Bevan and Tim review the news and racing from the weekend.

We discuss and share excerpts from Mikki’s interview with Dan Plews where he talks about energy expenditure, calories and training load. 

Olav Aleksander Bu, coach with the Norwegian Triathlon Olympic team, talks about Maximal Sustainable Energy Expenditure and his work with Kristian Blummenfelt.

Hayden Wilde and Amelia Watkinson take the wins at IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne at the weekend. We hear from them post-race.

Jason West has become known as one of the fastest runners in the sport of triathlon. Jason’s goal is to win an IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships and he is currently having a lot of success, winning several races and landing on the podium on many others. We share excerpts from our interview with Jason, out tomorrow.

We have a free race entry giveaway for the Calley Homes Tauranga Half at the Mount Festival of Sport.

(0:01:50) – Excerpts from Mikkipedia interview with Dan Plews.

(0:03:56) – Infinit Nutrition 10% discount for all listeners with the code FITTER10

(0:04:06) - ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount for all our listeners with the code ULTRO15 

(0:04:18) – Free race entry competition to the Calley Homes Tauranga Half. Plus, the Tauranga Half is thrilled to introduce an ‘Open Category’ for the first time.

(0:07:55) – Misfired announcement from the PTO about the newly formed partnership with World Triathlon

(0:09:48) – Will ANZCO sponsored triathletes Braden Currie and Hannah Wells be obliged to race IMNZ

(0:12:07) – (Sir) Craig Kirkwood, coach to Hayden Wilde and Hayden’s victory at the IM703 in Melbourne

(0:17:07) – Calories and the importance of fuelling.

(0:21:15) – Excerpts from Mikki’s interview with Dan Plews

(0:32:00) – Excerpts from interview with Olav Bu – coach with the Norwegian Triathlon Olympic team.

(0:42.43) – Excerpts from our interview with Jason West

(0:49:00) – Hayden Wilde and Amelia Watkinson post IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne

(0:53:53) – Javier Gomez races IM70.3 Mossel Bay this weekend

(0:55:05) – Sebastian Kienle races his last event as a professional at IM Cozumel this weekend.

(0:56:02) – Gwen Jorgensen wins a world cup race after 3 DQ’s

(0:59:11) – Dan Plews is selling his bike.

LINKS:

Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at  https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.

ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount using the code ULTRO15 at https://www.ultroaudio.com/

IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne at https://www.ironman.com/im703-melbourne

Mikkipedia Episode with Dan Plews at https://podcast.mikkiwilliden.com/198

The Calley Homes Tauranga Half at https://mountfestival.kiwi/

Dan Plews: https://www.endureiq.com/about-us

Endure IQ: https://www.endureiq.com/

Follow Olav Aleksander Bu on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/olavaleksander/