ONE STEP AHEAD: Zinc and colostrum – moderating the effects of heavy training on your gut permeability. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: FITTER’S 70.3 World Champs training recon and the race course. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – FLORA DUFFY: This week we interview Bermudian ITU athlete Flora Duffy, recent winner at Stockholm and the current leader of the World Triathlon Series rankings. We discuss her career in triathlon to date, her excellent first half of the season and her preparation for Rio. Flora has the potential to be one of the game changers at the Rio Games and is a clear candidate for an Olympic medal. 5 MIN FOCUS: This week we talk to Sally Currie, Race Director for Red Bull Defiance, a unique race that combines running, kayaking and mountain biking endurance disciplines across 8 high country stations that traverse some of the most varied terrain ever opened up to a multisport event. The race is set in Wanaka against the backdrop of New Zealand’s wildest and most spectacular landscape http://redbulldefiance.co.nz/ GEEK OUT: The Plews and Prof talk to us on their last day in Switzerland together and this week they discuss 'The Effect of Different High-Intensity Periodization Models on Endurance Adaptations'. CONTACT US: Go to http://www.fitter.co.nz for show notes and links. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fitter.co.nz for the latest news and information. Mikki Williden can be found at https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutrition