We are joined by triathlete Kyle Buckingham, 29, who was the first-place amateur and 16th overall at this year’s Ironman World Championships. Kyle’s been on the fast track to triathlon success and next year turns pro. On this show, we talk about his background, go into detail about his training and what he’s done differently Read More

Waking up at night hungry – eat or ignore it, and what to eat; pros and cons of bread/toast as a pre-race meal, how can sports drinks with lower osmolality be used along with other products to get in enough calories for 70.3/IM distance events; is beetroot extract just as effective for improving endurance (and other similar Read More

We’re back! Loaded episode with answers to your questions on what can you do for exercise/strength with a broken hand/wrist, benefits/negatives of minimalist shoes and when to wear them, problem with MAP, reverse periodization v traditional  periodization and when it’s appropriate to use one vs. the other (hint: race distance/intensity matters!), build up cold-weather resistance and hypothermia in an ultra, training Read More

We catch up with triathlete Mark Zanker of Australia, who recently went 9:43 in the Ironman World Championships, his first time racing Kona. Mark is a vegan athlete; he trains intuitively and doesn’t use HR, power or pace; and he manages a full-time job and big family. Just this year he turned vegan, and also Read More

A loaded episode as part of our Kona coverage featuring sound bites from the finish line of the Hawaii Ironman winners, plus highlights and commentary from the post-race pro press conference that featured the top-5 males and top-5 females, and took place just hours after the 2013 Ironman World Championship pro race concluded. The first Read More

I sat down with elite amateur triathlete and Team Timex member Samantha Mazer before the Ironman World Championships, while we were still in Kona, to hear about her journey getting to Kona for the first time, with details on past races, how she trains, her diet and also how she manages balancing triathlon with law Read More

While we were still in Kona, Ben, Tawnee and Brock (from the BGF podcast) got together Sunday evening after the race to talk about Ben’s last Ironman in Kona. We kept it light and had some fun, while also getting some great details from Ben on his nutrition (and what went wrong and what he Read More

We are joined by Coach Jim Vance to recap the 2013 Ironman World Championship pro race, going into detail about both the men’s and women’s field. We’ll talk about the folks who made it on the podium and much more. Vance was at the race this year and did some cool data analysis that he’ll Read More

We’ve been among all these folks who made it to Kona, and we wanted to find out what they use for fuel. On this show, we feature 13 triathletes – 12 amateurs and 1 pro – who qualified or got a spot for Kona sharing their sports nutrition details for the Ironman World Championships. Specifically, Read More

On Friday evening, Ironman World Championships eve, we caught up with elite age grouper, Max Biessmann, 28, who’s racing in Kona for the second time today, Saturday, Oct. 12. We hear about Max’s journey to figuring out Ironman racing after some tough races early on in his career, his race execution at IMAZ where he qualified, Read More