Kyle Smith joins us to talk about the Ironman 70.3 World Championships that are happening this weekend. We talk about his training in the lead up including lots of specific sessions & training structures. We talk about race tactics and his race day plans. Body weight and ideal race weight are on the table. Who are the biggest threats to Kyle’s chances of winning his first 70.3 Worlds and lots, lots more! 

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Marten Van Riel joins us today to talk about the craziness of his debut Ironman in Cozumel where he was leading at 165km after having been solo all day before crashing his bike and colliding with a young girl on the side of the bike course. He went on to have the fastest marathon of the day running 2:39 but because of the time spent on the side of the rode he didn’t win or get his Ironman World Championship qualifying slot. We hear all the details from Marten in his first podcast since it happened. We also do a season debrief where we talk about his incredible season on the T100 World Tour becoming the first ever world champion and showing everyone that he is a force over middle distance.

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The first ever live recorded podcast on The Triathlon Hour is here with a T100 Grand Final men's race preview podcast with Fred Funk & Aaron Royle. We talk about pretty much every athlete in the race, the dynamics, the conditions, the course. We go through everything! 

Leon joins us to talk about his impressive 4th place finish at the Ironman World Championships in Kona. Leon gives a deep dive into the dynamics that played out in the race, his perfect aero bike position and that infamous ice bucket moment! 

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One of America’s most talented young long course triathletes joins us to recap his race at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, talk about his training and what makes him so good.

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Episode 1 of your favourite new podcast is here: Triathlon Unfiltered. This is a place where you’ll hear real opinions, no holding back, no politically correct worries or fear of negative feedback. We do, however, start relatively uncontroversially for the debut episode about all things Kona from last weekend. But spicy things are to come.

Patrick Lange, Lionel Sanders, Kristian Blummenfelt, drafting, crazy pre race training destroying race day, bike tech, Magnus Ditlev, running, doping, Cam Wurf, Trevor Foley, Matt Marquardt, Leon Chevalier, Rudy Von Berg, race tactics, over biking, Gustav Iden - we go over it all + more in the ultimate Ironman World Champs debrief podcast!

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The boys are not far off heading to Kona now! As we come to the end of the series here about Ben getting stranded in the dessert, binging hyundai santa fe reviews on the turbo and the mystery pro building their own athletics track. All this and lots more on The Road To Kona!

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On this week's episode of road to kona hear a full race report from Leon as he gives all the details from T100 Ibizia including the bizarre story of losing his phone in an Uber! Hear about Ben narrowly avoiding a toilet disaster during a session and get all the details of everyone's sessions throughout the week as we get closer to Kona!

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Wyn Republic - To receive 15% off your order go to wynrepublic.com/thetriathlonhour, that's WYN republic with a Y

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A double episode this week as Leon Chevalier, Sam Appleton and Ben Kanute go over their training weeks for week 2 and 3. Ben talks about his 2nd place at Michigan 70.3, Appo's panic inducing sauna sessions and addressing whether needing to go the dentist is an indication of a successful world champs camp? All this and lots more in this double episode!

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Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a plan for your next race:
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