Rob and Chris answer listener and athlete questions. Including: ❓Should you train on your road bike or TT bike over the winter? ❓How should you set up your heart rate zones? ❓If you're training abroad, is it better to hire a road bike or fly with your own bike? ❓What would you look for in a first bike for Ironman Wales? ❓Is it the right thing to do, to take an end of season break? * * * * * * * * SPONSORS * * * * * * * * Team Oxygenaddict Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team Oxygenaddict - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here * * * * * * * * * * Precision Fuel & Hydration PF&H help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. They provide educational tools, Sweat Tests and a range of electrolytes and fuel to help you perform at your best. Take the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your next race. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy. If you want to try out some fuel and electrolytes to use during your training and races, Oxygen Addict listeners get 15% off their first order. If you missed the code during today's show, click here https://visit.pfandh.com/OA23 and the discount will be automatically applied, or, email James at hello@pfandh.com and he'll be happy to help. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts
Helen Murray is the voice behind the hugely popular podcast Inside Tri Show, she has been involved in media for many years fulfilling her goal of working for the BBC covering both the London and Rio Olympics and The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Gold Coast. She has been podcasting since 2014, going solo on her own weekly show since 2019, which has been a huge hit with her listeners across the globe. Athlete, adventurer and all round awesome human, Helen has a special way of interacting with and interviewing people to get the best stories and most out them for her show. It's no surprise that away from her love of media and meeting people she has carved a career for herself that she loves as a Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist with Move Charity supporting young people who are going through a cancer journey to get back to sport and exercise. Helen has been involved in triathlon since 2011 which has seen her take on lots of races and challenges including IRONMAN Austria and IRONMAN Wales. Her most recent adventure saw her complete the Pan Celtic Race earlier this year. This episode was recorded in the weeks prior to IRONMAN Wales which Helen was due to participate in last month, but unfortunately her plans got side lined through appendicitis in the days leading up to the race. She does however have big plans for 2024 across triathlon, adventure and her podcast which she talks about on the show. This is a lovely chat with Helen who simply loves sport and loves her job! Take a listen and be uplifted, inspired and energised by her outlook on life and her tenacity and commitment to achieving her goals whether personal or professional.
This week, we bring you the story of age grouper Emma Yates as she battled for the win at Ironman Wales. We hear about the build up to the race, her race day strategy, including her nutrition and hydration approach, and get inside her mindset as she runs side by side with a great rival. We also hear about how she bounced back from the disappointment of a race earlier in the year that didn't go as well as she had hoped - and find out what we can all learn when we treat a situation that might initially appear as a ‘failure', and learn the lessons from it.SponsorsLike what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddictListen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotifyListen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunesprecisionfuelandhydration.comPrecision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. They provide educational tools, Sweat Tests and a range of electrolytes and fuel to help you perform at your best. Take the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your next race. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy.If you want to try out some fuel and electrolytes to use during your training and races, Oxygen Addict listeners get 15% off their first order. If you missed the code during today's show, click here https://visit.pfandh.com/OA23 and the discount will be automatically applied, or, email James at hello@pfandh.com and he'll be happy to help.
Lucy Gossage and Nikki Bartlett don't need much of an introduction to triathlon audiences. They've both regularly been on the podium across Ironman and 70.3 races over the last decade, Nikki won Ironman Wales 2023, Lucy won in Wales three times. While Nikki is still competing, these days Lucy works as an Oncologist and loves doing endurance adventures in her spare time. She also dedicates lots of time to MOVE Charity, to help and inspire people to move against cancer. You'll hear:00:00 Where the mind goes during an Ultra marathon and an Ironman triathlon.05:00 Lucy tells a story about Nikki's first trail race, when she didn't have GPS on her watch. 07:00 Lucy talks about the first time she and Helen met... when Helen was making a radio documentary about Ironman in 2013. And then Nikki recalls meeting Helen for the first time, just before her pro debut in 2015.11:00 How their friendship has grown stronger over the years, especially more since Lucy has retired. 14:00 How daunting it is turning pro and how Lucy emailed Nikki just before her first pro race. 15:00 Imposter syndrome for professional athletes.17:00 "It's crazy that people put professional athletes on pedestal"18:00 Does Lucy miss anything about racing as a professional? 21:00 Why Lucy and Nikki get sad when they see age groupers being really strict with their training and not keeping it fun. 25:00 The feeling of things just flowing and feeling fun and enjoyable. 28:00 Things that Nikki's looking forward to once she finishes racing and why she doesn't intend to swim when she doesn't need to. 33:00 The timing of making a change. When is the right time to let go?38:00 We talk about some of the episodes that have made an impact on us. We also talk about Inside Tri Show, putting together a podcast, the work involved. 52:00 The most chopper thing Nikki and Lucy have done!Find out more about this week's guest:Nikki Bartlett InstagramLucy Gossage websiteMOVE Charity websiteLike what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
Hannah Saitch took the female win at Ironman Wales in 2022, she's notched up two top five finishes at Norseman and has qualified for Kona. She's also done some of the toughest triathlons and events in the World, from riding Wales in Day, to doing extreme triathlons. All while juggling training with her job as an anaesthetist and having adventures with her husband Matt. You'll hear:06:00 Hannah explains how she used to be a rower but struggled to mix rowing with training to be a Doctor, and dipper her toes into triathlon in 2008, borrowing her Father in law's bike! 09:30 How Hannah's childhood shaped her love for sport, especially for rowing. 12:00 Who was the outdoorsy one when Hannah met her husband Matt? Was it Matt or Hannah who had the huge love of the mountains and the outdoors?13:00 Why Hannah was happy 'winging it' didn't get a coach for a few years and what made her want to get a coach to help her with her training. 16:00 How Hannah manages to train around her job as an anaesthetist, and how she juggled training in the past with tough working hours and shift patterns. 21:00 We talk about training guilt and balancing the selfishness with that sense of happiness and enjoyment too. 23:00 Why enjoyment goals are so much more important to Hannah than time goals and why enjoying the process is really crucial to her. 29:00 How Hannah ended up entered into Patagonman and what the experience was like. 37:00 Hannah talks about her progress from an average age group finish at Ironman Wales, to winning the women's race nine years later. Hannah explains why getting a coach and learning how to cycle properly were key to her success as well as working on her run. 42:00 Some of the changed that Hannah's seen in triathlon since she first started it in 2008 - the good and the bad. 43:00 What is it that makes Ironman Wales so special for Hannah?Find out more about this week's guest:Hannah Saitch InstagramJustgiving THE ROC - Support Ceri, Millie, Nia, Beth, Meg and MOVE CharityLike what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
This week, Coaches Rob and Chris discuss this weekend's upcoming Ironman World Championship in Nice. We have an update on recent race results for Team Oxygenaddict athletes at Ironman Wales, Ironman Copenhagen, The 70.3 World Championships and the ETU Middle Distance Championships. We also have a Coaches' Couch section detailing what to do when you're considering your races for next season. If you're a new athlete and considering your first 70.3 or Ironman, we have a ton of information on how to plan to structure your training, your biggest challenges, whether you should enter that spring marathon, and course selection. If you've already completed Ironman or 70.3 races, we have a section on the things that you need to consider to get faster for next season. Here's the secret - only one of the things involves actually getting fitter! SponsorsLike what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddictListen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotifyListen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunesprecisionfuelandhydration.comPrecision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. They provide educational tools, Sweat Tests and a range of electrolytes and fuel to help you perform at your best. Take the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your next race. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy.If you want to try out some fuel and electrolytes to use during your training and races, Oxygen Addict listeners get 15% off their first order. If you missed the code during today's show, click here https://visit.pfandh.com/OA23 and the discount will be automatically applied, or, email James at hello@pfandh.com and he'll be happy to help.If you're in Nice, you can visit PFH for an in person sweat test - book using this link: https://calendly.com/rb-pfh/im-wc-nice-sweat-test-2023?month=2023-09You can watch the PFH Nice course recce video with pro Leon Chevalier here: https://visit.pfandh.com/2023imworldspreview
This week, we bring you the recording of the live training session that coaches Rob Wilby and Andy Heaps delivered for the Ironman Wales entrants. As part of Team Oxygenaddict's collaboration with Ironman Europe, our coaches have been delivering coaching seminars and answering athlete questions throughout 2023, and this is your chance to be a fly on the wall at one of the sessions. In this episode, our coaches cover :How to get the right balance in your taper, so you get to race day feeling both fresh and fit, but not tiredThe structure of your last two taper weeksTips for swimming, riding and running on the Ironman Wales course to ensure you have your best raceA recording of the live Q and A session with athletes taking part in this year's race.If you're racing Ironman Wales this year, we hope this session helps calm your nerves during those last stressful days before race day. If you're racing a different Ironman, you'll find many of these principles and training techniques will be equally applicable to your race too! SponsorsLike what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddictListen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotifyListen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunesprecisionfuelandhydration.comPrecision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. They provide educational tools, Sweat Tests and a range of electrolytes and fuel to help you perform at your best. Take the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised plan for your next race. And then book a free 20-minute video consultation with a member of the PF&H Athlete Support Team to refine your strategy.If you want to try out some fuel and electrolytes to use during your training and races, Oxygen Addict listeners get 15% off their first order. If you missed the code during today's show, click here https://visit.pfandh.com/OA23 and the discount will be automatically applied, or, email James at hello@pfandh.com and he'll be happy to help.
Welcome back to AMP and its great to have on a younger member of our multisport community. Putting a slightly younger perspective on nutrition and training, as well as the usual, background story and journey into multisport.Thomas was born in Finland and is Half Finnish on his Mothers side. He lived there up until he was around 14 when he moved to the UK.He says he joined the Cross country skiing club in Finland between the ages of 10-11 yrs old, "not very quick",he stopped when he moved to UKThrough his Dad he started Orienteering at Berkshire Orienteers when he was 13-14 yrs old, stopped because of migraines and it was uncool.Thomas started Rowing/sculling at Reading Rowing Club when he was 15-18 yrs old, crazy training but still not quick, stopped because of anaemia & adrenal fatigue.When he went to Bath University he found Triathlon he enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of the club his training was unstructured, but he did a lot of reading up on training and nutrition & getting healthy again.He tried out short & middle distance, but liked the 'puzzle' of ironman (i.e. it's not just about who has the highest threshold). His first ironman was Outlaw age group win aged 19 in 2017.Potent, low volume training 2018 helped him at the Denmark long distance worlds where he came 4th M20-24 & Ironman Wales 2nd M18-24. He then prioritised his education taking 2 years "off" as degree was getting tough, no spare time. Thomas continued with Sprint sessions only, but lost a lot of fitness.as the Pandemic hit, while writing thesis, restarted training, new plan: only two training zones. Thomas won Hever Castle Bastion 2021 while working as an engineer. Led 255 'ultra triathlon' but DNF'd, controversy around results. Did some more rowing in Bristol as he had unfinished business. Thomas then moved to London for management consulting. He raced Outlaw again, coming 5th overall. he then won Ironman Finland three weeks later, as he is half-Finnish, it felt amazing (but not appreciated by FinnTriathlon..) Spontaneously raced Challenge Almere three weeks after.Thomas is currently balancing training and work, with little structure.He had a crack at 2023 Ibiza Long distance Worlds with an achilles injury, which turned out to be a bad idea.He has now moved back to Bath, focusing on swim and run high-end speed, hoping to train with the elites. His job still comes first. hw wants to train smart but have fun and be flexible. Thomas is looking to the 70.3 worlds this year and then Kona focus next yearas well as trying for his pro licence.Hope you enjoy this chat. you can Find us on Instagram @amp_1967Twitter agegroupmultisportpodcastFacebook AMPGBfind all our episodes on our websiteWebsite is : https://agegroupmultisportpodcast.buzzsprout.com/email: agegroupmultisportpodcast@gmail.comif you are an agegroup athlete and would like to come on the pod, get in touch.if you have enjoyed this pod please leave a rating wherever you listen.
Congratulations to the 2023 IRONMAN Lake Placid champion: Joe Skipper! Enjoy this interview with Joe from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition. Joe Skipper ran 2:37 at Ironman Wales and went 6 hours and 47 minutes at the Sub-7 Challenge. He has two 2nds and a 4th place finish at Challenge Roth. Can… The post Joe Skipper: Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Roth appeared first on Babbittville.
Gruffudd Lewis is a former pro cyclist from West Wales who has turned his attention to triathlon. As a cyclist, he won numerous Welsh National titles, including National Road Race and Cyclocross Champion. He's now set up his own team, Caffi Gruff, named after the cafe-come-bike shop he owns. He's also Trainee Directeur Sportif for a cycling team. In triathlon, he was part of Kristian Blummenfelt's successful sub7 attempt. He completed his first triathlon at Ironman Wales in 2022 in 10h 43min, on very little triathlon specific training. He's keen to see what he's capable of in the world of multi-sport. You'll hear:08:00 Gruff's background and how he got into cycling. He got a road bike when he was 15 or 16, so he could get into the nearby town from the village he lived in. He joined the local club and started time trialling. But he left it behind for a period as an older teenager, but came back to it when he was 20. 12:00 How hard is it to make a living from cycling when you're not the top cyclist in the world? 'I was just completely obsessed and I was in a massive rush to be good.' Riding for British teams as a domestic pro at the UCI continental levels, you could earn between £20-30,000 year. 17:00 Why is cycling struggling so much at the moment? Gruff says it comes down to money and people don't have hundreds of thousands of pounds they might not get anything back from. 20:30 We talk about his team 'Caffi Gruff' and why he started it up. 25:00 How did Gruff end up doing Ironman Wales for his first ever triathlon? He did 2.5 months training for it (but was very bike fit!) He talks about how he prepared for the running, having spent so much time on the bike as a professional cyclist. "I ran an hour but I knew my bike fitness would carry me through." I just to hit enter again for 2023. 30:00 We talk about the idea of individual training versus training in a group and talking goals out loud and juggling everything. 'Triathlon is easier to do than just cycling.' 32:00 How is Gruff's first year away from the professional cycling world and looking towards more triathlon races? "It's not everything, getting stuff for free. It's definitely been a change this year. The memories of the training camps are some of my favourite memories, when there's no pressure and you're not in a gutter in Belgium." 38:00 Is there anything Gruff would take from the World of cycling into the world of triathlon? 41:00 We talk about the sub7 project and how Gruff ended up getting involved with it. "It was one of the highlights of my year." "KB is one of the most ordinary blokes but he's one of the most hardworking athletes I've ever met."45:00 Would Gruff like to try and be a pro triathlete? 'I'm definitely not doing anything now in my mid-thirties that I don't enjoy doing.'47:00 Gruff shares his tips for descending and bike handling. 53:00 We talk doping - Gruff shares his thoughts on it. Find out more about this week's guest:Gruff Lewis InstagramCaffi Gruff websitePodcast SponsorsForm Swim are sponsoring the podcast on a bi-weekly basis so you can hear the best interviews in triathlon each week. FORM Swim - 15% off smart swimming goggles. Like what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE...
Shane Williams is a household name in sport worldwide, the former Welsh International rugby player is regarded as one of the greatest wingers and players of all time. With 87 caps for his country and multiple British and Irish Lions tour appearances, it is no wonder he is a World Rugby Hall of Fame Inductee and a winner of the World Rugby Player of the Year award. Embedded in sport for most of his life, when he retired from professional rugby in 2015 his love and passion for sport continued but took him in a very different direction. Taking part in his first marathon in 2015, it wasn't long before the Welshman became captivated with endurance sport, in particular, triathlon and more specifically with IRONMAN. Somewhat cajoled into taking on his first ever IRONMAN, he didn't have far to travel to take on his first full-distance race at IRONMAN Wales in Tenby, which he has gone on to complete five times, first hearing the words Shane Williams You are an IRONMAN, in 2015. It may come as a surprise to hear that on an IRONMAN Wales race morning, he is more nervous than lining up to play for Wales in the Principality Stadium. But, the goosebumps and passion he feels as he hears the Welsh National Anthem resound on North Beach in Tenby is one that fills him full of the same pride, excitement, and emotion he had as a professional rugby player and, when the gun goes he is more than ready, willing and able to race. A high achiever in sport and competitive by nature, he is as passionate today about triathlon as he was for rugby during his playing days. Always looking to get the best out of himself and his performance in sport, life, and in business, triathlon has opened up a whole new world for Shane Williams, and in his own words says 'I'm hooked, it makes me feel so good'.
Helen heads to Cardiff, South Wales in this week's episode to spend a morning with Dave Tonge (ep. 103) at Heathwood Swimming. Dave has been teaching triathletes and swimmers how to swim for 25 years. He's also helped many former Wales Rugby Internationals with their swimming so they can take on Ironman Wales. Helen meets one such player, Alix Popham, and the 85 year old who is learning to swim. Then Helen has a session with Dave in Endless Pool. You'll hear:06:00 Dave Tonge welcomes Helen to Heathwood swim24:00 Meet Mike, the 85 year old who's been learning to swim with Dave for a year. He was scared of swimming and had never been in the pool. Mike's an inspirational guy who also goes to Crossfit 3 times a week. He decided to learn to swim in his mid-80s because it was on his bucket list. 23:30 Former Rugby International Alix Popham and Dave talk to Helen about the Channel Swim challenge they are involved in October of 2023. A team made up of former rugby union players is taking on a team of former rugby league players in a relay challenge across the English Channel. The majority of the teams have been impacted by early onset dementia. They are raising money for Head For Change. 47:00 Dave gets Helen in the endless pool to help her with her swim technique. Find out more about this week's guest:Heathwood Swimming websiteDave Tonge InstagramHead for Change websiteAlix Popham instagramPodcast SponsorsForm Swim and Presca Sportswear are sponsoring the podcast on a bi-weekly basis so you can hear the best interviews in triathlon each week. FORM Swim - 15% off smart swimming goggles. Presca Sportswear - Sustainable Sportswear. Get 15% off with the code insidetri15Like what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show.Listener DiscountsFor 15% Discount on FORM Swim goggles: https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishowPresca Sportswear - 15 % off here with the code insidetri15 - valid until the end of march 2023Resilient Nutrition - Get 10% off here via this link.33 FuelYou can also get a discount at komfuel.co.uk with the code insidetriThis podcast uses the following...
Thanks to last week's guest, Polar adventurer, Eric Larsen. This week Bill and I are outside of our 303 jurisdiction and getting geared up for El Tour de Tucson. That's right we are recording from the TdT Village. It's a big weekend of endurance events in Arizona with TdT on Saturday and Ironman Arizona in Tempe on Sunday. Show Sponsor: UCAN Generation UCAN has a full line of nutrition products to fuel your sport. UCAN uses SuperStarch instead of simple sugars and stimulants to fuel athletes. UCAN keeps blood sugar steady compared to the energy spikes and crashes of sugar-based products. UCAN also has hydration products focused on giving you the sodium you need when hydrating, including several clean and light flavors. Steady energy equals sustained performance and a faster finish line! Use UCAN in your training and racing to fuel the healthy way, finish stronger and recover more quickly! Use the code 303UCAN for 20% off at ucan.co/discount/303UCAN/ or ucan.co In Today's Show Feature Discussion El Tour de Tucson, November 19 Endurance News Ironman Arizona, November 20 Odyssey Escape from Alcatraz What's new in the 303 Colorado's Ride TriDot Pre Season Project Videos of the Week How to Escape from Alcatraz Feature Discussion: El Tour de Tucson University Medicine 39th El Tour De Tucson Event date is Saturday, November 19, 2022. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT EL TOUR DE TUCSON El Tour de Tucson is now preparing to host the 39th year for what we think is one of the premier bicycling events in the country. We hope you participate in this year's event on November 19, 2022. You won't be alone given that annually over 7,000 cyclists participate in the renowned and popular event with distances from 102 miles to family fun rides of 1 mile! Did you know that El Tour de Tucson enables nonprofit, charitable agencies to raise funds for their respective organizations? Learn about their programs and sign up to ride on their teams here. Since 1983, Perimeter Bicycling events have raised over $100 million for local and international charitable organizations. This significant milestone – a target of ours for some time – was reached after we helped 35 non-profits raise a collective $5.8 million in 2019. New Routes! New Start/Finish Lines! New Start Times! Perimeter Bicycling and El tour de Tucson are thrilled to start 2022 with unveiling of exciting new ride routes. All Rides/Routes start and finish at the Tucson Convention Center and the surrounding area. All events start and finish at the Tucson Convention Center in Downtown Tucson. The start line is located at 190 West Cushing Street near the DoubleTree Hotel at Cushing & Church Street. Enjoy the festivities of the Nova Home Loans Expo & Fiesta at the end of the ride featuring food and drink, live entertainment, awards ceremonies, and the Ten55 Finish Line Beer Garden. Please note that all routes officially close at 4:00 pm. The Century (7:00am start) 102 Mile The Metric Century (9:00 am start) 62 Mile/100 Kilometer The Half Metric Century (10:15 am start) 32 Mile/50 Kilometer The FUN Rides! (8:00 am start) 10 Mile / 5 Mile / 1 Mile The Nova Home Loans Expo & Fiesta will be at the newly renovated Historic Eckbo Plaza of the Tucson Convention Center. Most of the activities including the live music, food, beer garden and exhibitors will be outdoors! Event Benefits for all Registered Cyclists Event Benefits for all Registered Cyclists Medallion to all finishers Personalized Ride Bib Number (through October 1st) Free admission to the Nova Home Loans El Tour Expo & Fiesta Fruit, snacks and water at aid stations every 7-12 miles SAG support Opportunity to earn special Awards Traffic control on route First Aid support Electronically timed finish Results published on website Bike Shipping If you are looking to ship your bicycle to or from Tucson, find information about bike shipping through Bike Flights and receiving and assembling your bike through Bicycle Ranch Tucson. LEARN MORE Bike Patrol The mission of Perimeter Bicycling's Bike Patrol program is to promote safety, provide assistance, encouragement, and support for the participants of Perimeter events. Patrollers offer mechanical assistance, first aid as needed and encouragement to successfully finish the ride. LEARN MORE Platinum Designation Platinum cyclists are those in the 102 mile distance with extensive experience in riding in a pack/peloton. Cyclists must meet specific criteria to earn platinum designation and must attend a special meeting. Visit the Platinum Designation link for full details, including meeting times, how to get the pass required to enter the platinum corral on ride day, etc. Mark Allen's brother Gary and his wife Michelle Allen News Sponsor Buddy Insurance: Buddy Insurance gives you peace of mind to enjoy your training and racing to the fullest. Buddy's mission is simple, to help people fearlessly enjoy an active and outdoor lifestyle. Get on-demand accident insurance just in case the unexpected happens. Buddy ensures you have cash for bills fast. Go to buddyinsurance.com and create an account. There's no commitment or charge to create one. Once you have an account created, it's a snap to open your phone and in a couple clicks have coverage for the day. Check it out! Endurance News: Gearing up for 2022 Biostarks IRONMAN Arizona The Valley of the Sun in Tempe and the greater Phoenix area are hosting the 2022 Biostarks IRONMAN Arizona triathlon on November 20th. Part of the VinFast IRONMAN US Series, live coverage of IRONMAN Arizona will be broadcasted on IRONMAN Now on Facebook Watch, YouTube and Twitch. The event also sees Mike Reilly, aka the ‘Voice of IRONMAN', calling his final North America event of his career. Race day will see 55 age group qualifying slots, and an 100 extra slots for female athletes, for the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship taking place on October 12 & 14, 2023 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i. The course will take athletes along a 2.4-mile swim in Salt River, a 112-mile bike along the Beeline Highway, and a 26.2-mile run through Tempe and along the Salt River, finishing at Tempe Beach Park. Ben Kanute (USA) will make his full-distance IRONMAN debut following a runner-up position at the 2022 Intermountain Healthcare IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship presented by Utah Sports Commission. US athletes, Sam Long, Matt Hanson and Chris Leiferman, will challenge for a podium spot along with Great Britain's Joe Skipper and South Africa's Kyle Buckingham. A stacked field of pro females will include American athletes Sarah True, Skye Moench, and Lauren Brandon, who will go up against Canada's Jen Annett, Australia's Renee Kiley and many more. IRONMAN Arizona 2022: Preview, start times and how to watch LIVE 14 Nov 2022 by John Levison Last week we highlighted our top five races for the remainder of 2022, and the first event on that list comes up on Sunday, the Biostarks IRONMAN Arizona. Start time and how to watch live The Pro Men will kick-off their day with the 2.4-mile, single-loop swim in Salt River, Tempe, at 0640 local time, with the Pro Women starting five minutes later at 0645. With Arizona on Mountain Standard Time, that means global race start times of: 1340 UK / 1440 CET / 0840 Eastern / 0540 Pacific. The event will benefit from full live broadcast coverage, the final race of the 2022 IRONMAN long-distance season to be featured on their IRONMAN Now platforms via Facebook Watch and YouTube – and also embedded on this preview. As always, the ever reliable IRONMAN Tracker is the perfect data addition to support your viewing. If you haven't got it on your phone already, where have you been?! IRONMAN Arizona Pro Men A dominant winner at IRONMAN Wales and a career-best fifth at the IRONMAN World Championship suggests that Great Britain's Joe Skipper will arguably start as favourite, in what is a deep start list in Tempe. Big races in September, October and November might be considered sub-optimal for many, but based on history at least, there's little reason to believe that the Brit won't be physically and mentally ready to perform at his best, once again. Looking back to 2019 for example, sixth in Kona was followed just over three weeks later by a fantastic victory at IRONMAN Florida, capped off with a 2:39 marathon. Success in back-to-back racing has proven to work for the six-time IRONMAN champion time after time. Even last year, he was totally dominant at IRONMAN Chattanooga, three weeks after second place IRONMAN Switzerland. He's seemingly at home racing in the U.S., too. Joe Skipper 2022 photo credit IRONMAN Wales [Photo credit: IRONMAN Wales] The USA's Sam Long made plenty of headlines at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, but with that very contentious penalty on the bike, not the sort that he wanted. Winner in Gdynia, strong at the Collins Cup and a podium at the PTO US Open, the form is there – hopefully we'll get to see it on Sunday. Sam Long St George photo credit Tom Pennington Getty Images for IRONMAN Sam Long at St George [Photo credit Tom Pennington/Getty Images for IRONMAN] The full-distance debut of Ben Kanute will be of particular interest, especially having turned around what was a mid-season of relatively under-whelming results by his standards. He put on a brilliant show at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, taking a second silver medal at the championship. Strong across all disciplines, he should be at the front of the race for much of the day. Ben Kanute 2nd at IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship 2022 Photo: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images for IRONMAN When you then add Matt Hanson, Chris Leiferman, Kristian Hogenhaug, Bart Aernouts, Justin Metzler and plenty more into the mix, then the way that racing has been going over the last few years, you have to think that the course record figures of Lionel Sanders (7:44:29 from 2016), will be under threat. You can be sure that Great Britain's Andrew Horsfall-Turner will be pushing the pace in the water from the get-go – and with Kanute likely wanting to be a part of that too, that would benefit the man from Wales too. Pro Women The USA's Skye Moench (#10) is the PTO's top-ranked female professional set to race in Tempe, a race where she has previously finished 11th (2016) and fourth (2018). Winner of three IRONMAN titles since then – and having finished fourth in St George, ninth in Kona this year – she will rightly start as favourite. skye-moench-kona-2022-bike (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images for IRONMAN) Illness ruined her Kona prospects, but Sarah True still has the class to be a factor in Arizona. A winner this year at Eagleman 70.3 and IRONMAN Lake Placid, the two-time Olympian now juggles triathlon alongside being a mother and studying. Entering Arizona with a, ‘one race, one win' history over the distance after her debut performance at IRONMAN Lanzarote, Great Britain's Lydia Dant has made rapid progress inside her first year in the Pro ranks. On the bike in particular – aided by her skills as a bike fitter – Lydia has excelled, and will be looking to make progress on that fast roads of the IRONMAN Arizona course towards the front of the race, once out of the water. Lydia Dant - IRONMAN Lanzarote 2022 finish Photo Credit: James Mitchell for Club La Santa After finishing 10th (St George) and 12th (Kona), you can't write off the podium prospects of the consistent Maja Stage Nielsen (DEN) either. The Dane is really consistent across all three disciplines. Jen Annett (CAN) has taken second place this year at both IRONMAN Des Moines and IRONMAN Mont Tremblant, and so is another athlete sure to be chasing the podium positions in the late stages. You can find the full start list here. Recent IRONMAN Arizona Pro winners 2019: Sara Crowley (AUS) – Pro women only race 2018: Eneko Llanos (ESP) / Heather Jackson (USA) 2017: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Kaisa Sali (FIN) 2016: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Meredith Kessler (USA) 2015: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Meredith Kessler (USA) Prize Money: What's on the line? The prize purse on offer this weekend is $100,000 – with each of the winners collecting a $15,000 share of that total. In addition to money, there will be a total of four qualifying slots (two MPRO* / two FPRO) for the IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii, 12 and 14 October 2023. A valuable opportunity to get the KQ box ticked well in advance. (* Note – Joe Skipper is already qualified by virtue of his victory at IRONMAN Wales). The total funds will be paid ten-deep, as follows: $15,000 $9,000 $7,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 Of course, thanks to the formation of the Professional Triathletes Organisation, financial rewards from performance are not solely from on-the-day performances, and this is one of the few 2022 races remaining to improve your ranking. The PTO World Rankings will see a total of $2million awarded at the end of 2022, based up on the final standings in those points tables. The rewards there can be substantial, with a move up or down the rankings system potentially earning you more than any individual event. Odyssey Alcatraz Swim this Saturday Have you always wanted to swim from Alcatraz? You're not alone. Swimming from Alcatraz is one of the most famous, desirable, and enjoyable open water swims (wild swim) in the entire world. Despite lore that swimming from Alcatraz is dangerous, for experienced swimmers with proper support, swimming from Alcatraz can be safe and fun. Odyssey Open Water Swimming offers a wide range of open water swims, including the world-famous Odyssey Alcatraz swim. Each swim is led by coaches and guides, and swim support is available on-hand to assist with exiting the water if needed. 2023 Alcatraz Swims: May 13, June 17, June 24, July 22, August 5, and November 4 Note: All swims are pending US Coast Guard approval. In the event that Coast Guard approval is not given for a swim, participants will be refunded in account credit. Come join us for the ultimate Bay Area open water swim! This event is not a race -- just a friendly swim in an exciting, safe, and comfortable environment. It is a great opportunity for those training for similar events, including the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, or people who just want an unforgettable, world-famous swimming experience! The Alcatraz swim is an approximately 2-mile swim from Alcatraz Island to the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. We will occasionally swim to San Francisco's Ferry Building, which takes the swimmers east instead of west, but is comparable in terms of difficulty. Check the registration site for specific course info. Regardless of course, this swim is for relatively strong swimmers. Before taking on Alcatraz, you should be able to do this distance in a pool (140 lengths of a 25-yard pool) or during our regular group open water swims in Berkeley without stopping. Feel free to contact us if you're not sure if you are up for it. Alcatraz swims are $245 per event. There is a $50 late registration fee within one month of the swim. In addition to the swim itself, registration includes an event t-shirt, an Alcatraz Swim sticker, and a yellow silicone Alcatraz swim cap. All Alcatraz swims will take place in the morning, usually meeting in San Francisco between 5 and 8am. The registration page shows an approximate check-in time, but swimmers will receive an email prior to the event with finalized details. What's New in the 303: Introducing Colorado's Ride - Bill Invitation to TriDot Pre Season Project The Preseason Project® is a triathlon research initiative that helps TriDot quantify and enhance the performance gains that TriDot's Optimized Training™ delivers over training alternatives. Welcome to the 2023 TriDot Preseason Project (PSP) application. Submit this 2-minute app to qualify for 2 FREE months of optimized triathlon training with the TriDot Mark Allen Edition. PSP is an annual R&D initiative that helps triathletes reach their true performance potential through optimized preseason training. It also quantifies the substantial performance gains that TriDot's Optimized Training delivers over training alternatives. You qualify for the FREE training if you meet the following criteria: Planning an Olympic, Half, or Full triathlon for 2023 season Train using a device with GPS and/or power Have not used TriDot in the last 6 months Not a professional triathlete Enthusiastic and motivated to get a jump start on your season! * Applications are reviewed and accepted on a first-come basis and must be fully completed to be considered. Register For Free Video of the week: Alcatraz Swim: Understanding the Currents (Alcatraz to St. Francis Yacht Club/Crissy Field) Closing: Thanks again for listening in this week. Please be sure to follow us @303endurance and of course go to iTunes and give us a rating and a comment. We'd really appreciate it! Stay tuned, train informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!
In episode 36, we have a great chat with Tom Rigby and Dan McParland. The 2 North West athletes are close friends, training partners and both had Stellar years in 2022. Dan lead Ironman UK overall until mile 14 in the marathon and finished his year winning Ironman Florida. Tom won 70.3 Ireland at a canter and then Ironman Wales. The question of the podcast... In 2023, there's 400m to go to the Ironman UK finish line and you're shoulder to shoulder, 1st and 2nd overall... what's the conversation you have?
Andrea Mason is an endurance athlete doing amazing things, both in the world of endurance and in the world of female health. Andrea has struggled with gynecological issues since she was a youngster. She was diagnosed with endometriosis as a young woman and in 2017 she had a hysterectomy. But with the right support around her, she has not just qualified for Kona, but gone on to tackle extreme sea to summit challenges. All while trying to break the taboo surrounding female reproductive health following her own struggles. Her message is don't be hard on yourself when you're having a bad day. You'll hear:05:00 Andrea explains her background in swimming as a youngster. 09:00 Andrea talks about when she first started having gynecological issues and how that impacted on her passion for sport in her late teens. "I had had enough of feeling like I was letting myself and others done and not fulfilling my potential. I didn't really do anything other than go to the gym very occasional but I still had the same issues." She was referred to a gynecologist at 25. 15:00 What is endometriosis? Andrea explains what it is and how it makes her feel and how a flare up can impact on every aspect of your life. "There is no getting away from it, it can stop you from undertaking every day activities."19:00 What triggered Andrea to want to get back into some kind of sport?23:00 Her first triathlon...which was Ironman Wales and how she qualified for Kona, despite 3 punctures. 27:00 The step from doing a load of Ironman triathlons to epic endurance challenges. Including swimming the channel, cycling through France and going up Mont Blanc. It was 2017 having to have a full hysterectomy and then finding out that she had stage 1 cervical cancer. "I was in the hospital bed and we were talking through and I wanted to do something that nobody else has ever done."37:00 What satisfaction does Andrea get from her endurance challenges, because of all of the female health issues she has been through? "I tend to use my sport and the way I deal with things is through sport. So I associate all of the pain and feelings I have from endometriosis to sport."39:00 Balancing training with endometriosis and good days and bad days. "It's been a long learning process to not be heard on myself. 43:00 Andrea's hopes to do a sea to summit challenge on every continent. Find out more about this week's guest:Andrea Mason: InstagramAndrea Mason: Sea to Summit Extreme websiteAndrea Mason: Lady Talk Matters website - removing the taboo around menstrual healthPodcast SponsorsForm Swim and Presca Sportswear are sponsoring the podcast on a bi-weekly basis so you can hear the best interviews in triathlon each week. FORM Swim - 15% off smart swimming goggles. Presca Sportswear - Sustainable Sportswear. Get 15% off with the code insidetri15Like what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month...
We talk about goals, failing it and nailing it, with two very ordinary busy working mums, Sophie Gasson and Katy O'Connor. Sophie was on the podcast in 2021 after attempting to swim the channel. While Katy is a 3 time long-distance triathlon finisher. She took up triathlon in her 50s, after she was hooked in following an opportunity to volunteer at Ironman UK. She's also had brain surgery twice and is passionate about living life with no regrets. Katy wasn't a swimmer, didn't have a bike and has spent the last ten years progressing through the distances but admits she often needs something scary to make her work hard! You'll hear: 06:00 Interview with Sophie Gasson - channel swimmer at 54 31:00 Katy explains the seed that was planted after she experienced her first Ironman in 2011, working as a volunteer at Ironman UK. She went on to set herself a challenge for her 50th birthday, of a big swim, a big ride and a big run, despite not being able to swim front crawl or ride a bike. 36:00 She talks about her plan to start out with sprints, before stepping up to Olympic distance, then middle distance and then a full distance and her first Ironman at Bolton in 2018. "Ironman UK was the one that got me hooked and it gives me goosebumps thinking about it." And I always said if I finish Bolton, then I'm going to do Wales." 42:00 Katy says she entered Ironman Wales 2022 for her 60th birthday and was meticulous about her training and meeting the cut-off times. 43:00 Ironmind Sports Psychology programme "Ironmind." Katy talks about how beneficial this was to her. 45:00 Katy on the swim at Ironman Wales and how horrendous conditions at Long Course Weekend two months prior gave her the confidence to know she would be okay at Ironman Wales. 47:30 Learning to swim... Katy hadn't done front crawl before she was 50 and she talks through the process of having to learn to swim as an adult. 50:00 So interesting and so many people can relate 'I felt you had to be really fast to join a tri club.' 55:30 Why Katy did achieve her 'why' and why it was so important to her. "when you do achieve something like that it gives you the confidence to think 'what's next?' 59:30 The importance of saying YES to things to Katy. "I've had brain surgery twice." It was a case of "If the tumour is not removed, it will eventually kill you." After the second one when the operation had been a success it was like a new start. And every time when I have the choice of doing something I think 'what are you waiting for?' Podcast Sponsors Form Swim and Presca Sportswear are sponsoring the podcast on a bi-weekly basis so you can hear the best interviews in triathlon each week. https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishow (FORM Swim - $15 off smart swimming goggles). https://www.prescasportswear.com/ (Presca Sportswear) - Sustainable Sportswear. Get 15% off with the code insidetri15 Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Listener Discounts For $15 Discount on FORM Swim goggles: https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishow (https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishow) Presca Sportswear - https://prescasportswear.com/ (15 % off here )with the code insidetri15 - valid until the end of march 2023 Resilient Nutrition - Get 10% off here https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). https://www.33fuel.com/ (33 Fuel) You can also get a discount at https://my.captivate.fm/www.komfuel.co.uk (komfuel.co.uk) with the code insidetri This podcast...
Andrew Horsfall-Turner took up triathlon in 2017 after spending his childhood, teenage years and early 20s as a top swimmer. He did Ironman Wales in 2019 as an age-grouper and won a Kona slot in the 25-29 age group. The plan was to go to Hawaii as an age group athlete, but then Covid hit. So he took the decision to turn professional, rather than waiting to go to Kona as an age grouper. He returned to Ironman Wales in 2022 as a professional and finished in a brilliant 5th place. He's the Welsh record holder over the full distance and hopes to build on this and return to Kona as a professional. Andrew also shares some swimming tips for you as he mixes his training with swim coaching. You'll hear: 07:00 Andrew talks about doing his first triathlon in 2018 and his background in swimming. "I turned the pedals over and that was how a bike worked. I called myself a novice and it's been a really steep learning curve." "I loved swimming. I was that strange kid who loved it. It just became part of life. I identified myself as a swimmer first and then everything else second." "But between 21 and 23 I was probably training too hard and I was getting frustrated but then my coaches suggested I tried swimming coaching and that was the beginning of the end in terms of my swimming." 12:30 How Andrew came across Ironman World Champs in Kona and how it all led him to triathlon. "Straight away I wanted to go to Kona." 14:00 We talk about the Olympics and how it was one of Andrew's aims to go there and compete but how he pushed himself too hard and dug himself into a bit of a whole. "Being so young and hungry for success was probably at my own detriment." 17:00 Andrew talks about stepping into a coaching role and how it changed his mindset and why he now is working with a coach. "I was so blinded by wanting to be the hardest worker in the pool, but I should have calmed myself down rather than working too hard." 19:30 We talk about the process of finding a coach and what's important to take into account. 21:30 How he's started working with David Tibury-Davis, and the confidene that has given him. "It's the reassurance that what I think I am doing is what I am doing. If you go into a race doubting if it's good enough, then you probably won't do as well as you could. He's helped me develop that belief." 24:30 Why Andrew feels like it's been a 22 year work in progress, rather than a 5 year progress since his first triathlon. 25:30 We talk about going from swimming into running and what the process has been like for Andrew. "I feel like I'm in running infancy and it's a really cool project as I think there's so much more to come. 31:00 We chat through how Andrew developed his cycling after first getting into triathlon. 36:00 The difference between doing Ironman Wales as an age group athlete (2019) and doing it as a professional (2022.) It was always a pipe dream but I'm so glad I did go back, it's just a triathlon mad community. I left feeling 'I could have won it' so I want to try and go back and win it. 40:00 Andrew shares his thoughts on how to improve swimming as a triathlete. "it's a gradual process." He suggests if you don't live near the sea, prioritise going to the beach, or pick a race that is lake-based. 44:00 We talk about the Neptune Steps, 420m of swimming with 100m of elevation. It's bonkers.' They decided to do it in February in Scotland.' I did it three years in a row and finished runner up each time.' 47:00 How Andrew combines his swimming coaching with his training. Find out more about this week's guests Andrew Horsfall-Turner https://www.instagram.com/andrew_h_t/?hl=en (Instagram) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two...
Professional triathlete and coach Reece Barclay is on the podcast this week. You'll probably also know him for being one part of Team Charles Barclay, he is of course husband to Lucy Charles-Barclay. This is a really fascinating interview with Reece, about his own triathlon goals, what it was like for him when Lucy was injured in 2022, working with Dan Lorang and loads more. You'll hear: 07:30 How Covid disrupted Reece's Ironman Wales plans 11:30 Reece looks back at Ironman UK in 2014 'we entered it as a challenge and as a selling point for our personal training business. Fast forward 3 years on from there and we were selling up the PT business and going into triathlon full time. 13:00 Reece talks about his sporty background as a child, with karate, squash and swimming. "I thrived off competing, but I was useless at squash." 18:30 Reece talks about how the disappointment of not making it to the Olympics brought him and Lucy Charles Barclay together. 20:00 Reece talks about Lucy's personality and her ability to deal with a sadistic amount of pain. 'You almost feel worried for her she can push so hard.' 22:00 If Reece has ever felt pressure to succeed in triathlon, because of Lucy's success. 25:00 How Reece juggled coaching learning with his own ambitions 26:30 How coach Dan Lorang came to be a part of 'Team Charles Barclay' and how Reece finds things a bit easier on a day to day basis. "I still feel the same pressure when she races." 31:30 Role reversal, how Reece got on at Roth, with Lucy on supporting duties. 35:30 What makes Dan Lorang and his approach different to perhaps another coach or a standard plan. 40:00 What was 2022 and Lucy's injury like for Reece to deal with? 45:00 Some of the things Reece has taken from 2022, with Reece's own heart issues and Lucy's injury and what 'rock bottom' was like. 53:00 Reece talks about his own goals within triathlon. 56:00 Reece on red wine :) Find out more about this week's guest Reece Barclay https://www.instagram.com/reecebarclaytri/ (Instagram) Team Charles Barclay https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6PP69DCmBwMCPf9RSSTNTg (Youtube) Podcast Sponsors Form Swim and Presca Sportswear are sponsoring the podcast on a bi-weekly basis so you can hear the best interviews in triathlon each week. https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishow (FORM Swim - $15 off smart swimming goggles). https://www.prescasportswear.com/ (Presca Sportswear) - sustainable sportswear. Get 15% off with the code insidetri15 Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Listener Discounts For $15 Discount on FORM Swim goggles: https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishow (https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishow) Presca Sportswear - https://prescasportswear.com/ (15 % off here )with the code insidetri15 - valid until the end of march 2023 Resilient Nutrition - Get 10% off here https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). https://www.33fuel.com/ (33 Fuel) You can also get a discount at https://my.captivate.fm/www.komfuel.co.uk (komfuel.co.uk) with the code insidetri This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
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This week we look back at the 10th edition of Ironman Wales, the first since 2019 and more tough conditions for competitors (and spectators.) And sticking with Ironman, star of the show is a really wonderful interview with Linsey Corbin, the American pro triathlete who is retiring from triathlon after her 15th Ironman World Championship race taking place in Kona, Hawaii 2022. You'll also meet one of the team from new sponsors Presca Sportswear. You'll hear: 02:00 Meet Guy Whitby, managing Director at new show sponsors Presca Sportswear. 17:00 Linsey Corbin interview. Linsey talks about when she was working in a dog store after finishing university in 2006 and how she chatted with her husband Chris about the possibility of quitting her job to give professional triathlon a go for a year to see if she could make any money from it. 20:00 Linsey's thoughts on preparing for her 15th and final Ironman World Championship. 'It blows my mind.' I remember being in kona for the first time in 2006 and I was star struck but the whole journey was really really fun, especially those first few years. 23:00 How the last few years have been for Linsey. 'it's been up and down' 'During covid, i took a sabbatical from triathlon and I didn't push through or do any of the dry-land swim training. Before covid, I was intimidated by the idea of triathlon but during covid, I spent more time in the mountains and with my husband and it was really refreshing to find out there's more to me than Linsey the triathlete' 27:00 Why retirement is so hard to talk about publicly. 31:30 What linsey is most and least looking forward to doing 'one last time.' 35:00 Linsey explains how triathlon as changed her as a woman and made her more confident as a woman. As her 8 Ironman wins, 5th place at the Ironman World Championship and multiple Ironman and 70.3 finishes. 37:30 We talk about imposter syndrome and how Linsey struggled even in her most recent races. 43:00 Linsey talks about the role that her husband Chris Corbin has played in her professional triathlon career. 48:30 We hear from two fellow competitors, Meredith Kessler and Mirinda Carfrae. 55:00 We talk all things food and hazel and Blue. Find out more about this week's guests Lindey Corbin https://www.instagram.com/linseycorbin/?hl=en (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/hazel.and.blue/?hl=en (Hazel and Blue Instagram) https://www.prescasportswear.com/ (Presca sportswear )- Use the code insidetri15 for 15% off. Terms: valid until 31/3/23. One use per customer on everything except the heal jerseys. Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Listener Discounts Resilient Nutrition - Get 10% off by using the code insidetri10 or go direct https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). https://www.33fuel.com/ (33 Fuel) – natural and very yummy sports nutrition. Use the code INSIDETRI33 for a discount at checkout at https://www.33fuel.com/ (www.33fuel.com) You can also get a discount at https://my.captivate.fm/www.komfuel.co.uk (komfuel.co.uk) with the code insidetri This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
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On episode 57 we have Agegrouper, Dentist, creator of the wonder clinic, the Do Better podcast and Blogger, Stevie Potter Stevie says “didn't always start off in the blue tracksuit; I was just a clever potato for my formative years, with no passion for sport and certainly no aptitude for it, but I had always been an active kid and came from a family who always encouraged me to do my best.After realising the party lifestyle was taking its toll when I hit University, I decided it was time to do something about my health before it was too late and so my running journey began… Fast forward 13 very rollercoaster years and I've finished my dental degree, competed in international rowing competitions, run the London marathon, completed Ironman Wales, graced multiple running and triathlon podiums and have qualified to represent my country at the top level of amateur triathlon racing. When I started the Wonder Clinic, the aim was to use my clinical expertise to help people find confidence in their own skin, something I'd loved being able to do with my cosmetic dentistry. While I was on that journey, I realised I was also being asked by my clients about what to eat, how to train and how I had made it to where I had in my life outside of work. I realised then, that I also had the passion and knowledge to be able to coach them through the physical and mental strategies that had got me where I am today. Now, I spend most of my time sharing my knowledge of fitness and nutrition with my 1-2-1 coaching clients and in my group of motivated go-getters on facebook. I help people revolutionise the way they look at food and exercise and help them to see the importance of long term investment in their own wellbeing. I teach people to LOVE a healthy lifestyle, while still enjoying balance. I give people their confidence back and what's more, they keep it that way. No faddy diets, no falling off the wagon, but true transformation, learning from all my successes and mistakes and more importantly, my years of experience and knowledge in my field which took me from academic potato to GB athlete!Hope you enjoy her story.You can listen to this AMP episode and all the others on most podcast platforms and now we a have our own YouTube channel : AMP GBFind us on Instagram amp_1967Twitter agegroupmultisportpodcastFacebook AMPGBYouTube AMP GBWebsite is : agegroupmultisportpodcast.buzzsprout.comemail: agegroupmultisportpodcast@gmail.com
David Cole and Nia Davies are the nicest triathlon couple from... south west Wales! They have both well and truly caught the triathlon bug and as well as having their own coaching company, they also host the welsh language 'Nawr yw'r awr' triathlon podcast. David and Nia are to blame for Helen's obsession with learning welsh as they have set her the task of doing an interview on their podcast within a year. From coaching tips to chasing Kona qualification, changing goals to taking a risk, there is something you will relate to in this podcast! You'll hear: 07:00 Hear about why they set Helen the challenge of doing an interview in welsh on Nawr yw'r Awr. 13:35 David talks about why he wanted to do Ironman Wales in 2013 and meeting Nia a few months later, when she wasn't into triathlon or running! "It took me two years before I signed up to Cardiff half marathon!" 20:30 David explains how he got into the coaching side of things. I started doing more and I really enjoyed it and it grew from there. I thought 'life's too short, let's go for it.' 26:00 The thought process behind taking the leap to reduce their hours and throw their energy into DC Triathlon, their coaching company. "It was a risk, but if it doesn't work out, I can always go back. So much has come from this triathlon journey. 30:00 Nia explains how she has become part of the S4C commentary team. 32:00 Nia explains how she is able to juggle her training with work and being a mum too. 37:00 pressure to do well in a race and how that can sometimes lead to you not enjoying triathlon and the training. And the danger of comparing yourself to others. 44:00 David talks about his various attempts to qualify for Kona and why he kept on chipping away and was thrilled to qualify at 70.3 Shanghai in 2019. 52:30 Do they get a chance to have a sit-down? Find out more about this week's guests dc triathlon https://www.dctriathlon.co.uk/ (website) David Cole https://www.instagram.com/dctriathlon/?hl=en (Instagram) Nia Davies https://www.instagram.com/niangharadavies/?hl=en (Instagram) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Sponsors of the show Resilient Nutrition provide formulated products to improve your cognitive and physical performance. From phenomenally tasty Long Range Fuel nut butters, to delicious dark chocolate drink Switch On. Get 10% off by using the code insidetri10 or go direct https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). Supporters of the show https://www.33fuel.com/ (33 Fuel) – natural and very yummy sports nutrition. Use the code INSIDETRI33 for a discount at checkout at https://www.33fuel.com/ (www.33fuel.com) You can also get a discount at komfuel.co.uk with the code insidetri Find out more about Helen Head over to https://www.helenmurray.net/ (Helen's website) to find out more about her This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
This weeks episode is about Dave's Ironman Wales triathlon training in 2019 and the event itself. This then leads onto how things caught up with him mentally after a very eventful and stressful year and of course a few random tangents and ramblings along the way. We hope you enjoy! If you would prefer to watch the episode - YouTube link : https://youtu.be/7-Zkoe7_S5A Dave, Med and Dukes X
Jack Schofield is a keen and very successful age group triathlete, having qualified for Kona 3 times. He also happens to be a keen and successful photographer. Having picked up a camera for the first time 3.5 years ago, he's gone on to produce content for numerous professional triathletes. Jack gives an insight into what goes on behind the lens. You'll hear: 11:00 Jack talks about how he felt a bit lost after studying architecture at University and how he wasn't sure what he wanted to do it, but how he started to use a camera at work 3.5 years ago which has developed into a successful photography business, including being Ruth Astle's photographer. 16:30 How Jack went from rowing into triathlon...and started straight away with Ironman Nice in 2015. He followed it up with Ironman Wales later that year. And that was it, I was hooked! He has qualified for Kona 3 times and will be racing Hawaii in 2022. "I raced in 2017 and had a shocker!" 23:00 Jack explains about the different projects he has on the go, including web design, triathlon photography, a book and wedding photography, but he doesn't want to be working in triathlon all of the time. 25:30 Jack talks about his dream to create content of people's adventures 29:10 Jack explains how he ended up becoming Ruth Astle's photographer and You Tube channel producer. "I owe Ruth a lot for believing that I can do it!" 32:30 Do Youtube channels really show the truth of professional athletes? 38:00 We talk about YouTube channels and constant photos, media and content that is generated for social media for professional athletes and brands. 44:00 The most annoying thing about taking a photo at a wedding Vc taking a wedding at a race 47:00 Why you shouldn't nick watermarked photos 51:00 Some top tips to take a decent photo when you're out training Find out more about this week's guests Jack Schofield https://www.instagram.com/jackyscho/ (Instagram) Two 26 Photography https://www.instagram.com/two26_photography/ (Instagram) Two26 Photography https://two26photography.co.uk/ (website) https://www.theroc.com/charity/ (MOVE Charity and Roc triathlon) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Sponsors of the show Resilient Nutrition provide formulated products to improve your cognitive and physical performance. From phenomenally tasty Long Range Fuel nut butters, to delicious dark chocolate drink Switch On. Get 10% off by using the code insidetri10 or go direct https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). Supporters of the show https://www.33fuel.com/ (33 Fuel) – natural and very yummy sports nutrition. Use the code INSIDETRI33 for a discount at checkout at https://www.33fuel.com/ (www.33fuel.com) You can also get a discount at komfuel.co.uk with the code insidetri For 10% off skin protection and sun cream, use insidetri at https://lifejacketskin.com/ (Life Jacket ) Find out more about Helen Head over to https://www.helenmurray.net/ (Helen's website) to find out more about her This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
Professional triathlete Lydia Dant and Passion Fit Coach Loren Ward join together in conversation, to talk about age group life, turning pro, setting goals, having confidence and being comfortable on a bike. You'll hear: 01:00 Rich and Helen's final thoughts before Beyond the Ultimate's Highland Ultra. 18:00 Why weekends don't exist for Loren and Lydia. 20:00 Lydia explains how she met Loren in 2018 after she had entered Ironman Wales and decided she wanted some coaching. Loren says she remembers the first time Lydia turned up to a session. 'she was really quiet and really nervous and we did an FTP test in her first session and I look back at that and I think woah, look how far! Lydia says "On my first run session, it was a 10km TT and I remember getting to 7 or 8km in and thinking 'I don't know if I can finish this." 22:50 Those nervous feelings when you turn up to a triathlon club for the first time. "I'm quite introverted really and I find it hard to make those initial conversation starters. You worry if you will be fast enough or if you will keep up, but one of my biggest worries was getting lost." "Often you have no idea what they are going to make you do, but 99% of the time, it's never as bad or as scary as you think it might be" 27:50 Loren says she didn't realise Lydia's potential from the start. "She was a strong athlete and she performed quite well, but as time went on she started getting faster than me at everything. But it wasn't just her athletic ability, the way that she went about her training was different. It was her mindset and attitude that we saw that was brilliant because that's when we knew she had both the mindset and the athletic ability. 30:00 Lydia talks about whether she set out to be a professional athlete' "I never put a glass ceiling on what I thought I might be able to achieve. It's been about a personal development piece for me and how being part of a community and group of people has totally transformed my way of thinking and my mindset." 32:00 We talk about confidence! And why the process matters rather than a metric. Loren says 'If an athlete is fast, there is sometimes a perception that they must be really confident' but if you focus on the process rather than the outcome, you can't ask for more and it can help with nervousness and anxiety and you are much more in control of that outcome. 35:00 Goal setting. "Think hard about your goals. As long as it's important to you and individualised and your reality is aligned with that goal" 38:30 Lydia talks about her love of bikes, her bike fitting business Pheonix Evolution and shares some tips about how to enjoy cycling and being comfortable. "You just have to try things and always question can you be more comfortable?" 47:00 Lydia talks about plans for her first Ironman in 2022, four years after she had first planned to do one. But this time it will be in the pro field at Ironman Lanzarote rather than as an age group athlete doing it for a challenge. "It blows my mind every morning." The first pro race was so surreal. I didn't have any mates to nudge on the elbow and say 'oh my god, that's Anne Haug.' 53:00 What was the decision process like to apply for her professional licence? Lydia describes the dilemma between getting more experience in triathlon as an age group athlete, or just going for it in the pro ranks. 55:00 If Loren and Lydia can switch off from triathlon and if so, how. 59:00 Hear all about Antony Butcher's https://antonyjcbutcher.com/ (Ride Across America) and why he is doing it. Find out more about this week's guests https://beyondtheultimate.co.uk/ (Click here to track Rich and Helen) at Beyond the Ultimate's Highland Ultra! Lydia Dant https://www.instagram.com/lydia.dant/?hl=en (Instagram) Loren Ward https://www.instagram.com/loren.passionfit.ward/?hl=en (Instagram) Antony Butcher's https://antonyjcbutcher.com/ (Ride Across America) Like what you heard? Let me know!...
Wthnos 'ma clywn ymateb Dai a Nia ar ôl iddynt seiclo'r cwrs cyn iddynt holi Rebecca Sutherland, cyfarwyddwr y râs am 70.3 Abertawe ag Ironman Cymru. This week we hear David & Nia's first reaction after cycling the bike course before having a chat with Rebecca Sutherland, the Ironman race director about what we can expect from Swansea 70.3 band Ironman Wales this year. To volunteer/ I gwirfoddoli: https://www.ironman.com/im703-swansea-register https://www.facebook.com/IronmanVolunteers/ uk@ironmanvolunteers.com. Cefnogwch ni/Support us: https://www.patreon.com/nawrywrawr Diolch :)
Dave Tonge is a swimming coach and world record holder from south Wales. He's been coaching swimmers and triathletes for 25 years. He played a vital role in 2019 to help rugby star Gareth 'Alfie' Thomas overcome his fear of the water to complete Ironman Wales and break the stigma around HIV. Dave also holds the World Record for completing a 24 hour swim in an endless pool, when he covered a whopping 55km. He's also hilarious, has an infectious passion for swimming and is full of useful tips to help improve your swim leg in triathlon. You'll hear: 01:30 His background in swimming as a swimmer and a coach 'chlorine is in my blood! Swimming is your time, it's your headspace. Whether you think about stuff or sing songs in your head. I just switch off and enjoy the feeling of the water' 05:45 I spotted a gap in the triathlon market and I now teach all levels of swimmer, from beginner to pro swimmers and former rugby players who decide they want to do an Ironman. 06:30 Where the idea came from to get the World Record for a 24h swim in an Endless pool. 15:15 Why his lack of a night swim in training was on his mind in the run up to his 24 hour swim and how he fuelled his 24 hour swim. 20:00 The side effects of spending 24 hours in water 'my hands looked like they had been steam rollered! The skin was flapping against the bones' 22:00 Dave shares his tips for age group triathletes and why seeing a coach can be really beneficial. Make sure you have a coach and build confidence. Surround yourself with like-minded people. Cold water and wearing a wetsuit can hit you too and acclimatise is really important. 25:00 How he has been teaching an 83 man to swim. 'oh we have had some fun and games! It was all to do with building confidence in the water and it's the same thing that I learnt as a 16 year old to build the confidence with a child. 27:45 Dave talks about teaching Gareth 'Alfie' Thomas to swim so he could complete Ironman Wales in 2019. His journey was documented in the 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLRdWXEGL8 (HIV and me documentary). 'I had such pressure on me as a coach. There were tears at Long Course Weekend. How I got him back in the water for the second lap, I don't know.' He talks through how he did get Gareth through the swim, making him think about his motivation and his 'why'. 40:10 Dave shares his tips for athletes preparing to take on Ironman Wales and Ironman 70.3 Swansea. 'Smile! Smile at the sea and know that you are going to get out smiling, because you have paid for that and most people are doing it for fun as a hobby, so just enjoy it." 41:45 Can you do an Ironman with just one swim a week? I ask Dave. "You can get through it, but it will be a bad experience. You need to be getting in the pool three times a week. You need to do technique work and a long threshold set. Speak to someone who knows what they are doing, so you can get through it and enjoy it." 43:20 Some of the common techniques that Dave sees as a swimming coach. 'Head too high in the water, crossing the line at the front are both common ones. At the higher end for age groupers, it's not challenging all of the different energy systems. Find out more about this week's guests Dave Tonge https://www.instagram.com/davetongeswim/ (Instagram) https://heathwoodswimming.com/ (Heathwood Swimming)- Dave's private swimming teaching and coaching business Gareth Thomas 'HIV and me' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLRdWXEGL8 (documentary trailer) Multiple Ironman winner and Oncologist Lucy Gossage interviews Helen for the https://themoveagainstcancerpodcast.transistor.fm/13 (MOVE against cancer podcast) Help Helen improve the podcast by https://www.docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUhzQ5s0d_72w_WLTjOIxefeIhqK5jhqGxIsLdRcKvRnDJZQ/viewform (completing this quick survey) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below... Support this podcast
Love triathlon? Love rugby? Love Wales? Then this episode is for you! Former Wales international Shane Williams talks about his journey from being one of the best wings in the world, to being a multiple Ironman finisher. The 5ft7 wing who was International Player of the Year in 2008, won 87 caps for Wales and made multiple appearances for the British and Irish Lions. Since retiring, he has turned his hand to endurance sports and has been a regular at Ironman Wales. You'll hear: 06:30 The trigger for getting into triathlon 09:00 His first Ironman Wales 'At times, I absolutely hated it, but at times I absolutely loved it. From start to finish I was absolutely petrified.' 12:30 How he got the likes of Ian Gough and Ryan Jones involved. 15:00 The difference between the physical pain of playing rugby and doing a triathlon 18:00 Dark places on the rugby pitch Vs dark places in a race 25:10 Which rugby player would he most like to race against in a triathlon and who would be in his ideal triathlon relay from the rugby world? 36:00 How his nutrition differs between when he was a rugby player and now he is training for a triathlon. If anything I pay more attention to my diet now than I did as a professional rugby player. I was told what to eat and when to eat it and I would usually go up for seconds. Does he miss his rugby body? I probably don't. I'm still quite muscly, but my body has changed completely. My body fat is lower than when I was playing. I probably look better now than I did when I was playing rugby, I feel lighter, I'm lighter on my feet. I look completely different and I see pictures of me and I'm probably healthier now then when I was then. 41:44 What tips would he have for anyone doing Ironman Wales. 'The more training you put in, the easier Ironman Wales is and the more you enjoy it on the day. Left no stone unturned in your training and then you will enjoy the day. In 2015 I didn't appreciate how tough it would be and it spat me out. For long periods of that day, I hated it. ' 43:00 Whether he'll be getting his https://fabfourcoffee.com/ (FabFour coffee) founders involved and why he started his own sportswear brand, https://www.agilissport.com/ (Agilis). Also this week: 52:30 Laura Siddall's audio diary from her time as a reserve guide for the British Paratriathlon team at the Tokyo Paralympics, featuring fellow reserve guide Tim Don and bronze medallist Claire Cashmore. Find out more about this week's guests Shane Williams https://www.instagram.com/shanemwilliams/?hl=en (Instagram) Shane's https://fabfourcoffee.com/ (FabFour coffee) and new sportswear brand, https://www.agilissport.com/ (Agilis). Laura Siddall https://www.instagram.com/lmsid/ (Instagram) Resilient Nutrition's Meet the nutter: https://www.instagram.com/1dayadventurer/?hl=en (Jay Worthy) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on the latest patrons-only exclusive episode, a brilliant behind the scenes audio diary of my recent Lands End-John O'Groats cycling adventure that you won't hear elsewhere. You can still support me and support the show by clicking https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (here) to buy me a coffee every so often by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a Patron of the Inside Tri Show). Sponsors of the show https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (Long Range Fuel) are phenomenally tasty nut butters from Resilient Nutrition, enhanced by cutting edge science, to boost your stamina, keep you calm and alert and bolster your resilience. Get 10% off by using the code insidetri10 or go direct https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). Supporters... Support this podcast
What do you do when your international rugby career ends? Try an Ironman triathlon, obviously! At least that's the path that today's guest took. For 13 years (2000-2013) Shane Williams scorched the earth playing on the wing for Wales and the British and Irish Lions. In 2008 he was IRB World Rugby Player of the year and retired with 91 international caps and 60 tries, ranking him 4th in the all-time list of international try-scorers. Retirement leaves a big hole in the lives of professional sportsmen and women so looking for a challenge, he accepted a friend's invitation to take part in the 2015 Ironman Wales in Tenby. To say he was bitten by the bug is an understatement as you'll hear in the conversation. Shane's enthusiasm for triathlon matches the joy he still has for rugby union and this really comes across. If you don't at least think about signing up for Ironman Wales when you have finished listening, I'll be very surprised. As normal we get through a lot in this chat including: Wingman to Ironman in less than 6 months 9 weeks from 50m to completing the 3.8k Ironman swim in Tenby Why professional athletes are inspired by the crowd as much as you and I Rugby & triathlon: Polar opposites but it's all about the mindset Why the crowds in Tenby are as inspiring as the Millennium Stadium Amusing and inspiring: Shane recalls his first Ironman race in detail Would you rather run the last 5 miles of the Ironman, or take a big hit from Manu Tuilagi? Shane tells us about his new clothing range Agilis To follow Shane you can find him in the usual places. Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Find out more about Shane's new clothing range Agilis Sport As you might know, we ask guests to recommend their favourite books which they've read recently and which inspired them. Shane recommends the new book by Alistair Brownlee - Relentless: The secrets of the sporting elite. Some more stuff you might like to watch Shane Williams top 10 Rugby World Cup moments Shane Williams Top 5 Tries Shane Williams - My Wales Take a 30 day trial in my SWAT Inner Circle for just £1. Watch this video for more information. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes. Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here. For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.
Running To The Beat of His Own Drums and Pulling Them 100 Miles Behind Him with Bob Thomas What started out as a joke ended up being a walk or charity. Can you even imagine walking 100 miles? Now visualize walking those 100 miles towing a drum kit on a trailer. This is exactly what professional drummer Bob Thomas set out to do. About Bob I'm Bob, a 23-year-old full-time drummer who also loves ultra-endurance. I'm an Ironman Wales finisher and have become obsessed with ultra running. I have come up with a challenge to combine music and running which is to run a 100-mile ultramarathon towing my drum kit, I will then set it up and play a gig with my band directly after the run. Donation page: virginmoneygiving.com/100miledrumkittow Instagram: @bobthomasdrums Facebook: bob thomas drums YouTube: Bob Thomas www.feedingfaty.com Full Transcript Below Running To The Beat of His Own Drums and Pulling Them 100 Miles Behind Him with Bob Thomas Sun, 6/27 11:31AM • 47:59 SUMMARY KEYWORDS drum kit, running, gig, drummer, people, training, bit, trailer, miles, started, eat, minutes, good, iron man, play, couple, marathon, hill, music, problem SPEAKERS Bob, Terry, Roy Barker Roy Barker 00:10 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Feeding Fatty This is Roy. Terry 00:14 Terry. Roy Barker 00:14 So we're podcasts that journaling or chronicling our journey through wellness. And no, we've begun to figure out at first we talked a lot about diet, not being on a diet, but just you know what we eat, consume, exercise, but we've made a, you know, we've also kind of shifted into that mindset realm that we have to, you know, be able to change our mindset to to make sustainable changes. And so on Tuesdays, we usually release an episode with the guest either a professional in the industry, or somebody telling us their story. And then on Thursdays, we release more of a personal episode. And we've been talking a lot about diabetes. That's one thing I struggle with, keep in mind under control. So anyway, I want to thank you for being a listener. And if you're new Welcome to the show. And we've got a great guest today. This has been exciting. We've been waiting a couple of weeks to get Bob on here. So Terry, I'll let you introduce Bob. Terry 01:11 Bob Thomas is a 23 year old ultra runner and professional drummer from West Wales. He's been playing drums since the age of seven, and performing full time at 17. All over the UK. He started his fitness journey in early 2018, when he ran his first marathon and progressed to an Iron Man in 2019. After the lockdown hit in 2020, he saw it as an opportunity to push his limits further and is training to take on 100 miles while towing his drum kit behind him. Bob, thank you so much for joining us. Welcome to the show. Bob 01:49 Pleasure to be here. Thank you for having me. Roy Barker 01:51 Yeah, and you're quite the you're quite the contrast. Because typically, you know, we think of musicians and drummers, they they live kind of an ultimate lifestyle up on that. And then, you know, probably, I would say not the best, you know, they're surrounded by probably a lot of liquor, a lot of good food. And a lot of Yeah, so it's like, it's just, it's an interesting concept. So kind of tell us a little bit, you know, about what kind of music that you play first, you know, how you got into music into the band. And then tell us a little bit of you know, about your focus on fitness. Bob 02:29 Yeah, it's funny you say about that. That's, that's a lot of the reason why I ended up getting into fitness is because I was like out most nights playing gigs, and then having to drive home drive horrendous miles and just eating the worst fast food all the time. And that's where the fitness really came from. But yeah, so I started from a really young age plan. And I learned through school, basically. And I used to get a 15 minute lesson once a week, and then sort of give me a book and say, right, go and go practice, come back. And that progressed up and and then just decided it was sort of what I wanted to do. So I went to bed. Basically, when I was 16. I left school, and did a little bit of work helping out my parents and sort of thought, right, okay, well, let's try and make something of music. And there's like the local city to me is Cardiff, which is about two hours away. And I sort of just went up there on the site, right, let's try and meet some musicians. So I sort of put my head around once this in venues and sort of try to be friendly with some guitarist and bass players and things and eventually just sort of gotten a couple of bands and started playing and then yeah, just just kept progressing, which which is good fun. And it got Yeah, yeah, very good to the point of playing multiple nights a week or so doing lots of teaching. You can see behind me that there's this kicks up that they should be one there. But I had a gig last night so that that was gone. He sat in my car at the moment. So yeah, it was great. And then just just lots of gigs all over the place and learn to read music. So I play for, like theater shows and things. So I didn't get booked for sort of like four to six weeks on, like small theaters or around the UK, where we do sort of like three to five days in a in a venue just multiple shows. But again, it's just it's lots of it's always it's always very intense in a very short amount of time. So usually like my Monday to Thursday is usually fairly quiet. But then it's sort of like Thursday night it's like right okay, well let's pack up the gear and get ready to go then Friday I'm off and it's Friday night gig Saturday to gigs, Sunday to gigs and then hope Terry 04:47 to be tired. Well as a as a drummer, you don't have a choice. You have to be fit if you want to be successful as a drummer. So I'm sure Bob 04:57 yeah, just just to get your drum kit from the cost The venue. Roy Barker 05:02 And, you know, when when we go to concerts a lot, you know, like more smaller venues, especially outdoors and stuff. It's like, you know, you see the guitar guy, he puts his guitar, in his case, and, you know, he walks away. And the bass says the same thing. And, you know, there's this poor drummer back there. He's got this whole big old drum kit, you know, he's trying to move on and offline. So I know I'm always thinking the same thing. I just played the flute that actually Terry 05:33 led to having stuff. You asked for it, you got it. Roy Barker 05:36 So tell us about this challenge where you're gonna, you're gonna is it 100 kilometers, and you're gonna tow your drum kit behind you. Bob 05:44 gnosis is 100 miles, 100 miles. Okay. I think that's about 180 kilometers. Roy Barker 05:49 Okay. Okay. Bob 05:51 That's a that's a best guess. But yeah, so it all it was a bit of a weird joke at the start. And because I live right on the west coast of Wales, and it's very rural, I live in political Pembrokeshire. And there's, there's like, there's more cows and people down here. So for me to go, like all my work, I have to basically go to the closest place I can do it is a city called swanzey, which is about sort of an hour and a half drive away, but more of it is done in Cardiff, which is about two hours just over. So I spend a lot of my time driving, but Cardiff is basically exactly 100 miles from my house. So that's where the majority of my gigs up. So when we hit lockdown, obviously, at the start, everyone thought it was going to be like two, three weeks. And I've done quite a bit of training then because about three or four months before that I've done my first Ironman, so relatively fit, close point. And I said to my mate, who's also a drummer, I said, I think I might train, loads of running really focused. And then when I when gigs, come back, I'll get someone I was thinking, like, I'll get my parents to take my drum get to the gig or something. And I'll run and, and then I'll do the gig and it's about 100 miles a bit like it'd be an ultramarathon, so it'd be great. And he sat there and listened to me say all that and he just went, yeah, but it doesn't really count unless you tow the drum kit. And my stupid brain went that's a brilliant idea. He's off the Christmas list now. Yeah. He's, uh, yeah, he is, is a good friend, but also a bad friend. Terry 07:37 Well, you're actually gonna be calling I mean, you're actually gonna be telling it yourself. Your body. Yeah, yeah. So I, I am the horse to the car. Yeah, Bob 07:47 it's a bit a bit mad. So it was kind of it was it was great. And it was like, I had no way I could actually do that. Like that would be, it'd be mental. So the first thing I do is start googling. Like, Has anyone done something like this? And there's been a few people who have like pulled cars from marathons and things like that, that looks pretty brutal. And I was like, Okay, well, no one's no one's really done this. So, so what I do, and then the the extra condition is that I that the challenge isn't finished when I end the run, because I have also hired my band to come to the end of the run and play a gig with me. So run 100 mile with the drum kit, then set it up, then play an hour's gig with them, and then set it down. And then and then I don't know, I'll probably just meet face down Terry 08:36 in the grass leap, or at least two weeks after that. Yeah, I hope so. Roy Barker 08:42 Are you going to push through and do like the 100? all at the same time? Are you going to like take a couple breaks in between? Bob 08:49 Yes, the plan is to do it. Pretty much all as one. So I allowing myself 48 hours to do it. Wow. And that's gonna involve I'm, I've got a, I've got a crew of five guys coming along to help me and they're gonna have a couple of cars and beat leapfrogging and there's a couple of spots where they have to sit behind me with a hazard zone. Because some of the roads quite quick. So I'm yeah, the idea is I start at 8pm on Thursday, the 22nd of July. And the idea is to go all the way through that night. And then when I get to the morning, I'll probably have a bit of a break for breakfast. But when I say a break, I mean less than less than 30 minutes. Yeah. Ideally, if we can keep all the breaks under 20 minutes, that would be great. We're pretty much just going to like, like plot all the labels on the way and I'll just keep stopping and then there'll be other things I need to do. Like, I need to change shoes at some point because my feet will swell. Probably change clothes. I imagine I'll need a change of clothes for night running than I will day running. Because of the heat difference, because we're we're in summer here, and not the world's as the hottest country in the world, but it can get slightly warm. And when I say slightly, I mean, not not very, but enough. So yeah, I'll probably have to get changed and things like that. And then I talked to a few people who've done like, really setting challenges like this before. A friend of mine, she did 200 miles recently. And it took her about 51 hours. And she said on on day two, she had to stop and she slept for 15 minutes. And in Canada. So I look forward to my 15 minute nap on days. Terry 10:42 Well, and how do you even start to figure out how to train for that? I mean, what's your what's your typical day as far as your training going? Bob 10:50 Yeah, but yeah, that that's, that's a, that's a weird one. Because it started off with just increasing the miles running. Which came to a point where I was running sort of like, like eight or nine hours a day. And then it just just get I'm just trying to get as many miles as possible. And then it got to the point where I got the trailer. And that that was weird, because the difficult thing with trailers is very hilly around here. So one is heavy and getting it up the hill is awful. But then the other problem is getting it down the hill. ilmi. And it's, it's, it's quite scary. Because when I first did it, I was like, Oh, well, we I got a friend to help out. And he got a break on it. And I was like, yeah, that's a really good idea. So we got this break that was on a rope. And the idea was like a rubber rubber on the hand pulled the brake should be absolutely fine. Well, we didn't take into account is actually, when I get to a steep hill, I have to really pull the brake. I took the first hill that I went down, and I got to the end of it. And I looked at my hand and it was like completely blew off circulation with the rope. I'd like to rope across my hand. I was like that was one Hill. Yeah, so I run because I'm on my last like training block now. Which is which basically involves me every other day running as many miles as I can trailer. So I did a marathon with it on Wednesday, just gone. And that took about eight hours to do. Which was which was fun. And it's just lots of hills. And I'm training with like twice the amount of Hill. So I'm, I cover 80 feet of climbing per mile on my training runs. But when I do the actual run, I only cover 50 feet of climbing per mile. Okay, I'm training a little bit harder than what it will actually be. But I'm not training the same distance because I just want to recover. That's the that's the thing I found hardest is trying to get enough training in, but also recover afterwards. And then and nutrition and things like that it's really hard because I track calories. And it's funny because some days I need to track calories to make sure I don't eat too much. But then other days, I have to track calories to make sure eight is enough. Because I think on Wednesday I burned an extra like 7000 calories or something is like well I don't know how to eat that Terry 13:42 much. It's many calories Do you need how many calories are trying to strive for Bob 13:48 so so it's really weird. So when when I'm when I'm moving I can I can basically take on about 160 calories an hour without feeling unwell. Because it's quite a common thing because because when you run your body sends more blood to your muscles and your extremities and it takes it away from some of your normal so your digestive system doesn't work as efficiently. So if you take on too many calories, you can end up being sick, which is a bit of a problem. And it's not nice being sick when you're running. I have accidentally so I have to limit the amount but then afterwards like I sort of got this calorie deficit of like a few 1000 calories and I'm like well I could I could eat a bowl of ice cream and still have cash to spare Terry 14:46 as trying to join in here. Roy Barker 14:50 Man I wish I could wish I had that problem of having to try to eat and write that in before we get too far long I was gonna at your do it or isn't there Charity component involved in this as well. Bob 15:03 Yes, there is. So yeah, so this was where the idea really sort of came to life is because he was like, right, it's a great idea. But like, what was the point in doing it? So yeah, I am, I decided to do it for cardiac risk in the young, which are a really good charity here. And they basically they they set up and they do screening and research into undiagnosed heart conditions, okay? Because it can be found in in young people between ages of 14 and 34. And they can have a heart condition that's completely undiagnosed, no symptoms whatsoever, and unfortunately, just suddenly dropped out. It can be really awful there was we've got a competition in in football over here going on with the euros at the moment. And there was a player, I think he's from Denmark. But he about I think it was about 20 minutes into the game just dropped, dropped on the field. And fortunately, he recovered. And they, they got into hospital, and he's fine. But that was a cardiac problem. And it's really strange, because it doesn't really matter how fit people seem to be. It can really affect them. Unfortunately, we lost my my older sister. And she was 16 at the time, but she played hot ball, hot ball hockey, and netball. That's the mix, apparently hot ball. So he actually played netball and hockey to a really high standard, and was always used to run track and things. And they are unfortunately, where she had a heart condition that we didn't know about no symptoms whatsoever. Gosh, Roy Barker 16:42 that's terrible. So do you. Terry 16:43 So do you because of that? Do you get screened annually? How does? Bob 16:50 Yes, so so i i don't get screened annually. So I have I have been screened, and they they believe it's hereditary. And they've looked into cases in my family. And they believe it's only the women that are affected in my family interests. Other I've had a look into that. And and how I know that I don't specifically know, but it's all through the screening that they do. And they work a lot with schools over here. So they'll they'll go into schools, and they'll screen an entire year of school and figure out and they can they can give pacemakers. I know that there was a girl in a school near me. And she was screened. And they found that she had something and they they did an operation she had had a pacemaker button on the heart. And she had to I think she had to keep it for about two years. And then they got removed, and she was absolutely fine. And yeah, Roy Barker 17:47 yeah, and we have seen that here too. You know, athletes football is our, you know, American football, and then you know, some in basketball to that. Yeah, younger kids that are you would think in perfect health, because they're so athletic. And then, you know, it's unfortunate, they have this underlying condition. So, you know, we're definitely, you know, express our sorrow for your family's loss, for sure. But I think it's really great that you're stepping up and doing this. And the reality is just so many people don't know about it. So the awareness is a good component as well. Bob 18:22 Yeah, I think massively it and that's the things but when it's someone that of that age that's so young, it affects so many people around them, because, right, if there's some if it affects someone who's sort of under the age of 18, they've probably got brothers and sisters and effects their family and all their school friends. I know that my sister's friends. for them. It was horrendous, because they had a friend who was there there one day, and then the next school and they're like, hold on. Where's where Sarah, while actually not in school today? Yeah. And yeah, it's horrific. Terry 18:55 And you were How old? were you when you lost your sister? Bob 18:59 I was 11 at the time. Wow. Five years younger than Oh, well, Roy Barker 19:05 we appreciate you sharing that with us. I know. That's a you know, it's very personal. But thanks for thanks for sharing, I think it makes a big difference to, you know, get that message out that it can be devastating. It is devastating to the families that happens to you. But then, like you said, At that age, it affects people around them. And then if they're young, it's like a lifelong thing that they have to deal with. So, Terry 19:30 and the fact that they're so young, you know, you just don't know, at any age, what's going to happen, anything can creep up, but the fact that they're younger, and this happens, you know, doesn't mean it's not gonna Roy Barker 19:43 end their screening. That's the other thing. I don't know how preventable but if people were more aware of it, get the screening probably could avoid. Avoid a lot of the unnecessary deaths as well. Bob 19:55 Yeah, a lot. A lot of it can can be avoided through through things like pacemakers. and things like that. And if they if they do find them earlier, and I don't I don't even think they have to find super early, I think as long as it's found some, that's all they need, and then they can they can actively work against it. Roy Barker 20:15 Well, so let's get back to so you, what made you make this decision to be healthy to be the healthy drummer? I mean, because like we said, it's very contrary, did you just, you know, just I guess, feeling bad, or you just saw the path that you're on, you know, doing eating the fast food on the way home from a bad I have to be going down? Bob 20:40 Yeah, it was, um, it was a case of, so I'm I'm asthmatic. And I've always had like, like, fairly Bad, bad asthma, but it isn't, it's not terrible. I remember doing a couple of gigs where I had to carry the kit in, and sort of like carry half the kit, and then almost be having an asthma attack, taking it in and just being like, this is terrible. But on the scale of things, my asthma is not that you can have way worse asthma. I just remember thinking at this one gig, I think we have to carry it up a flight of stairs to get to the stage. And I carried about two pieces my drum kit up and it wasn't even the heaviest bit. I got to the top. I was sweating. And I was like hearing, like, I couldn't breathe. And I was like, I think this might be a problem. If I want to carry on doing this, and I can't keep up this lifestyle. Right. And so yeah, so the idea was like, right, okay, well, let's, let's start doing a little bit of running. So this was back in early 2018. It must have been awful February, started doing a little bit of running wasn't very good. didn't really enjoy it. But sort of kept going. And then I mentioned to my my girlfriend at the time, I was like, I think I might I might train for a marathon. I think it was just a really off the cuff sort of said it didn't really mean it. Yeah. And I think about 10 minutes later, she went, Oh, there's one in six weeks, I've signed you up. Roy Barker 22:20 Yeah, that's the second time now you've got yourself in trouble you have built in a little better. Bob 22:26 Yeah, I know. I should just keep my mouth shut. So. So I went and did that marathon and hated it. But what what I remember mainly from America is I ran the first 16 miles. And then basically fell off a cliff just felt horrendous walked had my head in the sand, like just did not want to be there at all. And then I got to the end, and then about 200 meters from the end, all the crowds go. And I was like sprinting, I was absolute for like full out as fast as I could run. I don't think I've ever run that fast before in my life. And finish the race and then fell around this again. But but it's saying in me then when I did that was like, hold on, like, an hour ago. I wanted to quit give up and I felt awful. And I thought I couldn't even run 10 seconds ago, I was sprinting full pelt, what, what's going on? And then I sort of realized that actually a lot of mental, right? So it was like, Okay, and then all my training just just sort of went straight off. After that marathon, there was nothing really to look forward to. And it was kind of like right back to back to work. And it started going back the other way again, and I was like, Oh no, this isn't good. I need to sign up for something. And my dad had started doing iron that where I realized sake of I thought we're a bit we're a bit just stupid. We just say we're going to do things and then end up doing them. So because of that, so that year my dad signed up to do an iron man. And he, he just like he just spoke to me one day, I think he spoke to me and my brother and he was like, I've signed this deal and I'm on a really like, Okay. She know what it is? And he was like, yeah, it's like a triathlon, we like, is a really hard track. He was like, yeah, it's fine. We're like dead, you can't even run. And he's like, yeah, we fine. He had when he signed up, he had an issue with his knee where he had injured it, like a couple years before and hadn't been able to run as well. And it was really struggling and but somehow he fixed it gotten through it and he's done like for now. So, so the I because my training was completely in a slump and I was like, right I need something to look forward to. I was like, Okay, well, I am man it is. So I decided to sign up and day one So then in 2019, I did an Iron Man, which is really good. And for 2019, for me, music wise was probably the year that we're it really took off quite quite well. So I was doing a lot more around the UK traveling a lot further. We were sort of breaking into, like north and south of England, which is much more populated areas than Wales. So we're doing a lot better. But then the journeys they're getting up to sort of we're traveling sort of eight hours, to places. Roy Barker 25:33 So let me just say for the record back what you said that there is no easy Iron Man or triathalon. person as you are your red was like that question like, yeah, there is no, there is no Yeah, yeah, this is gonna be an easy one here. Bob 25:51 Yes, yeah. It's a little bit different to the local and stamp London, the leisure centre. It's like 10 laps of the pole and a quick jog around the block. But yeah, yeah. So like, my, my work got massively increased. So I didn't really have much time to train. So I ended up sort of scraping through the Iron Man and completing, I sort of did it but I wasn't very happy with my time because I The training was not not wonderful. So I entered again, for 2020. And that's when I really started with it. And so I sort of, I had a couple of mates at the time. And I was like, right, I know, this makes one's a lot. So he's really good at that, I'm going to start swim with him, and my other mate runs a lot and start running with him. And I really sort of, like changed a lot of my focus to go fully into into the fitness and my, my idea was that if I could do Ironman in under 12 hours, I'd be really happy. So I was had, like, straight into that as much as I could. And then that's when lockdown happened. So that's when this sort of idea of like, right, well, now I've got a big opportunity. Like, at the time, I thought, right, I've got four to six weeks now where I can go mad training. And then but I've done just carried on forever and ever and ever. And and so that second I'm on I still haven't done. I'm Fingers crossed should be doing it this September. But But yeah, but that sort of leads us to where we are now. Because that's when that conversation happened about running with the drum kit. And then it was like, right, well, yeah, let's do that. And I, it all got invented. Because I was I thought it was a great idea. And I sort of looked into it a bit and figured out and thought, yeah, I think I can do this. So I made a video saying that I was going to do it and put it on Facebook. And that was the point where I could not go back because that video got about 5000 views in the day. Everyone I knew. And people had already people were donating money. And I hadn't even set up the donation page. I had people just sending me money. I raised like 200 pounds in like, a day. And I was like, Wait, hold on, I've got to do this. I was like there's no Undo button so that I'm well and truly in. So that it was a scramble to set up like a donation page. And that was it. Once I put that video out, it was like, Okay, I am I am fully committed. And then it was just trying to figure out a date and the idea. At the time, I was like, Okay, well, I definitely need to do it next year. So 2021 because I don't think if it was just running 100 miles, I said just running 100 miles is silly. But if Yeah, if I was only running 100 miles without turning the drum kit, I probably could have done it towards the end of last year. But we've turned the drunk yet. It was like right, no, that's that's probably I probably bitten off more than I can chew here. So I'm gonna make sure that this takes a long time until after dinner. So yeah, the idea was to do it in August this year. And then as things started lining up, we were looking at dates and night, the weekend of the 24th of July. This was like the perfect weekend. Right again, that book in and go for it. And then I had to figure out how to tow the trailer. And I had to get a trailer made and all of that and that was great fun and a bit mad cuz I'm phoning up companies who sell trailers and be like, do you have any that are built for running? Like, Oh, no, no, Roy Barker 29:35 we don't really. It's not really a thing. Okay. Even if you you know, get one like, people run you know, when they have kids and stuff that's smaller. I mean, that's the other challenge is getting something big enough to hold the whole drum kit. Bob 29:53 That was the thing. So that was I got offers from people of saying like, Oh, well I've got like a baby running thing. Um, I was like, Okay. Like, yeah, I was like it by any chance. Did you have triplets? really helpful? Unfortunately, they didn't. So yeah, I can, I can use it. But yeah, that's the problem because the drum kit is annoyingly shaped and really bulky. And even with packing it down to the smallest I can possibly get it, I still have to have it on like a flatbed trailer, which itself is really heavy and cumbersome and annoying. I haven't sworn at it. Roy Barker 30:33 When you brought up a good point, I guess when we first started talking, I was thinking about you know, it's gonna be the challenge is getting up the hill, but I never actually thought about once you start down the hill that, you know, that trailer is gonna want to try to run over you if you don't have a pretty good braking system in place. Bob 30:50 Yeah, the trailer is coming from my head on is Terry 30:55 like a cartoon, you know, just a flat near right out. I mean, I think about Frankie, or one of our dogs dragging us down a hill that we have on the side of the house where we take him outside. And I mean, she does she is strong. And she pulls me down that I can't even oh my gosh, I can't even imagine that part of it. But I you know, I just it that is something that you posted on Facebook and accountability really can be such a factor. Yeah, peer pressure is the worst, isn't it really it is that in the mindset, and then all the support that you have from your, from your community, your friends, your family, all of that is, is awesome. Bob 31:41 Yeah, that's being massive, because alongside everyone watching and donating, I also just got like, hundreds of messages from people being like, Oh, I can help with this. And I can do this. And I'm still getting them today. I got a message like I think yesterday from my mate Connor. And he was like, oh, God didn't want to do anything like filming or anything. Because like, I've got a camera and I can do this. And I'm like, Oh, yeah, those great. People are just so helpful, but it is amazing. Roy Barker 32:06 So what how is the challenge? You know? And I think that's awesome that you put it out there because that's what they always say is, you know, if you have goals in your mind, it's one thing but once you speak them to somebody else that you know you become accountable. But the other part of this is that the difficulty even if you want to do this the difficulty of your situation of being around, you know, the things that aren't as healthy for you to consume. And then I'm sure your bandmates are like, Hey, why don't you come out, you know, come have a drink with us or I don't know what you know, y'all favorite junk food is but over here be like, Hey, we need to go get some nachos and beer after this gig. And, you know, how do you how do you handle that? And how supportive are they of you and your efforts? Not necessarily for the challenge but just for the daily being healthy. Bob 33:00 I actually incredibly supportive because I I think a lot of it actually with the the eating and beer bad because we don't necessarily get the situation that often. Well, we all stay around and have like a beer after a gig. unfortunate because it's so much traveling. It's always like, Oh, I work but I've got a drive. So like and it's like you can't you never really get the situation where you can stay afterwards. But the problem was is mainly just actually myself and overcoming the big shiny by the side of the motorway. right for you are in an order and enough food to feed a family of thought. Roy Barker 33:48 Like a magnet. Especially when and I'm the worst so I can attest to that is driving. I just feel like I always have to have something to eat or drink and it's like hard to go by the drive thru without popping in and getting something so I mean, it's a challenge. Yeah, it's just boring, isn't it? Yeah. So what have you have you done anything to make to help yourself to drive past it without making that exit? Bob 34:16 To try and try take a different route? That's what Yeah, how ice cream machine doesn't work. Yeah, I mean, the one thing that's massively been is that I haven't actually been able to work because of COVID Yeah, so I've I've not been going to the gigs. A lot of my work has been I've been doing much more teaching and things like that, which is from home and over Skype, and things like this. So it's been lots of online so I've actually been making my own food. And when you're training a lot, the the food you eat and how you feel makes a massive difference, because I'm I'm sure you know when you go to McDonald's and you eat loads, and then you get up the next morning. You feel horrendous. Yeah. And but it's even worse when you do that. And then you've got a run 20 miles the next day. Because then you feel like doubly horrendous. So you quite quickly get into the headspace of like, Oh, actually, yeah, I need to sort of do that do this right. And I think I think even even before I said all the fitness stuff, I don't think it was necessarily my bandmates, or a bad influence. I think, especially the way we do things where we're not so much the rock and roll lifestyle musicians, we're very much that sort of quiet, go in and get the job done. Might have a Yeah, have a chat with people and then come home and sit with it, sit on your feet up and get get as early night as you can. So I haven't really had massive bad influences, which is quite good, other than my own sort of bad influence of just genuinely not being able to beat my cravings. Terry 36:05 I think we all think about, you know, in the 60s and 70s, well, 60s 70s 80s, you know, just our music, our music, the rock and roll and all you know, we just think of that lifestyle, they're all they're all out there drinking out all hours, I have all these dates, dates, you know, all that stuff. So it's, it's, it's very refreshing to see that Roy Barker 36:29 I could think of this group that I was listening to a song interviewers listened to one with the group. And they were kind of like, you know, it's kind of like their, their nine to five, just in a different time slot. But they were like, you know, they became big in popularity, and they were opening for some other bigger groups, and the other groups were like, Hey, come on, we're gonna go, you know, party and do this or like, and, you know, it's time for us to go home. And so they were that way as well. They just like, you know, we never really got into the life, we just, you know, we did our GIG and then we went home. And yeah, that everybody else. Bob 37:03 I think some of it comes with, it depends how big the band gets. If you if you get a lot of money. And you're doing really well out of it, I think, yeah, there's it that lends itself to it as well. But sometimes it's like, like I've especially early on, I think that's probably where it's at. Because, early on, I was doing gigs where I would barely make any money by just doing lots and lots and lots of them. So you're sort of thinking you go like, Oh, yeah, well, I could have like a couple of beers afterwards with some of the crowd. But certainly, if you spend 20 pound on on beer afterwards, and then you take in your fuel, and then you eat and big McDonald's, suddenly, you spent your entire paycheck. Can you laugh? I don't have any money. I think yeah, I think I think when I first started, I probably felt like the first like two months, I was like, terrible, had no money. And then I was like, Oh, I can't get this gig because I can't put any fuel in my car. I should sort this out. Terry 37:59 You learned quick. I mean, it takes some people a lifetime to figure that out. Bob 38:04 Yeah, and, and also, just where I live sort of lends itself because I play it when I'm playing card, if I've got one band where three of the members live in Cardiff. So they they can like walk to the gig. So it typically takes them like 10 minutes to get there. So they they can have a drink of things and walk home. And it's really easy for them and a lot of their friends around there. Whereas for me, it's always that situation of like, right to if we finish up, sort of like 11 o'clock. We've then got 45 minutes to pack down and get out. We have a 15 minute chat, say goodbye. And then I get home and then I've got to drive. I still got two hour drive. So I don't get home till two in the morning still. So then if I stay around for drinks and food then it's like suddenly like I'm getting hungry. like four in the morning. Yeah. And yeah, so and especially if it's on a Sunday I want to I want to get get back to work to watch football. Roy Barker 38:56 Yeah. So already on the on the actual running part. Have you just done all of this on your own? Or have you been working with the trainer to kind of help get you up to you know, even prior to the to the trailer pool thing? Bob 39:12 were you working with somebody. So before the tradable i the only thing I was working with as I was working with a swimming coach because for me swimming is one of my strong suits. I swung from very early on from I think probably about age six, I think I started swimming and always quite enjoyed it. So I was working with a swimming coach quite a lot. But as far as running and cycling goes not not really a lot of there's a really good community down here because so I live in Pembrokeshire and as a political attendee here, and that is where one of the Ironmen takes place. So there is an Ironman in Tennessee, which is about 30 minutes from me. So there's a massive community of triathletes down here. So a lot of it is we all just sort of like keep night by In each of these training plans and talk to each other, so mainly everything I've learned is through that. And then for the run all of my training I've done myself and I have a good friend who's a physio. And I pretty much text him every other day like this hurts. Why should I do? He'll text me back and you'd be like, it's fine. It's meant to hurt. Just go Terry 40:26 read some dirt and Roy Barker 40:29 everything I was noticing. Looks like you have a 40 Niners hat and jacket though. Are you big American football fan? Bob 40:35 Yeah, I'm a huge Forty Niners fan. And so when they do like the international games over here, I've got a season ticket. I'm sorry. I've seen many teams over here. And I watch every game live. Absolutely love it. Very good. Good. Roy Barker 40:51 Well, we would be remiss if we didn't ask you a couple questions about who your favorite some of your favorite drummers are. Bob 40:59 Yeah, of course. Yeah. So old all time favorite drummers Jeff Porcaro from so so because he's, he's insane. And he's played on so much stuff from like, like Steely Dan stuff. And yeah, he's he's based. Big fan of Tom from news. So he's a news from from Devon, which is not too far from here. And it's like, well, actually, as, as the crow flies, it's really close. It's like 4050 miles, but just over the water. So they're there by their massive modern UK band that are really good. And then I play in a tribute band for those. So I've had to really commit a lot of time to learning all of his parts and playing very accurately, so I have a massive appreciation for him. Yeah, he's amazing. And then I've got narrow people down, that's really hard. Yeah, there's a drummer called Danny Carey from the band tool. And they're just like, all over the place, really complex rhythms and things like that. They do horrible odd times images and stuff. And it's very complex. And, and redneck and a lot of it's like, it's the way the scrub music is. It's like spiraling, which is really, really, really weird. But it's this very sort of like, psychedelic. And the I love that sort of stuff. Roy Barker 42:25 Yeah, remember when the guess when the multitrack or eight tracks or whatever came out? That's when everybody would be like, you know, all the sound in one speaker and then it would move and then if they were really good, they could just make it swirl around the whole car like that? Bob 42:40 Yeah, yeah, they did nice. Like the the Queen thing on Bohemian Rhapsody where they found the vocal. Right, and then it's the middle. Yeah. Roy Barker 42:48 Well, Bob, we appreciate you taking time out of your day to talk with us. It's an awesome story, I think it's a great cause that you're working toward, and we need to follow up. So we're going to get you on our calendar, we'll give you a day or two to you know, probably rest up from that, but maybe a little longer, maybe, and maybe an August weekend, they get you back on and you can give us a report of how it went. And of course, I'm sure that they're going to be video ographers they're taking the pictures and video. So please send us all that stuff. So we can not only post it, but you know, we really want to keep up with you and see how this goes. Yes, well, very, that's amazing. Thank you very much a bird Terry 43:28 like oh my gosh, sending positive vibes to you will live vicariously through you. Roy Barker 43:35 So what is a tool or a habit, something that you do every day, that really adds a lot of value to your life. Bob 43:44 Or that is that is very good one I think from for me, it's it's probably sort of taking the taking time to do something, but I I really enjoy. So often this is usually very much around music. So for me, it's not just it's not just drums because I play a bit of guitar and piano. So every day I try to sort of dedicate a little bit of time, just even if it's like 10 minutes to just go and like write this, this, I'm just going to focus on this and just really enjoy it and not worry about anything else. And it's sort of just I guess it's kind of a bit of a meditation thing. But I find a lot, it helps with things like procrastination, because I find a lot of time when you're doing something like hard work or something. And you're just thinking like, oh my, I could be doing this other thing. And I want to be doing that. If just early on in the day early in the morning, before you go off to work, you just do something that you really enjoy. You sort of just get out of yourself a little bit so that you can go right out. I've done some I've really enjoyed today and now I'm going to go focus. Cool. Roy Barker 44:50 Yeah, that's good advice. Yeah, we need to get out and and do that we need to sometimes we forget to stop and you know, have some enjoyment out of our day. So let's go Awesome. God, I just got to thinking we just our concerts just got opened back up here this year and we our first one that's coming to town that we're gonna see is a Clapton is coming. So we're excited about that. Oh, cool. Oh, when when's that? Terry 45:17 It's September, mid September, and I've got a really good LA to Bob 45:23 be really good. venue. Oh, that'd be cool. I was meant to see Joe Bonamassa recently. But I got cancelled unfortunate, I'm really hoping it's going to be put back on set. Terry 45:36 I know, I'm so ready to do it just be in a live music format. I just do. Roy Barker 45:44 And that's why you were you know, that's another reason that we were so interested in talking to you because music is a big part of both of our lives. And, you know, since I'm, you know, right up until the pandemic, you know, we probably went to, you know, concert every month or so, maybe not, you know, a lot of buyers are the old guys that you know, they Terry 46:02 Al Green Yeah, the temptations, Roy Barker 46:05 you know, we're trying to trying to see them before they all pass away. boys got the attributes that Terry 46:15 we even had tickets to the Rolling Stones, and I've never seen them before. They were supposed to come a year ago, and maybe they still haven't announced anything unless you know something. Some inside scoop. We don't but Bob 46:28 no, no, by no. Unfortunately, just being British doesn't mean you get out of shame. It would be such a great privilege if it was Roy Barker 46:40 the other one that one of our last ones we went to were the I don't know if you've heard of the Stone Temple Pilots, Eric. Oh, yeah. Eric Kretz. Yep. Amazing drummer. If you haven't ever checked him out, check him out really good. Bob 46:53 Yeah, well, yeah, I know a little bit of their stuff, but not not in depth. But yeah, I've Roy Barker 46:57 heard some good stuff. All right. Well, we could talk music for the next couple hours, but we don't let you go. Thank you. Were so gracious for the time you've given us and like I said, really keep up. We want to. We want to see how even if you want to send us some training stuff as you're working through the week, some pictures of the trailer, and just anything you want to send us. And we'll be sure to get it out there for Yeah, brilliant. Well, thank you very much. Hey, you bet. All right, that's gonna do it for another episode of feeding fatty. I'm your host Roy. Terry 47:27 I'm Terry Bob. Thank you so much Roy Barker 47:29 of course you can find us at www.feedingfatty.com we're on all the major podcast platforms. iTunes, Stitcher, Google Spotify, if we're not on one that you listened to reach out we'd be glad to get it added. You can also find us on all the major social media platforms typically, probably Instagram is where we hang out a little bit more. A video of this interview will go up when the episode goes live. So until next time, take care of yourself and take care of your health. 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Today I am speaking to Lowri Morgan @_lowrimorgan - ultra runner, broadcaster, running coach and Mum of one who is currently training for Ironman Wales. Apologies for my dog briefly interrupting our chat!Lowri talks about her adventures before her son - including the Jungle Ultra and being the only person to complete the brutally cold 350 mile 6633 Ultra in the Arctic.When she became pregnant she continued to run 5 miles a day and started running again 2 weeks post birth to train for the 3 Peaks Yacht Race in the first all female team.Lowri then went on to compete in the Dragons Back Race across Wales and talks passionately about her love for endurance events.Becoming a mum has not slowed Lowri down and if anything she believes it has made her stronger and that she is able to be a role model for her son and show him that we have to work hard in order to achieve.You can find out more about Lowri on her website - lowrimorgan.co.uk, her coaching at @run.fluence and read her book -Beyond Limits.I hope you enjoy this episode. If so, please take the time to leave a review on Apple Podcasts and even better, share this with a mum friend or anyone you think might be inspired by Lowri's story.
This week you are lucky as this is a bonus episode. As I have just completed my 12th Ironman branded race, and the details so fresh in my mind, I just had to share my experience. Now you will notice I refer to video in this episode and that is because I have extracted the audio from my videos I did for my IGTV channel under @irontarsh_lifestyletriathlete I hope you enjoy this episode. This race, this place, what a weekend! Social media references @stompthepedal on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Website is www.stompthepedal.co and you can find me @irontarsh_lifestyletriathlete on all platforms too. Website for Tarsh Talks will released soon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tarshtalks/support
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