Will the PTO do full Ironman distance racing? Will they do a PTO world championships? The future and direction of Pro & Age Group PTO racing and do the PTO care about AG racing or not? Netflix documentaries, money/sustainability, does Sam agree with me that the Collin’s Cup needs to go and lots more. *Sign up to PATREON to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it is the only reason the show is still going. We bloody appreciate it!) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain/ *Use code 'HTT20' to get 20% off your Pillar Performance order https://pillarperformance.shop/ *To sign up for Hell of the West visit https://www.hellofthewest.com/ *Go to httphttps://form-affiliates.pxf.io/c/4001856/1337646/16166?trafsrc=affiliate&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formswim.com%2F and enter code HTT15 at checkout for 15% off your purchase of FORM goggles which includes one year of access to premium membership for free

It’s time to listen to the podcast that everyone has been talking about with Ironman CEO Andrew Messick. This episode gets heated. There’s hard questions, debate, there’s back & forth and **spoiler alert** it ultimately ends with Andrew walking off the podcast. But at least he got to eat his lunch live on air before walking off *Sign up to PATREON to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it is the only reason the show is still going. We bloody appreciate it!) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain/ *Use code 'HTT20' to get 20% off your Pillar Performance order https://pillarperformance.shop/ *To sign up for Hell of the West visit https://www.hellofthewest.com/ *Go to httphttps://form-affiliates.pxf.io/c/4001856/1337646/16166?trafsrc=affiliate&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formswim.com%2F and enter code HTT15 at checkout for 15% off your purchase of FORM goggles which includes one year of access to premium membership for free

Alistair Brownlee is a 2 x Olympic Gold Medalist, 4 x World Champion, 4 x European Champion and Commonweath Games Gold Medalist. He is the most dominant Short Course Triathlete the world has ever seen. No one in the sport of triathlon has ever put in the level of performances Alistair Brownlee did at his peak. He’s also moved to long course and been a 2 x Ironman 70.3 World Champion and  multiple Ironman Champion. We talk about what training Alistair was doing leading into both of his Olympic Gold medal winning races, his training philosophies including the importance of aerobic training, high volume & consistency to success. And as always there’s the exact breakdown of what does a typical Monday -> Sunday training week look like for him. We go into some classic Alistair Brownlee stories, talk about the year ahead and how Alistair plans to win the Ironman World Championships. ** Sign up to PATREON to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it is the only reason the show is still going. We bloody appreciate it!) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain Use code 'HTT20' to get 20% off your Pillar Performance order https://pillarperformance.shop/ To sign up for Hell of the West visit https://www.hellofthewest.com/

Philipp Seipp is the coach of Laura Philipp and has worked with Sebastian Kienle & Florian Angert amongst other professional triathletes.  ** Sign up to PATREON to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it is the only reason the show is still going. We bloody appreciate it!) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain Use code 'HTT20' to get 20% off your Pillar Performance order https://pillarperformance.shop/

In todays episode we talk about what training Collin did in the lead up to winning the PTO US Open with coach Mikal Iden & training partner Lionel Sanders. Lionel, Collin and Mikal decided to do a period of overreaching training prior to the PTO US Open in a bid to beat the worlds best - and it worked. We go through the training day by day and then discuss their brutal heat training. Then we talk about the following month in the lead up to the Ironman World Champs where, under the watchful eye of Coach Mikal, Collin & Lionel continued on their path of doing HUGE amounts of training out on the big island. Talbot Cox filmed their training out there and posted about it every day on Lionel Sanders YouTube page. Once you listen to this - go and watch that. We then talk about diet, both day to day and race day. Collin is as honest and detailed as any guest we’ve had and I found this chat with him so interesting, raw & insightful.  ** Sign up to PATREON to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it is the only reason the show is still going. We bloody appreciate it!) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain Use code 'HTT20' to get 20% off your Pillar Performance order https://pillarperformance.shop/

Joe Skipper, 5th at the Ironman World Championships, discusses his performance, Ironman World Champs relocation, training, and triathlon chat in a chaotic airport setting. Topics include deception in sports, VIP football matches, upcoming training camp in Dubai, and training with 80-year-old athletes.

Craig Alexander is a 3 x Ironman World Champion, 2 x Ironman 70.3 World Champion and one of the greatest long course triathletes of all time. He’s also a good friend and regular on the show, so having him back to talk training & triathlon is always an absolute treat.  ** Sign up to PATREON to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it is the only reason the show is still going. We bloody appreciate it!) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain

Emma Snowsill, Olympic Gold Medalist and 3 x Triathlon World Champion, shares her comprehensive training routine for winning Olympic Gold. She discusses her racing journey, coaches, and the mental toughness that set her apart. Touches briefly on her relationship with husband Jan Frodeno and offers insights into the mental strategies and endurance training in triathlon.

In today’s episode Max Neumann & Steve McKenna join us to break down their race against each other at Ironman Busselton where they came 1st & 2nd. We hear about the race from both of their perspectives, all of the tactics and things from inside the pro race that you don’t hear about anywhere else. We also talk about their training in the lead up to the race, how they prepared to race each other and how they will change things in their training in the future to be better in 2023. We chat Ironman World Champs moving from Kona and what that means for Max who finished 4th their this year and is one of the favourites to win next year and lots of other triathlon chat!  ** Sign up to PATREON  to support the show (for only $2 AUD/$1 USD per week it keeps the show alive) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain

The World Champion Olympic distance triathlete of 2022 Leo Bergere joins us to talk about his training, racing and life. Leo tells us exactly what he does in training Monday -> Sunday. Every single session, every detail, in the lead up to winning the World Champs. You can literally copy Leos training after this podcast. We talk about his change from short, fast VO2 max style training to a more volume based aerobic program and how that took his racing to the next level. Everyone expected Alex Yee or Hayden Wilde to win the World Championships & Grand Final this year, but Leo shocked the world and won both. Does this make him the favourite for the next Olympics? Sign up to Patreon to support the show (for only $2 per week it keeps the show alive) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain