In the final episode of the Road to Roth series, sponsored by lifejacketskin.com it's race week in Germany! Join Helen in the last few days ahead of Challenge Roth and hear her post-race thoughts as she talks through the day which saw her finish in 11h12mins.

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Thank you

Thank you so much to Heiko Wörrlein, Belinda Granger, Victoria Murray-Orr and the whole team at Challenge Roth for helping me to pull this series together. It really is a special race and I'm so pleased I've been able to do this series about it.

Thank YOU for listening to the series, I hope you've enjoyed it!

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How do you train for one of the biggest triathlons in the World? In part 2 of this special audio training diary from Inside Tri Show, host Helen brings you her thoughts and feelings with 9 weeks to go until Challenge Roth. Helen will talk you through her big period of training, her first sprint triathlon in years, a dodgy swim in a river, hellish brick sessions, work stresses and crazy pre-race nerves.

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How do you train for one of the biggest triathlons in the World? In part 1 of this special audio training diary from Inside Tri Show, host Helen brings you her thoughts and feelings from 9 months out before Challenge Roth. Helen will talk you through her weekly training, how she got back into things after open abdominal surgery and why she decided to do an 80km ultra in the middle of training for Roth.

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Help Helen raise £1,000 for MOVE Against Cancer, to support people to be active following a cancer diagnosis.

Find out all about MOVE Against Cancer and why your donations matter.

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Former Challenge Roth Champion Belinda Granger is the final special guest in Inside Tri Show's Road to Roth series, brought to you by lifejacketskin.com. She's spent the best part of two decades coming to Roth, first as an athlete and now as part of the commentary team and as you'll hear in this interview, her passion is as infectious as ever.

Belinda talks about why she believes Roth is the best race in the world.

She explains why she was worried some athletes might choose to skip it with a packed race schedule.

And she recounts some epic historical performances over the years.

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Belinda Granger Instagram

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Former German professional triathlon couple Lothar and Nicole Leder are the stars of episode 5 of Inside Tri Show’s Road to Roth series with lifejacketskin.com. Lothar was the first person to go sub 8 hours for the iron distance, a feat he accomplished in 1996. In 2003 it was a double win in the Leder household, while Lothar beat Chris McCormack by 3 seconds for victory, Nicole won the women's race too.

The pair have six Roth titles between them and they truly know what it means to win there. They understand the pressure, joy and kudos that comes with competing and racing at Roth for German professionals. These days they still return to Roth every year, but this time it's to support the athletes from around the world who they coach.

Follow Lothar and Nicole on socials

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Nicole Instagram

Lothar Coaching Website

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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

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In Episode 4 of Inside Tri Show’s Road to Roth series with lifejacketskin.com, we hear from German professional triathlete Jan Stratmann about why he is so excited to make his debut at Challenge Roth.

Jan grew up hoping to be a professional footballer, until a ski accident put an end to his soccer dreams. Although his Dad was into triathlon and did Roth twice, Jan just thought 'he was crazy.' However with his football dreams in tatters, Jan set about trying to learn to walk again via aqua jogging and it turns out the German junior triathlon squad were training in the lane next to him. It was exactly what Jan needed to motivate him to recover from six months on crutches and gave him a new sporting dream. Roll on 2023, with his studies completed, Jan finished 3rd at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships, the perfect springboard to make his Roth debut the following year.

Follow Jan on socials

https://www.instagram.com/stratmannjan/?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

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In Episode 3 of Inside Tri Show’s Road to Roth series with lifejacketskin.com, we hear from Danish professional triathlete Daniel Baekkegard. He finished just off the podium in fourth place after a mechanical on his Roth debut, but he's hungry to return to the race that he describes as the best triathlon experience in the world.

You'll hear why he's returning, despite the pull of other race series, if he thinks it will always be able to attract the top pros and his thoughts on why it's harder than ever before to be a professional triathlete.

Follow Daniel on socials

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielbaekkegard/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Baekkegard

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

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In Episode 2 of Inside Tri Show’s Road to Roth series with lifejacketskin.com, we speak to German adventurer and endurance athlete Jonas Deichmann. Jonas talked to us ahead of his attempt to break Sean Conway's World Record for the most long distance triathlons in a row. Sean Conway holds the record with 105 which he set in 2023 and Jonas is aiming to do 120. Challenge Roth will mark the half way point of his attempt and he is using the Roth bike and run course for his challenge.

You'll hear why he's attempting the record, plenty of adventurer beard chat and how he plans to stay fit and healthy over the four month period.

Follow Jonas on socials

https://www.instagram.com/jonas_deichmann

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

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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

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Oncologist and 14 x Iron Distance Champion Lucy Gossage speaks to Helen fresh after finishing 3rd at the Montane Winter Spine Race on her first attempt and raising over £22,000 for MOVE Against Cancer Charity.

You'll hear:

• Why Lucy entered the Spine race
• In depth about Lucy's final 24 hours, which at times felt like a living nightmare
• Why Lucy would have stopped herself from continuing, if she had been a race Doctor
• How Lucy survived getting stuck in a blizzard when the race got paused
• What happened when Lucy started to sleep walk and hallucinate
• What it means to have raised so much money for charity and inspired so many people
• Practical kit tips
• If she would do it again

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Chrissie Wellington is a four time Ironman World Champion. She won all 13 of the 13 Ironman races she entered and set an incredible World Record, which stood for 12 years until it was beaten by Daniela Ryf. Since retiring, Chrissie has become a Mum and continued to inspire people around the World by dedicating herself to improve people's health and wellbeing through Parkrun.

You'll hear:

07:00 We talk about the pie of life, taking different paths in life, choice and compromise

10:00 Listening to your gut to explore new things

13:00 What does Chrissie mean by her book title 'A Life Without Limits'?

19:00 Does Chrissie remember the first time we met? Oh there are some good stories in this section!!!

34:00 Why Chrissie enjoyed doing endurance challenges when she retired from professional sport, to avoid having an outcome goal.

38:00 The satisfaction of helping others, which can be more enjoyable than going for a certain time yourself. And why Chrissie took so much from being part of a team to help Sam Perkins cross the finish line in a marathon.

43:00 The bigger picture of being able to inspire others through sport. 'We can each pay it forward and that's the beauty to me of sport, much less about your own achievement. There's a deep satisfaction of achieving your goal, but there is so much more to it."

47:00 Why it can be hard to step away when you have a platform and you are good at something.

58:00 Knowing that there's life beyond triathlon for professional sports people and that your self worth is more spacious than you as swim bike run.

1.00:00 What was it like seeing Daniela Ryf breaking Chrissie's World Record?

1:06:00 Out of change comes opportunity.

Find out more about this week's guest:

Chrissie Wellington Twitter

Chrissie Wellington website

Joanne Murphy Tri Talking Sport Podcast with Helen, October 2023

Engadin Cross Country Ski Marathon, Switzerland!!!!

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A note from Helen

This is the last episode of the Inside Tri Show. This conversation with Chrissie sums up so much of why I am stopping. I have done more than I thought possible and I am signing off with a very happy heart. This podcast would never have got to twenty two episodes, let alone two episodes, if it wasn't for you listening and supporting me and for my guests taking the time to talk to me.

I am so grateful for the friendships the podcast has brought me, the connections I have made and the life lessons I have learnt. It's been an absolute pleasure and I hope it will continue to inspire people in the world of endurance sports. Thank you xx

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